Here’s the New York Times Driving editor Ann Ferrar’s commentary on motorcycle fashion, bright colors, and safety:

YOU can’t miss the blur of colors streaking toward you. The motorcycle — a 2000 Honda CBR600F4 sport bike — screams bright yellow. The rider pops out of the landscape in brilliant red — a ketchup-colored space-age-nylon riding suit with reflective panels. Light glints off her silver helmet.

She’s Patricia Friedrichs, a 54-year-old member of the Montgomery Street Motorcycle Club in San Francisco, and her other motorcycle is neon green.

Read the rest of Where Neon Meets The Road.

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  • Nice article!
    I like that Aerostich is featured prominently after Andy Goldfine’s introduction as just some random “sales manager”. *grins*

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