Spada Predator Sports boots, £89.99 Miles covered/time: 700 miles/one month What’s good? Good solid boots with armour that are brilliantly waterproof. Completely and utterly, ‘no-water-is-getting-in’-waterproof. Perfect. They seem to be designed to look like a killer whale, which I like. The price is excellent. What’s not? The cuff is quite small so it can be a struggle to get it to ...
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- Boots
- 15 November 2010
Spada Enforcer gloves, £54.99Miles covered/time: 1500/three weeks What’s good? If you can’t afford the luxury of summer and winter gloves, then these aren’t a bad option for most of the year. Save £££s on motorcycle gloves I’ve covered about 7000 miles in the previous version of this glove, these ones are almost the same but appear to have grown an ...
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- Gloves
- 28 October 2010
Spada Classic 57 gloves, £39.99Miles covered/time: 300 (dry)/two weeksWhat’s good? They’re comfortable summer gloves, idea for posing about on vintage bikes. They would suit anyone who wants some dark brown motorcycle gloves and doesn’t care about armour.What’s not? They’re not even slightly armoured. Apart from being made out of leather and featuring some light padding on the back of the ...
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- Gloves
- 21 October 2010
Oxford Lifetime X40 Expander Tank Bag, £94.99Miles covered/time: 500/two weeksWhat’s good? It’s a magnetic tank bag, it’s fairly large, and can expand to become larger. It’s very tall when fully expanded and it stores a lot of stuff.What’s not? I used this for a trip to Devon. While riding one of the expansion zips went so the bag suddenly doubled ...
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- Parts & accessories
- 21 October 2010
Spada Classic jacket, £195Miles covered/time: 300 (dry)/two weeksWhat’s good? The leather is soft, buttery soft. Find yourself touching it when you shouldn’t soft. The cow it came from must have had a relaxing life. It’s got pockets, a removable lining and protection in the arms. It’s also cool, so perfect for summer riding, and even has some vents in the ...
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- Leathers, jackets & suits
- 21 October 2010
Muc-Off Bike Spray, £5.99 Time used: Three monthsWhat’s good? Spray it onto your bike after a wash and it leaves a ‘non-sticky protective film’. In real life it makes your bike sort of slimy at first but then really shiny. Especially anything black - painted engines look double rainbow after being treated with this. Thanks to this product my aged ...
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- Parts & accessories
- 22 September 2010
Infinit Solar backpack, £89.99Miles covered/time: 500/one monthWhat's good? It's a rucksack with a solar panel and a battery in it so you can charge your phone/iPod or sat nav on the move. It comes with a load of adaptors and a USB connection so you will be able to charge almost anything. This means you don¹t have to worry about ...
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- Parts & accessories
- 03 September 2010
Gaffer tape, £5.99 Miles covered/time: 5000/18 months What’s good? This tape has fixed a zip, repaired a pannier, protected a fairing, waterproofed a leaking glove, secured an indicator, sealed a hole, de-wonked a wonky visor, reinforced a bandage, covered a hole in a seat and temporarily plugged a leak so I could get home. Not all in the same day, ...
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- Parts & accessories
- 24 August 2010
Frank Thomas Richmond Jacket, £179.99Miles covered/time: 1000 (dry)/two months What’s good? The first time I wore this I interrupted a crime (someone trying to steal Liam Marsden’s Versys) and rescued an old lady’s handbag from the middle of the road. Save cash on motorcycle jackets I don’t normally do that sort of thing, so I blame the jacket. It’s a ...
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- Leathers, jackets & suits
- 20 August 2010
Box JX-2 open face helmet - £39.99 (in the MCN Shop)Miles covered/time: 100 (off-road) /one month What’s good? It’s a retro looking helmet, but made to modern standards. So you can look the part and protect your head while wobbling around on vintage trials bikes. Save money on motorcycle helmets High-tech features include a strap at the back for your ...
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- Helmets
- 27 January 2010
