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Words & Photos by | Jun Song | I just bought a Sony A7R III, my first mirrorless camera, and this is my story on why I bought a Sony mirrorless camera instead of a Canon DSLR. (full YouTube video of this review at the bottom) Exactly 10 years ago this month, in May 2008, I purchased my very first DSLR camera from ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | Contributing Photographer – Moe Lauchert | This is a comprehensive review of REV’IT Abbey Road Gloves, which I’ve been using as my primary riding gloves for about 6 months. The Abbey Road Gloves is part of REV’IT’s Urban series, which is the Company’s collection of gears targeted for more style-focused, city/urban riders. Disclosure: This is NOT a ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song |  For AGV’s full press release, click HERE I just got this helmet the day before I’m writing this blog so I’m not going to call this a ‘review’ since I usually like to spend at least few hundred miles with a new gear before reviewing them. So this is more of a first-impression blog on ...

  Words & Photos by | Jun Song |  Almost 10 years ago, one of my best friends invited me to go to Havasupai Falls with him. At the time I wasn’t fully aware of what or where that was and having had a minor work conflict, which in hind-site could have easily been removed, I declined without thinking twice. To this day ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song |  This is a comprehensive review of ALMS NYC’s Helmet Tote bag. I came across this bag on Instagram and loved the idea of having a dedicated helmet bag so I reached out and got a hold of couple of their bags. Disclosure: This is NOT a paid advertisement and nobody has paid me to publish ...

Film by Cale Glendening  “The last of the embers cool in the waking dawn as the silence echoes through the empty roads and the beat of heavy hearts stir the morning air The wasteland smiles, a grin tired and stretched too thin Built on rotting soil the city starts to crack, the foundations perish and crumble Trapped and left wanting, the ...

This is a video overview of National Geographic Africa Medium Backpack (NG A5290)

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | (Contributing Photos by Moe Lauchert) (Disclosure: The Company sent this bag for me to review; however this is not a paid advertisement/endorsement for the Company, and the Company has no influence on my review/opinion of their products) About 6 months ago, Gold Tree Pacific LLC, a motorcycle leather good manufacturer, sent me a set of ...

Photos & Words by | Jun Song | & Film by | Max Daines | Brent Jespersen (driver in the pic/video), who is no stranger to having some of the funnest toys, decided to take his 1994 NAS Landrover Defender 90 out for a cruise on the Bonneville Salt Flat. He purchased the truck back in 1997 after he moved to Utah from his next door neighbor ...

Photos by | Jun Song & Jenny Linquist  –  Words by  | Jun Song | Pacific Northwest with KOA & Roadtrippers All road trips begin with the when, where, who, and how and our trip through the Pacific Northwest wasn’t an exception. Riding down the Pacific Northwest coast has been at the top of my list, plus, my favorite moto-couple/photographer duo, Jenny and Mike Linquist, ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | I think the annual Handbuilt Show by the folks at Revival Cycle is my favorite bike show of the year. I’ve attended this three years in a row and this year’s show was not disappointing as expected. Maybe it’s because the show is in Austin, Texas, which is just one hell of a fun city, or it’s ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | [Disclosure: Wolverine provided the custom boots for free; however this is not a paid advertisement for the brand/Company] Wolverine was kind enough to send me a code for me to customize my very own pair of 1000 Mile boots. You may know that I’m a big fan of their 1000 Miles boots (see my previous review here), ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | Cars were definitely one of the biggest highlights of visiting Cuba. I’ve seen it on tv shows and read about it numerous times, but actually walking out of the Jose Marti International airport and seeing a row of car that were stuck in the past was a sensory overload. These cars were so perfectly preserved, yet it ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | Time to conclude the year again with my stories from 2016. I realized I stopped keeping a journal about ten years ago, which is around the time I picked up photography as a hobby, because seeing a photo I shot brings back the exact feelings and thoughts, and the who, the where and the when ...

Words & Photos by | Jun Song | Contributing Photographer –  Rick Poon | I recently went on a weekend moto-adventure trip up through the Pacific Coast Highway (click here for  trip photo gallery), and I took this chance to put both new and old gears to test. All gears that I used and listed below, except for the rain pants, were provided by ...