Dainese
InvestCorp Aims To Sell Dainese Brand For $848 million
We’ve just had word that Investcorp – a global manager of alternative investment products – not only owns Italian motorcycle gear brand Dainese but is hoping to sell the brand for a neat wad of green. Let’s chat about it. This isn’t Investcorp’s first rodeo when it comes to selling upscale brands; a report from …
Deals We Love This Week: Motorcycle Boots Over 20% Off
Deals We Love This Week: Motorcycle Boots Over 20% Off Smart and safe riding requires more than your average pair of sneakers or (God forbid) sandals. If you’re looking for reliable protection that covers your feet and ankles, you’re going to need a solid pair of motorcycle boots. Made from stronger and more rigid materials than …
Ducati Has A New Jacket With A Smart Airbag System
An Italian Design Collaboration Ducati’s 2021 gear line will include a Jacket with a smart airbag system to keep you safe in the event of a crash! Their 2021 gear line included a few re-branded items including racing suits, helmets, and jackets, in addition to some general apparel items. The Smart Airbag jacket in particular …
Dainese Buys-Out TCX Boots
Gear Up, Rossi Italians have a knack for making expensive high-quality stuff. I like to see Dainese as the Ducati of the gear world. Not only do they manufacture quality gear for consumers like you and me, but these products are backed by their experience in MotoGP among other race series. Just bought an R1 …
Deals We Love This Week: New Markdowns on Gear Up to 50%
Get Some Killer Markdowns There are plenty of deals right now, but Revzilla recently marked down some different gear recently and shot out an email about it. Some of the gear looked pretty good. Some of it didn’t, so I found a few other pieces of gear with killer discounts and thought I’d round them …
Deals We Love This Week: Dainese Gloves Up to 44% Off
Make Sure Your Hands are Protected and Comfy Other than a helmet, gloves might be the most important piece of gear you can wear. Your hands are rather delicate, and they will always be one of the first things to touch the ground if you go down. People have a natural inclination to try to …
Dainese New Drake Air Textile Pants Review
At the time of this writing, the first official day of Summer is only a couple of weeks away. As such, it’s time to start breaking out the hot weather riding gear. A lot of riders will be reaching for riding gear that includes mesh fabrics in the construction. I’m one of those riders and …
Deals We Love This Week: Cyber Monday Deals Up to 50% Off at Revzilla
Helmets, Riding Gear, Accessories, and More I know we just shared a bunch of the Black Friday deals out there, but Revzilla now is offering some killer Cyber Monday deals. Biltwell helmets are up to 40 percent off, Dainese gear is up to 35 percent off, accessories, in general, are up to 35 percent off, …
Deals We Love This Week: Jackets Up to 39% Off
Get A Good Jacket This Fall The best jacket weather is upon us, and that means you’ll be able to start putting up your summer mesh jackets and breaking out the leather, waxed cotton, and other textile jackets. This is also a good time to buy a jacket if you don’t have a good one. …
Deals We Love This Week: Up to 45% Off Jackets, Boots, and More
Some Top-Quality Gear at Reduced Prices Every week I take a look at the deals out there and do my best to find the discounts that I think you’re going to really enjoy. This week. Revzilla has some fantastic deals on some of its items. The discounts go as high as 45 percent, but they’re …
Deals We Love This Week: 5 Dainese Leather Jackets at Awesome Closeout Prices
Discounts as High as 46 Percent Every week I dig into the deals at our partner’s websites to showcase some of the best ones or at least the ones that stand out to me the most. This week the items that caught my eye were the various leather jackets from Dainese. These jackets all feature …
Deals We Love This Week: Up to 59% Off Select Jackets, Pants, and Boots at Revzilla
Some Seriously Good Deals for the End of July Every week, I take a look at what’s for sale with at our gear partner’s websites and I pull some of the best deals out—if there are any notable ones—and present them here. This week, its a mixture of various types of gear from Revzilla. The …
Deals We Love This Week: Dainese Gear Up to 56 Percent Off
Get Some Quality Dainese Gear for Less Every week, I browse through the deals at our gear partner’s websites and find some good gears or something that stands out to me. This week I noticed the Dainese Legacy Jacket discussed below was 56 percent off at Revzilla. That’s a big drop in price. Additionally, I …
The Dainese Experience Offers On Track and On Road Training
Learn to Ride Better Dainese wants to get people riding and have them become especially proficient at it. The company has a Dainese Experience where you can sign up to learn from the best at the racetrack or on the road. Recently, Dainese offered its experience at the Misano circuit. That was a success, so …
Dainese Unveils The Dakar-Inspired Dunes Collection
Inspired by Past Dakar Rally Dainese has a new collection of gear that’s inspired by the Dakar Rally’s history. The collection seeks to honor an idolize the original heroes of the Paris-Dakar rallies of old. The collection has undeniable retro-inspiration, but it’s blended with modern style and modern materials and technology. I’d venture to say …
The 5 Best Revzilla Deals for Memorial Day Weekend
Some Killer Deals Out There I’m a big proponent of getting yourself the right gear, and I want you to buy it when it’s the most affordable, too. Memorial Day is a great time to take advantage of gear deals. Revzilla is currently offering some seriously good discounts on a wide variety of gear. Some …
Could Dainese Be For Sale?
The Prior Denials May Be Untrue There were rumors that the investment group Investcorp, which owns Dainese, wanted to sell its shares. Those rumors were denied, but according to Asphalt and Rubber, the rumors are still swirling. This suggests that there may be some validity to them. The reason the denials didn’t put the rumors …
Dainese Launches New Dainese Experience Training Program With Valentino Rossi
Improve Your Skills In the Best Way Possible On April 17 at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli, the Dainese Experience will begin. It’s a series of training events for riders of all skill levels that will help them improve their skills. The master classes will take a group of riders, divide them up by …
You Could Win a Trip to COTA to Meet Valentino Rossi
Meet the Doctor and Learn If you’ve always wanted to visit the Circuit of the Americas and see some awesome Moto GP action and maybe meet the Doctor himself Valentino Rossi, then you need to enter this contest. If you enter, you have a chance to win a trip to Austin, Texas, to partake in …
Alpinestars Responds to Munich Court Ruling, Fight Continues
Alpinestars Isn’t Backing Down We reported that the court ruling that Alpinestars infringed on Daixnese’s patent for its D-Air gear recently. That court ruling states that Alpinestars can’t continue to sell its Air-Tech gear in Germany and has to compensate Dainese for the infringement and recall all the gear it sold there that infringes on …
Munich Court of Appeals Determines Alpinestars Infringed on Dainese’s European Patent
The Claim Was More Than Just Hot Air According to a Dainese press release, a Munich Court of Appeals came to the conclusion after a long judicial battle that Alpinestar’s Tech-Air Street airbag Vest designed for road use and Tech-Air Racing airbag Vest designed for track use both infringe on the European patent EP 2 412 257 B1 issued …
New AGV AX9 Helmet Launches in North America
Multiple Configurations, Multiple Uses AGV has been building quality motorcycle helmets since the 1940s. Today, Dainese owns it. Any time the company comes out with something new, you’d better take note. On December 12, AGV announced the North American launch of its new AX9 helmet. The AX9 follows in the footsteps of the AX8 helmet that …
Dainese D1 Druid Long Gloves Hands-On Review
Riding gloves are for more than just protection. Gloves are the interface point between one’s hands and the majority of controls on a motorcycle. The front brake, the throttle, the clutch, and of course steering input are all transmitted from the hands to these various controls with gloves sitting in between them. Good quality riding …
Dainese Fulcrum C2 Gore-Tex Boots Review
Waterproof and Comfy Touring Boots The Dainese Fulcrum boots are made from soft, broken-in leather that is very comfortable. These are touring boots offering CE level protection and a Gore-Tex waterproof lining. Dainese has the Fulcrum boots listed in the “winter” category, but the Gore-Tex breathable liner works in hot weather also. Also, the “Skywalk” …
Dainese D-Explorer Pants Review
The Dainese Modular Ventilation System Continued The Dainese D-Explorer pants are the perfect match for the Dainese D-Explorer jacket (review). As with the Dainese Teren pants (review), these would also make an excellent choice for all-season use with other types and brands of jackets. The pants have the unique Dainese “Modular Flap System” with a two-level adjustable …
Dainese D-Explorer Jacket Review
The Perfect All-Season 3/4-Length Adventure Touring Jacket? Just when you thought that every possible iteration of the classic 3/4-length motorcycle jacket had been done, along comes the Dainese D-Explorer. This may just well be the “perfect” all-season, all-around, touring, dual-sporting and adventure-touring outfit you’ll find. Or should we append a “yet” to that sentence? If it …
Dainese Long Range D-WP C2 Boots Review
Dainese Long Range D-WP C2 Boots Review A high-quality pair of street/touring boots that are a good value even at its price point. Definitely worth a look for the serious touring or sport/touring rider. Motorcycle boots have a hard life. Not only are they asked to provide protection from impacts, abrasion and the elements they …
Dainese Veleta Gloves Review
Dainese “Veleta” Gore-Tex X-TRAFIT Waterproof Gloves The Dainese Veleta gloves are an interesting new design for 2014. The design is a successful mashup of features cribbed from motocross, adventure-touring and street touring gloves. The Veleta gloves passed the webBikeWorld “Bucket Test” with flying colors; that is, they’re completely waterproof, due to the Gore-Tex 3-layer X-TRAFIT …
Dainese Manis Back Protector Review
Dainese “Manis” Back Protector The new Dainese Manis back protector is very comfortable, relatively thin, has good ventilation and also meets the CE Level 2 standard. The comfort comes from the overlapping plates that make up the outer layer on the back of the protector. They are connected with rows of thin elastic strapping that …
Dainese Teren Pants Review
Dainese Teren D-Dry Pants Review As you might expect, the Dainese Teren pants are the perfect match for the Dainese Teren jacket (review). But the Teren pants would also make an excellent choice for all-weather wearing with other types and brands (Shhh — don’t tell Dainese!) of jackets. The pants have the same “heavy duty” Cordura …
Dainese Teren Jacket Review
Dainese Teren D-Dry Jacket Review In a world where there is very little differentiation in 3/4-length motorcycle jackets, the Dainese Teren is a standout. This adventure-touring flavored design feels as rugged as they come and it includes a host of unique and cleverly designed features. Speaking of unique, Dainese has also designed a simple but …
Dainese Super Speed Textile Jacket Review
Dainese “Super Speed Tex” Jacket Review The Super Speed Tex (the official name) jacket is one of the most popular Dainese summer-weight textile jackets in 2013. In fact, it’s so popular that it has nearly sold out in every color and size this summer, with retailers asking for more. It’s functional yet stylish, with right on …
Dainese Dyno C2b Shoes Review
Dainese “Dyno C2b” Shoes The Dainese Dyno C2b shoes are located at the mid-point of the Dainese Dyno family. They are located below the Dyno C2b Pro and above the Dyno and Dainese Asphalt shoes (review). The Dyno C2b shoes are street focused. But they also have many high-end features borrowed from the Dainese motorcycle race …
Dainese Aspide Jacket Review
Dainese “Aspide” Jacket Review The Dainese Aspide jacket is new for 2012. It is a lighter-weight motorcycle jacket designed to provide good air flow with decent protection and a lot of style. The Aspide is not a mesh jacket, but the special Cordura fabric provides excellent air flow. Protection includes EC Level 1 shoulder and …
Dainese Air Frame Jacket Review
Dainese “Air Frame” Jacket Review The Dainese Air Frame jacket is also new for 2012. The Air Frame is a lighter-weight motorcycle jacket designed to provide excellent air flow with protective features and style. It provides maximum air flow due to the type of open-weave mesh used in the jacket shell. The jacket also includes …
Dainese Asphalt Shoes Review
Built-in Spats for Asphalt Style The Dainese Asphalt shoes are comfortable, stylish and comfortable. But, wide feet may not fit. A few of the safety and protective features have been borrowed from Dainese race boots, a nice surprise. They’re also a great match for the Dainese Druids gloves and the rest of the AGV and …
Dainese D1 Kevlar Jeans Review
Dainese D1 Kevlar Jeans Review The Dainese D1 Kevlar jeans feature a heavyweight blend of denim with Kevlar fibers incorporated into the weave. Additional abrasion protection is provided in the form of “Kevlar Jersey” knitted fabric in the crotch and hips. The D1 Kevlar jeans have a lot of style and the cut is shaded …
Dainese Druids Gloves
Dainese “Druids” Gloves Review The Dainese Druids gloves are a street-sport type that is lightweight and with high levels of protection. Features include a large knuckle protector, carbon fiber sliders over the secondary knuckles and TPU protectors on the outside of the hand. The quality level is high and the Druids gloves come in a variety of …
Dainese Carbon Cover Gloves
Dainese “Carbon Cover” Gloves Review The Dainese Carbon Cover gloves are new for 2011. They are located somewhere near the middle of the massive 2011 Dainese glove range in both price and features and they’re a solid choice for street riding. I especially like the comfort that is provided by the thoughtful fit and fingertip construction. The …
