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Parked outside the Tower of Ayia, Naxos

I’m on holiday on Naxos, the largest island in The Cyclades which is part of Greece. Me and my girlfriend hired a 250cc quad bike (Kymco MXU if that tells the enthusiasts anything) and drove around the island, it was great!

“Fun Car” at the docks rent out bikes at €20 per day, helmets included.

We drove from Naxos City (also called Chora) to Apollonas at the north of the island and then headed south to Mesi, Aperanthos and Chalki before heading back to Naxos City. There are a lot of nice beaches to see. We stopped at Agias Tower which is a defense tower from when the Venetians ruled the island. We also stopped at a local pottery where my girlfriend went nuts and bought lots of local crafts from two elderly women (one which I’m sure was half-crazy, she became angry at us for not eating more than a few of her peaches…). They were crafty though, the pots and stuff that we bought were quite nice.

The quad bike handled all right, but I have a feeling that it likes dirt roads better than the paved roads that I drove on. I’ve driven a quad once before, many years ago on a farm in Australia, and it’s a whole different experience. South of Naxos city towards Mikri Vigla there are lots of dirt roads next to the beach so if you’re ever around this neck of the woods a quad bike is definitely what you should go for, not a 125cc scooter!

Enjoy the pictures, the surroundings were spectacular!

Nice terrain (left), Naxos City/Chora (right)

Sphinx (left), My girlfriend looking fine in a helmet :) (right)

Leftovers of Apollon Temple in Chora and a giant version of BikerThomas trying to move it…

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That’s right! If you have an old Kawasaki Vulcan 800 lying around and don’t know what to do with it, why not buy a bobber kit! The Blue Collar Bobbers sell assemble-yourself-boober-kits for the Kawasaki VN800, the Honda Shadow VLX 600, Yamaha V-Star 650 Classic and the Honda Rebel 250.

According to their website “the kits are made from the highest quality materials and machined to achieve a perfect fit”. The parts are made to bolt on to the existing stock bike with a set of wrenches – how cool is that!?!!

They say they will come up with kits for other models when they get more space in their garage :)

Here’s one more picture of a green VN800 bobber, drooling yet?

Blue Collar Bobbers
http://www.bluecollarbobbers.com/

Evo Design Solutions has designed an electric motorcycle. The EV-o RR has two (yes two!) electric engines and is going to compete in the world’s first clean emission carbon free grand prix, the TTXGP, on Isle of Man in June.

Evo Design Solutions has previously designed grand-prix motorcycles and race cars for Le Mans so this is by no means one of those el-bikes you buy for your 5 year old…  They haven’t chosen a battery yet but there are rumors of a battery able to move the bike from 0-100Km/h (0-60mph) in 3,8s.

More information
Evo Design Solutions
TTXGP.com
Wired.com’s Blog article