Motorcycle Ratings and Reviews
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 [...]
Not everyone has a MotoGP Ducati with grab handles grafted onto the gas tank for two-up Sunday afternoon rides like ex-racer Randy Mamola. Instead, sport-touring and sportbike passengers have to latch onto the rider’s love handles through leather or textile jackets, or worse, skin-tight racing suits. Not exactly great handholds. [...]
Motorcycle gloves are meant to do more than just keep your paws warm; they also need to provide all-around comfort, good control feel and a high level of flexibility, impact protection and abrasion resistance. So, it makes sense that one material can’t do it all. That’s why Spartan’s SL-1 Long [...]
Aside from an actual machine, there is no single cultural touchstone of motorcycling that is more powerful than the leather jacket, particularly in black. Ridingwear has evolved mightily since the early days, with highly technical armor and myriad materials used for abrasion resistance and impact protection these days. Vanson Leathers [...]
So far, we’ve ripped up to Yosemite on a VFR1200F in this jacket on a hottish day and stayed reasonably cool, ridden through a couple days of misty drizzle on a KLR650 and stayed completely dry, dismounted from a DR-Z400 onto some sharpish rocks and emerged totally unscathed (so did [...]
When your feet are cold, wet or uncomfortable in any way, so are you. That makes a strong case for always riding in top-quality boots that keep your tootsies in a good mood and help prevent their injury in case of a fall. Sidi’s Sport Rain boots fill that bill [...]
Top of Alpinestars’ Tech Touring range, the Durban is as tricked-out with features as a Victorinox Swiss Champ knife—enough that you may wonder if an instruction manual is required. Not to worry; however complex it might be, the Durban is a stylish and practical jacket. Focused on adventure-touring, the Durban [...]
I broke my freakin’ neck. Yes, you read that right. While testing motocross bikes last year, I came up short on a 75-foot jump, clipped the top of the landing ramp with the front wheel and was thrown violently over the handlebars to the ground. Here’s the good news: I [...]
Evaluating electric riding gear in Southern California would, on the surface, seem to be as fruitful as working on a tan in Seattle. While some of the beach-bred locals may think that black ice is a rap artist, our year-round riding season does present its fair share of chilly two-wheeling. [...]
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