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Same could be said for my V11 and a lot of other things I own. And the jacket in original post is very stylish. However, my most versatile jacket is a mesh one by Joe Rocket. It came with removable vest and water-proof insert that is also great for making it wind-proof on colder days. My perforated Vanson has zip-up windflaps that cover the perfs. Both have built-in armor, including back protectors, and the Vanson armor seems far superior to the Joe Rocket. The Vanson also wins on style points.

I still wear my first motorcycle jacket, but only casually (not riding). A heavy leather Hein-Gericke Dakar in antique brown, it is an impressive piece of kit worn with my black Stetson on a blustery day. It's lack of armor failed to impress me in a crash with large farm dog on my GB500 back in 2002. The damage settlement led me to order a custom, quality race-grade leather jacket/pants set from Z-Leathers in California. Like @Lucky Phil, my modern textile riding suits have proven more versatile, so the Sport-matched Z-Leathers remain in embarrassingly good shape after twenty years. To their credit, they performed admirably when I crashed the Sport in 2003. (I would like to think I have the "crash" thing out of my system!) I do love the leathers!

We (the wife and I) are gearheads and love old school motorcycles like our Guzzi's. We also have a pretty extreme Jeep, a true dinosaur. But on the other side of the equation we have an EV. No self driving but it does have all the standard blind spot detection and front / rear collision warning. I like EV's, and I like safety features. I like TPMS sensors. But the issue in the original story here is someone mistaking Tesla's "Auto-Pilot" feature for an actual auto-pilot, it seems. It isn't that the Tesla was "unsafe", unless you count that it allowed the driver to operate it without actually paying attention, then it was "unsafe". It was that someone thought it was fully capable of driving itself when it is not. That seems to happen on a regular basis, often injuring or killing the idiot who made that mistake. The sad thing here is it wasn't the idiot that paid the price for his stupidity, it was a motorcyclist who, as far as we can tell, was just riding down the road on his Harley minding his own business. That could have been any of us (except for the part about it being a Harley), it was just a matter of dumb luck as to who it ended up being. The core issue here was two fold, Tesla markets its driver assist as an "Auto-Pilot", which it isn't (and they tell you it isn't) and the driver of the Tesla didn't safely operate his motor vehicle, instead thinking the Tesla could safely operate itself without his input (it can't). The end result is a motorcyclist is dead and both Tesla and this idiot should be held responsible but given the way things are I worry that neither will be held accountable in a meaningful way.

That was fun. It got interesting when he started in on the triplets, but having the music underneath helps keep you head straight.

Test your skills to keep time, for those of us versed into music; Try to clap your hands on beat 1. It is one of this odd meter: 7/4; typically Music is mostly written in 4/4. The numerator is the number of beats, the denominator the duration of each beat. In a 4/4, you have four quarter notes per bar. In a 7/4, you have a seven quarter notes duration per bar. Here's the exercice: it seems easy, but as varies the rhythm and beats duration and arrangement, always respecting the 7/4 meter, clapping on the one beat becomes challenging.

In Melbourne before the move, I had the Z900, and two Kawasaki 2-Stroke triples. One almost complete, but buggered, and the other a basket case. And everything else that one accumulates over the course of 15 years or so. I made the move with a backpack, and one carton of stuff that I sent ahead. And AUD2.000. Fresh start, more or less. I dread to think of what it would mean to move back. That is not impossible, but... Currently 4 motorcycles, the car, the household goods. Anyway, we were talking about the advantages of high quality leathers here.

I must have got a good one. You got me thinking, and I went looking and found the receipt. Looks like the jacket is just short of 18 years old. I did the sums: AUD 570.- purchase plus around AUD 130.- for the repairs after the accident means I'm coming in at just under $40.- a year for the jacket, and getting cheaper every year. In an attempt to get back to the original post: @LaGrasta, I hope you are able to enjoy your new jacket for at least as long as I have mine.

Local boys made good. "I don't Like your Face"

I moved away from leather jackets a long time ago. To hot for summer and too heavy (as in weight) for the colder months and various other issues like a lack of storage pockets of any practicality. Modern materials have made the classic leather jacket a bit outmoded in every respect but style. On top of that they shrink every year and no longer fit in a few short years

Good riding gear is worth the spend. I "splurged" on a Vanson jacket and pants a few years ago, and do not regret it a bit. But I got a perforated jacket for warmer days. Long ago I had an asymmetrical jacket with a huge inner flap. That was a favorite, and I thought it a great design.

The video Docc posted of the guy,covering the Michael Jackson tune;playing,recording & layering different instruments, reminded me of one of my favorite artists. Coco Love Alcorn is extremely under appreciated;she works some serious magic with this Boss Looping pedal.

That Lukas Nelson fingerboard work reminds of this (IMO:under-rated) guitarist. Grooving to "Bridge of Sighs" on the 8-track in the high school Florida cruise/beach scene was pretty eclectic. We all thought the vocals were Trower, but no. Vocals are the bassman, James Dewar. We had no idea, in the day, what a master guitarist Robin Trower was . . . Best audio version I could find:

Anyway, over-reliance (is that correct English) is a serious concern for driver assistant systems. And using the right terminology for functions is a first step to get better understanding. There are by now quite some research results on this topic. More uniformity in name function and how to operate would make it possible to have more generic education for drivers. Now it is up to the sales person and the attention of the buyer if this item comes up at all. I would assume that the camera system has some sort of a verification of the reliability op the perception. Night-time is perhaps a more challenging condition. Is a driver aware of this? Anyway a sad thing. Rear ending without a clear cause is a rare accident over here.

I've had a new battery electric car for the last 6 months. It has all the safety features to qualify for ANCAP rating 5, and I don't regret buying it. It should engage auto braking for a bike (if I don't see it) but I'm not going to test it. Some of the critics of my choice say things that have the same tone as comments I've heard through the decades. "Tubeless tires? No thanks". "Multi-grade oil? Not for me". "Don't like auto transmission, I want to be in control". "Don't like seat belts, I want...". So yeah, I like a modern car. Even stranger are the criticisms of an electric car. "They catch fire". -Less often than ICE cars. "We're going to run out of Lithium" -It's 3rd element in the periodic table. There's shit-tons of it around. "It's mined with slave labor". -Australia is currently producing 1/2 of the world's supply, and those miners are extremely well paid. "Lithium batteries can't be recycled ". - obvious nonsense. Yes I have a 20 year old Guzzi, but I like modern stuff.

Well docc if they were for my bike they would be in the rear caliper un-bedded in for all eternity Ciao