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As if riders over 29 are that much more mature, really? It seems arbitrary.

The ss 600 quote is an F-U quote, a polite way for the insurance company to tell you to get lost. If the insurance company offers bike insurance they are obligated by law to provide a quote. You are guaranteed that insurance is available but not guaranteed that it is affordable. By law the...

Plenty wrong. My Shadow 500 can putt at 120kph all day with a bit to spare. I've never taken it above that. High revving, yes, but not lacking in power or speed. How much do you weigh? I'm sure if you posted this on hondashadow.net you would have words with some riders. Then again you've ridden...

Here are 2 examples, both not mine. Tourmaster and Icon. Mesh is great for holding amour in place sufficiently so that the first couple of bounces are on the armour. After this the mesh will certainly rip and expose you. http://dontai.com/wp/2010/06/03/does-motorcycle-mesh-gear-melt-in-a-crash/

Very interesting video, and released Nov 2016, so last month. I understand the frustration about wanting to integrate, but do they really want to? You can petition the Chinese government for citizenship. it will be reviewed and possibly granted to select individuals. Most of the people I read...

I have spent most of my time in China in Beijing and the Northern area. There are clean rural areas in China. Third tier cities are less crowded, but everywhere traffic is chaotic. Drivers, cyclists, riders and peds are pretty chaotic. Macao has about 650k people, roughly the same as...

I happened upon another of their videos on YouTube and started watching them. I've watched quite a few and now believe these guys really do understand China, though more from Southern China rather than the North. While they (SerpentZa) say that personal safety is good in China, I disagree. It...

That is a very good way to drive yourself crazy when you are in China, with the cultural weight of 1.4B people on your shoulders.

These guys are riding in an extremely rural area of southern Guangdong China. You notice there is almost no one around? All the young and middle aged people are gone to find work elsewhere. If they wish to compare Kumamoto Castle in Japan to a remote and run down small village in China, that is...

I'm unsure if any off-the-shelf brace will really help long term. Carpel tunnel syndrome results from inflammation of the median nerve and or various tendons, thus making it too tight in the tunnel. A brace with a metal stay on the dorsal part of the hand will limit movement and therefore help...

Search to see if you can find a smartphone app that will do this. All smartphones come with 3 accelerometers that can measure x/y/z coordinates. comparing upright states to lean states you should be able to measure the lean angle. I cannot remember the number of readings per second, but it can...

Thanks for the explanation, John. As I don't use racing gloves I did not realize the tension on the wrist, nor the extra narrowness around the wrist. Good to know. There is near no room in the wrist area. How would you go about reinforcing the rip from the back without disassembling much of the...

I'm pretty sure my insurance company said I had 14 days to report a newly bought car, and that I was covered for both a new vehicle and any rental vehicles. Of course it is better to tell them the VIN beforehand. If the truck left turned in front of you and you had a yellow then the truck...

My crash course in learning to ride a motorcycle Nothing we don't know already, but a good public safety announcement anyway. Too bad it is at the end of the season, but better late than never. Good on Matt for taking the course and writing about it. It is a good example for potential riders.

If the underlying leather is sheepskin and is inherently weak, then adding a patch to a weak leather would be ineffective, as the original leather would rip just outside of the patch. You could consider replacing that complete section of leather with cow, but now this gets even more complex...

In diameter, yes, about the same as the OEM. This horn has a high and low tone. Buy both, put it in series with your OEM horn, use a relay and there will be a lot of dissidence, great for getting noticed. I took my pair off an old minivan, so when I honk people are expecting a minivan. It is...

Hmm, I'm not so sure. Some Danier leather jackets are sheep skin and they are strong enough. Sheep skin is very soft, with a nice feel to the hands, but abrades easily. Sheep skin also stretches much more than cow. That still does not explain how the OP did such a catastrophic rip. I certainly...

I'm too slow. Thanks for the link. Mods, you can delete this thread.

I just linked to GTAM from a bookmark, as I usually do, and received a warning from Mozilla (I'm usng Firefox) saying that GTAM is a deceptive site. I took a screen cap. Once I clicked "Ignore this warning" I was punted to a Google screen where I verified that GTAM is not a deceptive site. It...

I'm not understanding. Inside, where you put your hand into the glove, facing the palm or the back of your hand? If you really like the fit of the gloves and the palm and fingers are fine, then consider repairing them. The back really only holds everything together and was never meant to be...