MOTORCYCLES

If you are a motorcycle detailer and need to expand your business you will need to have several crews working for you. Each team will need a team leader and/or manager. The motorcycle crowd is indeed a close nit bunch and groups of riders will provide you with endless referrals providing you do what you say you are going to do and lay off the BS. We just do not need any more wannabe, fast-talking, no performance motorcycle detailers in the field.

To insure that the washing, cleaning and waxing procedures are followed so that the quality remains high you will need to put together a set of operation manuals. Below you will see a basic outline, which will help you in your motorcycle detailing business to design a perfect set of procedures to insure the lucrative flow of high-end referrals.

I recommend that you print this article and add anything else to it you can think of and cross off any items on the outline, which do not pertain to your business. Next for each numbered and lettered item listed write three to five paragraphs on the topic. Once this is completed you will have a very good rough draft of a motorcycle-detailing manual. Once you have it perfected type it into a word processor and put some cool graphics with it and hand it out to your crews.

A. Motorcycles

1. Japanese Bikes With Fairings

2. Older Bikes

3. Basic Motorcycle

4. Harley Davidson

a. Chrome

b. Excess Water

c. Logos

d. Leather

e. Owners

f. Miscellaneous

Lance Winslow

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As you hop on your Harley-Davidson, Honda or Yahama and take to the open road,
it is wise to invest in several pieces of protection. A cycle ride without some
of sort of eye and face protection is pretty risky. What is a rider to do when
he or she take a pounding from the elements, such as wind, dirt, rain, and dust?
Without something to shield the face, such as a face shield or pair of glasses,
insects and other nasty debris can obstruct his or her view.

Today, when it comes to choosing shields or a helmet for your motor ride, there
are numerous options on the market to choose from. Different styles, colors and
designs await a rider, whether they enjoy a motorcycle ride on the adult or
junior level. Before choosing a face shield or helmet for your motorcycle gear
collection, keep in mind that a helmet with a plastic face shield is one of the
best choices you can make. This is because this type of support will protect the
entire face. Sometimes motorcycles come with windshields and in this case, a
pair of goggles may be best.

When selecting eye protection, you should choose a pair of glasses or goggles
that offers a clear view on both sides. The product should be shatterproof, as
well as possess an item that is free of scratches. Proper sealing should be
taken into consideration so that wind does not cause watering of the eyes. For
full-face coverage, there should be strong chin support and absorbing liners.
Below are a few brands to keep in mind when you need to protect yourself on and
off the busy road.

Scorpion

When it comes to trend setting protective motorcycle gear, some of the
best-designed helmets in the world come from Scorpion. From all over the world,
motorcycle lovers are using Scorpion helmets. Some of the helpful features that
these helmets offer include the EverClear no-fog face shield, which also
provides an anti-scratch hardened coating. Scorpion helmets also use a KwikWick
moisture-absorbing liner and cheek pads. The convenience also extends to a
product that is breathable and can be easily washed.

Nolan

Nolan helmets offer motorcycle riders top-notch protection through its Lexan
face shield with desirable UV 400 Protection. With the Vision Protection System
(VPS), there is a convenient clear shield, which offers three different
positions. There is even extra neck roll to further reduce the effects of wind
and noise. For those who suffer from allergic reactions and tend to experience
irritation with some of the materials used to construct a helmet, a Nolan option
provides an interior with anti-microbial hypoallergenic sanitation.

Vega

Offering nine different convenient face shield colors and sizes, Vega helmets
are a great way to fashionable take to the road. The full-face Vega helmet
option provides tons of loaded features. The superb construction and materials
used to make this great item offers fully vented capabilities in the chin, rear
and top areas of the helmet.

When looking for adult sizes, you may choose from XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL and XXL.
Junior sizes are offered in S, M and L. When selecting a helmet, the size hat
that you wear is an important determining factor. If you wear a size 7-5/8 -
7-3/4 in hat, then you will need an XL motorcycle helmet.

Additional Motorcycle Protection

There are many different protection items that a motorcycle rider may choose.
Fulmer provides riders with full-face, open face, half and off-road helmet
selections. AGV is another popular helmet brand that is used in many different
professional bike-riding tournaments. It must be something about their clear and
tinted visors that makes riding both fashionable and safe.

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Choosing the right Motorcycle helmet can make a difference.

.literally between life and death. But how does an ordinary guy in the street make an informed decision about what kind of helmets give the best protection? There are so many makes, models and styles. Not to mention DOT approved, Snell approved, ECE approved! It is enough to make you go goggle eyed when confronted with so much information.

Tests have shown that it is perfectly possible to suffer a fatal injury falling off a stationary bike if you hit your unprotected head on the kerb, so clearly choosing the right helmet is important.

But which one?

Wouldn’t it be easier if someone just said, “Look, when you are in a crash, you need to protect this part of you head, because this is the part that is most likely to get hurt”

Well that’s what I thought. But it wasn’t that easy. The kind of information you need to make that kind of call requires someone, somewhere to look at a whole bunch of motorcycle crashes, look at the motorcycle helmet damage, assess where point of impact occurred and put the information into a form that allows ordinary motorcyclists (like you and me) to make a decision for themselves.

However, the good news is that if you look hard enough, the information is available. A study was carried out a few years ago by Deitmar Otte, at the Medizinsche Hochschule in Hannover, Germany on the damage incurred to helmets worn by motorcyclists involved in accidents. His analysis was extremely detailed; in fact it was far to detailed for me to go into here, but it was extremely important.

What I am going to do is tell you in a nutshell, what parts of your head are most likely to be hurt in a motorcycle accident, based on Herr Otte’s findings. The rest is up to you

Take a motorcycle helmet and look at it from the front. Now imagine it is divided into three sections; the top (the cranium area) the middle (the area most likely covered by the visor) and the bottom (on a full face helmet, this would be the chin guard area). If you were involved in a motorcycle accident, and you hit your head you would have a 35% chance of the impact occurring to your chin area, 10% to your visor area, and 22% chance of the impact occurring to your front cranium area.

Now turn the helmet around. Looking at it from the back, divide it in two down the middle. In an accident, if you hit you head, you have a 16% chance of impact occurring on the back of you head to the left side, and a 17% chance of impact occurring on the back right side.

Conclusion? Well, this is only my personal conclusion but I would say the following

The safest helmets are full face helmets

Second would be three quarter helmets with visors

Third would be half helmets

Last would be novelty helmets.

There are lots of reasons people wear helmets. However, if safety is you main consideration, then take a good look at the full face helmets on the market, take some time and find one which you can wear comfortably on every ride.

Michael Holmes is a enthusiast for all thing motorcycle. His website, http://www.motorcycleparts-accessories-andmore.com, is a great resource of articles aimed at motorcyclists of all levels, including a page specifically for cheap motorcycle helmets.

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