Episode 30: IMS Long Beach, Last Minute Gift Ideas, and a New Year's Training Resolution
NEWS:
- MyTicketToRide.com - Azure and Roel ride through the Americas!
- Almost Human - New show on Fox with Can Am Spyders! *swoon* Karl Urban
- MAIDS Motorcycle Accident Study - Interesting findings from almost 1,000 crashes
TRAINING / EDUCATION:
- Need ideas for training classes? Here are a few. If you know of any in your area that you'd like to share with us, please reply in the comments below!
- Street/ Streetmasters, Supermoto school!
- Street or Race/ Starmotorcycle.com
- Dirt/ Jimmy Lewis, Rich Oliver, Rawhyde, American Supercamp
- Emergency riding techniques. The MAIDS study, which prompted the search for emergency avoidance techniques. A big thanks to the state of Washington for these nifty videos. They not only cover techniques in the parking lot, but some of the mistakes riders make on the road.
- Swerving around an obstacle in your path
- Stopping Quickly in the shortest distance you safely can
GEAR / GIFT IDEAS:
- Check out this cute top from Spectre Apparel from Etsy.com featuring a classic Triumph. If you aren't familiar with Etsy, there are a ton of cool motorcycle inspired goodies for men and women.
- My favorite, must have winter accessory from Schampa; the Skinny shirt and pants /gc
- Heated Vests, battery operated and don't need to be connected to the bike! Mobile Warming (Cypress Jacket, Classic Jacket), Gerbing, Venture Heat
- Joanne's going to knit me a motorcycle jacket ;)
- For the guy/gal who has everything, a Ducati "parts" side table
- Best print EVER! Fantastic Mr. Fox rides a motorcycle.
- Neat BMW "therapy" print
- "If you think I'm cute" sign
- Cafe Racer Tee
- Motorcycle Ornament
- The Spot Device - A personal GPS tracker
In a category all its own - the Quadski!
Merry Christmas Listeners! Thank you for your support this year. We look forward to another great year filled with motorcycles, motorcycles and more motorcycles. With the holidays, we hope to have a little after Christmas or before New Year's depending on our schedules.
Happy Holidays!
xoxo, Joanne and Cristi
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