SENA announced a great looking camera a while back, and I’ve been anxiously awaiting its release ever since. It was finally released a few weeks back, i quickly put my Sony action cam on ebay, and the second it sold I went to order the SENA PRISM
I’m not going to do a full review here, after all I’ve barely had it a day. But i will give my initial impression along with some photos and video.
Continue reading SENA Prism – Bluetooth Action Cam – First Impressions
I’m not bright enough on the road. Its becoming more obvious to me this winter as its dark out early, and because my friend Yoshi has an R1200GSA with LED headlight and aux lights, he’s bright as hell on the road and i want that. It feels like a safety issue.
Starting with some research on advrider forums, i found a decently price H7 bulb that looks to be be watertight, at $40. Use “inmate” for a 10% discount code. Both bulbs recommended to me are too big for the housing on my F700GS. Seems to be an issue with all LED replacements of good quality as they need a heat sink.
AdvMonster has a good blog post showing how one of their customers cut out their housing to fit the LED. I did something very similar, but less elegant.
What do you like better?
i had a bunch of scuffs from lane splitting in stopped traffic. random yellow marks from NYC cabs, and little white scuffs from the random toyota. I’m pretty sure no german cars were hurt 🙂
i figured out how to remove them today, and clean the cases.
picked up a used BMW GS Rallye 3 Jacket in like new condition. loving it so far, and paid less then half of retail price!
Just finished watching the long way round on Netflix. What an incredible and inspiring journey.
“In 2004 Ewan and Charley embarked on an epic Long Way Round challenge, to bike 20,000-miles, cross 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Riding their BMW GS R1200s, they crossed Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia to ride the Road of Bones through Siberia, over to Alaska, through Canada, North America and finished in New York. The Long Way Round journey would challenge their view of the world and also test their physical endurance.”
it all started with the scorpio ride. i discovered it some months ago, and really wanted it. i just had trouble justifying the price to my self. recently i got the bug again, and started looking in to making the purchase. last minute before i pulled the trigger i stumbled upon the Spot Trace.
this week was fun in a different way. I’ve been wanting to take my wife along on my adventures, and lately she’s been a bit frustrated that I’ve been going without her. this week i promised i would take her with me, if she would be willing to ride on the back of my bike. we chose a camp site nearby, so that it would be a shorter ride for her. it would still be her longest ride on the back of the bike, and another challenge would be fitting everything on the bike, and her at the same time. exciting!
this happened to be one of my more exciting outings so far. i left my comfort zone a bit more then usual. from camping in a primitive camp site, to leaving the pavement for my first bits off road excitement. i love this state forest, and i will be back.
Continue reading Moto Camping – Week 4 – Wharton State Forest
2222 miles in 3 months. Not bad. Also I need to clean the bike.
This is from last year with my 650. took me 3 months to hit 2222 miles. now on my 700, i hit over 2500 miles in under my first 2 months. progress 🙂
also of note, i got my 650 7/2/13… meaning its been over 1 year of wheels still spinning… almost daily.
GS IN THE CITY 