Motorcycles.

[jitahs]

Nordstrom has an entire Belstaff boutique including the trad cotton waxed job. Aside from feeling like wearing a congealed vat of tar, $75 was too dear back in the day. It can be yours now for a mere $850, extra for the cigarette smoke baked in.

Someone should buy my Vanson Supermoto, Raiders colors. Tasteful flames, smells like potpourri.

[christian]

Nordstrom has an entire Belstaff boutique including the trad cotton waxed job. Aside from feeling like wearing a congealed vat of tar, $75 was too dear back in the day. It can be yours now for a mere $850, extra for the cigarette smoke baked in.

Post-Italy Belfast is the saddest fashion junk. Ugh.

[hmbatrail]

Post-Italy Belfast is the saddest fashion junk. Ugh.

Opinions vary I suppose. Mine is made in the Ukraine (a hotbed for leather craftsmanship I am sure) but quality seems up to snuff. Good zippers, good buttons, well sewn, and the leather is thick but not like wearing a sheet of plywood. Not worth the retail money though. I have a friend that recently opened up a motorcycle gear shop here in town catering to the CB350 rat bike and Bell Star helmet crowd. But he keeps a decent stock of Vanson and Belstaff. He gave me a good deal and I took it.

[Nate@Scarab]

Had no idea this was still going...still have the 900SS. My teenaged stepson has stolen it a couple of times. It gets continually ratty, like a Moody-edition 964. I'm okay with it, because I still smell like fuel and bad decisions when I get off.

But this.


Riding jeans that don't suck and don't look like Juggalo fare: Help?

[jitahs]

Today I was talking to a cop:

blahblahblah....

Cop, listening to his radio. BIG eyes.

Me: What's up?

Cop: One hundred dirt bikes going down Grand Ave?!

Me: Ha. Yup. It's Sunday.

Cop: Really, you know about it?

Me: You don't? How long have you been a cop?

Cop: 5 years.

Me: Hm. It's a tradition. Go to youtube, type "dirt bikes, Oakland".

Cop: Will do.

Funny stuff.

[Jonathan]

What's not to love about a red ducati?

[maunahaole]

Valve adjustment.

[deboat]

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At a party I went to. Sorry for the crap quality photos but Austrian beer is too good!!

[pdxmech13]

Those things are wicked. I really think the design concept is worth going forward.

I'm seriously contemplating a KTM RC390.

[VertigoCycles]

My buddy Gregor is building a 2WD KTM 950SE for RevIt using the knowledge he gained from doing his own over the past few years. You gear heads will like it.

He's the shooter for the RevIt catalog and you can see their progress here: REV'IT! all-wheel drive motorbike
You can see some behind the scenes stuff here: Rev'It! Doubles Down on #95 - ADVrider
and you can get sucked down the wormhole with this VERY long prototyping thread here: My 950 Refresh or Mission Creep... - ADVrider

[pdxmech13]

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/wp-c...S1000XR-26.jpg

I'm thinking this will be a bike in my future......

I took the baffle out of my akrapovic. Oh sweet baby jezuz it is LOUD. A little too loud. Looking for a happy medium solution.

I've also been riding all winter here in the PNW. Did a gnarly ride to the coast right after X-mas. Lots of rain and super cold coming back.
Never thought I would want heated grips until riding at 26 degrees.

[pdxmech13]

Looks like the green light was given on these.

Will be interesting to see the final product.

Hopefully they don't stray to far from this design element.

[Mike Mcdermid]

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this amazed me

[mattpetty]

Did the original poster ever get sorted out? I was going to suggest a 250cc Gas Gas for credit card touring, maybe the 300cc Raga Replica for longer trips. Braaaaaaaap.Screen Shot 2015-01-16 at 1.42.03 PM.jpg