Since the 1950s, the leather-clad motorcyclist has been the most potent image of the archetypal bad boy, popularised by Hollywood stars such as Marlon Brando and James Dean. Now this painstakingly detailed chronicle of biker culture delves into the early town-sieges of America’s mid-West in the 1940s, through to the
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Italian firm Eleveit has taken all its top protection and fitting tech, and made a new ankle boot – the Versus. Starting with a full grain leather outer, they’ve added armoured sections in the ankles and toes, super-rigid torsionally-stiff soles, patented Freelock one-touch laces that make the boots fast and
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SW-MOTECH has developed two new side bags, the LH1 and the LH2, exclusively for the current H-D Softails, and they combine the low weight of a saddlebag with the high form stability of a case. Both bags offer a total of 45 litres of storage for your luggage (25.5 on
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The LEGO Group has revealed its latest model – an H-D Fat Boy that’ll cruise into LEGO stores globally. It captures the beauty of the real-life machine with finishes, surfaces and design elements crafted to replicate the full-size bike. Featuring 1,023 pieces, it’s seven-and-a-bit inches (20cm) high, seven inches (18cm)
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Proper heavy-duty protective cargo/combats, available in a range of colours. Not worn yet, but reassuringly heavy!
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Spada’s new (and very posh) Campus Yale bike jacket is light, comfortable, with armour in elbows and shoulders. Retailing at £119.99, it comes in five sizes, from S to 2XL, and has: Full grain 1.2mm-1.4mm double stitched Leather Stitched channel quilting to shoulders Soft shell and leather dual construction TEKTOFORM
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Shoei presents its premium full face touring helmet with inner sun visor. Shell in AIM: organic fibre and multi-composite fibre in various layers for a shock absorbent shell with optimum rigidity. EPS Liner system with multiple densities: optimised protection through EPS elements with different shock absorbing levels. Mist retardant CNS-1
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Gladstone Motorcycles have unveiled a new model, the SE, following the completion of their initial run of nine No.1 bobbers. Designer Guy Willison describes the SE as “a slightly lazier, earthier version of the No.1. We wanted to build a bike we didn’t have customers for – what I’d build
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Ann Wright’s new book The Wall of Death tells the story of two remarkable families who were wall of death riders and owners from 1929 to the 1960s. They toured all over Britain and Europe, and were seen by British and foreign royalty, Hitler and Mussolini, and thousands of the
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These two new Ogri designs feature the iconic biker’s faithful sidekick Kickstart, and you can choose between ‘Mad Dog’, featuring the crazed canine crashing his bike through a brick wall, and ‘God Made Me Do It’ showing Kickstart brandishing a sledgehammer in front of a destroyed police Volvo. Both are
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