Spotted this on thecoolhunter.net

So cool..

So…very….cool..

The 1934 BMW R7
Be….strong.

Check it out:

Think back 70 or 75 years to a time when design began to break away from the traditional and elaborate rationalism that ensued for hundreds of years. As the styles of Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Streamline and Zigzag Moderne emerged after the Industrial Revolution, designers as well as consumers fully embraced the Age of the Machine. Shiny chrome surfaces lay across curving forms or over expansive horizontal planes and glorified a dynamic new world on the move.

And suddenly, design was muted as World War II approached. Inspiration was buried away, along with some innovative and visually stunning design work. Skip ahead to 2005 when some curious members of BMW Classic opened a box and found the R7 bike 75 assembled – although not in shining condition. The engine was corroded, the metalwork was in dire shape, the battery was unusable, but the opportunity for restoration could not be ignored.

Various specialists at the BMW workshop discovered the original design drawings in the archive collections and conjured up the ghosts from Streamline Moderne’s past. Missing parts were sourced, others were rebuilt, the chrome was polished and the frame was painted black. And the final test, retuning the 1934 BMW motorcycle to the street, proved to be worth the wait nearly three quarters of a century later. – Andrew J Wiener

[more from thecoolhunter here]

Oh my God – that bike is TO DIE FOR!

Hmm, that reminds me. I need a new scooter. But something cool and retro like that little beast!

Or maybe this little guy from Vespa Cape Town? The GTS300 Super!

The Vespa GTS300 Super!

Not bad. But I was snooping around the local Vespa South Africa scooters website and, if I did go that route, I would definitely take the “Chrome Kit!”

Pretty sick! Check it out!

*sigh* Decision.. Decisions!