Sometimes it is better to check your bearing before you get to the destination. When I first started making my heated glove liners last year this time, I did a thorough search to see how different manufacturers and DIYers connected their gloves and controlled the heat. I decided to take a little bit of a different approach to the connectors by using mono audio plugs and jacks. After riding with the gloves for a while, there were some tweaks I wanted to make like a smaller controller and moving it out of the tank bag since that was not my original vision.
07 December 2010
Motorcycle Gear: The Helmet
The HJC Lesson.
At the beginning of the year I got a new helmet for the first time in 3 years. My old Icon Mainframe was falling apart and needed replacing. After some research, I settled on the HJC CL-SP. It had good reviews and a popular name. I found a good deal at Competition Accessories and bought it along with my first pair of motorcycle specific boots, Vega Touring Boots.
At the beginning of the year I got a new helmet for the first time in 3 years. My old Icon Mainframe was falling apart and needed replacing. After some research, I settled on the HJC CL-SP. It had good reviews and a popular name. I found a good deal at Competition Accessories and bought it along with my first pair of motorcycle specific boots, Vega Touring Boots.
06 December 2010
Impressions: Long Term Gear Review.
Over the course of the year, I bought a lot of gear. I took advantage of closeout deals to replace things and buy things I wanted for a while but didn't think I needed until this year. Gear includes stuff for me (like motorcycle specific boots, a new helmet, and jacket) and stuff for Baby (like luggage). I'm not going to include farkles, like the exhaust, levers, or frame plugs, because for the most part I don't need to live with them to know if I like them. I decided to wait until I spent some time with my new gear before posting my long term impressions.
27 November 2010
Ride Report: The Short Ride
21 November 2010
I planned to ride by myself last Sunday but I wanted to do it with the heated gloves but I didn't get the new controller made in time. The week before this ride on the test, it wasn't exactly what I wanted so I tore it apart to rebuild it differently. I didn't finish that before this ride but the weather was forecasting warmer temps so it wasn't so much an issue. That and we planned a shorter ride with a later start time to accommodate EricR. He'd missed The Ambitious Ride with an exposed nerve and the ReRun ride because of his allergies. I fully expected Cruzman to tell me something else had gone wrong and he'd miss this one too. But as I got ready to leave, no word so everything was still on.
I planned to ride by myself last Sunday but I wanted to do it with the heated gloves but I didn't get the new controller made in time. The week before this ride on the test, it wasn't exactly what I wanted so I tore it apart to rebuild it differently. I didn't finish that before this ride but the weather was forecasting warmer temps so it wasn't so much an issue. That and we planned a shorter ride with a later start time to accommodate EricR. He'd missed The Ambitious Ride with an exposed nerve and the ReRun ride because of his allergies. I fully expected Cruzman to tell me something else had gone wrong and he'd miss this one too. But as I got ready to leave, no word so everything was still on.
26 November 2010
Ride Report: Backyard Romp
31 October 2010 -- The ReRun Ride
This is another Dual Ride Report. (My words will look like this. Cruzman's words will look like this.)
The discussion about this ride started before we even finished the last one. David wanted to meet up with EricR and FZ1_Vadar who were talking about doing a Cherohala run. With the seasons changing and the daylight waning, I advised Cruzman that going back to the Cherohala or riding Hwy 28 South this time of year might not be a wise decision. I reminded him that there was no telling what the weather will be like on the top of the Cherohala. When you combine that with riding three hours to get to one road passing all the really good ones that are in our relative backyard, the idea is crazy.
This is another Dual Ride Report. (My words will look like this. Cruzman's words will look like this.)
The discussion about this ride started before we even finished the last one. David wanted to meet up with EricR and FZ1_Vadar who were talking about doing a Cherohala run. With the seasons changing and the daylight waning, I advised Cruzman that going back to the Cherohala or riding Hwy 28 South this time of year might not be a wise decision. I reminded him that there was no telling what the weather will be like on the top of the Cherohala. When you combine that with riding three hours to get to one road passing all the really good ones that are in our relative backyard, the idea is crazy.
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