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Gear to Go: Harley Jacket and Gloves
On my recent expedition to Tombstone, AZ for Helldorado Days, Harley outfitted me with two of their best sellers, the Triple Vent Passing Link II Leather Coat and Circuit II Weatherproof Leather Gauntlet Gloves. For an enthusiast, your leather is much more than just a protective second skin, it’s a lifestyle statement. It has to look good, feel good and fit your personal fashion and function needs.
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Harley’s 2025 Street Glide Ultra
You may scoff and say I’m just getting soft, but I prefer to believe riding smarter is better than riding harder, at least in the long haul. Making slightly fewer dumb decisions is a nice perk of getting older. Comfortable bikes relieve road fatigue and extra storage space makes packing and unpacking quicker, easier and less tiring. Sit the roomy hard bags and big tour pak on a counterbalanced and rubber-mounted 117 cubic inch (1923 cc) power plant, load it with tech I can’t figure and you have Harley-Davidson’s luxury liner, the 2025 Street Glide Ultra.
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A Day at Blackhawk with the Yamaha R9
As I started my first flying lap, braking into T1 I immediately felt at home, the braking power was strong and predictable and I had a good feel with the front tire as I dove into the turn. The handling was light and flickable just as I remembered from my first ride. Having the power band smoothed out allowed me to keep up my corner speed and get the power down as I exited each corner. After another lap I had clicked off an 1:18 without really pushing, so I knew I had a lot left in the tank. Beginning my next couple of laps I started to catch traffic so slowed up a little and decided to dive into the pit lane to try and get some clear track.
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New Gear: REV’IT! Trench 2 GTX Jacket
This fall, I spent some time riding with Rob Brooks about town. We meandered through the backcountry and stopped for lunch. “Hey, I’ve got a jacket you might like,” he mentioned. “It’s not really my style, but I bet it’d suit you a lot better.” I was curious what that meant, but gladly took him up on it.
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2025 Yamaha Ténéré 700: Just Right
Somewhere in the middle of the design equation for form and function in motorcycling is the fun factor that makes a bike memorable to ride. And thankfully, the 2025 Yamaha Ténéré 700 not only boasts the styling and engineering to make it a practical ADV bike, but it is also a thrill to ride. Whether you’re looking for a capable off-roader or a sensible commuter, the Ténéré 700 checks both of those boxes and more, a feat that few motorcycles on the market today can actually achieve.
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Fury: Honda’s Forgotten Chopper
I was in a hurry. The day before I had arranged to pick up a 2025 Gold Wing 50th Anniversary Edition. I planned to put 6,000 miles on it that month, starting that same afternoon. While signing paperwork, something in the corner of my eye caught my attention: low, long, green, and slightly menacing. It gleamed under the warehouse lights — exaggerated curves and chrome in all the right places. ”Is… is that a Honda Fury?” I thought. It was. “They still make those?” They sure do.
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2025 Sport Touring Tire Test Wrap-Up
We ask everything of motorcycle sport touring tires. Unlike narrow focus tires dedicated to track-only performance or mud-slinging off-road roost chuckers, we expect sport touring tires to be a jack-of-all-trades and master of everything. They need to stick like sap, munch massive miles, conquer Colorado heavy rain showers and handle like MotoAmerica track refugees. Oh, and they need to last forever. Tire manufacturers attempt to work miracles with modern tires by engineering ways to expand a tire’s envelope in all these directions at once. A rare few sport touring tires do this, succeeding in all areas at once. Others fall short. Some fall way, way short.
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Lusso Leather- Premium Custom Leather Jackets
So when Lusso Leather reached out earlier this summer, offering me a custom tailored, fitted motorcycle jacket to ride with and review, I jumped at the chance. Lusso is a Canada-based leather apparel and accessories company, with a New York State distribution facility in Niagara Falls, that has begun offering motorcycling-specific jackets to the North American market. Their jackets and leather accessories are handcrafted in Turkey, then shipped to Canada and/or the upstate New York warehouse for distribution. Per their contact with me, “Our garments are manufactured in Turkey, where we work closely with skilled artisans to ensure high-quality craftsmanship and materials, especially for our motorcycle jacket line.”
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Honda Unveils A CB1000F Retro
We recently caught a glimpse of a new model that Honda has been developing for production this coming year. This retro styled CB1000F arrested our attention, so we dug a little deeper. Unveiled back in the spring as a concept, it seems clear now the motorcycle will definitely be built and sold. Whether or not it will come stateside is anyone’s guess right now, however.
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