Best steampunk book I've seen for kids, friends, your boss, and steam punk / inventors geek love .. Thaddeus the Boss, by Heather Theurer

http://www.heathertheurer.com/index.php

that is the first couple pages after you open it, so you can see how it begins

the story line is that Thadeus (the kid) wants to be a "boss" like his dad, and this tells how he tries and learns how difficult it is to be a boss, and what the things a boss has to do for the people he is a boss of.

one of the great things about Heather's art and design is the TERRIFIC details and inventions she displays throughout the book, like the pacifier with a dB meter

Every day the dad goes to work in a new way, but a Motor Wheel? How Cool!

the above reminds me of the big car in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen... notice the engine horsepower call out on the exhaust?

Steampunk baby buggy!

this is so cool, Heather wrote up a great amount of things that you can get your kids to think about or discuss, even go back through the book and look for

http://www.heathertheurer.com/index.php

http://www.amazon.com/Thaddeus-Boss-Heather-Theurer/dp/0982613784

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/thaddeus-the-boss/id512785971?mt=11

http://www.epbot.com/2012/03/saturday-steam-31712.html

the motorized monocycle only costs $13,000. Probably why no one has been seen riding one

found at http://www.hammacher.com/Product/Default.aspx?sku=11102

Have you looked over at New Cafe Racer Society lately?

The 70's were a time for opportunistic guys like Jumpin Joe Geralch to try to get paid for show appearances.

Wow, that is going to hurt in the morning

Clever!

Huh!

This was just a sample, they've got a whole lot more at http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com.es

Monowheel circa 1952, photos by Dean Loomis. WW2 was just over, and anything was possible

These were all photographed for Life magazine, as this was being prepped to get to a motorshow in 1952. Sleuths who try to figure out where, would need to look for a Bob's Speedo Service and a Hancock gas station in 1952.

Found on http://interweb3000.blogspot.com/2012/02/vintage-monowheel.html
via http://thenewcaferacersociety.blogspot.com

The monowheels in Men In Black 3 look a lot like this one http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2012/03/men-in-black-3-mib3-is-going-to-be.html

Men In Black 3 ( MIB3 ) is going to be another great MIB movie, and in this one, J and K ride motor wheels!

 Looks like they are strored under and inside the 66 Ford (Fairlane?) for quick deployment