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Now that we’re deep in the clutches of winter one needs decent winter trewsers and these, ladies an’ gennulmen, are just that. They’re actually all-season trousers, although they may be a little warm for our summers (the quilted thermal lining is removable though), and as such are made of a heavy-duty polyester with stretch panels…

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This very light, very comfortable adventure-style helmet is perfect for normal bikes too; it has a wide viewing aperture, a visor that locks in place so doesn’t fly open/slam shut if you ride with it open a notch, a useful drop-down sun visor, an inner chin-guard to stop draughts blowing upwards, and a simple-to-use, quick-release…

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Beeline Moto is a revolutionary new motorcycle sat nav that makes navigation on a bike easy and safe, writes BSH editor Nik Samson. It’s a neat little round unit that attaches to the front of your bike (on the dash or the ’bars or a mirror stalk, wherever you can see it) and, once your…

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Gogairy do hand-painted leather (or vegan-friendly faux leather) jackets, or denim or camouflage-print jackets, and have a catalogue of ready-to-wear jackets in a variety of colours with themes including superheroes, comic books, floral, metallica and cartoon, or if you have a particular design in mind you can have it bespoke made for you. British artist…

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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 British Mod and Rocker coastal…

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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 easy to get on 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 the left and 19.5 on…

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