Want to party with Roland Sands?

Then come down to RSD HQ this Saturday to watch a movie, look at some art and drink some PBR. There might even be tacos. Roland and I may also engage in a hair off, where we stand huffily in … Continued

RideApart 12 – The Born Free 4 show

Choppers, bobbers, rat-bikes, vintage cafe racers and every kind of wild oddity in between, nobody does American custom hot-rod culture for bikes on the West Coast like the annual Born Free show in Irvine, Ca. Our man Jamie Robinson wades … Continued

RideApart 8: Making parts with Roland Sands Design

Our buddy Roland is a 250GP AMA champion and the force behind the Roland Sands Design firm that creates aftermarket parts for motorcycles, fashion apparel, custom bikes and a new line of safety gear for riders. He may still look … Continued

Gear: Roland Sands Design Diesel gloves

I’d been hankering after a pair of these since Roland Sands’ new clothing range debuted last October. Drawing design inspiration from performance motorcycle gear, the Diesels (and other pieces in the range) manage an unprecedented trick: making motorcycle function genuinely … Continued

Photos: RSD Desmo Tracker

What happens if you take a 197bhp MotoGP replica and turn it into a flat tracker? Well, this happens. It’s Roland Sands’s Desmo Tracker, as the name suggest, a Ducati Desmosedici turned dirty. Last week, we pulled it out of … Continued