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  1. When the Gloves Come Off | Gear



    Motorcycle gloves must offer adequate dexterity and control feel while you’re on the bike and provide impact and abrasion protection when you unintentionally get off it. More than a year in the making, this months’ Gear spread gives a gloves-off comparison of what we’ve been using to keep our hands ...    Read more

  2. Like Steve McQueen | Gear



    Words: Ari Henning Photos: Joe Neric Idolized, emulated and looked up to by anyone with a sense of style and cool, Steve McQueen was a bona fide badass, a timeless hero and a motorsports legend. He passed away more than 30 years ago, but he may be more popular today than ever, ...    Read more

  3. Black Dog Cycle Works announces New Adventure Foot Pegs for KTM Adventure and Dirt Motorcycles



    Sandpoint, ID. (January 2, 2012) - Today Black Dog Cycle Works (BDCW) Partner, Kurt Forget, announced their new line of an all aircraft alloy foot pegs for KTM Adventure and dirt motorcycles. Forget stated, "From our experience, we recognized that having an enlarged foot peg provides ...    Read more

  4. Satellite based peace of mind when you’re going solo



    Except for the 2009 motorcycle in the foreground, it could be 1909 out here. The landscape carries a few more scars now, but modern amenities are still few and far between. I left the pavement maybe 20 miles back and aside from that ancient Coors can a few dozen corners ...    Read more

  5. Why bad things happen to good gear



    It was hot: 103.4º Fahrenheit according to the F800GS data display. But somehow my left foot felt about 20º hotter. Engine heat, I thought. Correct. But that was only half the story. Pulling into the garage, my left boot looked like somebody aimed a blowtorch at the heel. The plastic ...    Read more

  6. Homage to the Aerostitch



    If This Suit Could Talk It would probably scream or take me to court. Thankfully, most of the genuinely actionable escapades implicating my Aerostich Roadcrafter are either circumstantial or beyond the statute of limitations.Consider that 97 percent of the 3200 or so miles I cover every month are inside motorcycle ...    Read more