My recommendations on motorcycle gear only come on the heels of actual experience with each product. In this case, the Alpinestars Tech 10 boot deserves all the praise and recommendation a motorcycle boot could possibly get.
Dave Diamond went from being a motorcycle touring customer in Patagonia a couple of years ago (where he rented the BMW F800GS) to the guy that came home and almost immediately bought the KTM 990 Adventure Dakar Edition. You can see a
previous blog post here about how Dave's bike now turns 15% more horsepower than it did originally, and below are his thoughts about the bike and necessary add-ons overall. Really though, is this commentary about a bike, or the motorcycle industry as a whole?
-RIDE Adventures, LLC
-RIDE Adventures, LLC
It's working! Look at how clean the rear shock is in the picture...
Rule #1 in motorcycle safety: Make sure you are being seen on your motorcycle ride!
An overwhelming percentage of car-motorcycle crashes involve the car driver saying "I never even saw the motorcycle." Sad as this may be, it's also a reminder that we should be taking steps toward making sure our bikes are "Impossible to Ignore."
As the folks at Hyper Lites® are showing us with their modulating brake & running lights, car drivers are going to be running out of excuses once you've installed their lighting system. Affordable and easy to install, why wait for someone to claim they never saw you?
Another gripe new owners of a BMW R1200GS or GS Adventure will have is that the original skid plate that BMW gives us is a bit of a joke.
Maybe you've seen these in a parking lot somewhere, but weren't able to figure out who makes them?
BMW made a pretty good bike in the R1200GS and GS Adventure, right?
As fine a bike as BWM's R1200GS Adventure is, the motorcycle is not without its shortcomings.
How should you pack? With a topcase or a waterproof bag strapped across the back?
