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Article: Big Toe: THE world's tallest rideable motorcycle. (Riding around).(7-1/2-foot-high, 15-foot-long motorcycle)(Brief Article)
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- April 1, 2002
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Tom Wiberg has an active imagination. He lies awake nights thinking up new inventions, which works out well, as his occupation as an inventor is to develop new product ideas for a company that makes trolleys and trucks. Wiberg decided his Suzuki 250 was a tad on the small side, so he built a 15-foot-long motorcycle that his family of five can ride together.
In truth, Wiberg, of Hokerum, Sweden, became fascinated with U.S. monster trucks and decided to build the world's first monster motorcycle. He bought a video of the trucks so he could study them up close. Six years later, when he finished building his 7 1/2-foot-high creation, "as a bonus, Big Toe turned out ...
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Article: Wiberg, Eaton help Mariners defeat Hornets
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;
January 24, 2002 ;
700+ words
... ... Stonington's 5-foot-9 center Meghan Wiberg instead made it relatively easy for everyone ... perimeter shots - and pumped it in to Wiberg when they could - as DI-Stonington earned ... Stonington is 5-7 and Lubec fell to 5-8. Wiberg scored 13 points and pulled down 12 rebounds ...
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