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Misc Updates: Nov 6, 2000:
My bike has been running great. I've been riding it all over the place and enjoying myself a lot. I still
need to tune it up a bit, but it has been great. And, just like a Honda, is starts up instantly on the first press
of the start button.
I have a few new pictures... some pretty cool.
Sitting proudly on my ride
Riding the bike
Different angle
Also, since I'm riding more at night lately, I have decided that I should make myself a little more visible. Since I usually
wear all black (with the exception of blue jeans) I bought and applied some reflective stuff to my helmet. This is
just the first step. I also have some stuff that I'm going to strategically put on my bike too.
First, I had recieved a sticker (diamond shaped) from the school where I learned how to ride. It's a "Retro-reflective" sticker
made by 3M is the same kind of stuff firemen wear on their jackets and highway signs are made of. I stuck it on the
back of the helmet and also cut small strips off of the sticker and placed them on the sides and front of the thing.
The yellow reflectors
Well, that was cool -- and didn't uglify the helmet too much. (Hey, it may not be "cool" but I want to live!! I don't want
to be some splat under a car.)
After searching the web, I found a place with a very cool reflector. It's an elastic strip that you can put around the
base of the helmet and is ultra reflective.
The big elastic reflector
I bought the reflector (and the reflective tape for my bike) from http://www.mfiap.com. Even though
they seem like a small operation, I recieved my order without incident severals days later. Anyway, you can see
from the pictures that it's pretty highly visible. Hopefully it will help!
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