Ain't No Pillion

I’ve ridden these boots about 20,000 miles – wore them on the Boston to Ushuaia trip, every day, for four months straight. Aside from some minor quibbles, which Dainese resolved for me, I’ve gotta say that I LOVE these boots. So today’s review is the Dainese Visoke D-WP Boots. Summary: definitely recommend! Background: Boot Acquisition [...]

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 [...]

Around a month ago, I ordered a pair of Draggin’ Jeans. I was looking for something I could pair with a reasonably stylish jacket (maybe something from GoGo Gear) when I do interviews, meet with clients and basically want to ride somewhere without looking like I just got off a spaceship. I love my protective [...]

[EDIT WITH MAJOR UPDATE] I’ll let my original post stay here, but I wanted to note for my readers that I would no longer recommend the SENA SMH-10 Motorcycle Intercom. I’ve had five major failures of the headset units, which I detail in my recent update to my review here. Based on the major quality issues [...]

I’ve been getting a fair amount of questions lately to my blog/email, and I think a lot of the things people are asking me might be useful info for other motorcyclists out there. To address this, I’ve decided to start a Monday Q&A where I post questions I get from readers and my responses. If [...]