Riding a motorcycle requires special gear to improve your riding experience, capabilities and comfort. That makes choosing the right motorcycle gear critically important. Here are three key areas of focus to help you  buy the right Motorcycle gear and improve your riding ability and comfort.  How Motorcycle Gear Will Improve Riding Function Your motorcycle gear must make it possible to do more riding. That means it will make riding more viable and more comfortable under different conditions. A full-face helmet will help you to ride in rain and cold weather, for example. But it could become a liability when it is hot outside. Yet, if it...

Whether you just bought a motorcycle or are thinking about buying one, the next thing you will need to think about is motorcycle gear. You will need helmets, bags, jackets, more bags, gloves, boots, even more bags, (you can’t have too many bags!) and things you haven’t thought of yet. The gear you need to ride safe and look stylish while doing it can get expensive, and that is why you need to know three ways to save money on motorcycle gear. Buy Used Gear There is a huge market out there of used motorcycle gear, and you can save...

Whether your motorcycle is sitting in a garage all winter or you’re just riding fewer miles, the spring riding season is like a new beginning. In some states, bikers can’t ride at all in the winter. Other motorcycle enthusiasts get to log a few miles in the winter months. Either way, spring, summer and fall riding is still prime-time.  So, how do you get ready for the next season? If you winterize your motorcycle, it’s likely just a reversal of those basic steps. But it can be so much more. When you’re thinking about the spring riding season, start getting...

Missing the twist of the throttle, the feel of the clutch and the smell of the open road? Us too. For those of us who don’t hit the slopes, winter becomes the season of waiting. Many of us poke around the internet looking for motorcycle videos. We thumb through motorcycle magazines looking for reviews of our favorite bikes and trips. Sometimes we even look back through old pictures of past motorcycle vacations.  But you don’t have to suffer through the cooler months with your gloves sitting on your saddle, lonely and unused. Want to have a little fun this winter?...

When the snow starts to melt, the temperature rises and the sun shines more often, you know spring is on its way. If you don’t live somewhere warm enough to ride year round, your motorcycle may have been in a stationary position for many months.   Here are a few sure signs of spring for the avid motorcycle rider.   Sign #1: The Noise When you drive around in your car during the winter months, things are quiet.  You might hear the slush of snow under your tires, but that’s about it. Once spring hits, you will recognize is by...

Many motorcyclists invest in protective gear including helmets, jackets, boots and other items. But motorcycle gloves are not always very high on the priority list. Hands and fingers on any rider are exposed and if the rider ever hit the ground, the hands could very well be the first point of contact. Motorcycle gloves are part of the protective gear and they also give you more grip, better impact cushioning, relief from vibration and blister prevention. If you are interested in investing in motorcycle gloves, here is what to look for. Overall FitMotorcycle gloves need to fit you in a...

Let’s face it men. We’re terrible at giving gifts most of the time. Valentine’s Day is no exception. Why go with the same ol’ thing… chocolate is played out, flowers die and lingerie is a tough buy? But if your better half rides a motorcycle, women’s gloves that fit just right could set you up for success!  Finding the right women’s motorcycle gloves can be almost as tricky as finding the right lingerie. But it doesn’t have to be a Valentine’s horror story. With the right direction, you can get the gift that keeps on giving every riding season. Here are a...

A discussion on our Facebook page pointed out just how frustrating it can be for woman riders to find the right gear. It’s 2015 … … but women STILL have trouble finding what they need. What’s a rider to do? What Women Riders Want:  Fit and Performance is Key Here’s what we hear from riders: –  Most important is protection.  Women riders don’t have to have had an accident to know how important it is to protect hands.  Even if we haven’t had that experience personally, we all know someone who has. –  Next comes fit and comfort.  Women riders do best with gloves specifically designed...

Has your glove brand added touchscreen technology to new styles in the development pipeline?   It’s a logical addition: With touchscreen technology impacting every product category from iphones to automobiles, touch is an increasingly important feature in daily life. Whether you are developing new glove styles, or revamping older ones … Here’s a look at the latest touch technology available to glove brands and manufacturers, for the fashion and sports glove categories. Touch Adoption:  Beyond iPhones Initially, touch screens disrupted just a few categories, like iphones, tablet computers, and GPS devices. Now, “touch” technology is everywhere: automotive dashboards, motorcycle controls, appliances,...

To get inspiration for our newest glove styles, we don’t have to look far. Your letters, emails and product reviews are GOLD for a small, family owned company like ours. When we want to update our current styles and make the best motorcycle riding glove, we don’t have a huge development laboratory or legions of scientists and designers … We have something better.  YOU. Updating a Classic We all know what makes a classic car, motorcycle, or album (Led Zeppelin, anyone?).  But a motorcycle glove? Like most articles of clothing, gloves usually just go out of style and get replaced....

Winter riders are a hardy bunch. Still, the right gear is key to a comfortable ride. Funny thing is, when it comes to cold weather gloves, riders sometimes try to improvise. Recently someone in a riding forum said he wore scuba gloves while riding his bike. Why would anyone want to do that? Good cold weather motorcycle gloves aren’t hard to find. And you don’t have to spend a fortune, to keep hands warm and comfortable  … especially when you know what to look for. Choose moderately priced, high quality gear that will protect you from wind, wet, and cold.   Choose...

Fashions evolve, and your glove designs should evolve, too. Features and styling should reflect what’s happening in the market place.  Customers are influenced by what they see in other categories, and smart use of those trends can make a line feel more modern. For instance, we first started seeing fingerless gloves as a fashion trend maybe 10-15 years ago. Today, it’s pretty mainstream.  Now that plaid is hip again, why not make it a design detail  — if only for the lining of your sports gloves!? The key is to notice trends early enough to get the customer’s attention, but...