Posted in moto-shopping, motorcycle gear, motorcycle safety, shopping, sportbikes on May 1st, 2007
“One of the advantages to actually riding a motorcycle is that you don’t have to look like a total poseur wearing your leather motorcycle jacket…” – Unknown
May kicks off motorcycle safety month, so it’s a good opportunity to take a good hard look at your gear.
Helmets
There are really only two words anyone needs to remember [...]
Posted in biking, how-to, moto-shopping, motorcycle, new york, sportbikes on Apr 24th, 2007
It’s a strange feeling, the first time you leave your bike unattended on the streets of New York. Someone could just go sit on it and start messing around. A car could knock it over while parking. Anyone could come over and steal it. But the remarkable thing is…you CAN park [...]
Posted in misc, moto-shopping, motorcycle, motorcycle gear, shopping, sportbikes on Apr 23rd, 2007
One of the things that happens after you start riding is you start to notice helmets. Sure there’s little scientifically verifiable safety difference between the $55 helmet you get from Auto Zone and the $700 Arai, but it’s hard to resist the lure of a nice lid… It’s the difference between a $20k [...]
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