Proguard Fleximonitors custom earphones, £219.00Time used: One year What’s good: This is my second review of these custom moulded in-ear headphones and I’m even more impressed with them a year on. They’re made from rubbery plastic using a mould taken from your ear. They do two things: block out as much noise as a normal foam earplug and let you ...
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- 26 November 2012
Oxford Blanket £9.49 Time used: One month What’s good? This anti-slip matting is really handy and at just under a tenner for a 600 x 900mm sheet, you get a lot for your money. I’ve been using it on the tank and back seat of my Ducati Streetfighter 848 long termer to stop my tailpack and tank bag moving around ...
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- 06 November 2012
Givi TW02 30-litre waterproof roll bag, £40.85 Miles covered/time: 2753/one week What’s good: It’s the first time I’ve ever used anything like this, I’d normally have a conventional tail pack. It’s basically a big, tubular, waterproof sack and it’s big enough to store my shoes, jeans, undercrackers, T-shirts, shirts, shorts, toiletries and an assortment of electrical leads and adaptors. It’s ...
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- 21 September 2012
Givi T470SM small tank bag, £52.50 and T460B universal ‘Tank Fitting System’ (TFS), £17.33Miles covered/time: 2753/one week What’s good: I used this on an intense week-long riding trip to Italy and France. The universal TFS base straps easily around the frame rails and headstock of my Ducati Streetfighter 848 and the tank bag clips even easier to the base, for ...
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- 14 September 2012
Gold Label Soft Saddle Soap, £3.85 for 500gTime used: 15 years What’s good: This is the secret to my clean leathers, boots and gloves. I bought this saddle soap in a horsey shop in Canterbury in 1997, it’s lasted all this time and there’s still loads left. I run a damp sponge over my leathers first and then use a ...
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- 16 August 2012
BMW HP Race Datalogger, £530Time used: Four months What’s good: This plug-and-play datalogger lets you keep on enjoying your 2010-2012 S1000RR long after you’ve finished riding. Designed for the track, after each session or race you just plug a memory stick into the back of the bike to download the data, then upload it on to your computer – it’s ...
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- 07 June 2012
EDZ neck warmer, £10Time used: 10 years What’s good: This is right up there as my best, most-used piece of riding kit and has been my trusty companion for the last 10 years. This exact model doesn’t exist now but the current EDZ ‘extra warm thermal neck warmer’ is the closest thing. It’s comfortable, warm and keeps the wind off ...
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- 28 May 2012
Startmonkey 400 jump starter £199Time used: Four months What’s good: What’s incredible about this battery pack is how much power it has for such a small unit. Once charged it will restart a standard 12V car battery 15-20 times (so smaller bike batteries are a piece of cake) and it retains 75% of its charge, even after a year without ...
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- 24 April 2012
Ogio Rig 9800 LE kit bag £179.99Time used: Five years What’s good: This kit bag must have been around the world with me 10 times over, road testing for MCN. It’s seen hundreds of luggage belts, airplane holds, racetracks and hotels. I’ve also been using it to pack my racing kit for the past five seasons and even take it ...
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- 20 April 2012
Powermonkey Explorer, £65Time used: Three months What’s good: This is a portable charging device, which has enough power to fully charge a mobile phone up to three times, or an iPhone 1.5-times. Made from durable soft-touch rubber and plastics, it measures 90mm x 35mm, so small enough to keep in a rucksack and not notice. It’s really handy for when ...
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- 21 March 2012
