I was riding back home from the office last night. Merging from one freeway to another. End up close to another rider on a pretty new R1 with two small saddle bags. We were on both sides of one of the left most lanes. He apparently intended to take the space between the 2 left […]
Sometime ago Motodisiac had blogged about him almost dropping his Aprilia. Now my turn has come. I also did not drop my bike, but again like him was really close to dropping it. Here is what happened.
Two weekends ago we went canyon riding. The total of 4 riders including myself and Motodisiac. We went to […]
As you all know I bought a new bike back in January. Obviously I did not need 2 motorcycles. So I started passively selling my SV650S. My passive selling strategies were pretty much limited to posts on craigslist, conversations with my friends, co-workers (neither of whom owns a bike as of yet). And that was […]
I am sure this post will stir up some controversy like the Prius one. So before I go into more details I would like to say that I am talking purely from my own riding experience. Not a vast one. However I believe that logging approximately 1000 miles (1600 km) per month might entitle me […]
Riding in
California
Thailand
motorcycle
2003 Aprilia Futura RST 1000
2006 Yamaha Off Road / MX
engine size
998 cc
250cc
mileage
~7K miles
~6500 km (allegedly per renter)
condition
as new
beat up
helmet
Z1R Blade ~$90
noname camouflage hat ~$10
riding jacket
Rev’it
Airforce ~$300
beach volleyball t-shirt - free
riding pants
Rev’it
Ultimate ~$200
old faded out quiksilver surf shorts - unknown
riding boots
Rev’it
Freestyle ~$150
noname sandals ~$10
gloves
Alpine Stars ~$70
no glove
Yes, riding in Thailand was fun. No, it was […]
With gas prices hitting record $106 a barrel there are a lot of discussions regarding gasoline prices. Usually I hear two complaints. One comes from American public, crying that the gas is about to hit $4 per gallon. Opposing opinion comes from members of the European community, letting clueless Americans know that they’ve been paying […]
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 […]
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 […]
I am definitely becoming a better rider. With the weather becoming increasingly better I choose a bike over my car almost every day logging over 30 miles daily. Today was not an exception. I left my house and started going down the street, my bike still cold and me still getting to the state of […]
I was riding home today, freeway is packed as usual, cautiously splitting lanes, don’t want to be too aggressive, I usually tend to learn my lessons fairly quickly. It seems to be a known fact to drivers that motorcycle riders “come out of nowhere” because they move faster than traffic. Well, tonight was not the […]
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