Archive for February, 2008
Friday, February 29th, 2008
I left office late the other day. Even though it was warm in the morning and during the day the evening chill was already in full effect. Normally this sort of weather won’t feel cold, the Rev’it Ultimate pants are fairly warm even without both liners. However my legs felt cold, something wasn’t right.
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Friday, February 29th, 2008
How many times have you bought a car only to realize 5 minutes later that it is running on fumes and you need to hit the gas station NOW? When I purchased my 2.3-16 a couple of years ago, I was pleasantly surprized that the owner filled it up before handing me the key. I remember thinking that it was […]
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Thursday, February 28th, 2008
About a couple of months ago I blogged about different sorts of freedom that motorcycle riding offers. My post was called “Freedom of Movement with Less Freedom of Attire“. What I said then (and what I still say no) is that “motorcycle riding gives you the feel of freedom”. Mr. Baljinder Badesha begs to differ.
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
Boyd Coddington, the hot-rod innovator whose creations won the coveted Grand National Roadster Show’s America’s Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) trophy a record six times, died Wednesday morning of undisclosed causes. He was 63.
Coddington was raised in rural Idaho but moved to Southern California as soon as he could to pursue his dream of building hot […]
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Wednesday, February 27th, 2008
We all know that motorcycling is dangerous. Accepting that there is a possibility of crashing is easy. I’m ready to go down every second of my ride, it would upset me but not surprize me. How about dying in a crash? I refuse to even think about it. I’m in this state of denial when […]
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Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
I had already posted a review on my riding pants - Rev’it Ultimate. As I noted in that review “One of the best and unfortunately not used features of these pants are a full-length and short internal zipper for attachment to Rev’it jackets.” It has been unused because my winter jacket is not Rev’it. Now […]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
No surprise here. Motodisiac and yours truly had an opportunity to test ride the 1098’s younger brother - Ducati Superbike 848. Looks like Ducati came way ahead of its competition in this contest.
What’s also interesting that Ducati completely dominates the list too. Read full story here.
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
Some people like having personalised licence plates. Every day I see dozens of them, each one meaning something. What if the plate you desire to have on your car is already taken? How much are you willing to pay for it?
Abu-Dhabi resident Saeed Khouri just paid cool 13,638,848.35 USD (yes, 13.6 MILLION dollars and change) for […]
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Sunday, February 17th, 2008
With Grand Prix Zero now officially over, I’m still in a state of shock. How could Casey Stoner come out just for few laps, post the fastest time on 5th lap and never get challenged by the rest of the grid? No, they tried, but all their efforts looked pitiful considering the fact that after it […]
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
I was sitting at the light this morning when fellow motorcyclist rolled up to me and gave me a nod. He was riding Ducati Monster and looked like your typical city commuter, with black messenger bag across his shoulder. His gear was somewhat lacking in my opinion, with only black bike jacket providing any kind […]
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