Ain't No Pillion

Today I’m going to review one of my favorite little bits of motorcycle awesomosity: the HelmetLok. This is literally just a locking carabiner, but it’s brilliant. It’s easy to carry and easy to use, and provides a great alternative to the fiddly little bracket-style helmet locks that – let’s face it – are often poorly [...]

When your riding partner yells at you: “Pull over right now!” – do it. This happened to me last Wednesday as the SO and I were riding over to a friend’s house for a weekly dinner engagement. It’s only 3 miles away, and we were just a couple of blocks away when the command came [...]

                  Monkey Butt? Stiff, achy behind after a few hours on the bike? Look no further – the BeadRider Beaded Motorcycle Seat is here to relieve your arse and make riding comfortable again. Reminiscent of beaded seat covers that taxi drivers use, I’m here to tell you that this [...]

This week’s Monday Q&A is about luggage for the BMW F650GS. I get a lot of questions about whether I would recommend the SW-Motech TraX cases, what I like/dislike about them, what kind of luggage I’d recommend for the F650, etc. I’ve been meaning to do a more detailed writeup of TraX versus Happy Trails [...]

I really wanted to like the Loobman. It’s a low-tech, low-cost, seemingly brilliant solution that uses easy-to-replace consumables. It looked like a great compromise between an expensive chain oiler that would have to tap into the bike’s systems (Scottoiler and the ilk) and manually lubing my chain. Kay was in agreement, so we both bought [...]