Modular design: 360-degree Pivot Locking System employs stainless steel jaws that wrap around stainless steel pegs, securing the EPS-lined chinbar in the down position. Large, front-of-helmet release button is easy to manipulate while wearing riding gloves. Smooth, single-handed up/down action. CNS-1 shield: Noticeably wider and taller than the previous CX-1V [...]
Modern sportbike gloves are pretty well-defined: leather fingers, palms and tops, molded-plastic knuckle protection, high-tensile-strength thread, hook-and-loop wrist closures. Seen one pair, seen ’em all, right? Not so fast. The Handroid Pod from U.K.-based Knox is, um, different. Derived from the original, full-race Handroid, the Chinese-made Pod is a competition-quality [...]
While they’re purposeful by design, hunkered-over sportbike ergonomics can be unapologetic where comfort is concerned. A rider’s lower back and wrists may begin to protest after even a brief stint in the saddle, but factor in a too-firm, poorly shaped or thinly padded seat, and even the most diehard enthusiast [...]
Lots of motorcycle gear smoothly transitions from its technical role as protective clothing on the bike to stylish fashion statement off of it. And some gear is actually able to do both at the same time. The now-classic one-piece Aerostich ain’t one of ’em. No, fashion hasn’t been high on [...]
Sport-touring tires are a unique engineering challenge because by design—or at least in concept—they must be nearly everything to almost everyone. Nowhere was this more evident than at the launch for the new Dunlop Sportmax Roadsmart II, held in early December in Westlake Village, California. Press motorcycles fitted with the [...]
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