[Kchaka]

One crash in first 900 miles was a real duh moment. HEading out to my boys baseball game to watch him. Going through a small (and empty) traffic circle into the field parking lot; I took my focus off the road and began looking up at the fields to see which field my boy’s team was playing on. Looked down to see a small pothole right in front of me. Ended up with a panic’d evasion around the pothole and directly toward a large boulder on the side of the road. Sight-fixated on the boulder and ended up dumping the bike at ~20mph to avoid the crash. Was fully geared up, so only a slight bruise to the knee, a big ding/scrape on the tank, and a slap to my pride. Was a good learning experience for me with harmless consequences and has re-focus’d me on my attention level ever since.

[Kchaka]

Logged my 1st 500 miles on the new Vulcan500. I am most excited about the common-sense approach I took to my gear. I didn’t want anything that would be uncomfortable enough to tempt me to ride without it. Went with the modular helmet from Shoei. Well vented enough when riding with the face down, but if you get hot at a light or in traffic, easy enough to flip the whole front up & out of the way until you are in moving air again.

Also pleased with my jacket — scorpion Exo hat-trick. Been riding without any of the liners in the summer sun and it is EXTREMELY will vented/breathable. Even when summer heat hits 90+ out here in sunny Colorado, I’m sure I will still be cool. Can’t speak yet to how waterproof or warm the 2 different liners are, but 1st impression is great.

[Kchaka]

Just bought one about 3 weeks ago. Love it. I am 6′ even and 230 pounds.

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