Being comfortable while riding a motorcycle means matching the perfect gear for the ride. When the temperature drops, electrified heated motorcycle gear can keep you on the road longer and more comfortably. Check out our picks for staying warm.
Women Riders Now Guide to 12V Heated Motorcycle Gear
When I started riding motorcycles in 1995, I was young, naive and didn’t know anything about riding gear. So I went to Wilsons Leather in the mall and picked out the coolest-looking brown and black leather jacket with the longest fringe I ever saw. I knew it was big and heavy, but I loved that fringe and even had grandiose ideas of adding beads and braids to make it unique to my style.
PRODUCT REVIEW: Tour Master Motive Jacket
I’ve always enjoyed taking passengers and sharing my passion for riding motorcycles. But when my young daughter, Kaia, started asking me to take her for rides, I would immediately dismiss the idea. It’s one thing to accept the risk of injuring my own body, but to put my own daughter at risk was unimaginable.
PRODUCT REVIEW: Kids’ Riding Gear
Textile motorcycle riding gear was once worn only by adventure-touring and off-road riders. Now these abrasion-resistant fabric jackets and pants are nearly as popular as leather gear among the mainstream street-riding population. Over the last 10 years, we’ve seen major advances in fabric versatility, as well as in style and sizing. You asked, and designers listened.
Gear Guide for Big Girls: Textile Jackets and Pants
When looking for one jacket to achieve it all, then the Tour Master Trinity Series 2 Ladies Jacket deserves serious consideration. After nearly 5,000 miles of riding in this jacket, I have deemed it as multi-functional as a Swiss Army knife while offering styling that suits my feminine side.
PRODUCT REVIEW: Tour Master Trinity Series 2 Ladies Jacket
We’ve come a long way baby! This phase is no more apropos when talking about women’s rain suits. I remember the days when rain suits were not gender specific. They were big and bulky and made from a non-breathable vinyl material.
PRODUCT REVIEW: Tour Master Womans Rain Suit
This 2008 Powersports Dealer Expo in Indianapolis was larger than life, bursting at the seams of the downtown convention center. Much to our excitement, this years Expo catered to female riders more than ever before, giving women the power of choice, self-expression, independence, and protection. We spoke with a few well-known brands to get the inside scoop on what theyre doing for todays women on two wheels.
Hot New Gear: Bringing Power to Women Riders
I wasnt easy on these boots. I smashed them into my checked luggage, gave them months of rigorous use riding in the extremes of heat in Florida and Las Vegas, Nevada, and the cold, rain (and even snow) of New York City. I wore them on the track with my leathers, for a dirt bike course and some rough-riding on a couple of ATVs.
REVIEW: Tour Master Solution WP Road Boots
The new trend in motorcycle jackets is that women love to wear a riding jacket that works off the bike as well. New for 2007 is Tour Masters Indigo Denim jacket designed, patterned and styled specifically for a woman rider. Check out this weeks selection for the latest in motorcycle product news!
One of the most comfortable and easy to wear jackets I tested this past summer is the Cortech LRX jacket. Cortech is the sport division of Tour Master. While the LRX has more of a sport touring fit, it worked just fine when I wore it riding my Harley-Davidson. Check out this weeks selection!