Held Titan sports gloves £216.99 (plus £65.10 made to measure fee) Miles covered/time: 6000+/nine months What’s good: More construction detail than a model aircraft. Here are some highlights: pre-curved palms and fingers don’t cause ‘bunch-up’, use of abrasion-resistant stingray leather in key areas, a serious amount of shock absorbing and strengthening material hidden under panels, a connecting bridge between the ...
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- 08 September 2011
Ogio TY Video 2 backpack, £99.99 Miles covered/time: 5000+/five months What’s good: The carrying capacity of 49 litres and the strong, well thought-out design have made this backpack as essential as my leathers, crash helmet etc. Put another way it can hold everything I need for an average day. I’m talking big Nikon camera and spare lens, handheld video camera, ...
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- Parts & accessories
- 07 September 2011
Harley-Davidson’s V-Rod range is 10-years-old in 2012 and to celebrate this milestone Harley has reintroduced the Brilliant Silver Pearl colour first seen on the orginal V-Rod in 2002. This limited edition bike will also carry the ‘10’ year logo on its engine cases as per all 2012 models of V-Rod (Night- Rod Special and Muscle). Today’s V-Rod range has undergone ...
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- New bikes
- 21 July 2011
Held Carese jacket, £499.99; Torno trousers, £399.99Miles covered/time: 3000/15 months What’s good: This is Held’s adventure suit from its Gore-Tex Quattrotempi range. Yes, you can buy jacket or trousers separately, but zipped together they make a formidable combination. The Held Carese jacket is built from strong but flexible top-flight 500D Cordura with approved armour in all contact areas and has a ...
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- Leathers, jackets & suits
- 13 July 2011
Held Rano jacket/Tempest trousers, £54.99/39.99 Trevor Franklin Miles covered/time: 8000/14 months What’s good: Impressively waterproof Nylon with Polyamide backing, easy to get on and the Held jacket has Velcro and elasticated adjustment to prevent flap-slap. There’s also a foldaway hood in the collar to keep my bald pate dry at trackside. The Held trousers feature elasticated waist with Velcro and ...
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- Leathers, jackets & suits
- 17 May 2011
The UK Ducati Monster Owners Club (UKMOC) is celebrating 10-years of formation by holding a Monster-only track day at Mallory Park. The date for the Monster Track Day is Friday July 1, 2011 and costs £115. The day will be run by the experienced No Limits Trackdays, with the usual three tier level of track day experience (novice, intermediate, experienced). ...
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- Events
- 09 May 2011
Riders, spectators and marshals at a recent Focused Events track day were treated to a spectacular stunt display by the British Army. But rather than use two wheels, the men from the front used an Apache attack helicopter to wow the crowds. The two British Army pilots who flew into the recently revamped Snetterton circuit are dedicated track day fiends ...
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- 25 March 2011
Every week we have over 10,000 bikes for sale online and in the paper. Look carefully and you can find gems at amazing prices. Browse bikes for sale Here's my picks of the week to suit any budget: UNDER £1000 - 1996 Yamaha XJ600 Diversion, £599A lot of cheap bike for the money which would be ...
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- 08 December 2010
MCN is currently putting together a feature about large capacity touring machines and needs words of wisdom from owners of the following motorcycles: 2009/2010 Kawasaki VN1700 Voyager2008-2010 Honda GL1800 Gold Wing Deluxe (ABS and air bag model)2009-2010 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide Ultra Ltd (1690cc engine) If you are the proud owner of one of the above machines, we would like to ask ...
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- 28 September 2010
KTM Epic backpack £63.35Miles covered/time: 11,000/nine months What’s good? Made exclusively by Ogio for KTM, this rucksack has stood the test of winter, spring, something akin to summer and around 11,000 miles. It’s been laden to the brim with tools and other man-stuff in every one of its four main two-way zip-sealed compartments and not popped a stitch. And it ...
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- 10 September 2010
