Carpe diem

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Very cold start but such clear air. A great days riding after so much rain.   Route here.
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CCFL or LED Angel Eyes?

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Which one is better? CCFL or LED angel eyes.

CCFL angel eyes are commonly used with the projector lenses which are having more focused light. HID projector lenses have CCFL or angel eyes around their lamp corners and make a ring shape which gets illuminated with the light mostly in white, red and blue color. It gives car a very awesome look if we talk about appearance. Apart from the appearance, it also give advantage over the conventional lighting as it produce more brighter light than traditional halogen light. If you talk about LED angel eyes they are more illuminated as compared to CCFL Angel eyes because they have multiple of small led bulbs which brighten up the light more and more. Usually Audi and BMW and Honda brands are found to be equipped with CCFL and LED Angel eyes as they give a very good style having it placed with projector lenses. CCFL rings are available from the market at a very reasonable price and it lasts longer with the better battery backup as it illuminated also when the car headlight is off. - Guangzhou Evitek Electronic
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5 simple ways to be warmer when riding this winter

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I did a 1/2 day ride north this morning and noticed a lot of motorbikes out but most of them were parked at coffee shops with riders holding steaming mugs with both hands, crouched over, trying to get warm. Looking at all the expensive motorcycles I am guessing it is not lack of money that stops people from having proper winter gear but their desire to dress a certain way, to project a
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Motorcycling Northern Thailand

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  Update: the gps routes I have linked below have been altered slightly from the original ride. Just slight variation to a few km of days 2 and 3 to route anyone who uses them away from a bit of poor road surface and day 4 I have made a change to avoid the western ascent to Mt Doi Inthanon as that road was chopped up bad. Northern Thailand is a not mentioned every day when people talk about
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Turning Point

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  Nice to see some sunshine. Lovely autumn day. I believe this might be only the 2nd ride (in Australia) I have done this year. That is mostly due to the weather. I have however covered considerable distance in other countries. Some I have already posted and one tour I am still to write about. The delay is partly because I need to work on the photos I took from my iPhone which all came out very
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Motorcycling New Zealand North Island

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New Zealand truly is a paradise for motorcycle riders. The south island gets a lot of press but I recently rode the north island and the riding was superb. As with my south island ride I used the Hema New Zealand motorcycle atlas to plan my route and plotted the GPS route in Ride with GPS and I convert my GPS track files to maximum 100 point routes using GPS Babel.   I rented a motorcycle for
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Malaysia motorcycle ride

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Update, read my 2nd ride in Malaysia starting from Kuala Lumpur HERE

Malaysia was a terrific ride. It kept surprising me in many nice ways. The people, food and of course the roads were great. But let's rewind.

I had previously planned a ride in Malaysia but cancelled it for a couple of reasons. I was traveling in Asia and decided to return to Australia via KL and rent a motorcycle for a couple
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