Helmets

When is a helmet not a helmet? When it's cleverly painted to look like another helmet, of course. Here's some of the interesting paint-jobs I've found on the internet of wonderfully painted motorcycle helmets.

Is that Jason Voorhees?
 

Death's Head? Or something similar.

 

Aaaahhhh!

 

Spider-Man, Spider-Man, Friendly neighborhood, Spider-Man!

 

Boba Fett likes to ride, too.

 

Creature from the Black Lagoon?

 

Skull Cap has a whole new meaning

 

Yes, that's a helmet, no I don't know what it is.

 

The Crow?

 

Lions and bears don't ride.

 

Smile!

 

Butt-head? Oh, yeah. Butt-head.

 

Iron Man!

 

Cheesy Adam West Batman helmet.

 

Flight

 

Aw, nuts.

 

What's up, Doc?

 

The Predator.

 

Black clad Spider-Man or Venom?

 

Snakeman

 

Bicycle

So, I park in a carport. Or, at least, my motorcycle is parked in a carport. What's weird is I was out walking my dog this morning and my roommate (whom I share the carport space with) noticed what looked like a bicycle tire sitting between our motorcycles at the gas tank level. We walked over there and it wasn't just a tire someone tossed that way, but an entire bicycle. WTF?

Unfortunately, neither of us had our cell-phones with us and didn't get a picture, but I did get the bike down -- thankfully there was no damage to either motorcycle -- and will be putting it up on Craiglist shortly. The weather is supposed to be crappy this week so I'm thinking I'll have plenty of time for that.

Seriously, though, how does a bicycle get up there? Who does that? Why?

Control

I can NOT do this... least of all on my SV1000s.

Bad fork seal on my SV.

Methinks I need to fix this soon. Got a call into a friend who gets off on this sort of thing, so hopefully in the next week or so this can be resolved.

MotoQuote

"Motorcycles tell us a more useful truth: we are small and exposed, and probably moving too fast for our own good, but that's no reason not to enjoy every minute of the ride."

~Dave Karlotski

Red Lights Mean Go

Virginia Letting motos and bikes run redlights

While not admitting anything, myself, I've had to run a couple of red lights under these scenarios. You're sitting there, no traffic and the light just won't change. You keep hoping a car or truck pulls up alongside or behind you to trigger the sensor but it's late or you're in a not-well traveled area. 

Just the other day, for example, I came to a red light while leaving a friend's neighborhood. I watched the cross-traffic's light turn amber then red surprised that my light would soon turn green. It did not. Instead, the cross-traffic's turn light went green for a few seconds and then straight through traffic once again. It wasn't until a truck pulled up beside me that the light's finally changed and the green light allowed me to turn.

At least Virginia is paying attention. They're allowing motorcycles and bicyclists to run red lights that won't turn for them. W00t!

I'd love a law like this in Colorado. Especially since we have a ton of cyclists here, too.

250 Hooligan

My friend and riding buddy Jeff L. took a Ninja 250 out for a ride yesterday with his GoProHD attached.

Missed the Friday Slackers Ride

Turns out they changed the meet-up time from 10:30am to 10am and so I arrived a half hour late. I'm not going to lose sleep over it since it's colder than I'd like out there, however it does mean I missed out on a ride today.

Never fear, I'm sure there will be another ride tomorrow. :)

Motorcycle Girls (on Tumblr)

Do you like girls? Do you like motorcycles?

http://motorcyclegirls.tumblr.com/

Well, that's all there is to it. Oh and something simple like this: http://goo.gl/8bd78 (hint: more motorcycle girls)

Alpine Stars Warranty Service

From a local rider-friend of mine who contacted Alpine Stars about a bad zipper:

First good news in a long time! The zipper on my left Alpinestars boot is shot, and they're going to fix it for FREE! They said that's part of the deal when you buy their gear (which I'm extremely pleased with anyway because of the quality and design). Anyways, for you fellow riders, if you got a problem, here's their info:

Phone number:

800-438-2577

Of note, they said to send it to:

Alpinestars

2780 W. 237th St.,

Torrance, CA

90505

Good to know. I don't have any Alpine Stars gear, but I may have to consider it for my next purchase with a policy like this. A few years ago I bought a Cortech tank bag and within a few months the zipper broke. I called Cortech up and they pretty much told me: too bad, so sad. They will not be getting any of my money again for that level of treatment alone.

As it is, I have a Scorpion Exo-700 helmet, a Joe Rocket jacket, Sidi boots and Teknic pants. Oh, and a Ogio tankbag.

The Weather is Being Uncooperative Today

Not that's it's really too cold -- I've definitely ridden the motorcycle in colder and wetter weather, but since I don't really have anywhere to go and a ride today my ride would have been for fun and not for function. Regardless, I didn't go for a ride and I'm sadder for it. 

 

Tomorrow is looking better.

Our ride to Deckers, CO from MoCo today.


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