The Art of Shopping for motorcycle gear

A few weeks ago, in the article about Alpinestars’ 2013 Spring Collection, “karlInSanDiego” left a comment about how difficult it was to determine the appropriate model and size for gear he was interested in purchasing. This little “how-to” will hopefully … Continued

Indian, Beethoven and Seinfeld

I’m not a cruiser-hater. I had a Springer Softail, and it was magnificent. I felt like a bastard son of Zeus on that bike, like Henry V on Crispin’s Day. It was truly a gorgeous machine – it looked like … Continued

The One Motorcycle Show, 2013

The One Motorcycle Show doesn’t exist to sell bikes or insurance or gear or t-shirts. It’s just there to celebrate the motorcycle in its simplest, most creative and universal form. This year saw record attendance, with an estimated 10,000 visitors … Continued

Gear: Icon 1000 Federal jacket

The Icon Federal 1000 jacket is, without exaggeration, the best thing to ever happen to women’s motorcycle gear. It singlehandedly conquers every long-endured problem we have with armored riding jackets and we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief … Continued

Bubba Stewart, rock star

Everyone’s favorite supercross racer, florida State Police Officer and general crazy person is featured in the music issue of ESPN Magazine, on sale tomorrow. As you can see, Bubba ditches his typical jersey and armor for something a little more…Rick … Continued

Custom: Icon 1000 Dromedarii

“Upon wrapping The Raiden Files, Triumph had seen what we were able to do with nearly stock Triumph Tigers,” explains Icon. “The challenge they then approached us with was to take a the the Tiger to the absolute limit of … Continued

RideApart Review: Honda Gold Wing F6B

To make the Honda Gold Wing F6B, the company simply knocked some weight off its flagship tourer and pared down the bodywork to make it look meaner. The result is more than the sum of those parts though. Bagger? Cruiser? … Continued