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Promising flexible armor from d30

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

A company named d30 (dee-three-oh) has been working on a flexible material that has some armor-like characteristics upon impact. You can find the d30 website here.
Here is what the d30 website has to say about the material:
(dee-three-oh) is a specially engineered material made with intelligent molecules. They flow with you as you move but [...]

Remove sweat stains from your favorite t-shirt

Monday, August 20th, 2007

Hot summer weather on a bike means that you will probably end up with a few of your favorite t-shirts that you have sweated through. In some cases, you may have sweated so much that you have those ugly yellow sweat-stains on the underarm areas of your shirts. Even after washing.
If so, you [...]

A cap that doubles as a beverage carrier

Saturday, August 11th, 2007

How about a biker cap that you could also use to ice down and carry a six-pack? Would be kinda cool, huh?
Well this exact type of cap already exists in the the form of the Road Rag by Robo Cap. You can find the web site here.
In a design that was, according to [...]

SHIFT Motorcycle Jeans

Friday, August 10th, 2007

In the market for a new pair of riding jeans? If so, you many want to check out this most excellent and thorough review of the SHIFT Lodown Motorcycle Jeans by Bill C. over at webBikeWorld.com. You can find the review here.
As stated in the review, here is a summary of the SHIFT [...]

A long ride planning list

Monday, May 28th, 2007

I came across this list on the The Sportster and Buell Motorcycle forum. It was included in a post by Headshot (Matt) and can be found here.
According to Headshot, it was originally complied by a friend of his (Rob) from Chicago. Rob is a tax attorney and is very meticulous in his [...]

Traveling Light

Saturday, February 24th, 2007

Out of necessity, I believe most bikers to be light travel packers. Due, primarily, to the fact that there are only so many places on a bike to strap some luggage down to. But surely, we can all use a few pointers to get a little more space in our luggage so we [...]

Leather Up

Friday, January 12th, 2007

Think leather is just for looks? If so, take a look here over at the harleyghost site for a good post on the safety value of leather.

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