Sensual Beast

Usually bikes and babes are synonymous with explicit sexual contexts, this picture is subtle yet very sensual.

Two drug traffickers and a bike arrested!!

Kuwait securitymen found that the suspects used a novel method to sell drugs, the source said 'when Arif Khan received any order for drugs on his mobile telephone, Abdul Kareem Aman would carry the contraband on his motorcycle (its just a mean of transportation, no need to bust it!!) and place them in different places like near a garbage container or close to an abandoned car.' The suspects used to receive payments for supplying drugs in their bank account, he noted.

How do you spell UGLY

Its what you see!

LG to unveil its smart phone

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) -- LG expects to unveil its 3G smart phone ‘LG-KS20’ at the upcoming IFA 2007, which features 12.8mm thickness and 2.8-inch all touch screen display with full browsing capability. Running on Windows Mobile 6.0, the LG-KS20 supports HSDPA network, 3.6Mbps download speed.Other features of the 3G smart phone included push email service, 2M camera, mp3 playback, Bluetooth 2.0, cursive script recognition and video call. It will be available in 4Q 2007 in Europe market.

V-for Victory or Vision

Its either you like it or you hate it, I admire it not from a look perspective but rather the functionality and baldness of Victory to step into the lions den, the turf of Honda Goldwing and BMW. I like cause its a V-Twin, I like it cause its a Rotax engine. Introduced in February of 2007 as additions to the 2008 line up, the Vision bikes are first all new American-made luxury tourers introduced in 30 years. The Vision is to be offered in two versions, the Street which includes a full fairing and hard saddle bags; and the Tour which in addition to the full fairing and hard bags features a hard trunk which sports significant capacity. The Visions feature what is perhaps the lowest seat hight of any touring bike, however, the saddle boasts a full 4 inches of ultra comfort seat padding. Both bikes are offered with a wide range of luxury electronics. The design of the Vision is totally new, marking a step into the future for the company.

El Superbeasto Episode VII.I

Well things have not moved quiet well over the past 3 weeks, my painter is having a art crisis, does not seem to come up with a theme nor deliverables, last feedback I got he will commit to deliver in 2 weeks I hope for his sake. Today the engine is closed at last, after Aramex lost my four degree cam sprocket, exhaust is on yippee!! Misssing minor items here and there.

Michael Jackson in Bollywood!!!!!

NEW BOOKS COMING - THE SET UP

I wonder what a book tour is like in Africa? Take a look at this picture. It's from the current issue of The Economist. It's a satellite view of Europe and Africa at night. The Africans are certainly doing more than their fair share of the work to combat global warming.

I don't know how many inches of glacier I've melted with all the emails I've already sent out to lay the groundwork for my upcoming book launch. I am driving for most of the upcoming tour. That's not good, but it's not as bad as if I was flying to the 20 or so cities where I have events planned. At least my office isn't air-conditioned. (Which is something I've regretted during the past week.)

The problem with book promotion these days is that you never know what's going to work. Lately I've heard that the only guaranteed book sellers these days are appearances on Oprah, The Daily Show and on the display ladders at the front of Barnes & Noble and Borders. (B&N and Borders sell 85% of the books they sell, from within the first 20 feet of the front door.) Supposedly, even The Today Show and Good Morning America can't guarantee book sales anymore.

Everyone's talking about viral marketing and every new book seems to come complete with a "book trailer." Click here to see mine. If your book trailer hits on YouTube, you'll supposedly sell a lot of books.

But, there's no way to guarantee a hit on YouTube, or anywhere else. Not long ago a publisher spent, by its own admission, $60,000 on two one minute short films to get a buzz going online about a new book. It didn't help. So far as I know the book hasn't earned back its advance, much less that extra sixty thousand bucks.

I suppose getting arrested could help, a little. Getting arrested in a compromising position with Paris Hilton might help even more. But maybe people are getting sick of Paris. I know I am.

So what can a writer do? What sells books?

I'm opting for the machine gun approach. Jam as big a clip as I can into the thing, set it on full auto, hold down the trigger and blast away in as many different directions as I possibly can. Surely I'll hit something. If I was a big name author like Stephen King or somebody, my publisher could afford the hydrogen bomb approach, laying waste to readers all across America - and the world. But they can't afford that, and neither can I.

So, here I am again, a blind man with a gun. (Oh wait, there's a Chester Himes novel called something like that - Blind Man With a Pistol.) Only this time, having been through this a couple of times in the past with previous books, I've got a bigger magazine of bullets and I might be able to conserve some by shooting in controlled bursts.

And I've got some booksellers on my side. They're good allies.

So if in the next few months you get more emails than you want from me, you see my name more than seems seemly on websites and bulletin boards (and maybe some restroom walls), and I show up in your town and pester you to come see me in person and buy multiple copies of my books and it all seems like too much shameless self-promotion... Tough! A writer's gotta do, what a writer's gotta do

Absolutely Correct

W-air express yourself the Lebanese way!!!

This is not for the faint hearted, content of this post uses explicit Lebanese Language, and daily dialect using common words, so if you are easily offended please close this browser page.

W'air (W-air) Pronunciation: woo-air
Function: undefined Date: unknown 1:
Term used to release extreme feelings of frustration.
2: Common usage is proven to reduce stress and increase general well being.

Expression Example
Normal : oh no I lost my keys Improved : W’air I lost my keys
English Equivalent I love you : W’air feek shoo b7ibak !
Some Useful Expressions:I miss you: W’air shou mishtaklak!
What happened?: W’air shoo sar?
What's wrong with you?!?: W’air bi shaklak
What's wrong?: W’air shoo fee?
W'air have you been??: W’air waynak?
Turn on the AC: W’air shoo fee shob!
The AC is not working!: W’air condition!
How could you do that?!: W’air shoo beik ya zalameh!
Please come back later: W’air ma shayifneh mashghoul
I have a hang over: W’air minteik albeh
Are you ok? W’air shoo beik?
Why haven't you called me?: W’air ma pta3reef it’talfeen
What an idea!! : W’air malla fikra!
Please reconsider: W’air ma bee-seer!
Where do I begin?: W’air do i start?
Please come back later: W’air ma shayifneh mashghoul
Don’t be a stranger: W’air ma tkhaleena nishtaklak
Of course!: W’air walaw!
It gets better!: W’air ba3id ma shifit shee!

So if you would like to brush up on your lebanese go to W'air bihal link.

Understanding the word Consent!!

2008 Harley-Davidson FXDF Dyna Fat Bob

Earthquake hits Kuwait Magnitude 4.3 -

Looking forward moving back to Europe in a couple of years.

Randy Mamola

One of the greatest motorcycle racing moment, when randy looses the rear on his Honda 500 GP, followed by a massive high side to be recovered through a great display of acrobatic.

Wrath Slayer Levers

Just picked up these beauties of eBay, this is how the description goes Radical levers for warriors! These billet-cut and chromed levers strike fear into the heart of onlookers. Caution: these levers are sharp and have looks to KILL.

El Beasto is getting more beasty, looking forward to mount them on the Bike, should be here next week.

"Club Bill Gates" Cafe

This must be a copy right infrengement, I hear that the menu gets updated every 3 years with quarterly patches release on the garnish.

Steve Ballmer putting a spell on Google

Could not resist this picture of SteveB, where he looks like he is about to put a spell on his competitors.

Steve Ballmer at a glance

Born March 24, 1956 (1956-03-24) (age 51) Detroit, Michigan
Occupation CEO, Microsoft
Net worth $15 billion USD (2007)

Ballmer is a vocal individual, a great motivator with an extremely competitive spirit, I have attended several sessions with him, during my tenure at MS.

According to one former employee's headline-grabbing allegations, this competitive nature has manifested itself more violently. In 2005, Mark Lucovsky alleged in a sworn statement to a Washington state court that Ballmer became highly enraged upon hearing that Lucovsky was about to leave Microsoft for Google.

Lucovsky said Ballmer threw a chair across the room and shouted: "Fucking Eric Schmidt is a fucking pussy. I'm going to fucking bury that guy, I have done it before, and I will do it again. I'm going to fucking kill Google." Shortly after, he resumed trying to persuade Lucovsky to stay at Microsoft. Ballmer has described Lucovsky's account of the incident as a "gross exaggeration of what actually took place."[8]

Harley-Davidson 2008 Screamin’ Eagle Softail Springer

For 2008 Harley-Davidson rolls out a nostalgic CVO Eagle Softail Springer. This creation from Harley-Davidson Custom Vehicle Operations (CVO) takes a timeless Harley-Davidson motorcycle to a more powerful level with a Twin Cam 110B engine. The Harley-Davidson CVO group creates limited-production, exclusive motorcycles produced by a team of highly skilled technicians in a special assembly area at the Harley-Davidson plants in York, Pa., and Kansas City.

Why Do We Customize Motorcycles?

No two persons are alike. There is just something about each of us that set us apart from others. Since we are born we want to affirm our own personality, define and project our unique style and make ourselves more desirable both personally and professionally. And when you think about it, all our life is spent trying to escape pain and find pleasure in all our endeavors. We personalize the way we dress, customize our environment, our home decoration, the objects we use, etc and never stop dreaming about new solutions to make everything touching our lives look and work better. And it’s the only way we can live because people who don’t have dreams don’t have much.

Motorcycles cannot be defined only in terms of cubic inch and horsepower. They have a soul and are objects of affection. Customizing is the result of our need to reach for extreme beauty and perfection.. It’s all about the pleasure we feel when we are able to create and refine each feature to make our ride absolutely unique, in phase with our persona and becoming the object of others desires and admiration. For a motorcycle and parts designer there is nothing more satisfying than transforming individual dreams into one-of-a-kind customs. The result of the work of a professional builder is much more than new designs, colors, technical and mechanical improvements. It is about the pleasure to bring to a client. Evolution of power, handling, functionality & design is going to continue and will never stop. Simply as the consequence of the basic human need for improvement, personalization and customization.

So, you own a motorcycle and I doubt that it is just to move your body. If motorcycling becomes our passion, it’s because it moves our soul. Because of the landscapes we cross, because of the new friendships at the end of the highway and because of the emotions we get when straddling a machine; freedom, power, motion & style. It’s the way a motorcycle becomes an object of fascination and affection. But you want your bike to show its uniqueness, to feast your eyes even more and make your heart beat faster So, you are ready to spend a lot of time and money customizing it, trying to make it look more attractive, aesthetically and mechanically. And it never stops because your rider friends are doing the same.

Why ride the same bike as everybody else? Doing the work yourself, with friends or with the help of a professional builder, you are ready for any custom “tour de force”. Whatever your style, luxury that whispers, look that endures, attitude that show the street what you are made of, you want to wow the world. So, you work hard at creating new lines, refining details. Even before hitting the road you already feel an inner drive, the spirit of adventure, a strong sense of uniqueness filling you with happiness. Now your custom motorcycle is ready. You never felt this way before. You can’t imagine your life without it. When you are together on the road, it all falls in place. You are one. You feel an incredible sense of freedom. You are yourself, ready to let go, impatient to explore new horizons. An invisible thread reaching out around the world just connected you to all other custom motorcycle riders. A thread important to your life. The thread might stretch or tangle, but it will never break. Customizing is now under your skin. You feel rich, powerful and beautiful. (Copyright Cyril Huze)

True Biker Story. Hilarious.

In the News-Tribune, Editor/Publisher Rebecca Tudley writes this true story. “The way my friend told it, this guy pushed his motorcycle from the patio into his living room where he began to clean the engine with some rags and a bowl of gasoline. When he finished, he sat on the motorcycle and decided to start it to make sure everything was still Ok. Unfortunately the bike started in gear and crashed through the glass patio door with him still clinging to the handlebars. His wife came running at the noise and found him crumpled on the patio badly cut from shards of broken glass. She called 911 and the paramedics transported the guy to the emergency room.

Later that afternoon after many stitches had pulled her husband back together, the wife brought him home and put him to bed. She cleaned up the mess in the living room and dumped the bowl of gasoline in the toilet. Shortly thereafter, her husband woke up, lit a cigarette and went into the bathroom. He sat down and tossed the cigarette into the toilet which promptly exploded because the wife had not flushed the gasoline away. The explosion blew the man through the bathroom door. The wife heard the explosion and her husband screams. She ran into the hall and found him lying on the floor with his trousers blown away and burns on his buttocks. The wife again ran to the phone and called for an ambulance.

The same 2 paramedics were dispatched to the scene. They loaded the husband on the stretcher and began carrying him to the street. One of them asked the wife how the injury had occurred. When told them, they began laughing so hard that they dropped the stretcher and broke the guy’s collarbone”. Talk about instant Karma….

Harley-Davidson And Ducati Could Merge

During these last two months I heard a persistent that Ducati and Harley-Davidson would consider a strategic merger. Then today Dennis Johnson, Dealernews and Big Twin Dealer Senior Editor, advises of an article just published by the very serious Financial Times and titled “Ducati Would Consider Harley-Davidson Merger Anytime, Ducati CFO Says”. Think about the alliances in the car industry between American & European companies. Some were very good, some turned bad. In this post, I am not going to explain the “total complementary” between Ducati and Harley-Davidson. I send you to the Financial Times article. It’s important news and if the merger happens, it can change all the landscape of the motorcycle industry. I always though the Monstro should have a Harley engine...

Space Hotel sees 2012 opening

To infinity & beyond!!! Believe it or not, booking a hotel in space may become a reality sooner rather than later, and if things go as planned, the Galactic Suite will actually be welcoming in guests sans gravity in just five short years. Folks who make the trip will be able to "see the sun rise 15 times a day and use Velcro suits to crawl around their rooms by sticking themselves to the walls," and while spas with floating water sure sounds like something we'd be interested in, the nightly fees are quite literally out of this world. How much? Try $4 million for a three-day stay -- thats including shuttling back and forth, better bring your camera, eh?

A/C Unit Keeps Car Cool (Funny)

HOUSTON -- Scott Dawson, a civil engineering graduate from the University of Houston, decided after three years of driving around Houston without air conditioning in his car was long enough. So instead of spending $1,200 to fix the air conditioning on a car he planned on getting rid of soon, he bolted a home window A/C unit to the roof and wired it to the car. Click on the photo gallery link below for more photos, this got to Catch on in Kuwait and Lebanon soon, they failed to mention if it was tested at high speed!!!

Xbox 360 Elite and 300 HD DVD Contest

We've given away any number of Xbox 360s on Engadget in the past, but never one with the level of awesome turned up to 11 (or, in this case, 300). Today we're giving away one of just 20 super rare Xbox 360 Elite consoles printed with blood designs from 300 -- but rarer still since it's friggin' signed by Frank Miller. The details of what the winner takes:
300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite (120GB drive, wireless controller, etc.)
Console is signed by 300 creator and comic legend Frank Miller, as well as Zack Snyder, director of the eponymous film
300 combo DVD / HD DVD (which is, incidentally, out today) to go right along with it. Look, we'll admit it, we really don't want to give this thing away -- so make sure you follow the contest guidelines, ok?The rules (yeah, there are always rules):
Leave a comment below -- tell us your fave scene from the movie. (It's ok if you haven't seen it, but where the hell have you been?)
You may only enter this specific giveaway once. If you enter this giveaway more than once you'll be automatically disqualified, etc. (Yes, we have robots that thoroughly check to ensure fairness.) In other words, be careful when commenting and if you submit more than once, only activate one comment, ok?
If you enter more than once, only activate one comment -- otherwise we'll send Leonidas after you.
Contest is open to anyone worldwide!
Entries can be submitted until 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, August 12th.

2008 Harley-Davidson FXCW/C Softail Rocker

The much talked about Rocker, which I personally dislike.

Boss Hoss

A chevy V8 powered, bike only good for quarter miles run, I would not mind trying one, the torque must be awesome.

El Superbeasto Episode VII

Its official now, Fat-Train got a new nick"El Superbeasto", I like the name although I must give credit to Rob Zombie. The Fat-Train brute, raw, powerful "Harley wise" its beasty yet tamed with gold lining. "El Superbeasto" carries the heritage of it's past creations, Hellraiser & Acrimony.

Beyonce Knowles Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Photos

Beyonce Knowles on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2007.

Harley Davidson, Bolivia Style!

Everybody loves Harley Davidson, but very few afford one. Some locals in Bolivia, which are included in the last category, thought to make their own motorcycles, they get a 10 for creativity!!!

Olympus 710 Digi Cam for 40 KD!!!!!

OK here is the deal, I have been an eBayer for like 5 years now and although the idea of purchasing a digital cam over eBay never crossed my mind, I decided to take the plunge. I am fed up spending $500 every 3rd year buying the lastest point and shoot. I wanted something handy and cheap that will replace my Canon S50 which is somehow a bit bulky by todays standard although this was a direct replacement to my Casio Exislim which I managed to loose in new Orleans a couple of years back. The deal was irresistible although the olympus 710 is not rated amongst the best performer but 40KD shipped to my door WOW... I will keep you posted

I forgot to add that the package included the following goodies.

4 Bonus:
1. 1GB XD Memory Card

2. Extra Olympus Li-ion Battery

3. Camera Case

4. Tripod

El Superbeasto Episode VI.I

Now the version releases are getting incremental, given the fact some parts are still on backorder from the US and awaiting lower shocks and front wheel. Todays progess was around the engine, we mounted the pushrods bled the lifters. Rewired the ignition cables and the horn, the choke has been rerouted to the carb side awaiting some genius idea on how to fabricate a new mount. On the paint job side Tony has made some progress at last, the tank has been smoothed out, awaiting the progress to reach the remainder off all body part by end of next week.

We the lebanese ( by ziad rahbani )

I like Ziad and this clip epitomize our character no denying!