Comments on: Friday Fives: 5 must-have motorcycle accessories

By: Corn Dog

Corn Dog — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:01:17 +0000

JP – LOL!! Of course, REAL hamsters enjoy them all the time on the appropriate scale, but alas here, they are an “I WISH” item only! :) Thanks for reading!

By: J Parks

J Parks — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:18:44 +0000

I have never heard of such thing as a “hamster ball”. I am definitely going to check it out. Is this for real????

By: Janet

Janet — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 14:01:04 +0000

Wendy, WOW so glad you are okay! I would consider rider’s gear to be accessories for the biker rather than the bike, but even in that post I mentioned that I am not an ATGATT rider. Shame on me… and VERY GOOD for you!!

By: wendyriles

wendyriles — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:20:15 +0000

You forgot the most important accessory! ATTGATT, Last Saturday, while on a short hop to the bank, I had an “oh dear, oh my” moment. A few seconds later, I had two broken arms, bruises scratches and a wrecked Ducati (weep).
What ammeliorated this oopsie was my gear. My riding suit, an Olympia Phanthom saved me from road rash. Bruises heal, rash leaves scars. One glove palm was worn away, the other was torn across the knuckles. The gear that did the best were my boots and helmet. When my foot was trapped under the sliding bike, my tootsie was squashed and dragged. Today it is bruised and ugly, but I will take purple black and green over breaks and no skin.

As for my helmet, my biggest scare came whe n I heard my lid going “skritch, skritch” on the pavement. When I finally got my lid off, I found scrapes along the side where my face is as the chinbar. I may not be Mrs. America in looks, but I really, really like my face on my face.
Please, girls wear a full face helmet.

By: Janet

Janet — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 19:58:47 +0000

Wendy – “if only,” right?? :)

Ragamuffin – LOL!! We used to own a particular kind of hot rod car called a T-bucket, it was an open roadster with a little short windshield, and you actually sat up higher than the windshield. I remember coming back from a show one evening and we just got PELTED with june bugs – it was so gross… and painful! I LOVE my Sporty’s windshield! :)

By: Ragamuffin

Ragamuffin — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:40:58 +0000

Hey Janet, your comment about the windshield brought to mind one Sunday a few years ago (pre-windshiel)when DH and I rode our bikes to Sunday morning worship. Almost everyone in our Bible Study was already seated when we walked in with gear in hand. Being a woman who is highly dependent on lip-pooky to keep my lips from drying out, what I didn’t know was that I sat down and smiled good morning to everyone with a nice black bug glued to my lower lip!

By: wendyvee

wendyvee — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 02:27:57 +0000

lol . . . I’m ordering a voice-actived hamster ball right away : )