Alpinestars Jet Road Gore-TexTwo part cuff, elastic for inside your jacket arm and a zipped outer shell to go over the top.Inner Gore-Tex membrane doesn’t bunch up. Although the inner is thick, it doesn’t feel unwieldy. Silicon strips across the palm. Super-tuff carbon knuckles t...

Alpinestars IndyWith styling to suit a do at a trendy nightspot, Alpinestars’ Indy has more than just looks.The jacket has a long list of high-class features; durable, but lightweight, 1.1mm full grain leather, with removable CE certified Bio Armour in the elbows and shoulders an...

Arlen Ness BOT-1169-ANThe Arlen Ness BOT-1169-AN lacks the cool name for the dragon logo’d company but the racing boot does not reflect this. Protection comes in the way of injection-moulded plastic surrounding a series of titanium and magnesium protectors.The foot is secured in ...

Alpinestars GP-PlusThe GP-Plus from Alpinestars is a racing thoroughbred glove with many technical features.Made from a variety of different materials including Kevlar and Pittards Digital leather, the GP-Plus features protection around all the critical areas of the hand.There ar...

Alpinestars ScoutThe Scout feels comfortable as soon as it’s worn for the first time.All the armour sits where it should and is well proportioned. The collar that folds out of the jacket is a good idea, but it’s a bit fiddly to get it back in flat, otherwise it digs into your bac...

on the coast. Two days later everyone had had a fantastic time, but nobody got nicked, nobody crashed, the police weren't called and we never topped 120mph the whole time. Sweet.Continue for the Kawasaki Z1000 Review - 2/9

AGV T-2 Agostini ReplicaWhat Agostini would have done to wear a lid like this back in the day.The AGV T-2 is a class lid and features a Carbon Kevlar shell – available in three sizes – with a removable and washable Coolmax lining.Decent sized vents aid cooling and channel air flo...

Sitting in a Spanish bar following two days of testing the new breed of 600s on both the track and road, we still haven't come to a conclusion. There are two pressing questions. First, who is our favourite film star and secondly, which is the best 600."The problem is that there i...

The year was 1984. Frankie Goes to Hollywood were winding the establishment up by telling everyone to 'Relax', Margaret Thatcher was embroiled in a Mexican standoff with Arthur Scargill and his miners, and the humble halfpenny coin bade farewell to the back of sofas everywhere as...

Big sportsbikes are separated into two eras. Pre-Blade and post-Blade. You see, some big sports machines may have won more races, plenty have cost an awful lot more and, at times, others have bested the 'Blade, but no bike has set the sporting cat among the race-replica pigeons l...