REV’IT! Apache Boots Review
REV’IT! Apache Boots The REV’IT! Apache boots are a mashup of motocross boots, trail running shoes, race boots and touring boots. They are a perfect match for adventure-touring, touring, enduro riding and other endeavors. They offer excellent protection and sole grip on road and off, while still allowing the rider to walk with relative ease …
Givi X.01 Review
Givi X.01 “X Zero 1” Motorcycle Helmet Review Let the debate begin: is it the Givi X.01, the Givi X01, the XZero1 or….? Givi has devoted an entire website to this helmet, which they’re apparently calling the XZero1; the Givi UK site calls it the X.01. But whatever you call it, this has to be …
Tankslapper Paint Protection
We’ve published enough paint protector articles to last a lifetime and a half, so this one will be brief. I guess you think we’re obsessed with paint protection, but hey — motorcycles are expensive, the paint gets dinged and scratched by nature and who knows what else (including zippers, buttons and leg-overs) and, well, it …
SHIFT Streetfighter SS Waterproof Motorcycle Jacket
SHIFT Streetfighter Jacket Summary Comfortable jacket for street or touring is adaptable to a wide variety of weather conditions. Good looks and relatively low price make it a bargain. Background Buddha stopped answering the 14 questions, and I long ago stopped answering this one: “What’s the best four-season motorcycle jacket?”. That quest is something …
Easy Wheeler II Motorcycle Wheel Roller
The Easy Wheeler II Review We reviewed the original “Easy Wheeler” a little over one year ago, back in December of 2006. We found it to be one of the most scrumptiously outrageous and over-engineered motorcycle accessories we’d ever encountered. After all, a completely CNC-machined rear wheel roller, of all things, carved completely from billet aluminum? I …
SHIFT Streetfighter Jacket
SHIFT Streetfighter SS Waterproof Motorcycle Jacket Comfortable jacket for street or touring is adaptable to a wide variety of weather conditions. Good looks and relatively low price make it a bargain. Buddha stopped answering the 14 questions, and I long ago stopped answering this one: “What’s the best four-season motorcycle jacket?”. That quest is something akin to …
Oregon Scientific Camera Review
Oregon Scientific ATC2K Waterproof Action Cam Surprisingly good video when the conditions are right. Uses two readily available AA batteries and SD memory. Tiny LCD screen is very useful and displays elapsed time during recording, recording time left and other menu options. Kit comes with several mounting devices, but you’ll probably have to rig up …
Steel Horse Motorcycle Rear Stand Review
The Steel Horse URRS05 Motorcycle Rear Stand This is the updated version of the originalSteel Horse rear stand we reviewed some time ago, the URRS05 features removable and adjustable heads at the top of the lifting arms. The heads can be flipped to fit bikes with or without swingarm spools. Dual wheels spread the weight and …
Rev’it Apache Boots
February 21, 2008 – Rev’it has developed the Apache boot, a completely new type of motorcycle adventure touring boot that incorporates many new and interesting features. One of the most interesting features of the Apache boot is the lugged sole. A lot of thought has gone into the lugs and the soles, which are designed for …
Acebikes SteadyStand
Acebikes SteadyStand Review Motorcycle Front Wheel Chock The Acebikes SteadyStand is well made and easy to use. Its light weight and simplicity belies its strength and sturdy feel. I’ve seen several different types of front wheel stands or chocks over the years. They come in a few different styles, but most of them seemed to me …
REV’IT! Sirocco Jacket Preview
First All-Mesh 3/4-Length Jacket Announced February 19, 2008: REV’IT! will also be introducing the Sirocco (alt: Scirocco) jacket in 2008. The Sirocco is designed for warm weather, and since we get more visitor email about good warm weather clothing than we do about cold weather clothing, I’m betting that this jacket will be a big hit. The …
Rev’it Cayenne Pro
Rev’it Cayenne Pro February 19, 2008 – The annual Powersports Dealer Expo show officially opens on Saturday morning each President’s Day weekend. I usually wait until Sunday morning for my annual visit to the Rev’it booth, when things slow down a bit and while everyone else is still recovering from the previous night’s entertainment. This year …
Vemar Jiano Helmet Preview
The Vemar Jiano Flip-up Helmet UPDATE: See the Vemar Jiano Review February 19, 2008 – I took a quick look and a couple of photos of the new Vemar Jiano flip-up (modular) motorcycle helmet at the 2008 Dealer Expo (more…). I don’t have much information other than what’s on the Motonation website. But since then, we have published …
2008 Powersports Dealer Expo – Motorcycle Accessories
World Exclusive! The webBikeWorld Live Report From The 2008 Powersports Dealer Expo Indianapolis, Indiana – February 16-18, 2008 We’re now reporting live from the annual Powersports Dealer Expo, held this time each year in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is our 5th annual report from the Dealer Expo, and it’s always quite a trip. This is the place where …
Akuma Electrochromatic Visor
The webBikeWorld Live Report From The 2008 Powersports Dealer Expo I stopped by the Akuma Helmets booth and what a surprise! Remember a while back when we reviewed theAkuma/MXL Industries photochromatic visor? We also imagined the visor of the future with electrochromatic visor tinting? Guess what? It’s here! A material with electrochromatic properties is generally defined …
Salclear Visor Anti-Fog Review
Salclear Anti-Fog Treatments: TT, TT-X, D-mist and D-mist+ Here’s another installment in our continuing search for the “perfect” motorcycle visor anti-fog treatment. Until a visor is invented that absolutely and completely resists fogging under any conditions, there will always be room for one more anti-fog spray. If you recall, we recently compared four different anti-fog treatments; …
Warmthru Battery Heated Gloves
Warmthru G3 Fingerheater Battery Heated Gloves and G1 Battery Heated Glove Liners Battery heated gloves have a great deal of potential for motorcycle riding and they will hopefully equal the heat generated by wired gloves someday soon. This is more of an update or report than a review, and it serves as the final installment of …
HJC CS-R1 Review
An HJC Low-End Helmet The bottom-of-the-line HJC CS-R1 has nice graphics but mediocre venting, a slightly strange internal shape and a flimsy face shield that fogs easily. But, in a 2012 update, I discovered that it works very well indeed on the BMW scooter (blog)! Is more better? Yes for horsepower; no for just about everything …
VholdR Video Camera Review
The Original VholdR Action Cam A nice motorcycle video camera with a useful form factor, but now surpassed by more advanced cameras. I’m not sure when the phrase “camcorder” supplanted “videocam”, which is a contraction of “video camera”. But VholdR calls this device a “wearable camcorder”, so there you have it. Wearable is probably stretching …
Shark RSX Long Term Report
Shark RSX “Intense” Long-Term Report We published an Owner Report on the Shark RSX in December of 2007. It was submitted by “Mr. Monk”, who really liked his RSX in the “Eagle” graphics designed for the U.S. market. The helmet looked and sounded pretty impressive. And since I’m a big fan of Shark helmets and I’ve been …
Orina 118 Motorcycle Gloves Review
Orina 118 Motorcycle Gloves Review Completely waterproof in the webBikeWorld “Bucket Dunk” water trials. The liner and thick insulation makes the gloves feel stiff, numbing control feel and making for a longer reach to the levers. No knuckle or wrist protectors. The Orina 118 gloves are decent enough but not outstanding cold weather gloves. The …
Jett Battery Heated Vest Review
Jett Battery Heated Vest: Take 2 We reviewed the original Jett battery heated vest in October 2006. Jett made a few changes to the 2007 version so we decided to post this report. The original Jett heated vest was a breakthrough. It allowed motorcyclists to stay warm without wires! We’ve been predicting the eventual dominance of battery …
REV’IT! Freestyle Boots
Lace-less Boots From REV’IT! The REV’IT! Freestyle boots have an interesting no-laces design. They’re comfortable with a good peg feel. Relatively light weight and the upper section is very flexible for walking. Claimed waterproof and uses breathable membrane. UPDATE: REV’IT! Redesiged the Freestyle Boots for 2008 (See Below) It took a while, but I’ve become …
Into Africa and Under Asian Skies
Into Africa By: Sam Manicom ISBN: 1412054982 Dimensions (mm): 140x216x18 Publisher: Trafford Publishing UK, 2005 317 pages, B&W Photos and Illustrations Under Asian Skies By: Sam Manicom ISBN: 9780955657306 Dimensions (in cm): 140x210x230 Publisher: Sam Manicom, 2007 319 pages, Photos and Illustrations When not one, but two motorcycle travel books arrived, I shuddered. I’ve read …
Scorpion EXO-1000 Review
The Scorpion EXO-1000 Is Here! Rather anti-climatic after the long wait and buildup, the Scorpion EXO-1000 is built like a tank and loaded with features, but more isn’t necessarily better. Finally! After all this time, the EXO-1000 has arrived. webBikeWorld had the world’s first photographs and product information on this helmet, which we posted on …
7EYE Motorcycle Sunglasses Review
7EYE (Panoptx) Zephyr Women’s Sunglasses and Taku Men’s Sunglasses As you can see in the right-hand column, we have plenty of webBikeWorld reviews about motorcycle helmet visors, visor cleaners, anti-fog treatments (and more on the way), sun shades and more. But we never quite got around to motorcycle sunglasses, for some reason. It certainly couldn’t …
Joe Rocket Ballistic Jacket Review
Joe Rocket Ballistic 7.0 Jacket The Joe Rocket Ballistic jacket is this year’s perfect 3/4-length jacket for temperatures ranging from approximately 45 to 80 F (7 to 27 C). It’s light weight, very comfortable and fits like a glove. It also looks great, claimed waterproof, decent armor, good venting, loaded with innovate features…and the price …
More Motorcycle LED Brake Lights, Tail Lights and Turn Signals
Motorcycle LED Tail Light Comparison: Part XV Our most recent LED light article was published in November of 2007. In that article, we compared a few of the latest motorcycle LED brake lights and tail lights. That was our 14th article on the subject, but apparently it wasn’t enough for our readers, who immediately asked for …
LED Redux: Motorcycle LED Turn Signals and Brake Lights
LED Redux: Motorcycle LED Turn Signals and Brake Lights Motorcycle LED lights have been a popular topic on webBikeWorld since we first started investigating them way back in… could it have been 7 years ago? Wow! Time sure flies… Seven years ago I thought for sure that, seven years hence, LED lights would have completely …
How to Restore BMW Twins 1950-1969
How to Restore BMW Twins 1950-1969 wBW Book Review How to Restore BMW Twins 1950-1969 by: Roland Slabon Paperback – 224 pages, (1994) MBI Publishing, Osceola, Wisconsin, USA ISBN: 0-87938-933-8 Dimensions (in inches): 0.532 x 10.625 x 8.25 The title may be a bit misleading. This book really doesn’t seem to be a reference guide to …
Motorcycle Helmet Visor Anti-Fog Comparison Review
Itech Fog Free Spray C-Clear, Optic Guard and Vari-CLEAR Anti-Fog Treatments What started out as a review of Itech Fog Free Anti-Fog Spray turned into a search for this year’s “perfect” anti-fog coating. You won’t find it here, unfortunately, but the search will continue… Kevin started the latest round in what’s become almost a yearly survey …
The Secret Skills of Motorcycle Riding
The Secret Skills of Motorcycle Riding, Parts I and II New Zealand Motorcycle Safety Consultants ISBN 978-1-877177-62 -0 and ISBN 978-1-877177-63-7 $20.00 (Paper) There can never be enough books, videos, webcasts or even podcasts that teach motorcycle riding skills. I’m a voracious consumer of them all. I learned a long time ago that a continuous …
Akuma Stealth Helmet Review
Another Mil-Themed Helmet by Akuma High quality, unique graphics, good air flow and a built-in LED flashlight and red LED lights in the “exhaust pipes” make this helmet a standout. How do you one-up the Akuma V-1 Ghost Rider (review)r? It’s not easy, to be sure. But remember: the Air Force inventory includes the F-117 Nighthawk …
Sprayway Glass Cleaner Review
Sprayway Motorcycle Helmet Visor & Windscreen Cleaner Summary Non-ammonia based cleaner, works great on helmets and visors. I haven’t found anything that works better. Background There’s a cool little old-style auto parts store in my local village. It’s been there since Henry Ford was buying flame decals for the buttons on his knickers. Their …
SHIFT Dyer Jacket and Havoc Pants
SHIFT Dyer Jacket and Havoc Pants The best of both worlds? The leather should provide good abrasion protection and the textile provides good air flow. Comfort and good looks at a reasonable price. Believe it or not, there’s an urban legend — maybe one of the first? — that’s over 100 years old and still …
Sprayway Motorcycle Helmet Visor & Windscreen Cleaner
Sprayway Motorcycle Helmet Visor & Windscreen Cleaner Non-ammonia based cleaner, works great on helmets and visors. I haven’t found anything that works better. There’s a cool little old-style auto parts store in my local village. It’s been there since Henry Ford was buying flame decals for the buttons on his knickers. Their prices are about …
Veloce Legionnaire Gloves
High Quality Protective Gloves High-quality race gloves with all the right features but at an astoundingly low price. Veloce has been developing a line of motorcycle clothing, and when they sent this pair of “Legionnaire” gloves a few weeks ago their website wasn’t even up and running. They never mentioned pricing, and I had no …
