Archive for July, 2008

Good Reason to Wear Gear

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

This is going to be a short post. My friend had found this thread on the Southern California sport bike riders forum. Basically the writer tells the story about him deciding not to wear any gear one day when he went riding his Ducati Hypermotard. He high sided at approximately 50 mph although police claims […]

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To Chill or Not to Chill

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

I have been riding all weekend logging well over 400 miles in 2 days of freeway, street and canyon riding. On paper the weather could not have been better. 80-ish (25-ish Celsius) degrees with a nice breeze. As usual I appropriately dressed for this kind of weather - my replacement Rev’it Airforce jacket and the […]

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Rev’it Airforce Jacket circa 2008

Monday, July 14th, 2008

By now you have become intimately familiar with my Rev’it saga. To sum it up - I’ve had a silver Rev’it Airforce jacket for about half a year. I loved it dearly. About a month ago one of the zippers broke. So I tried to get a replacement jacket from Rev’it USA. After a frustrating […]

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Rev’it Saga Comes to Conclusion

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

My Rev’it saga came to its finish line today’s morning when I finally got a hold of my new replacement Airforce jacket in all black color. I took exactly one month to accomplish something that was pitched as a couple of days affair. Here is how the saga concluded.
On Tuesday, Jul 1 when the Rev’it […]

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Dodging the Bimmer

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

It happened 10 minutes ago. I was making a final turn on my way home. 3 more blocks to go. As I completed the turn I started picking up some speed. And that very moment a black brand new 5-series bimmer pulled out of the underground parking of one of the apartment building on my […]

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