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Riding out Sandy
While other New Yorkers cowered in their apartments by candlelight, our intrepid contributor Nick Goddard took to city streets during the storm on his Honda Cub. Here's a recounting of his adventure. — Ed. People seemed to like the Hurricane Irene pictures, so when Sandy hit, my friends and I went on another adventure in hopes of getting some video. ...
30 October 2012
Kids of speed: riding through Fukushima
More than 6 months have passed since a massive tsunami tore across Northeast Japan leaving a wide swath of devastation. Houses and buildings are slowly being demolished and trucked away to be recycled or disposed of in monumental proportions. The residents are slowly picking up what is left of their lives and trying to rebuild some sort of new normality surrounded by the tatters of their former li...
21 September 2011
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4 days later: the transport situation in Tokyo
Have you ever seen a rush hour train in Tokyo? Multiply that by two and that’s how the buses are looking. Some people waiting seven hours and more to board one. The majority of gas stations are without gas and the ones that have it are rationing the amount you can buy. Here’s what it’s like trying to get around Tokyo 4 days after the 8.9 magnitude earthquake. Above: shoppers cleared out a ...
14 March 2011
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Honda suspends motorcycle production
Effective immediately, production has been halted at Honda’s Hamamatsu motorcycle factory. Tomorrow, the production facility in Kumamoto will be closed as well. The move is part of a wave of post-earthquake measures that will see Honda’s other Japanese facilities closed, including the R&D facility in Tochigi where one employee was killed in last week’s 8.9 magnitude quake. Update: Suzuki is...
14 March 2011