Author Topic: Any reason to ever go for thinner leather?  (Read 9007 times)

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Reply #30 on: June 12, 2010, 03:48:43 am
I'm wearing it in JDrouin's Fireball video.



I missed that video. Do you have a link to it?



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Reply #31 on: June 12, 2010, 05:40:25 am
I missed that video. Do you have a link to it?

Saw it in Youtube Chumma's fireball with Jeff and Chuck in Brooklyn, NY !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPaSL_4WuoI&feature=related
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Reply #32 on: June 12, 2010, 06:26:56 am
Ports are too big for the rpm range of the engine, Mike.
They are about 4mm larger than the Bullet ports, for the same bore and stroke.
And I had to increase displacement by 35cc and increase rpm limit to 6000 rpm to make use of the port of the Bullet.
The AVL is a 7500rpm head on a 5500rpm bottom end.
Gross mismatch which is hard to overcome because welding up ports to make them smaller is expensive
I think they tried to make a modern "Big Head Fury",  and unfortunately that's exactly what they did. With the same mistakes.

Well you just might be able to put a fireball topend on an AVL bottom. Just might. I am hoping for that.


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Reply #33 on: July 01, 2010, 04:20:36 am
Received my Fox Creek Vented Reflective jacket today with T-Pro armor. Very nice, heavy, and comfortable.

-Rick
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Reply #34 on: July 01, 2010, 04:31:58 am
Received my Fox Creek Vented Reflective jacket today with T-Pro armor. Very nice, heavy, and comfortable.

-Rick

Can you wear it in summer at a temperature of 80F or higher in sun ? Or it is airy ? Like to see a picture.
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Reply #35 on: July 01, 2010, 06:17:32 pm
I will post when we leave the comfortable 70s. It has two front, two rear, and sleeve vents, then there is a mesh liner to keep the leather from sitting on the skin and help with air movement. Not as free flowing as my mesh kevlar, but seems pretty good so far.

I will try to get a pic.

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Reply #36 on: July 02, 2010, 02:03:18 am
  Okay we'll be waiting....
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Reply #37 on: July 04, 2010, 07:12:49 pm
  Okay we'll be waiting....

My wife pointed out that if I had asked her to take a picture of me modeling a leather jacket because some guys on the internet asked me to post pictures before 16 years of marriage, she might have left me. We joked about it being a first date thing... "hey, take this camera, I am gonna put on some leathers..." Weird light reflection on my face (Ace air filter?  ;D ), but that isn't the point of the picture.

Regardless, here is the pic of the jacket. I wore it in 85* today. Not as bad as I feared. Any bike movement at all and it was actually comfortable. Standing still wasn't too bad. The forearms are tight when zipped which is good, and that was the hottest.

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Reply #38 on: July 04, 2010, 09:36:39 pm
  And you are sporting your best Charles Bronson pose.  Cool, I just purchased a cheapy camo bike jacket made in the orient.  600 denier rip stop/kevlar combo, I'll just wear my armor vest under it.  Cost..'bout 55 bucks. 

  But I can't model clothing..keeping breaking lens on cameras.

  Will.
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