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Your Guide To Motorcycle Riding Gear

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Motorcycle Riders: Read This Gear Guide

Your motorcycle is an amazing machine. It lets you navigate tight spaces and heavy traffic. It uses minimal gas. It lets you feel the fresh air and sunshine. For all of these reasons, though, your motorcycle is also compact and exposes you to the environment around you. To avoid a serious injury, you need to wear the right pieces to protect your body. Here is a quick guide to the motorcycle riding gear you need.

  • Helmet: It should come as no surprise that you need to protect your head when flying down the freeway. Helmets reduce your risk for head injury by nearly 70 percent, so they are crucial. Choose a full-face helmet that properly fits and has been approved by the Department of Transportation to best protect your important brain.
  • Jacket: Your jacket will not only protect your skin from serious road rash, it can also protect your internal organs! Look for a jacket that has CE rated body armor but still allows your full range of motion. You might want to choose one that has ventilation so you will not be tempted to skip it on sunny California days.
  • Gloves: When your bike gets away from you, your natural reaction is to put out your hand to steady yourself. Protect your hands against this possibility—plus the very present hazards of wind and water—by investing in good motorcycle gloves. The right ones should include water resistant material, armor that protects your knuckles and palms, and a retention strap to keep your glove on should you need it.

Another crucial part of protecting yourself while on your motorcycle is carrying the right motorcycle insurance. Are you protected out on the road? To learn about the California coverage you need, contact Stromsoe Insurance Agency today.

Make The Most Of Your Spring Cleaning

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The Guide To Freshening Your Home This Spring

As we say goodbye to winter (albeit a fortunately mild one for us Californians), we get to throw open the windows of our homes and quite literally shake off the dust of the winter. So you can get the most of your spring-cleaning and home maintenance, use this brief guide.

  • Stainless Steel: Clean and protect your stainless steel with a wax-based aerosol spray. Continue to mist your stainless steel with this product once a week throughout the year to keep it gleaming.
  • Closet Organization: Use the new season to rearrange your closet, pulling out your summer clothes and packing up your winter sweaters. Get rid of any clothing you have not worn in the last year, and donate the clothes to a local charity.
  • Painted Walls: Before you get out your paint bucket and drop cloth, try to address the stains on your painted walls with a clean cloth moistened with water and a little dishwashing liquid. Try to stay away from stronger stain removers, which have solvents and can damage your paint.
  • Carpet: Do not forget to change the filter on your vacuum before you start cleaning your carpet, as a dirty filter will just blow grime back into the air. Spot treat stains in your carpet as you move vacuuming from room to room.
  • Tile: You can create your own neutral pH solution at home to properly clean and care for your tile. Just mix ½ cup of baking soda into two gallons of water. This mixture is ideal for getting tile clean without damaging it.

Do not leave your home exposed and unprotected after all of the hard work you put into cleaning it. For all of your homeowner’s insurance needs in California, contact Stromsoe Insurance Agency. Our dedicated team is here to ensure your home is covered this spring and beyond.