Over the past few years Saint have made a name for themselves producing some of the most technologically advanced fabrics in the world for motorcycle-specific applications. The new Unbreakable 4.0 fabric is made from 62% UHMWPE blended with 38% cotton, it’s 133 times stronger than regular denim, and it’s 360 degree burst resistant. The Unbreakable Gloves…
The new Saint Unbreakable 6 Motorcycle Jeans are now officially the world’s first single-layer jeans that meet the CE EN 13595-1 : 2002 professional European motorcycle test standards for abrasion, impact, and burst resistance. Saint managed this by weaving the world’s strongest fibre, UHMWPE, with traditional cotton in a 66/34 proprietary blend. UHMWPE fibres are…
The new Suus 3066 Road Denim Motorcycle Jeans are made from 14oz ARMALITH UHMWPE (ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene) denim that’s both incredibly abrasion resistant, and breathable. UHMWPE materials are highly resistant to rubbing, tearing, and penetrating objects, and they have a higher level of mechanical resistance than either Kevlar or Cordura. The material is now being used…
In 2014 the talented team of whisky makers at Sullivans Cove in Tasmania managed a feat never before achieved by a distillery outside of Scotland or Japan – they won the exceedingly competitive World Whiskies Award for the world’s best single malt whisky. Australia’s whisky distilleries are more famous outside the country than within, with most…
The Yamaha SR400 (and its sibling the SR500) are amongst the most reliable, and generally bulletproof motorcycles in existence. This is largely because the engine started life in the Yamaha XT500, an enduro-adventure motorcycle built to compete in the world’s toughest adventure races. It succeeded in its mission, winning both the Paris-Abidjan-Nice and the Paris-Dakar…
The Firestones and Broken Bones tee is a new design by the team over at Throttle Roll – a digital motorcycle magazine loaded with original stories and world class photography. The tee is a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the hyperventilating wimps who love nothing more than jumping down the throat of people who fit Firestone Champion…
The Deus Grievous Angel is a Deus Ex Machine-built Yamaha SR400 that’s had a significant influence on the custom scene both in its native Australia and further afield in the USA and Europe. It was built by Deus in Sydney in 2010, after which it was placed on display in the Powerhouse Museum for a time,…
The new Saint Model 1 motorcycle jeans are the first in the world to use a single-layer of abrasion resistant material – rather than the twin-layer denim/Kevlar designs usually employed. This was made possibly by the development of a new type of denim, using a double warp beam to blend the world’s strongest fiber UHMWPE…
The Condor A350 is a motorcycle built in Switzerland by Condor-Werke AG for the Swiss Military. Rather then building a bespoke engine for the motorcycle it was decided that the single-cylinder from the popular 350 Scrambler would be used. The benefits of this were significant – it was a simple, well-engineered motor with excellent parts…
The Armoured Cool Climate Motorcycle Parka by Saint is essentially two jackets in one. The inner quilted jacket has D3O armour in the elbows, shoulders, and back, and it can be worn as a standalone jacket. Once the mercury drops the outer jacket can be zipped over the quilted jacket, giving you significantly more warmth…
The BMW R nineT was developed by the German marque as a modern version of the now iconic R90 – the identically pronounced (but far simpler to type) name given the their top of the line model originally released in 1973 and sold through till ’76. BMW developed the R nineT as a base platform…
This interview has been provided by Luke Ray as part of a new collaborative alliance between Fuel Magazine and Silodrome. Peter Simms, like most of the people we talk to for Fuel Magazine stories, is a car nut and always has been. His first project was an 850 Mini back when he was seventeen years old…
