Helmets

New Toy and Ladies' Night

So my husband and I are planning a 2 week vacation to Vancouver, stopping in Portland and Seattle, and other little cities on the way. We decided to prep for this ride by purchasing the BlueAnt Interphone (bluetooth) headset system.

    PRODUCT FEATURES

  • Wireless headset for your Bluetooth enabled cell phone at a range of up to 33 feet (10 metres)
  • Bike-to-bike Intercom* for rider and passenger or two separate bikes up to 490 feet (150 metres)
  • World class Digital Signal Processor (DSP) for noise and echo reduction
  • Excellent performance at speeds of up to 80mph (130 Km/h)
  • Microphone incorporates anti-noise and anti-wind feature
  • All weather, water resistant including heavy rain
  • Large multi-function button for easy use with gloves on
  • Automatic volume adjustment depending on speed induced environmental noise
  • Configurable with Bluetooth Headset compatible GPS devices
  • Easily mounts to all full faced and open faced helmets
  • 2 clip mounts included - Clamp mount and Adhesive
  • Voice answer, voice dialing; redial
  • Up to 10 hours talk time when connected to your cell phone
  • Up to 5 hours talk time when using the Intercom* feature
  • Up to 700 hours standby
  • 2 year replacement warranty
  • Where to Buy:

www.alternativewireless.com

We bought it from NewEgg.com but it appears that they aren't selling these anymore, the last time I checked. I just installed and set it up to work with my iphone and so far so good! Apparently we'll be able to connect our iphones and talk to eachother while riding. I think this will be especially useful if I need to stop for a bathroom break or what not.

We also purchased their Portable Handsfree Car Kit as well. I hate fumbling for my earphones and I can't stand walking around with a bluetooth headset thing on my ear. I haven't used it just yet, but we've read great things about this product.

Last night was also the Scuderia's Ladies Event and it was really great to see women come together just to talk about riding! How often do you get to hang out with a bunch of cool women who ride and talk as much as you want about motorcycles? I'm guessing not very often. I also had the opportunity to help a few women find some overpants as well. I also had the pleasure of meeting Carla King, an author who's written a book about her adventures riding around the US on a Russian sidecar motorcycle. We're hoping to have her back as a guest speaker at the next event hosted at Scuderia.

Full Face Helmets

"I'm not going very far"
"I only ride a scooter"
"I don't ride very fast"
"But I only ride on the back"

Sound familiar? People have many, many misconceptions about why you need to wear a full face helmet. You do not, I repeat do not have to be going 80 mph on the freeway to have a head injury!

Read this and then let me know if you still don't think you need to wear a full face helmet.

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=352566

Gorgeous Helmet


As some of you may know, Scorpion helmets are an awesome helmet in the less than $400/Shoei/Arai range. For the price, this helmet is an amazing deal. There are currently 2 types, the ex 400 and ex 700. The 700 is a little pricier at ~$200-$250, compared to the 400 which runs less than $200.

There's this new style of the 700 called the Black Dahlia that I think you will all LOVE. I wish my head were bigger, because I'd ditch my arai and go with the 'Black Dahlia'. It's only $209.95 on NewEnough.Com!