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Motorcycle made from woven baskets

blog.makezine.com — This motorcycle made from woven baskets is a really nice juxtaposition of materials and function. Driving this might be a challenge, but at least it can hold a lot of stuff as a home shelving unit.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jan 28, 2009

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  • Zippo, on 01/28/2009, -6/+34Whoever made this is a real basketcase.
  • inactive, on 01/28/2009, -4/+17It takes the phrase "Weave in and out of traffic" to a whole new level.
  • serif69, on 01/28/2009, -0/+13It's manufactured by Barley Davidson.
  • chrissku, on 01/28/2009, -4/+11I think it belongs to him...


    http://www.ilovecapetown.com/tours/unger/Unger%20- ...
  • DrDragun, on 01/28/2009, -0/+7The highway is no picnic....
  • agentlame, on 01/28/2009, -1/+6You have no idea how that meme works, huh?
  • serif69, on 01/28/2009, -0/+4Oh good for you; you can reed.
  • FredFredrickson, on 01/28/2009, -1/+5It can weave in and out of traffic.
  • FAHQ2, on 01/28/2009, -2/+5So now I finally know what a Ph.D in basket weaving will get you.
  • dafragsta, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3So I hear you like mudflaps.
  • profJohn, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3Stop goofing off on Digg and get back to working on your Cultural Studies dissertation.
  • inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+3Except a motorbike made out of baskets.
  • Steeeeve1, on 01/29/2009, -0/+2"Grrrr! We need more straw Goddammit! Oh... and we have to finish it in like 2 hours or something" [slams the door]
  • deathcapt, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2ITT: Digg goes hell's angels in a hand basket.
  • gtownplaya, on 01/30/2009, -0/+2but can it run crysis...
  • memper, on 01/28/2009, -1/+3Oh I see what they did there.

    The once rebellious motorcycle of the 50s, associated with the biker counterculture has become mainstream, accepted as normal and within the gestalt of Americana, and here finally portrayed as an icon in a folk art medium, recasting the American rebel as the beloved sons of a workaday culture.

    One day, grand theft auto will be depicted in needlepoint.

  • phrozen755, on 01/28/2009, -0/+2it'd just be a basket...
  • evilsin, on 01/28/2009, -0/+10 - to 60 ...no
  • CoD4, on 01/28/2009, -1/+2You could be weaving on the streets
  • inactive, on 01/28/2009, -0/+1I know a guy with a degree in pottery.
    He's unemployed.
  • dlogic, on 01/30/2009, -0/+1i wonder whats the mileage!!!
  • Steeeeve1, on 01/29/2009, -0/+10-0
  • Steeeeve1, on 01/29/2009, -0/+1You know what else is fun? Burying comments.
  • inactive, on 02/01/2009, -0/+1Not as cool as the Bitch Bike.
  • theatreguy36, on 01/28/2009, -2/+3I see what you did there
  • chthonical, on 01/28/2009, -1/+1...Scuzzlebike?
  • imautobot, on 01/28/2009, -2/+2This week on American Chopper, Paulie struggles with his biggest challenge yet... Wicker.
  • cbasst, on 01/29/2009, -1/+1I just saw this at the Scott's antique show in columbus last saturday. pretty nifty, but come on...
  • teamtom, on 01/28/2009, -1/+1Art for art's sake man!
  • inactive, on 01/28/2009, -1/+1YOU BASTARD
  • apmtt, on 01/29/2009, -0/+0Nice fun!
  • mogebier, on 01/28/2009, -2/+1There should be loaves of crusty bread sticking out of the saddlebags.
  • Llanowar, on 01/28/2009, -4/+3Now, is it actually made of woven baskets? Or is it made in a similar way to woven baskets? I''m guessing more along the lines of the second myself.
  • GoneGreen, on 01/28/2009, -5/+4Complete waste of time and effort.
  • cijid, on 01/28/2009, -3/+2but does it run Crysis?
  • joshuaer, on 01/28/2009, -2/+1What a hack no side-car!
  • joelav22, on 01/28/2009, -2/+1This is singularly the gayest and most awesome thing I have seen in a while
  • kpostrup, on 01/29/2009, -2/+0That's not a motorcycle, it's a chopper!
  • Eliiana, on 01/29/2009, -2/+0People! Can only be the work of photoshop for this feature, everything is possible, by a motorcyclist in a carved bread hahahaha
    Nice! Fun!
  • heaintheavy, on 01/28/2009, -6/+3Wicker-fast, man!
  • utterer, on 01/28/2009, -5/+1Does the person who made it have Patrick Duffy for a leg?


  • UBDevoid, on 01/28/2009, -5/+1My parents have one exactly like this on their front porch, the spiders love it.
  • ZeroCubed, on 01/28/2009, -5/+1Cool - now, who's gonna buy it?
  • redux2redux, on 01/28/2009, -5/+1One backfire and it is up in smoke.
  • J0hnnyBlaze, on 01/28/2009, -5/+1I rode that to Burning Man.
  • captainchris, on 01/28/2009, -9/+4wickercycle is the new roflcopter
  • TonySki, on 01/28/2009, -6/+1wonder how fast it goes.
  • janinekahn, on 01/27/2009, -12/+7For the motorcycle enthusiast who has everything...
  • fantomtuba, on 01/28/2009, -5/+0...so this is what you learn in basket weaving
  • eclasssystems, on 01/28/2009, -9/+3Dude, that's so wicker!
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