IF you are stuck looking for the ultimate motorcycle Christmas gift for the biker in your life – fear not! Visordown is here to bring you the best motorcycle-related presents guaranteed to raise a smile on the big day.
And conversely, if you are the biker, and you’re looking to circumnavigate the inevitable socks and Lynx selection boxes that seem to come our way on December 25th – these are the hints you should be dropping!
Ultimate Motorcycle Christmas gifts guide under £50
RST Rucksack
Be it a short ride or a longer jaunt, a rucksack on a back is a handy tool – so long as you don’t overload it and hurt your back!
I’ve been using this RST rucksack for more than a year now and it has never let me down. The chest and waist straps mean it is super comfortable to wear, and the multitude of pockets means you’ll never run out of places to stash your kit.
Link to product: www.rst-moto.com
Alpinestars Check LS Tee
This classy looking long-sleeve tee shirt from Alpinestars will look as good under your riding jacket as it will while out and about.
It’s available in white and black and from sizes small to XXL
Link to product: alpinestarscasuals.com
Louis Moto Biker Wardrobe Duo
Coming in at around half of our self-imposed £50 budget, this is a must-have item for any garage, shed, or man cave.
It has space for two helmets on top, two jackets and some gloves in the rack below.
Link to product: www.louis-moto.co.uk
Rothewald Motorcycle travel Toolkit
Another cracking gift for any motorcyclist or home mechanic. It’s small, lightweight, packed full of useful tools and comes with its own fabric roll to help make storage simple when space is limited.
The compact tool case contains all those useful tools that you wished you'd had with you on occasions in the past:
- 7 combination (open/box end) wrenches in sizes 8, 10, 12, 13, 14, 17 and 19 mm
- 9-piece set of chrome vanadium steel hexagon keys in handy fold-up design. Sizes: 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5, 5.5, 6 and 8 mm
- 1 groove-joint pliers 240 mm
- 1 interchangeable-shaft screwdriver with 2 slotted blades, sizes 3 mm and 6 mm and 2 Phillips, sizes PH0 and PH2
- 1 tubular spark plug wrench, sizes 16 mm and 18 mm
- 1 test lamp: 6 V to 24 V
- 1 flashlight, incl. batteries
- 5 cable ties
- 14-piece cable and nipple repair set
- 1 roll of insulating tape
- 2 metres of binding wire
- 2 metres of electric cable, cross-section 1.5 mm²
- 1 strip of terminal blocks
- 1 multi tool with eight functions: knife, can opener, piercing tool, saw, awl, scissors, bit holder and combination pliers plus 12 bits (3 Phillips, 4 slotted, 5 hexagon), all in a rugged, water-repellent nylon wallet/roll with belt strap.
Link to product: www.louis-moto.co.uk
LighTech crash protection
With a kit to fit most bikes, from Aprilia to Yamaha, LighTech motorcycle crash protection is cost-effective, high quality, and can be colour coordinated to your bike – and who doesn’t love a bit of colour coordination!?
There are frame sliders and protection parts starting from around £11, with axle sliders starting from around £80.
As an added bonus, you can get 15% off pretty much everything in the ReactiveParts.com store by using the code VDMAS15 – see website for T&Cs.
Link to product page: reactiveparts.com
Muc-Off Helmet Care kit
Nobody likes a stinky lid, and after a year of decent weather for most of us, your motorcycle kit and clothing might be looking and smelling a little second hand by now.
A great way to perk up your gear before the 2022 riding season begins is to start with your motorcycle helmet. Strip out the interior, give it all a good wash and then keep it looking and smelling fresh with this all-in-one kit.
Link to product: muc-off.com
OptiMate 2 Motorcycle Trickle Charger
Keeping a motorcycle battery in is key to maintaining its reliability. Keeping your bike’s battery topped up over the winter months is even more important. The cold weather can sap the life out of some batteries, leading to the bike not starting when you need it to.
The OptiMate2 is one of the most effective and good value battery maintenance methods on the market.
Link to product: www.optimate.co.uk
