After 10 years of research and development, and as announced early this month at the EICMA show in Milan, Dainese’s D-Air race airbag suit system is being released for sale to track day riders and racers in Europe.U.S. consumers should see it for sale stateside by 2012.
While those following D-Air’s development have speculated Dainese might pin an astronomical price to the fruit of its multi-million dollar project, the company says it will charge  … Details
Like a lot of you, I have a regular Sunday ride. It leaves from Tam Junction, just a few miles north of San Francisco and winds along the coastal cliffs to the amazing West Marin section of California Highway 1. This last Sunday’s ride was, to use an Internet colloquial, epic by any measure. Not because the weather was unseasonably warm, or that the route was fuzz-free, or that the sunshine brought out friends I hadn’t seen for years, or that the last 15 miles to breakfast in Point Reyes Station was a fast, fun freight train that made me feel like an irresponsible 25-year-old once more.
What pushed it over the top was emerging from the Station House cafe after my customary bacon and fried-oyster omelet and seeing Terry Otton standing across the street next to his amazing $140,000 NCR Legera. I was … Details
If you ride a Harley, you don’t need to answer this question any more than you need to ask it. You get it. A competing brand could poop cinnamon-apple crumbcake and leak single-malt scotch on your driveway and you still wouldn’t want it. There are a startling number of American buyers—around half the total streetbike market—for whom the shopping process begins and ends in Harley-Davidson dealerships … Details