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Cortech Sport Saddlebags and Sport Tail Bag – Product Review High capacity...

Saddlebags have survived from horse to motorcycle because, well, they’re relentlessly effective. It’s fitting, then, that Cortech’s well-established luggage system uses its Sport Saddlebags as the...

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Dunlop Sportmax Roadsmart II – Product Review A sport-touring tire that...

Sport-touring tires are a unique engineering challenge because by design—or at least in concept—they must be nearly everything to almost everyone. Nowhere was this more evident than at the launch for...

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Saddlemen Track Style Gel Channel Seat – Product Review Perch for road and...

While they’re purposeful by design, hunkered-over sportbike ergonomics can be unapologetic where comfort is concerned. A rider’s lower back and wrists may begin to protest after even a brief stint in...

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Knox Handroid Pod Gloves – Product Review Science-fiction looks,...

Modern sportbike gloves are pretty well-defined: leather fingers, palms and tops, molded-plastic knuckle protection, high-tensile-strength thread, hook-and-loop wrist closures. Seen one pair, seen ’em...

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Five Fast Facts: Shoei Neotec Helmet New-for-2012 DOT-approved modular design...

Modular design: 360-degree Pivot Locking System employs stainless steel jaws that wrap around stainless steel pegs, securing the EPS-lined chinbar in the down position. Large, front-of-helmet release...

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CW Evaluation: Tour Master Latitude Gloves Paw protectors minus all the bells...

Not everyone wants, needs or can afford the kinds of gloves that Valentino Rossi and Ben Spies wear. For many riders, all that’s called for is something midway between those big-buck, super-tech...

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Five Fast Facts: Macna Chameleon Jacket Dutch-made twin-shell, tri-layer...

Two jackets in one: Chameleon’s “core” is a sporty-looking, 1.2-1.4mm-thick leather jacket with a dropped back, fully sleeved quilted liner and dual trouser-connection zippers. A lightweight,...

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CW Evaluation: Veskimo Personal Cooling System Wouldn’t you like an icy-cold...

Winter riding is one thing: You can bundle up, power up and just toughen up to make cold weather manageable. But in the peak heat of summer, there’s not as much you can do. Ventilated gear is...

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CW Evaluation: Arai Signet-Q Helmet New shape, new features for Arai’s...

Helmet fit is such an intensely personal thing that many riders find a brand and model they’re comfortable with and stick with it through thick and thin—garish colors, incomprehensible graphics and...

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CW Evaluation: Oakley Wind Jacket Cocoons for your eyeballs.

With so many street riders wearing half-shell, open-face or skull-cap-type helmets (or none at all!), you’d think premium-sunglasses-maker Oakley would have developed motorcycle-specific shades long...

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CW Evaluation: The History of the TT, 1907-2010 One hundred years of TT...

Well, it’s a lot to pack into a couple of discs, isn’t it? Which is why these two run over four hours, with the lion’s share of that packed onto Disc 1 and divided into eight chapters, from “The...

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Can-Am RPM Caliber Gear – Product Review All-weather apparel for Spyder riders.

Riding a Can-Am Spyder means being exposed to the weather, as a motorcycle rider is, but the odds of a Spyder rider lowsiding onto the road are pretty slim. That means his or her gear doesn’t need to...

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CW Evaluation: Alpinestars Frontier Gore-Tex Suit Adaptation is the key to...

What can you wear while riding your motorcycle to preserve a Positive Adventure Outlook (PAO) all the way from a 100-plus-degree desert to a freezing Rockies mountaintop and everywhere in between? A...

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CW Evaluation: Cobra Fi2000 PowrPro Fuel-injection tuning made brainless.

Carburetors are purely mechanical; they can’t think. Fuel-injection systems are computerized; they can. So, why can’t an injection system tune itself rather than having to be “mapped”? The folks at...

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CW Evaluation: Hogslayer: The Unapproachable Legend DVD T.C., John G. and a...

T.C. Christenson first made Kenosha, Wisconsin (and international), headlines by setting off a chemistry-set bomb in front of the Kenosha P.D. that made a bit more of an impact than he’d intended....

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CW Evaluation: Macna Chameleon Jacket Two shells, three layers, all conditions.

When describing how to plan a trip by motorcycle, CW Editor-at-Large Peter Egan once advised, “Take riding gear that doubles as rain gear.” Well, that’s what we have here, and then some, with the...

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Sidi Apex Boots – New Product Ideas

Got good genes? The Apex (European sizes 41-48; $250) does. This sporty half-boot gets its patented Achilles tendon-protecting Vertebra System, replaceable shock-absorbing heel cup, dual-compound sole...

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CW Evaluation: Adaptiv Technologies GlowRider Jacket A glowing review.

It’s been 30 years since Tron debuted 
in movie theaters, so it’s about time someone made a proper light-up jacket. Possible sources of 
inspiration aside, 
Adaptiv Technologies (helping you avoid...

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CW Evaluation: Ventura Bike-Pack Mistral I Put it all behind you.

Hauling a decent load on a sporty bike has always been a challenge. Modern supersports are often saddlebag- and tailbag-unfriendly; they’ve been so for some time, in fact. That’s why the Ventura...

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CW Evaluation: Schumacher SP2 Battery Extender Keeping your bike’s electrons...

More often than not, motorcycle batteries fail due to neglect. Bikes often sit unused for long periods, especially during the winter in cold climates, and that can kill a battery faster than you can...

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CW Evaluation: SPOT Connect GPS Messenger No signal? No service? No problem.

For some, there is no better place to ride a motorcycle than off the beaten path. Better yet, completely off the grid. The day may come, however, when you need medical attention or to have your...

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CW Evaluation: Aerostich Mini Compressor A tire pump that travels well.

Andy Goldfine, honcho of Aerostich, is a deeply philosophical man, which a glance at his catalog shows. Throughout the catalog is evidence of his belief that whatever motorcyclists need should be...

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CW Evaluation: HJC IS-33 Helmet Lid lite for those in-between days.

Most of the time, the CW brigade opts for full-face helmets, but there are times when preference and circumstance can dictate dropping the chin bar. Still, if you’ve ever taken a bee in the face, been...

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CW Evaluation: Galfer Wave Rotors Aftermarket brakes designed to perform...

Fast. Heavy. Those words describe Kawasaki’s ZX-14R, and they help explain why the stock front brake rotors on our long-term 2012 model were warped like potato chips after just 8000 miles. Slight...

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CW Evaluation: Nolan N-104 Helmet A flip-up that stays up.

Nolan didn’t invent the modular helmet, but the Italian company does claim to have "reinvented" the popular flip-up style with its N-104. This DOT-approved design stands out from the crowd of modular...

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