SPIDI have launched a new glove aimed at the Adventure-Touring market. Its Germanic-sounding name gives you a big clue as to the type of bike and rider that Spidi hope this glove will appeal to.The glove uses cowhide, goatskin and waterproof

THE NEW Arai Tour X3 and replicas of the Tour X3, as used by Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor in the BBC TV series Long Way Down, are now in UK Arai dealerships.The new Tour X3 has a re-designed peak with reinforced ridges and a new enlarged visor

in Chicago from the top of Sears Tower to the speakeasies where the city's gangsters did business during the prohibition era. Typical of Billy's motorcycle tours, he intersperses the interesting with the oddball by visiting the home of Abraham Lincoln

KAWASAKI UK is offering an organised European touring holiday for owners of the company's motorcycles.The trip is centered around the Loire Valley in central France, with the initial event running between 1 and 3 May 2010. Priced at £450 for riders

FORMER Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones is touring the USA with his new band - the Ducati All Stars - as part of a West Coast tour promoting the Italain two-wheel brand.Jones and his band have embarked on a week-long ride from Santa Barbara

SALES OF TOURING bikes dropped like a lead brick in October 2010, down a staggering 45.4 per cent on the same period in 2009.BMW's R1200RT topped the figures, recording a measly 39 sales last month; 160 machines were sold in the sector, compared

George Clooney on his Harley DavidsonIF YOU’RE out and about on a ride around Italy this summer, keep your eyes peeled because – according to the American gossip press – George Clooney and Brad Pitt are taking a motorcycle tour of the Italian

BRIDGESTONE is to launch a brand new bike tyre later this year aimed at the lucrative sport-touring market. The new Battlax BT-023 will replace the company's existing BT-021 tyre, when in goes on sale in March 2010. Bridgestone say the new tyre

THE NEW Ducati Multistrada 1200 goes on display at dealerships around Britain from January until March, starting this weekend.The tour will cover the length and breadth of Britain, kicking off at Ducati Coventry on the 15th January through to the 17

JUNE 2010's sport-touring sales faired best in an otherwise depressed market, according to recent statistics released by the Motorcycle Industry Association (MCI).Sales in the increasingly popular sector rose last month by 1.3 per cent on the same