The Serpico range by Smith Optics falls into the retro aviator catagory, not a bad thing nowadays as many new sunglass-styles leave you looking like a surprised, futuristic bumblebee. Smith uses carbonic lenses (it’s a hard polycarbonite, not glass) to avoid the risk of getting broken glass thrust into your delicate eyeballs should you perform an accidental dismount off of whatever it is you were riding.
Gas Gas bikes are said to be the best trials motorcycles in the world, the small Spanish manufacturer named themselves “Gas Gas” because in…
Originally designed for the men who were trekking into the Klondike in search of gold, these goat skin gloves with a wool liner can…
Finding motorcycle boots is a matter of balance. At one end of the spectrum you have the hyper-modern-flashy-graphics boots with carbon fibre toe guards and dayglo neon logo’s emblazoned across every inch of available space and at the other end of the spectrum you have the “I’m a hard-core dentist wannabe biker” boots that are generally all black with lots of shiny chrome studs (and maybe even spurs).
I like Belstaff Jackets, I own two of them and I always feel they can make anyone look that little bit cooler. Hell, I…
In 1880 Eugene Jeantet founded the Jeantet company, ten miles west of Lake Geneva in the quaint French town of Morez. The Jeantet company created and sold mostly the pince-nez style of spectacle for motorists and cyclists until 1929 when Eugene’s son, Léon, invented the aviator goggle.
Leather jackets and heat go together like politics and relatives. They really aren’t the best bedfellows. Icon is seeking to amend this problem by…
Buying a full face retro or vintage helmet to match your new retro café racer is harder than actually building the café racer in…
Boots are an essential piece of gear for any motorcyclist, they need to be strong enough to handle an inglorious dismount at 80mph but…
Alpinestars make some fantastic gear and they make sure to cater to people with slightly more retro tastes, which is something not all motorcycle…
A good pair of gloves are an essential part of any motorcyclists kit, a decent pair without flashy logo’s, skull and/or flame graphics aren’t…
Hammarhead Industries are turning out some of the coolest low-volume production bikes on the planet. If a Jack Pine or Solo X are currently…
