Not much happening in the world of Dinkoman this week sadly. I do however have a few interesting stories I can tell. The first of which happened today; you probably won’t find this funny at all and neither do I but the question of my luck is quite a humorous topic in itself. I’ve been meaning to put some air in my tyres for a couple of days now and I decided to do it at the petrol (gas) station instead of on my driveway this time. Most petrol stations have free air services for you to do this, so by logic they must be quite simple to do. Not for a self-diagnosed retard however! I was struggling for a good 5 minutes trying to fathom out what to do with the bloody machine – even though there is only one button. Well after figuring out how to work the machine it turned out that the bloody nozzle didn’t fit between the disc brake so I couldn’t reach the valve anyway! Mission failure!

On a lighter note me and a couple of friends once again got together on a SUNDAY NIGHT (yes Martin… yes) to have a fun filled night of poker, debating and Gin. A good time was had by all; we played poker for 5 hours straight while pretending to talk like Romans and referring to each other as Baccus, Spurius and Martinius. Yes children, alcohol does make you look cool. Ask Martinius, the guy who fell in the bush on the way home. Nevertheless we all had a good time and nobody got ridiculously drunk (as I have stated before I hardly ever drink); I do however have one tip for anyone who is going to consume a ¼ bottle of Gin in a few hours, don’t accompany this with 4 packets of Cheesy snacks (Mini Cheddars to be precise). You will wake up with possibly the worst smelling breath known to man-kind (and I did brush my teeth and mouthwash thank you). Yes ladies, how are you feeling about this possible date now?

It was -6C last night and my poor little princess – Betty – had trouble starting this morning (I’m talking about my bike by the way, I don’t go out with an 80 year old woman, much to my annoyance). I think the spark plugs didn’t like the cold as I left her/it (?) for a moment and then back to normal. I have ploughed on through Winter in snow, -10C and whatever nature decides to push my way and have never had issues with the cold so I was rather confused when this happened this morning. Oh well, all is solved now.

Not much else really, you probably just wasted about 3 minutes of your life reading this and for that I am truly sorry. Death smiles at us all; all we can do is smile back. EPIC GLADIATOR QUOTE FOR THE WIN! Alright I’m gone…

P.S. One more thing, is it only me that finds the answer to this question a little strange? This is a help guru for God’s sake! I draw your attention to the last two lines and don’t ask how i “came” across this hahahaha. It had to be done. Sorry. By the way i also thought her name was Jedi at first, that would have been awesome.

CAN’T SEE A WAY OUT?! DON’T SWALLOW YOU FUCKING MORON!

Teknic Defender Motorcycle Boots Review – I’ve been using the Teknic Defender boots for 8500 miles now and have done everything from touring to commuting with them strapped nicely around my feet. After this time I thought that it was only fair to do a review. When I purchased them I needed a boot which could do everything, but still be comfortable enough to wear the whole day when I am walking around. For around £69.99 ( $120) I chose the Teknic Defenders as they were cheap, fitted me well, looked good and had all the features I was looking for in a boot.

Comfort

I chose the boots a size larger than I normally am as it was quite difficult to get them on in the beginning due to the quarter zipper (as with most motorcycle boots). Looking back now I am so glad I chose a size too big (they don’t feel big at all) as I have experienced NO discomfort at all. I wear the boots all the time which is mainly on my commute and I keep wearing them when at my destination. They look perfectly presentable when under trousers/pants which is mainly due to the lack of toe slider and PU hard shell. I like this as very rarely does one get their knee-down on the morning rush hour.

They are perfectly comfortable to wear all day while walking around and are of course equally at home on a motorcycle. I have tried them on several different bikes; cruisers, naked and sports and they fit all well.

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Welcome Spring 2010! Finally the weather is picking up a bit, you can tell how long it is since I’ve seen the sun judging by the fact that I am impressed with partially cloudy days with 5C (45F) temperatures. I’ve written a review of my Teknic Defender boots but am waiting until tomorrow to take some pictures for my upload. I’ve put about 8500 miles on them in less than a year so I have a pretty good feel of how they are. Great boots to sum up but more on that tomorrow.

To welcome in Spring (and to discuss manly things) me and a couple of friends had a little get together last night (I know it was a Sunday haha). Absinthe was drank, Whiskey was drank, Gin was drank and a good time was had by all! This was exceptionally strange for me as I don’t really drink that often, and when I do it is spirits as I like the taste better, even still though it was a pleasant experience. We were discussing our upcoming trip to Amsterdam, finances and all the usual guy talk which doesn’t really need to be elaborated here.

70% Absinthe is not recommended for a beginner.

As well as this I found this very strange and slightly offensive picture in a clothing catalogue the other day:

What an insult! If that is the “biker” look then I suppose I’ll have to buy a car. Not… likely. On crisp clear days like today where the roads are nice and dry there is nothing better than hooning around on your bike coming home from work. While I was looking through the catalogue’s surprisingly small Men’s section I noticed that there were loads of pictures where male models were wearing tatty “poser” clothes while sat on various run down bikes. Odd? From personal experience motorcycles are not that big of a sex magnet (to most women). It must be the type of bike I ride because judging by the catalogue a worn looking 09 Kawasaki KLX 250 is THE ULTIMATE PUSSY MAGNET! I like the KLX, it’s a great bike but it’s not the bike you pick to impress the ladies, they don’t really go for helmet hair anyway haha.

I’ll upload the review tomorrow if I get chance but it will be up shortly if not. Follow me on Twitter and stay safe my compadres.

Believe it or not but “Dinkoman” has been active for 4 years now. It makes me seem so old haha. The official date is a little vague as I opened several websites under the name all around this time of year, but I prefer to stick with the 24tyh of February. I’m going to spare the conventional review as I normally do simply because it is getting a little old. Irony in its truest form.

This past year has been full of ups and downs, mainly ups (or what I can remember) and I am really looking forward to the remainder of 2010. At the start of the year I had really high aspirations for 2010 but none of them have come true so far, mainly because the weather has put a “dampener” on my mood. 2010 is looking to be good from now on though as I outlined in the last article. To celebrate the 4^th year birthday of Dinkoman.com I am going to a strip club. Seriously…

I can’t wait for the weather to improve for when I get my new bike. Finally I can get suited up in my leathers instead of the filthy textiles I have become accustomed to wearing. Bring on knee-down season haha, I can’t wait!

Today was another day of carefully plodding down my road in the mixture of slush, ice and snow. I swear my neighbours think I am certifiably insane; today I set off as one was taking his dog for a walk and he gave me the strangest look of confusion and admiration. It was awesome. Right now I’m sat here, 6 minutes to midnight listening to Brad Sucks while writing this article and talking to a few internet buddies. I might organise some ride outs later this year when the weather picks up. There are a few guys on some forums I hang out that are talking about it and I think it would pretty cool to all hang out.

Quite eventful happenings since Saturday I must say! But first I will say that I’ll be doing a review of my bike boots and helmet in the next few days.

Mail

Anyway, Saturday I awoke at about 12:30pm and found that I had been left 4 presents by the mail man. This months software review package came (AVG Anti-Virus Pro on a 2 year license), which is a joy as AVG has just this minute saved me from a virus I acquired on the Pirate Bay website (not a torrent, an ad from the site strangely). One can never have too many Anti-Virus programs. Unless you are like me that is and have amassed a collection of 11 based on product reviewing.

My second item to come through the mail was my Visor Stickers. The picture you can see at the top of the screen is me in one of my helmets. As you can tell I have added a few arrangements to it which attract quite a lot of attention from wherever I go. Seriously if you want “people” to talk to you then stick a red Mohican on top of your helmet and voila! Well seeing as I get all this attention I thought that I may as well whack a sticker on there and get myself some free advertising. The below picture is the result of this and I must say – I am really impressed. The order arrived quickly, stuck on easily and it looks great. Check out xtreme2xcess to order your own.

Yet another joyous surprise on the motorcycle front was that I awoke to 5 2010 Honda brochures for various bikes! Plus a letter inviting me to come for a test ride on the VFR 1200. Great! I really love Hondas and am actually thinking of buying one as my next bike sometime around April. Honda seems to have the most relaxed approach to bike sales as well and it’s something that I really value as a customer. If I want a test ride on one all I have to do is pop down to my nearest dealer and the hour after I am riding whatever I choose. Clearly I think this is an amazing idea and as a result I would be willing to put my money into the Honda brand.

The fourth item to arrive was a booklet of financing and money. Exciting I know…

Snow

Once again it snowed on Sunday which laid a good three to four inches on the ground. Seeing as now my only option is to travel by motorcycle (I don’t do buses, sorry) this made for quite an interesting Monday morning commute. My commute is about 10 miles and most of the roads were just wet, with snow on the parts cars had not been travelling on. This rule excludes both the road where my house is and the road where work is. They were covered with Ice, slush and snow – add on the bonus of me living on one of the steepest hills imaginable, having practically bald tyres (still legal) and you have yourself a concoction of fun and ass clenching antics.

Needless to say I did arrive safely and me and the bike had no issues. Oh, there is now just the fact that everyone that saw me, which was probably in the thousands, now thinks that I am a complete lunatic. This doesn’t really bother me as my mother always told me I was anyway.

Holidays

As promised in my last article I will now inform you about my upcoming vacations. I don’t know for certain yet but sometime in July I will be going to Amsterdam! I’ve been to Bruges before but never Amsterdam and I am really looking forward to it. I’ll be going with 3 of my best friends on a “minicruise”. I have been on one before but I was 11 or so, therefore I can’t really remember much about the actual ship. I do however know that there is a casino, shopping centre and several bars onboard for the 18 hour journey. Sounds good enough for me! If anyone knows any good things to do in Amsterdam (aside from the obvious) then message me on twitter or through the contact page.

Also I’ll be going on holiday to a couple of other destinations (one of which will probably be Spain by the looks of it). I’d really like to go to Taiwan as well on one of Mordeth13’s tours he is setting up but I will have to see how much money is available as I will probably not be in the best financial situation soon. So that may have to wait a while. I may be moving there in the near future anyway due to the fact that I can get a job teaching English. We shall see. Positives for England are… oh nothing.

So then, as you can see, quite an eventful couple of days. I am looking at purchasing a Honda Hornet 600 soon. I really fancy the revvy CBR engine they have (13K redline!) so this will stretch my monetary situation. This and the fact that I am moving to Scarborough. Oh and the fact that I still have a ton of things I want to do! I’ll have to spread the costs though and will have to wait a couple of years or so, as I will be more financially stable by then.

P.S. I’ll be posting about my VIP trip to an executive box in Wembley to watch NFL last October soon as well. Our box was next to the owner of the New England Patriots so that was pretty cool. I may be going again in September as well to watch the band Muse.

As I said before, more reviews coming in the next couple of days, follow me on twitter for up-to-date adventures about my life (actually quite mundane) and *Sign of phrase not currently found*.