When I first saw this small invention, I thought, "Why didn't I think of that?" Clearly, I did not. I just wish I did because if I did invented it, I'd be riding on a 30 inch gold-plated rim installed chopper all by myself in a tropical island with a few cold beer and sizzling barbecue.

Here's the situation: say you found a dead tire miles from civilization. The culprit is a roofing nail, drywall screw, or any other object left out on the highway. After the hole is located over the wheel you take the Cargol Turn & Go kit and tag the punctured part using the chalk included. Then you pick up the long-nose pliers from the kit and yank out the cursed object. Next, you just simply twist the included "key" in the leak and cut it by snapping it off as soon as it's set deep inside the tire. The finishing touch is to try to utilize the available CO2 capsule and fill up the rubber up and within just a few minutes, you're back moving around without additional equipment, a huge mess, or making telephone calls to a tow truck.

The package is small enough to tag along inside a coat pocket and yes it works on trucks, cars, ATVs, and pretty much any other tire that holds air. In a nutshell, noone should travel with his bike without this little innovation.

Unofficial stats say (by me), 99 % of most motorcycle mirrors are just not cool on a very nice chopper, Harley or bagger. They hang up over the handle bars like antlers and actually spoil the looks of a good motorbike. I fully understand that for any side mirror to be effective, it needs to be large enough so cars right behind you could be seen and that is why all of them are just annoyingly spoilers.

That has been the way up until Joker Machine entered the scene featuring its Viewtech CNC-machined billet convex mirrors. These mix-and-match collection of mirrors are marked up right and also comes in numerous styles of head and stem units, so regardless of the model your bike is, you can find a decent match.

Sure, the special look of these side mirrors is great, but what is the sense in having them if you cannot see just what is behind you. That's where the convex mirror comes in. Joker Machine makes use of exclusive glass that has the widest undistorted view of any kind of mirror 3 to 4 times its size.

While using a set of Joker Machine's side mirrors on my Road Glide, not only could I see over and above both sides of my shoulders without moving my head, I could see 80 percent of the stuff right behind me. After a few hours of use, and as soon as my eyes were practiced towards the scaled-down footprint of the side mirror, I found myself impressed by exactly how much I could see behind me instantly.

It only required one ride to determine that these particular Joker Machine mirrors are definitely theaccessory that I am intending to swap out on most of my present and future bikes.