After my accident in New Zealand I decided to bring forward the retirement of my Nolan N70-2 GT helmet. The N70-2 GT has been a fine helmet and it was relatively unscathed with just a couple of scratches but besides the accident it was already approaching the age for replacement […]

For the last 15 years I have been doing fly ride tours using the free cloth cover that comes with new helmets but getting a proper helmet bag has made my life easier. After my first few fly ride tours I changed from carrying a helmet onboard to packing my […]

I’ve tried many products to renew the Durable Waterproof Coating (DWC) on my former nylon rider gear from Alpinestars and Macna and again more recently for my Merlin Cordura rider gear. Achieving a DWC is essential to getting rider gear with Gore-Tex or similar zip in rain liners to work. […]

I have another pair of gloves to talk about. The ‘Boxer’ motorcycle gloves from Five. These are a short summer style glove but with a difference. They have a waterproof lining. I did not buy them to use in rain, they are not long enough for a jacket to be […]

Summer glove search For a long time I rode with rather poor summer gloves. Actually when I started riding I had flimsy gloves that offered almost no protection. Then I started wearing Moto-X gloves in summer simply copying a mate, but these don’t provide much protection for tarmac. I then […]

I have now toured on both the Honda Goldwing and the BMW K1600GT and enjoyed both and have a few comparison notes. You would already know they are both similar size large motorcycles and both are similar weight. At a standstill the BMW feels the heavier of the two. The […]

I’ve tried many items claimed to keep you dry riding in rain and most have proved to be useless in one way or another. Jackets with Gore-Tex zip in liners work as long as the outer layer of the jacket does not get waterlogged. They come with a ‘Durable Water […]

I got caught out with the weather on my New Zealand South Island tour so grabbed whatever I could find in the way of warmer gloves to allow that ride to continue and as it turns out got myself a reasonable pair of winter gloves. The Dainese Plaza 3 gloves […]

I have just completed a tour in Mexico on the BMW 1250GS, a tour in Colombia on the BMW 750GS and I own a BMW 310GS. Seems a good excuse to compare some notes. BMW 310 GS I’ve owned the smallest GS over a year but have not ridden it […]

I owned a number of items from the Yokohama motorcycle gear brand Rough and Road when I lived in Japan and found all their gear to be well designed and priced competitively. So I recently got a new pair of gloves from them. I used Tenso a freight forwarder in […]