Motorcycle Ratings and Reviews
When we started REV’IT!, we wanted our own identity, so we created “Engineered Skin.” Manufacturing in the fashion industry is based on a two-dimensional drawing—you have a front and a back. But most impacts are on the sides, so we moved the seams to locations with less impact. Initially, we exaggerated it, which was difficult [...]
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Biff! Boom! Bang! You’ll feel and maybe even look like a superhero in Forcefield’s Pro Shirt ($299; XS-XL) and Shorts ($179; XS-XL). Energy-absorbing, CE-approved Nitrex Evo armor built into the shoulders, elbows, chest and back of the shirt has been “optimized” to be lightweight, flexible and handle multiple impacts. Same goes for that fitted to [...]
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Headed to parts unknown? Or just over the hill and through the woods? No matter where or how far your route may take you, Klím’s newly upgraded, premium-quality Adventure Rally jacket ($1499.99; sizes S-3XL) and pant ($899.99; even waist sizes 30-42) are designed to protect your body against the elements as well as unexpected encounters [...]
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Atem Leather Suit: This one-piece, knee-slider-equipped leather roadracing suit is fitted with Dynamic Friction Shield-technology shoulder and knee protectors, and it’s fully certified to CE Level 1 standards. Cool thing is, the Atem ($1499.95) exceeds those requirements in all areas except the arms. Which means this is effectively a Level 2 suit built with a [...]
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Summer’s here, and REV’IT! is ready for the heat with the Airwave jacket ($199.99) and pants ($189.99). This lightweight combination is made of free-flowing, abrasion-resistant materials and fitted with CE-approved Knox Flexiform padding to keep you cool, comfortable and safe when the mercury trends skyward. Cut for an upright “touring” riding position, the jacket is [...]
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Let’s see a show of hands: Who regularly rides on the street in a fully armored leather jacket, hard-knuckled gloves, boots with steel shanks and…their favorite jeans? Alpinestars offers a more-durable and protective alternative to classic cotton: the Oxygen Air Overpants ($199.95; S-XXXL). Water-repellent 600-denier polyester is the dominant material here, with mesh inserts atop [...]
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What can you wear while riding your motorcycle to preserve a Positive Adventure Outlook (PAO) all the way from a 100-plus-degree desert to a freezing Rockies mountaintop and everywhere in between? A quick blast last summer from Cycle World’s oceanfront editorial offices in Southern California to Colorado’s 14,000-foot-high Pikes Peak revealed Alpinestars’ “4-in-1” Frontier Gore-Tex [...]
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The Australians have done it! Drift Jeans from Port Melbourne-based Drayko are the first (and, thus far, only) CE-approved motorcycle-riding jeans. Distributed in the U.S. by Western Power Sports, these road-ready pants are designed to protect your, um, assets in an asphalt slide for at least 4.4 seconds, nearly half a second longer than is [...]
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Riding a Can-Am Spyder means being exposed to the weather, as a motorcycle rider is, but the odds of a Spyder rider lowsiding onto the road are pretty slim. That means his or her gear doesn’t need to be configured to protect against get-offs the way a motorcyclist’s gear does (at least in the all-the-gear [...]
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Rain or shine, you’ll be warm, dry and well-protected in the Weise Hydra leather jacket ($479.99; European chest sizes 40-50) and pants ($389.99; waist sizes 30-40). Unlike traditional leathers, the zip-together Hydra helps guard the wearer from the elements, thanks to its breathable, waterproof, zip-in liner. Manufactured from 1.2-1.4mm perforated leather and featuring CE-approved armor [...]
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