Owning even a smaller, cheaper motorcycle - like the Suzuki I bought - doesn't mean that you're not going to spend a lot of money on related items. It's beginning to remind me of when I lived in Hong Kong and we owned a boat. Every time you turn around, the boat needed something, or you needed something to take on the boat.
Ever since I saw Ryan's dreadfully skinned knee (he slid and fell while riding a motorcycle through loose gravel), I have been thinking I needed to buy some motorcycle pants with knee protection. So last Saturday I visited Moto Liberty, one of the bigger motorcycle shops.
After trying on about six pair of pants, I finally found a pair I liked. When I went to the front counter to pay, I noticed that my check was not welcome:
