Whatcha all think of this? It's the Adaptiv Technologies GlowRider jacket.
A neighbor is a moto vlogger and product reviewer, and he asked me to try this jacket. The sample fits me better than it fits him.
Very interesting. It has a few electro luminescent strips on the sides and back, with a rechargeable battery pack in the right cuff. Just the thing for night commuting. We're going for a night ride in a few days so he can video me wearing it while riding, but I think it's interesting.
https://adaptivtech.com/collections/glow...ccessories
Looks cool I wish I had a moto gear reviewer friend next door lol!
I take more of a batman approach myself. I slapped a few black reflective pieces of tape onto my Pelican box/top box setup God forbid my bike is on its side in middle of the road somewhere for some reason. But I dont think I own any reflective gear.
I've seen helmet with the tail light and turn signals built into the back of them and they must Bluetooth to a dongle on the bike for the signal input.
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
My neighbor usually does off-road tires and Nelson Rigg products, so this is the first time he's asked me to help with something.
I'm pretty stealth for the most part too. My Givi trunks have subtle reflective striping. My go-to box is this E36, with a band of black Scotchlite tape around the middle. It reflects white, and is glowing in this pic with the sunset hitting it. On my bigger Givi boxes with fake taillights, I replaced the non-reflective chrome cardboard they put uner the red lenses with Scotchlite, so they're still fake, but at least they are now reflectors.
As for the helmet light, I always run a Brake Free light on the back of mine. No Bluetooth or any connection to the bike. It's got a g-meter inside, and goes from a taillight to a much brighter brake light under deceleration, either engine or regular braking. Very effective, puts a light up high in view of the cars behind me, and attaches to small mounting tabs on the back of each of my helmets, so I attach it to whichever I'm going to wear.
https://www.brakefreetech.com/?absrc=Goo...d_source=1
Thats sounds very cool. So its modular almost like moving a Sena communicator from helmet mount to helmet mount? Hows the battery life?
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
The battery will last several days for me. When you turn it on, two of the LEDs flash a sequence to show the charge level. It does something... I think those two LEDs stay solid... when it wants to be charged. Plus, when the helmet is motionless for a while, it goes to "sleep" so it doesn't run the charge down. I charge it about once every week and a half or so. You can also change the pattern, to function mainly as a brake-only light, and either solid or pulsating LEDs when it's in taillight mode.
I've seen a few other riders on the streets with them. The brake light does come on bright when you're decelerating, before you hit the brakes, and at night it's a real attention getter.
Sounds pretty cool, what is the brand/name of this thing? Gonna look it up
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
Thank you
2014 CB1100, 1981 KZ440 LTD, 1993 Yamaha XJ600 Seca, 1994 Yamaha XJ600 Seca
Is that your neighbour’s basement, Gone? Or the collection you haven’t told us or Mrs Gone about?
(05-21-2024, 08:06 AM)Cormanus_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Is that your neighbour’s basement, Gone? Or the collection you haven’t told us or Mrs Gone about?
HA! I wish... that's a far corner of the undergound vault in the Petersen Museuem. I wore the jacket to work, and was hoping that that corner would be a bit darker so that the lights on the jacket would be visible. Not dark enough, I guess. That collection of Yamaha race bikes has been down there for quite some time, and I'm not sure why we have them.