Cycle News - Archive Issues - 2000's

Impact 2001 Chest and Bac k Protector $79.95 (Che s t) $ 1 69.95 (Back) Impac t 200 1 S por t Armor 2882 CItrus H e ights , C A 956 1 1 Po. Box • •• • • 'Wh a t s In y o ur G a r a g e? ' X t r e m e T-S h i r t Xtrerne 69S5 EI Camino Real SUite 1 0 5 #538 Carlsbad, CA 92009 •• • • • 7601431-7444 rnernx.com • • Two -W hee l Lo gi c For th e exotic Sport bike fan w ho can't und erstand the logic of spendin q $50,000 on a sport s car wh en you can spend half that on an even qui cker motorcycle, Xtr eme has intro duced t his Tshi rt . The large graphic is silkscre ened in 12 colors on th e back of t he shirt , wi th a small chest logo on th e front . Using 100-percent preshrunk cott on, it 's avail able in sizes medium throug h XXL . • • • • • • • • • • •• 91 6f725-2936 • • Patented Pa ds Impact 2001 has patented a design for road-race chest and back protec tors . Such notables as Colin Edw ards Il, Nic ky Hayden, Troy Corser and Steve Rapp wear thi s desiqn . A ccording to Impact 2001. here's how their patented system wo rks : initial impact energy IS transmitted through the Expanding Pouch outer cover di rectly onto penetratio n-resistant impact trauma shiel ds. The shielding evenly distributes the impact force over the sur face area of t he dispersant foam inserts. The inserts conti nue the process of decelerating harmful impact forces by utilizing it s in trinsic ability to expand and compress at designed rates w hen affected by impact inertia . Sure. It mi ght sound simpl e. but more than seven years of research has gone into the se patent ed protectors. The proof may just li e in Steve Rapp's spectac ular endo at Road Am eric a this year. He was wearin g this padding system, and he was able to get up, get on his backup bike and race to a seventh -place finis h. $17.95 (XXL $19.95) V\IV\IVV.xtre •••••••••••••• • • • • • • •• •••• • • • • • • • • • • • • •• .' • • 1Suppose you have a Car in your Garage. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••••••••••••••••• • •• Budget Bolt -On • • • • • • • • • • • • SDG USA, big -t ime bicycle -seat manu facturer , has released Its new motocross seat. Utilizing the years of extensive research and development and manufactunn g skills that made i t one of the leaders In the bicycle indus try , SDG is manufacturi ng complete motocross seats for late -model Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki and Kawasaki motocrossers. Included In th e kit are a two-tone text ured seat cover (for gtip), seat foam. base and tabs. Th e foam is polyurethan e closed-cell foam. w hic h. accord ing to SDG, helps to reduce seat -foam breakdown and stop water saturatio n. The seat base is made of nylon, whereas the stock units are made of polypropylene, w hich reportedly isn't as strong. Also, all of the seat brackets are replaceable; OEM seat brackets are riveted. No put -together is required. It 's a complete uni t , ready to bolt on, so t here is no hassle of tryin g t o apply the seat cover or new seat foam to the seat base. •• • • ••••• • L ive Lo ng and Prosper • i. • • • • • • • • • 92705 ••• • • • • • •• •• •• • •• •• 7 1 41258-1224 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Aerostich RIder Wear now offers their Tnple-Dipit Raincovers for th ose days that are long and wet . They are made of fully seam-taped l.1 -ounce ri p -stop nylon w it h a thr ee-layer breathable /waterproof Gore-Tex lami nate. A ccordmg to A erosti ch, all of this techie talk translates Int o dry, warm hands on the wettest, longes t days. Because It separates your fin gers two at a time, your finge rs wor k together to w arm each other up, instead of try ing to fi ght t he elements by th emselves. Those w ho need to use their fingers to count can still count to six , and the gloves make applym g th e Vulcan Death Grip much easier for us non -Vulcans. $43 •• Aero Design and··M a n u f a c t::u r in g 8 South 1 Bth Avenue West Duluth. MN 55806-2148 • 21 81722~ 1 9 27 VVV\f\N.aerostich.com 24 O CTO BER 18. 2000· c u e ' I e n e _ 51; • • • • • • • • A e r o s tl c h Trip le-Dig it Ra lncove rs • •• •

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