It occurred to me that it would be super handy to have really flat, really thin wrenches to take on a bike. Almost like a wrench punched out of thick sheet metal.
Yes I tried finding some - no, I haven't found anything I liked yet. But I did discover that Snap-On is still as monstrously expensive as I remember them being. Ye gods.
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Dick's Sporting Motorcycle Store
Again, I can't be arsed to just go to a bike store and buy crap - oh no.
Dick's Sporting Goods provided me with lots of "technical" (read: polyester, albeit not as groovy and awful as the stuff I remember as a tot) shirts that do a swell job of keeping me cooler on a bike.
Why not see what else they have?
Seeing as how I more or less hate the stock Repsol Honda grips (like grabbing pencils, really) I decided to grab a couple rolls of thin cloth trainer's tape and some Gamma gel grip tape for tennis rackets.
I built up the surface of the grip using the trainer's tape until I got a nice palmswell. (I do miss my BMW grips, they were very nice in that regard.) Then I put the Gamma grips over that according to the instructions.
They don't look terribly stupid, they reduce hand cramping by giving me something to hold on to without requiring a death grip, and they are slightly tacky which means less effort overall to hang on to the bike. Also, being gel-core, they reduce vibration and just plain feel nice!
Result!
Dick's Sporting Goods provided me with lots of "technical" (read: polyester, albeit not as groovy and awful as the stuff I remember as a tot) shirts that do a swell job of keeping me cooler on a bike.
Why not see what else they have?
Seeing as how I more or less hate the stock Repsol Honda grips (like grabbing pencils, really) I decided to grab a couple rolls of thin cloth trainer's tape and some Gamma gel grip tape for tennis rackets.
I built up the surface of the grip using the trainer's tape until I got a nice palmswell. (I do miss my BMW grips, they were very nice in that regard.) Then I put the Gamma grips over that according to the instructions.
They don't look terribly stupid, they reduce hand cramping by giving me something to hold on to without requiring a death grip, and they are slightly tacky which means less effort overall to hang on to the bike. Also, being gel-core, they reduce vibration and just plain feel nice!
Result!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Sacre bleu!
This one is actually funnier than that sad-sack AMA crash where the bikes collided and remained upright.
That's one unhappy Frenchie!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Pug names
- Power Commander
- Mr. Bibs
- Meatwad
- Simon Pugmaster
- Fi2000R
- Showa
- Brembo
- Magura
- Mr. Bibs
- Meatwad
- Simon Pugmaster
- Fi2000R
- Showa
- Brembo
- Magura
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
In all fairness
Looks like Twisted Throttle realized there was a problem:
We apologize as we have had a back up in shipping the past week. We should have your order out in 1-2 days.
Best Regards,
Craig
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Twisted Throttle LLC
1080 Kingstown Rd, Building 1
Peace Dale, RI 02879
Monday, June 20, 2011
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