…-impact trauma. The modern motorcycle helmet in its most basic form is unchanged since this post-war innovation and features four different construction components: The hard outer shell, crushable interior foam lining, comfort lining, and chin strap.Motorcycle helmets are there for the worst case scenario…

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…surprised at how smooth the single cylinder engine ran, even when pressed hard. The power was more than ample to scoot away from stop lights and traffic, and it will cruise comfortably at 70 mph. Once on the winding roads of Red Rock Canyon, the light, 352-lb (claimed) motorcycle was a pleasure to play with…

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…decent, with one glaring exception ? there?s no space for a full-face helmet. Our mad Tetris skills were utterly useless attempting to squeeze one under the seat. PR fine print claims underseat storage can hold ?two Vespa half helmets,? so riders have to purchase the optional top case. Still, there is…

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…caution are recommended: twisty and slippery off the hard pan in the loose gravel.A travel guide description of the 59-mile section of gravel road leading to the town of McCarthy on the edge a national park in southeast Alaska read ?beware of sharp rocks, railroad spikes, narrow sections, no shoulders, soft…

…the rules, and are shod with Dunlop's spec-series slicks. Steering damper is a fully-adjustable Ohlins unit ? May runs his fairly loose and Yates rock-solid stiff. Sitting in front of it is a mega-money MoTec digital dash (more on that later). Other basic racebike mods such as clip-ons and rearsets…

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…to bombed-out and pot-holed crushed rock. Traffic was light and there were some small motorcycles on the road, 100-110cc Chinese copies of Hondas and Yamahas. My 250cc Honda was a big bike and attracted attention whenever I stopped, as did my riding gear and helmet. Because of the tropical temperature…

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…have less than an ear-to-ear grin when they removed their helmets. I have very few negatives to point out on the GT. But, of course, there are gripes.Roomy saddlebags come standard on the GT and are spacious enough to hold a full-face helmet.The case cover on the right side of the motor sticks out and…

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…the sides and down dried rock waterfalls.?Worried that I hadn?t seen Joe in awhile, I stopped and headed back on foot. I only made it a short distance before the 34-year-old software engineer tottered across one of the slapdash bridges, his grin showing from beneath his helmet. A special surprise waited…

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…ventilation visor is that it made the goggle too large to fit well in some smaller-faced helmets. It is removable, which helped, but that sacrifices one of the things that makes this such a high-quality goggle.After a rock punched a hole through JC's first set of No Sweat Goggles, Scott USA's reps were kind…

…Horseshoe perilously close to the edge of a really hard compound tire. Some of the vintage racing machines have hand shifters.The really cool custom bikes that were on tilted stands on Day 3 at Destination Daytona were actually the bikes of the Seminole Hard Rock Casino Roadhouse Tour. For a better look at…

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