Gear: Dainese’s Adventure

Heading out into the middle of nowhere is one of the best things you can do on a bike. It also exposes you to extreme weather and, often, extreme danger. This is the gear Dainese’s made to handle both.

Sean’s Westcoast Roadtrip: The Gear

10 days. 2,952 miles. 3 states. Countless climates and geographic regions. 1 motorcycle. With such a limited amount of space, packing for a trip like this can be quite difficult, especially if you plan to camp along the way. Add … Continued

Gear: street, track and in between

As you can see here we’ve just been to the track to test the new 2013 Honda CBR600RR. As part of that test, we also took notes on how our gear performed. While the street is our primary focus at … Continued

Gear: Everyday Woman

Our buddy Ana uses “Crackers,” her DR-Z 400 every single day in LA. Working as a model and actress, she rides to castings, shoots, coffee with friends and fancy parties, and needs to look good when she does so. That … Continued

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

Alpinestars’ 2013 Spring Collection

Alpinestars is now in its 50th year of production and they still continue to put out quality gear as shown in their 2013 Spring Collection. The new collection is expanding on their “sport and street riding product lines” with new … Continued

Boots you can wear on and off the bike

Back to that eternal conundrum: how do we look good while we ride bikes? The vast majority of real riding gear is pretty good at keeping you safe, but was designed for Teletubbies, not 18-34 year old people that live … Continued