What’s up people? This is for you shutterbugs out there. The film below was shot by Sandro using the Nikon D800. It’s dubbed, “Joy Ride.” Check it out.
All the new films seem to feature the BMW S1000RR. Man, we’ve got to get one!
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Hey what’s going on guys? During the International Motorcycle Show we met up with the importers of the UCLEAR HBC-100 Helmet communicator without boom microphones. They were cool enough to let us test a unit.
What’s cool about these is that no matter where you are, the patented DSP technology continues to suppress ambient noise and provides clean and clear conversation like talking face to face. They claim that even at speeds up to 238KM/h, the UCLEAR HBC-100 allows riders to communicate with unsurpassed quality. Check it out.
As you saw, the unique speaker design delivers HiFi grade music entertainment like your home audio equipment. Riding a motorcycle has never been more enjoyable.
The UCLEAR-HBC100 is also designed to be splash, rain, dust and snow resistant. It continues to perform in different environments.
Come back next time as we give the unit a thorough test!
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Hey guys, Jon here again. Ducati, the world’s most attractive motorcycles, and iSkin, a global leader in premium tech lifestyle accessories, have combined forces to produce a masterful symphony of performance, style and craftsmanship. The iSkin + Ducati product line was borne from the desires of performance-inspired techies the world over.
The Lifestyle collection provides protection for your portable computer, iPad, tablet, iPhone 4/4S and like devices of the same dimensions. Most of the products bear the Ducati colors of red, black and white.
Some notable products include the Sling, an innovative messenger body for your iPad, iPad 2 or for tablet and like netbook of the same dimensions; Jimmy, with spacious sections to contain your tablet and other devices; the Summit, gives an urban style to your iPad and iPad 2 and allowing transport all inside of the padded and light nylon; the Lil Keeper, the version more Small, that it adds a touch of “fashion” to the cares for cameras compacts and iPhone 4/4S. Besides it will be soon available a new line of elegant extremist cares-thin for the last models of iPhone and BlackBerry.
The whole Collection is already available on the site iSkin.com/Dukedoms and a selection is available also on the site shop.ducatis.com. In the next months to come, they will be available in the better shops around the world.
Be sure to check out Ducatist for more Ducati fun.
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We’ve been putting our Scala Rider Q2 MultiSet Pro though the paces over the last couple months. While the device has worked great as a Bluetooth headset when paired with a cell phone, we still hadn’t tried using the Scala the way I suspect most riders will—as an intercom between two motorcycles.
But finally we managed to get three of the IPM staff and their motorcycles together in place to put the Scala to the test. The first step was to sync the two headsets with each other, which was a snap—just put both devices in “discoverable” mode, press the “control” button, and you’re good to go. (Check out the video for syncing the Scala with a cell phone for a step-by-step, the process is essentially the same.)
Once synced, we were ready to hit the road. The Scala does offer voice activation, but for this first test, we opted to leave them in “manual” mode. All it took to start our conversation was a press of the control button.
The Scala isn’t too loud. Lets just get that out of the way. Even with the volume turned up to the max, it’s far from blowing your eardrums out. While I found the volume adequate, my fellow road tester Paul struggled intermittently with the low volume, although subsequent testing will be required to determine whether it was an issue with the headset, the helmet, or operator error. One thing that did make a difference, though, was the headset’s dynamic volume, which gets louder as the ambient wind and road noise gets increases.
After riding around for hours in foggy San Francisco, we found that the Scala’s range was about one city block before the reception started to deteriorate. Range was marginally improved outside of the city, but once you get more than a couple hundred yards apart from each other, and you’ll have to press the control button again to restart the conversation once you’re back in range.
That’s all for this time, but keep it tuned here as we continue to put our headsets through their paces.
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Hey guys, Graham here with another update on our trusty Sena SMH-10 Bluetooth motorcycle headset.
When you’re in the middle of tearing up the twisties and get a phone call, the last thing you’d want to do is take your hand off the handlebars to answer it—even if answering the with your hand only takes one push of a button. But what if that call you get just as you’re grabbing third gear and blasting onto a straightway is an important one you just have to take?
Fortunately, the Sena once again has you covered, thanks to the SMH-10’s voice activation. Once the voice activation is turned on—as described in the video above—all you need to do is speak loudly when you receive an incoming phone call, and the Sena takes care of the rest.
It worked great in the IPM garage, as the video illustrates, but what about out on the road, where the constant wind and engine noise can easily throw voice control? Well, finally someone called me while I was riding with the headset on, so I got to put it to the test.
And, to my slight surprise, the voice activation worked perfectly. Ok, well almost perfectly. If you just say “Hello?” in a normal voice, like you would to answer your phone, it’s too quite for the headset to pick up over the racket of the motorcycle. But after the first “hello” did do the trick, I positively shouted it the second time. Just what the doctor ordered, it seems, as my phone call was immediately connected.
I have to admit, while using a headset to communicate between your biker friends when you’re all out on a ride is great, I was initially skeptical about needing to use my phone while I was riding—after all, many of us ride to get away from the annoyances of life.
But after three months with different headsets now, I’m hooked. Truly, I seldom answer when I’m on the road—riding a motorcycle is takes a lot more focus than driving a car—but I still love know that I’ve received a phone call or a text so that I can make sure to check it out the next time I stop for a break.
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