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by CaptainBlue
Wed Feb 19, 2025 4:00 pm
Forum: Clothing
Topic: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets
Replies: 10
Views: 12260
Great Britain

Re: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets

This is just a post in defence of the Kodiak2 & it's liner. ... It's got pretty good ventilation up to about 22c which is when I'd be looking at mesh or lightweight textiles and throw over waterproofs. ... Well we found that - especially in the "Cool Grey" colour way, our Latitude/Alt...
by CaptainBlue
Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:30 pm
Forum: Clothing
Topic: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets
Replies: 10
Views: 12260
Great Britain

Re: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets

Yes, we have Keis heated waistcoats which is why we didn't bother going Full Monty and getting the Kodiak with its down liner.
by CaptainBlue
Mon Apr 29, 2024 9:54 am
Forum: Clothing
Topic: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets
Replies: 10
Views: 12260
Great Britain

Re: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets

Yes we did, and we've recently bought the Latitude and Altitude trousers to go with them. If you're looking for cold trip jackets, be aware that we bought ours mainly for warm summer rides where we'll have them vented. We've worn ours in some quite cold temperatures, but we are layering up and inclu...
by CaptainBlue
Thu Mar 07, 2024 4:01 pm
Forum: Photos & Videos
Topic: Old Photos
Replies: 42
Views: 31005
Great Britain

Re: Old Photos

Me, around the same time on my FZR1000 on my first trackday at Oulton Park.
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by CaptainBlue
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Photos & Videos
Topic: First Pillion Ride in November 2023
Replies: 0
Views: 6650
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First Pillion Ride in November 2023

A week or so after collecting my new RT LE it was time to take my wife out on and to get some running-in miles done:

by CaptainBlue
Mon Mar 04, 2024 4:24 pm
Forum: Photos & Videos
Topic: New RT Collection in November 2023
Replies: 0
Views: 6932
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New RT Collection in November 2023

I forgot to post this video here: having ordered my R1250RTLE last Autumn I came back to the UK and collected it from Bahnstormer Alton in early November 2023.

Here's some footage:
by CaptainBlue
Wed Nov 22, 2023 4:19 pm
Forum: Clothing
Topic: Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets
Replies: 10
Views: 12260
Great Britain

Klim Latitude and Altitude Jackets

Just a placeholder really until Mrs Blue and I can properly try out our Klim jackets. After a lot of research, I decided that for my "Eurothrashes" I needed a new jacket that was waterproof for the wet days but also suitably vented for the dry days and likewise Mrs Blue wanted an upgrade f...
by CaptainBlue
Wed Nov 22, 2023 12:13 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: And it's hello from me
Replies: 2
Views: 534
Great Britain

And it's hello from me

Hello everyone. I'm now based in Surrey and after a slight issue involving my (albeit brief) untimely death, I got back on a bike again a couple of years ago with my first ride back post-amputations being on an RT. Story here: https://www.tiger1200.uk/2019/08/23/a-slight-hiccough/ Crash video here: ...