http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/ RIder's Blogs http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/07/alpinestars-365-gore-tex-gloves/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/07/alpinestars-365-gore-tex-gloves/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:15:50 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/07/alpinestars-365-gore-tex-gloves/ ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 2 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/05/ogk-ff-5v/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/05/ogk-ff-5v/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 19:35:03 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/05/ogk-ff-5v/ [/caption] It comes with a pinlock visor, similar to the type that Arai uses. Haven't installed that just yet, looks relatively easy. Much easier than the sticky fog-city types anyway. Not sure if this will become my new touring lid or not, have to see how much space there is for helmet speakers first.]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/05/rk-excel-chain/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/05/rk-excel-chain/#comments Mon, 17 May 2010 07:34:06 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/05/rk-excel-chain/ ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/arai-pinlock-helmet-visor/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/arai-pinlock-helmet-visor/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 05:38:00 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/arai-pinlock-helmet-visor/ leak last year, had to cut it out from the visor. Went to find a replacement today for it. NAPS didn't have the HyperOptik inserts. Just some colored Fog City ones. Don't want a tinted visor for my touring lid. Saw the Arai Pinlock kit. Never saw that before. Looked like a PITA to install, needed to drill holes, etc. Gave up. Went to 2rinkan on the way home. Saw they had an Arai visor WITH the pinlock insert! Also had a helmet there with it installed, same style of helmet as mine. Seemed to work, of course, the air vents above the eyes won't work, but that's all right if I can see! Here's some pics of the install. I hate Arai visors. Takes forever to get it in. Tore out the old Fog City. The pin I didn't have to drill. Bye Bye vents.... ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/pirelli-angel-st/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/pirelli-angel-st/#comments Fri, 23 Apr 2010 21:19:28 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/pirelli-angel-st/ Speedstar today to get some new tires for the trip to Kyushu. Trying out the new Pirelli Angel ST.... Looks kinda funky, let's see how they perform! I don't worry quite as much about life of the tire, they last long enough for me usually. Don't really count miles these days, when the tire gets low, I get new ones! Had to wait a bit to get the tires on. Didn't go as early as I wanted to, as the NBA playoffs were on and it was a good game between the Celtics and Heat (Celtics won!)]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/shoei-x-11-vermeulen-helmet/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/shoei-x-11-vermeulen-helmet/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 06:12:36 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/shoei-x-11-vermeulen-helmet/ till this came up. Nice finish, as you'd expect. I have the Kiyonari Race Rep already. That was from about 4 years ago. This one is the same size, but feels a bit tighter. Maybe because it is new? I noticed that on my older one says M 57-58. This one says M 57. Hmm. Let's see how it goes.... ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/pirelli-supercorsa-sc2-honda-cbr600rr/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/pirelli-supercorsa-sc2-honda-cbr600rr/#comments Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:22:09 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/04/pirelli-supercorsa-sc2-honda-cbr600rr/ Speedstar, great guys, in Setagaya-ku. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="375" caption="Tires!"][/caption] ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/blob/2010/03/new-sprocket-results-and-other-stuff/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/blob/2010/03/new-sprocket-results-and-other-stuff/#comments Mon, 22 Mar 2010 03:07:36 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/blob/2010/03/new-sprocket-results-and-other-stuff/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/03/singapore-gmax-race/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/03/singapore-gmax-race/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:40:37 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/03/singapore-gmax-race/ GMax Race shop, neat place, as I mentioned in my last blog update. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Gmax Race"][/caption] They had a couple of visitors there who were quite interesting.... First one was Loris Capirossi's mother! Nice lady. My Italian isn't so good, but we got along. All of us went out for Thai food at lunch.... Also, a MotoGP dude was there.... Fausto Ricci, who spent some time on 250s way back in the day. Really cool guy. Spent a long night out on the town with him. Not sure that he was able to wake up in the morning for his mountain bike riding! oh well.... There was a Moto Guzzi MGS-01 in the room. Not a bad bike to try out leathers on. Of course, I had to get a pic of me posing on that. haha.... ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/03/singapore-visit/ http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/03/singapore-visit/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:17:25 +0000 http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/thedude/2010/03/singapore-visit/ GMax Racing in Singapore. Cool shop, they specialize in Berik leathers and Leo Vince stuff. Cool shop, couple of Italians run it, Claudio and Luca. Nice guys. Guy I know has a couple bikes, most recently a KTM 690SM. Nice bike, I took it up and down the alley.... ]]> http://www.sbkjapan.com/blogs/2010/05/28/ogk-ff-5v/?feed= 0