Cross Country on the R1
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i'll second the kidney belt. They seriously do make a big difference if yu have any seating position that puts any strain on your back.
Nice writeup!
I wish I had the time you did to see more things on my cross country trip.
Nice writeup!
I wish I had the time you did to see more things on my cross country trip.
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anything that supports your lower back works, including those ones you see the stock people at walmart wearing. you can get those for $20 at your local drug store.ninja79 wrote:what kind of kidney belt would you recommend?
they also make moto specific ones but IMO they arent necisary unless you dont feel "cool" enough in the cheap ones. since it goes under your jacket anyway i dont think its any big deal.
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Hello everyone, just thought I should update the status of my life.
The last time I blogged was during the cross-country trip in 06'.
http://juscelinohong.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
I ended up pressing charges on numerous police officers in the Miami Beach Police department.
Things never got finilized because the Internal Affairs needed my sworn statement, but I wasn't able to make it to Miami in time whitin the set period of limitation.
Reguardless, that epic motorcycle trip completely changed my life.
After that trip, I decided that I would cold heartely devoted myself into seeking a profession that is solely based out of fun with a high return of satisfaction.
So, as soon as I got home from that trip, I started looking into professions such as Heli Skii Guide in BC, Snowboarding Instructor, Pilot, Motorcycle Mechanic, Skydiving Instructor, and so on... you get the picture.
After sending a whole bunch of applications, I ended up getting a job at Mountain Creek (http://www.mountaincreek.com/index.htm) as a snowboard instructor for the 06'-07'season.
Even though that season sucked, it was by far the most fun I ever had working.
I even ended up getting my skillz up, and my AASI Level I snowboard instructor certificate.
The only down side to it was that I spent more money getting to work than getting paid.
I met a lot of cool people, and through them, I was able to get a job at Project U.S.E (projectuse.org) for the spring-fall seasons as a field instructor.
Project U.S.E is a non-profit org that deals with the judicated youths from inner cities in the tri-state (NY, NJ, CT).
My job was to take these judicated young adults on overnight expeditions out of state, and into a wilderness environment, to teach them survival, communication, and leadership skills in the hopes of providing them with a life altering experience.
It was an emotionally drainning job, but highly rewarding job at the same time.
Through working there I was able to humble myself and to let myself go and be a kid again.
And that was when I realized that the key to what I've been searching for all this time was for me to be a kid again.
To let myself go and think back to a time when my thoughts and convictions were at it's purest, untainted by money, greed or fear.
And now I was a kid again, and what I used to like and spend my time on, started to come back to me.
I realized that I was always taking toys apart and putting them back together.
And when I got a bit older I started getting into model toys that you had to build piece by piece.
Through these revelations, I decided that my calling is to be a Motorcycle Technician.
After some research I found a school called Wyotech in Daytona Beach FL that provides Ducati Technician Certificates.
It's the only school in the country that offers this program.
So I decided to enroll and I"m currently residing in Daytona Beach and attending school at Wyotech.
The last time I blogged was during the cross-country trip in 06'.
http://juscelinohong.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
I ended up pressing charges on numerous police officers in the Miami Beach Police department.
Things never got finilized because the Internal Affairs needed my sworn statement, but I wasn't able to make it to Miami in time whitin the set period of limitation.
Reguardless, that epic motorcycle trip completely changed my life.
After that trip, I decided that I would cold heartely devoted myself into seeking a profession that is solely based out of fun with a high return of satisfaction.
So, as soon as I got home from that trip, I started looking into professions such as Heli Skii Guide in BC, Snowboarding Instructor, Pilot, Motorcycle Mechanic, Skydiving Instructor, and so on... you get the picture.
After sending a whole bunch of applications, I ended up getting a job at Mountain Creek (http://www.mountaincreek.com/index.htm) as a snowboard instructor for the 06'-07'season.
Even though that season sucked, it was by far the most fun I ever had working.
I even ended up getting my skillz up, and my AASI Level I snowboard instructor certificate.
The only down side to it was that I spent more money getting to work than getting paid.
I met a lot of cool people, and through them, I was able to get a job at Project U.S.E (projectuse.org) for the spring-fall seasons as a field instructor.
Project U.S.E is a non-profit org that deals with the judicated youths from inner cities in the tri-state (NY, NJ, CT).
My job was to take these judicated young adults on overnight expeditions out of state, and into a wilderness environment, to teach them survival, communication, and leadership skills in the hopes of providing them with a life altering experience.
It was an emotionally drainning job, but highly rewarding job at the same time.
Through working there I was able to humble myself and to let myself go and be a kid again.
And that was when I realized that the key to what I've been searching for all this time was for me to be a kid again.
To let myself go and think back to a time when my thoughts and convictions were at it's purest, untainted by money, greed or fear.
And now I was a kid again, and what I used to like and spend my time on, started to come back to me.
I realized that I was always taking toys apart and putting them back together.
And when I got a bit older I started getting into model toys that you had to build piece by piece.
Through these revelations, I decided that my calling is to be a Motorcycle Technician.
After some research I found a school called Wyotech in Daytona Beach FL that provides Ducati Technician Certificates.
It's the only school in the country that offers this program.
So I decided to enroll and I"m currently residing in Daytona Beach and attending school at Wyotech.