Every 7.001 years....

... enough parts break off my old helmet, and the visor gets so scratched to shit, that I can get past my natural cheapness and buy a new helmet.

This one, a Scorpion EXO-1100 is by far the finest I've tried.  Quiet, comfortable and loaded with features from TOP GUN and 1990s basketball shoes.

Thanks to Tom for helping with party decorations.

Bandit XXR

Picked one of these up...I'll have to wait 8 months to wear it, but I've read good things and of course it has its critics. Made in Germany, fiberglass shell, DOT and SNELL ratings...and I dig the style of it though I've seen some very well done airbrush jobs that aren't my style at all.

The irony is killing me...

Halloween costume.

new lid day...

Not bad, 2007ish Bell moto helmet and some near mint oakley goggles for 40 bucks. A little primer spray paint to hide the previous tacky graphics and I'll be rollin in style.

bucking the trends...

if you want to be the cool kid on the block...

design. art. highbrow. unpractical.

Ruby...

...man I want one so bad...