Each type of motorcycle—sportbikes, dual-sports, cruisers, naked bikes, tourers and sport tourers—is designed to perform a series of specific tasks, and each is finely...
Waterproof, textile riding jackets and pants are convenient. Rather than having to don a rainsuit, you can just keep going when the sunshine liquefies....
All waterproof boots are not created equal. For starters, these Sidi Gore-Tex Tour boots have a genuine Gore-Tex waterproof, breathable liner, which means they...
An all-purpose, multi-season motorcycle jacket has a near-impossible list of requirements to fulfill. It needs to keep you warm when it’s cold, cool when...
(This Gearlab review was published in the July 2012 issue of Rider magazine.)
Twisted Throttle, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, has added...
Much of today’s textile motorcycle touring apparel has some type of waterproof or water-resistant barrier built into it. Either the outer shell has been...
This Buyers Guide: Heated Riding Apparel was originally published in the March 2012 issue of Rider magazine]
It was cold. Colder than a banker’s heart....
Motorcycle boots come in a dizzying array of shapes, sizes and styles. There are state-of-the-art road racing boots, king-of-the-mountain motocross boots, pole-climbing engineer boots,...
Whenever I try “light” versions of products, such as light beer, lo-cal salad dressing and fat-free cookies, I usually find them tasteless and unsatisfying....
Setting a computer to crawl the web brings a wealth of interesting motorcycle industry tidbits each morning. Unfortunately, some are newspaper articles about motorcycle-auto...
Over the last few years, more and more apparel manufacturers have begun offering one-piece textile riding suits. We’ve tested moto-onesies made by Aerostich, Olympia,...
Like gold vs. silver, there are brown leather people and black leather people. As with most motorcyclists, I’m definitely a black leather guy. Without...
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