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Old 04-04-2008, 03:23 PM   #1 (permalink)
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bennelson's famous: his electric motorcycle hits AutoblogGreen

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Old 04-04-2008, 04:41 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I saw that and immediately came here to congratulate him on the exposure...

they've only covered a couple bikes, and a couple cars.... one of the bikes was mine and it wasn't even finished... the other was ben's.

ABG is really interested in the home conversion, so keep them updated on any other projects!

Congrats Ben!!!
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Old 04-04-2008, 09:08 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Very nice. Congrats Ben.
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Old 04-05-2008, 02:07 PM   #7 (permalink)
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That guy's just a geek screwing around in his garage.

Now somebody who can build a Geo Metro from a forklift - now THAT's impressive!
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they've only covered a couple bikes, and a couple cars.... one of the bikes was mine and it wasn't even finished... the other was ben's.
Hey Frodus,

Do you have a permalink on what coverage ABG did on your cycle? I would love to see it.

I also got an e-mail today from a guy who works for THE DAILY PLANET on the Discovery Channel. Does anyone watch that?

This guy said that they might want to do some sort of follow-up story on me.

How the hell did I become a poster-boy!?!?!?!
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Darn, we should hurry up and get those posters we made printed...
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http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/03...s-to-electric/

and there's another CRF250 that was covered too... I forgot about that one....

Hell, they should wait until I'm done, and interview all 3 of us

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