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Background If you’ve been reading my reviews over the years, then you know I have something of a glove fetish....
Here we are well along another riding season (such as it is given everything else) here north of the one-way (more or less) border, although the restrictions are loosening or being modified; as such, many of us remain semi-contented in riding closer to home, exploring more of the roads (paved...
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“Universal Fit and Small Footprint” Way back in late 2014, wBW got its first look at the original Sena 3S...
“Would you like to review a newly-released BMW adventure helmet, Jim?” Simon Armstrong, the BMW brand champion at Blackfoot Motosports (my local dealership in Calgary, Alberta) surprised me with an opportunity to get my hands on an alluring new helmet a few months back. A couple of weeks before that...
I have to confess that my first motorcycle helmet was an off-brand sale rack item that I purchased to attend...
For me, motorcycle gloves are almost as important as my helmet. In 2001, I was looking at a pair of...
While riding around in my Scorpion EXO-GT920 was perfectly fine from March through to May here in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, when June arrived this year, it arrived with hell on its heels. The temperature spiked hard, pushing through to over 30 C (86 F) almost every day of the month....
Years ago, the field of modular helmets seemed like a distant cousin of the world of full-face lids. Modular lids...
French oil manufacturer Motul has secured all but two podiums in the previous season of MotoGP – and this season,...
Step right up and experience the ringside for round 3 of The Brawl At The Buffalo Chip Crossroads, founded by none other than Bell Helmets! For those of you wondering what the heck we’re talking about, The Bell Brawl is an invite-only competition, providing up to 20 riders the ability...
It was a hot July summer evening, and this chikita had just finished her beginner’s motorcycle course. I was stoked,...
The BMW R 18 family this month doubles with the addition of two new models. Their R 18 and R...
A Short History On The Legendary Man If you were a kid planted in front of the TV in the 1980s, basking in the glow of the cathode rays as they showed you a young rider rising quickly through the ranks of American Superbike racing, you have obviously heard of...
BMW is getting a slight upgrade to their sound systems – and as a musician and a rider, I am...
Note: Thanks to Racer Gloves USA for providing the Pitlane Gloves for this review I always carry extra gloves in...
Being relatively new to motorcycling, the idea of special base layers was a bit foreign to me. As a fan of Powersports, I knew that MotoGP and World SBK riders had their base layers to go under their one-piece leathers, and being familiar with the Dakar rally, I knew that...
Introduction With the Summer of 2021 fast approaching (or already here depending on my publish date), I found myself looking...
Way down, south of dear Carolina, comes a motorcycle course to Greer, SC. It’s a bird, it’s a plane –...
BMW Motorrad Australia has finally decided to import electric scooters, starting next year from $20,350. The company launched its C evolution scooters in 2013, but the Australian branch of the Bavarian company decided the time was not yet right to go electric. Now they have decided to import two models...
The motorcycling community is made up of millions of riders worldwide. And this community has been built on the foundation...
BMW Motorrad has made sweeping changes to its model line-up for 2022, bringing new colours, streamlined range line-ups, new variants,...
Every riding enthusiast appreciates versatile motorcycle gear. When I reviewed the Alpinestars Andes V3 Drystar Adventure Tourer jacket through the month of April, 2021, at the time the weather was, for Calgary, Alberta, seasonal. Varying between 5 C and 20 C (41 to 68 F), it was perfect weather that...
As so many of us gear up for a new riding season, with related planning that goes with it, there...
Raven Rova Falcon Pants The Raven Rova Falcon pants are a textile and leather hybrid that offers a fantastic combination...
Here we are headed for summer 2021 but still coping with our pandemic world, although one that is being overcome on many fronts thanks to ongoing health and safety protocols, vaccines, and the continuing tireless efforts of health care workers. With a new riding season (wherever you are), new and...
Introduction First introduced in the fall of 2019, at EICMA to be exact, we got first-hand news regarding the new...
Background I’ve been in need of a helmet upgrade for quite some time now. Over the years, I’ve often leaned...
Following the nostalgia craze and riding the waves of the retro and cafe racer surge all across the motorcycling industry, Bell Helmets crafted the Moto-3 to have simple, clean, retro lines. It’s actually a rebirth of a helmet of the same name and style from the 1970s, but now it’s...
Ah, another review of motorcycle luggage and one of many that I hope wBW will ask me to do for...
One That Got Away in 2020 In 2020, the new Spartan GT sport helmet was presented to us, the motorcycling...
Remy Gardner, current Moto2 Championship Leader and son of 1987 500cc world champion Wayne Gardner, has just signed a contract with Tech3 KTM for the MotoGP 2022 season. This has come hot on the heels of his successes last season, having won himself five podiums and one victory in the...
Pramac Racing has just signed a new deal extension with Ducati, creating a continued factory-supported sponsorship and giving riders Johann...
A report from MCN has stated that world-renowned MotoGP rider, Jason Dupasquier, has passed away at a hospital in Florence...
A report from RideApart has shone a bit of light on the mechanics behind the UK’s target of reducing emissions by 2035 – and the results are rather impressive. Europe has taken some pretty extreme measures over the years to cut down on pollution – and with low-emission rates gaining...
The title of this article has been changed to better suit Klim and In&Motion’s airbag payment methods. Despite the diversity...
Introduction My first introduction to HJC helmets was not for use on a motorcycle. I purchased my first HJC helmet...
A French manufacturer has just launched the new lineup of off-road electric bikes for kids, and they’re the smartest gadgets I’ve seen today. Founded in Vitoria by Don Luis Iriondo in 1948, Torrot started as a company by manufacturing sturdy touring and road bicycles. This lineup eventually expanded to more...
Introduction Ah, my first helmet review for 2021 and the timing is perfect, with the up and down spring weather...