So here’s the inside scoop about me and my riding experience…. in 2006 I took the MSF course to get my motorcycle license. I took the beginner’s class knowing absolutely nothing about how to ride a motorcycle. I hadn’t even ridden a bicycle in 10 years! But I went for it anyways. (When you do take classes that you know nothing about, it’s always good to have a buddy doing it with you for moral support.) During the class I dropped my bike twice during practice and voila! I still passed.

About a couple months later I purchased myself a used 1995 Honda F3. The bike was pretty ugly to me. The colors were the stock neon green and purple. The previous owner also tried to eliminate his back fender without a kit and failed miserably. I therefore had no turning signals and a tail section that was held together by zip-ties. I also had only one working brake light bulb because the other one was out and fused to the socket rendering it irreplaceable. The overall reason that I bought this particular bike was to learn on it, and boy did I. During my practices I dropped her many a times because I wasn’t used to balancing a 407.9 pound bike, hence we come to the name Drops. I haven’t dropped my bike since my practice days but the name still sticks.

Now that I’m riding my new longtermer, the 2005 R6, it’s a blast. I can feel more power even when I give it just a little more throttle. A couple of other things that the R6 has that my F3 didn’t are a fuel injection system, a dry weight of 357 pounds, inverted forks, and a gas light. This was an important feature to me because without the gas light on my F3 to tell me when my fuel was running low, I was always paranoid, checking the tank every time I came back from riding and filling up every other day I rode just to be sure. I can be pretty anal sometimes.

Well now you guys know how I got my nickname, so don’t abuse the knowledge you have. Ha! Definitely come back to check up on what we do next. See you guys on the asphalt!

Hey guys! So here we are at the first modification I have made to my unicorn. Now, don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with the stock seat on the Street Triple. It is actually a step above much of the stock seats that other bike manufacturers provide.

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“MSgt Joseph is currently on active duty in the armed forces, and comes to us from NinjaBoards.com. His handle there is ZX10BURNER.”

Joe Rocket 4.0 Speed Master
Color: Red/Black
Size: Large
Welcome back to my Joe Rocket Gloves Review Saga. We’ll dive right in to the Speed Master 4.0s today.

These are my overall favorite gloves. The fit was perfect, like they were custom sewn for my hands. These gloves required little to no break in time. The fit and feel out of the box were excellent. Feeling through the gloves is superb and provides excellent feel/contact for the controls of the bike.
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Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls rides a Hypermotard in her music video, “Baby Love.” If the music is nails to a chalkboard, she’s on the Hypermotard at 2:58. (Not wearing a helmet though…tsk tsk)!

Nicole, if you’re reading this — you’re welcome to model on my Hypermotard for IPM Girl of the Month anytime.

Enjoy!

Hi guys, it’s me, Drops again. I just wanted to give you guys a quick run through of what modifications are currently installed on my Yamaha R6. I’ll tell you a little bit more about me in my next blog.

Stay tuned!