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U.S. Government will Auction Military HMMWV HUMVEE to Public

Agustin JimenezStaff Editor

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past couple of decades, you’re probably well aware that the U.S. military has some of the coolest and most capable off-road machines on the face of the planet. While the old jeep Flattie in a crate might have been an urban legend, you can now purchase another military vehicle that is almost as heroic as the flatties of WW2 — the AM General HMMWV (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle).

The U.S. military is going to auction off as many as 4,000 Humvee’s to the public. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) sent the first batch to auction through IronPlanet’s GovPlanet.com website. The Bidding started at $10,000 and of course there’s plenty of interested buyers coming out of the woodwork for these awesome rigs. Nearly all 4,000 Humvee’s are spoken for despite the fact that they are being sold for off-road use only. Yup, you read that right! You can’t drive these things down public roads but the same could be said of a Trophy Truck and we most of us would have no problem having one of those sitting in our garage.

The U.S. State and Commerce departments lifted the restrictions on the M908, M908A1, M1038, and M1038A1 model Humvees in the last year, clearing the way for DLA. While purchasing these awesome off-road military beasts is now reality for many Hummvee lovers out there, it will not only come with a premium auction price, but also the brutal reality that AM General will not be selling parts to non-military customers.
The reality is that it shouldn’t be a deal breaker and if you have $10,000 burning a whole in your pocket, check out www.GovPlanet.com for your chance to own a piece of American military history!


From: http://www.fourwheeler.com/

Just Having Fun. Old School Style.

Back in the day, dirt bikes were heavy, ill-handling, unreliable pieces of machinery. It was a time when the men that rode them were the true definition of gnarly, and it was a time when rules were few and fun was abundant. Today, even though the bikes have advanced, and the focus of the riders has shifted to multi-million dollar contracts and racing in packed stadiums, the heart and soul of motocross still remains the same. In keeping with the tradition of throwback fun, the Fasthouse and Troy Lee Designs crew spent a day in the desert, riding vintage bikes and having a good time miles away from anyone.

Current professional racer Sean Collier made the trek to the desert to roost around on a vintage Husky 250 and was joined by his brother Cameron, good friend Caile Noble, and the rest of the Fasthouse gang. We were on hand to snap some behind-the-scenes photos of the production. And while the video produced from the day depicts a bit of beer drinking with buddies, rest assured that it was all done professionally. Enjoy the quick final video edit that we received from Fasthouse and TLD, then head over to Thefasthouse.com to check out some rad t-shirts, jerseys, and much more.

Just Having Fun. Old School Style. from Fasthouse on Vimeo.

THAT ’70S SHOW: NEW BONNEVILLE, VINTAGE STYLE

Most builders rhapsodize about their bikes, scattering superlatives like autumn leaves on a country road. Kev Taggart describes his Triumph Bonneville T100 as “Small, squat, and tough as old boots.”

Kev can afford to be blunt. He’s one half of the English workshop Spirit of The Seventies, and a man with nothing left to prove. If there’s a phrase to sum up Spirit bikes, it’s “iron fist in a velvet glove”—and this T100 continues that fine philosophy.

It’s called TR9C, a nod to Triumph’s famous Trophy models of the 1950s and 1960s. Hence the slight retro enduro vibe: a look that modern-day custom Triumphs still carry well.

The commission came from a London-based client, a young guy who’d been using a Buell XB9 for getting around the city. Then the Buell was stolen from right outside his house. He decided to use the insurance money for something special, and put in a call to Kev and his partner Tim Rogers.

A design was quickly approved and a 2013-spec T100 ‘Limited Edition’ sourced. Spirit immediately set about the frame: removing the rear peg carriers, chopping down the subframe, building a ‘shortie’ seat and a new rear fender with LED indicators.

The instruments have been lowered, and the powdercoated headlight is held in place by LSL brackets with billet indicators.

“We also changed the one-inch chrome handlebars to black low-profile bars,” Kev reports. “It visually lowers the front end, and drops the rider’s hands for a sportier feel.”

Spirit wanted the Bonneville to look less like a gentleman’s armchair and more like a chunky roadster. So they’ve fitted smaller, wider wheels with modern sports rubber. “We built new 17-inch wheels, five inches wide at the rear and three at the front,” says Kev, “and popped on a pair of Pirelli Diablos. We then added a set of Fox Podium R shocks and progressive-rate fork springs to improve the grip even more.”

Next up was to fabricate a high-level exhaust system. “We usually fit these to Scramblers, but we thought we’d give this Bonnie some ‘classic enduro’ cool. You’d be daft to take this thing off-road, but there’s no reason you can’t lend it some dirt-sled kudos!”

After re-working the rear brake arrangement, the pipe went on fine. Then it went toZircotec in Abingdon for a very trick metallic-grey ceramic coating. It keeps the heat inside the pipe and helps scavenge the gases for a better bang.

“Amazing stuff, and it really works,” says Kev, “Zircotec coat F1 exhausts in the same material to prevent them from burning through the carbon bodywork.”

The final job was to liberate a little more power and torque. So Spirit performed their usual air box surgery, tickled the gearing, and retuned the ECU on T3 Racing’s rolling road. “The bike now has more power and torque right across the rev range.”

“And it sounds pretty bloody good too.”

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