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monessay

Written by Toshiyuki Sai

Toshiyuki Sai, Publisher of HOUYHNHNM and Editor-in-Chief of HOUYHNHNM Unplugged, presents "monessay," a Series. It's an essay through objects, so it's a "monessay," without a twist or anything, but it's not a poop either. This time, we will talk about motocross pants by Riding Equipment Research.

  • Text_Toshiyuki Sai
  • Photo_Kengo Shimizu
  • Edit_Ryo Komuta, Rei Kawahara

The 43rdmotorcyclist

From a political correctness perspective, gender discrimination is one of the most abhorrent things. Some critics, however, complain about it as if it were a sterile nicety. I won't say who.

From what I have heard, in progressive cities such as New York City, restaurants and other restrooms are no longer segregated for men and women. This is due to the consideration of gender minorities. Well, it's okay for men. They stand up to do their business. But women may not like it. In fact, when I asked the women around me, they all said they don't like it. They would rather put up with it. I don't know what the right answer is, but maybe we should have three toilets: one for men, one for women, and one gender-free.

Interestingly, as the babies grow up, boys show a strong interest in vehicles and heroes, while girls show a strong interest in pink floral patterns and play-doh. Boys respond to fire trucks and bulldozers without parental guidance, while girls show interest in flowery dresses. Of course, there are children who do not. That is why this is a gender-free debate.

In my own case, I was a typical idiot child who showed a deep interest in vehicles from the time I was a toddler. In junior high school, I had a strong interest in motorcycles, and in high school, I had a strong interest in cars, even before I could get a driver's license. As soon as I was old enough to get a driver's license, I got both a motorcycle and a car license. That was the way it was in those days for young people in provincial cities who were not very good at studying. Perhaps things are different now. This is an era in which young people are not interested in cars.

His first motorcycle in high school was a moped scooter. After that, he gradually stepped up to mid- and high-displacement vehicles. At the same time, when he turned 18, his parents bought him a car. A used Cherry. I was extremely dissatisfied with the car, but now that I look at it from my parents' point of view, I think it was not a bad choice. It was a car that had no value, no matter if it was rubbed or bumped.

There were a few years when I didn't have a car, but I have always owned motorcycles. At one time I was stupid enough to own more than one at a time.

However, as I aged, or as my family structure changed, my opportunities to ride on a motorcycle decreased dramatically. I gave away one bike after another, and the last one, the only one left, has remained with me ever since.

I checked the record and found that he bought it in 1989 from the U.S. as a private import, so this year is the 31st year since he bought it. But I have hardly driven it.

I started riding it a few years ago, tinkering with it a bit.

This is because I was influenced by the way Mr. Kobayashi of ... Research was so absorbed in motorcycles.

The other day, I saw the Kobayashi, and it was an amazing thing. Not only was it cool, but every detail had been worked on, and the old bike was made up of state-of-the-art parts. If I were to compare it to a car, it would be like a Singer Porsche. The headlights are LED, and the battery is lithium-ion. It's not a Tesla.

So, I was invited to an order-taking meeting for leather pants for motorcycles, and while being shown this machine, I asked, "What size are you? I was invited to an order-taking event for leather pants for motorcycles and was shown this machine and asked, "What size pants do you have?

I may need leather pants to protect my skin when riding my bike, which has a bare exhaust pipe, muffler, and two big carbs on the opposite side of the bike.

So when it gets warmer, I will wear these pants and go to Hakone.

Lancer Price: To be determined

Riding Equipment Research, the motorcycle division of ... Research, will return in the fall of 2020 for the first time in about 12 years as a motorcycle leather pants brand consisting of only three models of leather riding pants. The "Lancer" model, featuring cross-stitched quilting, is a pair made in Japan, using only Japanese horsehide and sewn in Japan.

PROFILE

Toshiyuki Sai
Publisher, HOUYHNHNM / Editor-in-Chief, HOUYHNHNM Unplugged

After working as a freelance editor for Magazine House and Popeye, he managed stylists and started his own editing/production company, which was renamed Rhino Inc. in 2006.

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