Motorcycle Leathers Blog

my dad has a newish girlfriend that welli really dont like. sometimes i like her but not when she’s around my dad. she’s actually really cool when they’re not together. but i can’t stand either of them when they are because literally all they do is make out..all the time! they run off when were out in public to hide from us to make out. i want my dad to be happy but he’s obsessed, everything we do he invites her, even to go grocery shopping he tells her to go and then when they run into each other they put on a fake little act that they had no clue each other was going grocery shopping. also one time when he got home from work he was like "guess what!!!" and i asked what and he said "tracy finally got her e-mail set up!"…? wow like i really care, it’s not like i’m going to e-mail her… me and my dad used to be really close because he’s changed a lot since he started dating her. he never has time for me and he’s gotten really mean lately, especially when they’re together, he threatened to smack me one night because me and tracy were talking during one of his shows, he didn’t get mad at her for talking but he threatened to hit me which he has NEVER done. one time me and him were supposed to go out and do dinner and a movie just me and him and we were gonna take the motorcycle because that was always our thing, riding on the motorcycle but then at last minute tracy pulls up and i was third freakin wheel the whole time, which was gayy. but this morning my sister told me that last night my dad told her he plans on proposing to tracy on vacation which is in 28 days he doesn’t even plan on telling me. he told her he’s not saying anything to anyone else until vacation. i dont want them to get married but i know there’s nothing i can do but it really sucks because now we’ll probably move because what engaged couple doensn’t live together? and it will probably be where she wants
ughh. i hate this..
how do i cope with it?

I don’t know your age, but for sure you’re not going to be living with your dad your whole life. At some point you’re going to find your special "someone", fall in love & you’ll be the one moving. No, it’s not going to be tomorrow, but just think of it that you’re not going to be around your dad forever. But doesn’t he too deserve some happiness in his life? I know there’s friction between you & her at times, but in a way you could be happy your dad at least is not going to be left alone. Just try your best, honey, to remember it’s not "forever" & that one of these days you’ll be on your own. He no doubt knows how the two of you get along together & that’s the reason he’s not saying anything before he gets engaged. He just doesn’t want to hear it before he asks her so he’s keeping it quiet. Evidently your sister isn’t having the "problems" you are with her, that’s why he told her. By all rites he shouldn’t have honestly told her & not you too, but I’m sure you know the reason for it regardless. I hope things straighten out for all of you & you can all get along a lot happier.^

I was wondering if anyone knew of any shops (online (UK) or in Bath/Bristol area, or in Hampshire), that do womens’ leathers. I’m a size 6, and I want them as skinny & tight fitting as possible for that reason! I’ve seen some but they mostly seem to go out on the ankle, instead of in. I guess this is for the boots but my dad says some good trainers would be okay.

I’m getting a 50cc (limited at 30mph) vespa, but my dad’s insisting that I wear proper biking gear, which is fair enough really – he was motorcycle instructor and now has a metal rod in his leg -shudders-. I want to as well really because I really don’t want scarred skin and road rash etc, but I don’t want to look like a fool in proper leathers which were designed for 400cc bikes haha

So I’m looking for ‘fashionable’ leathers (or textiles, I’ve seen some jeans with kevlar, which look quite look but they’re more boot cut than skinny fit), which would still protect me from a fall. I’m going to be riding in a town, where most of the roads are speed limited at 20mph (and traffic, so maybe 10mph ) so they probably wouldn’t have to survive a fall whilst going round a corner at 100mph ^^

Thanks for your help
The best ones I’ve found so far are – http://www.girlsbike2.com/acatalog/info_1_776.html

I just got a rod in my leg in September! LOL

If I were you, I’d find a shop, where you can try on gear, instead of online. Buying leather and gear online can be disappointing if you get the product, and it doesnt fit. I’ve noticed a lot of jackets by ICON and other manufacturers run smaller than usual. Trying it on in a shop before buying is a much wiser idea, especially if you want custom fit stuff like you say.

Hi,
I got myself a two-piece leather set the otherday in red/white/blue. Does anyone know how i can keep it looking its best and stop it from turning grey (along with the rest of Britain) within a week ? Or at least pro-long the effects?
Many thanks!

My Dad has the same colour leathers for his same colour bike. The way he keeps it looking good is he doesn’t wear it. Joking. He uses a soft damp sponge to remove any dirt and a leather polisher to keep it looking in good condition. That seems to work as they still look really new and he is always out on his bike!

read the story and answer the question
I was twelve when I really started learning about time. I spent a week during my summer vacation building a bench with an older boy named Tony. The bench now sits near the train station in my hometown. Whenever I return, I drive to the station to watch weary commuters collared by time sit on the bench and observe life passing by.
Tony was my grandparents’ neighbor. I’m ashamed to admit it, but I was more interested in spending time with Tony than in spending time with my grandparents. Tony had a real talent for woodworking, and he had a set of tools that looked ancient yet perfectly at home in his young hands.
The bench we built was made entirely from an old moss-covered walnut log we found behind Tony’s woodshed. We spent the last three days of my vacation scrambling to complete the bench. Countless times I told Tony and my grandfather, who would pop in to check our progress, that we didn’t have to finish right away. But my grandfather would have none of that. He grew up in an era in which time and resources were precious and counted in lives and lost opportunities, not in days, hours, or minutes. In this respect, Tony and my grandfather were alike. Tony seemed wise beyond his years, as if he held answers and secrets deep within him.
We had no plans, no pictures to go by. Tony envisioned the bench and then went to work.
“Let’s mill the log into planks, Jess,” Tony commanded. “We’ll rip the boards to width and cut them to length.”
I learned a new language and how to see the uniqueness within common objects.
We planed planks into smooth rails and elegant slats. We cut joints that were tight and strong. I like to think now that Tony and I were joined that week, not only by the common goal of finishing the bench, but also by something much stronger than any joint cut with a saw or chisel.
Parched and tired, we took periodic breaks.
“Jess, go fetch a couple pops from da ‘frigerator,” Tony would bark.
We’d sip the cold, fizzy liquid and yell like kids at neighbors and passing cars. Occasionally the summer air was punctuated by roaring motorcycles.
“Whooooo, boy, Jess” he’d yell at me. “That’s the motorsickle fer me.”
We finished the bench and it sat in my grandparents’ garage for some time. They eventually donated it to the town. Tony, I learned, had joined the army. Only recently did I learn why he never returned to claim the bench.
Today, I tell my son about Tony and how we built the bench. I show him Tony’s tools, which I now have, with handles worn dark and hard from the hands of a boy who ran out of time. And together we search old woodsheds for another moss-covered black walnut log with a secret buried within.

6. What does the narrator mean when he says the commuters are "collared by time"? (1 point)
They have many trains to ride.
They have no sense of time.
They have schedules they must keep to.
The have missed the last train home.

They have schedules they must keep to

– they’re like dogs on leashes, missing life because they spend all their life as slaves to their work schedules.

I currently ride a 1975 Honda CB 200 and I am looking to buy/rent a harley davidson that is somewhat light but can be used comfortably on the highway.

Harley’s entry level bike the 883 low is perfectly capable of all day highway travel. Though not as comfortable as their larger bikes on a long tour they are more than up to the task.