Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

TESTED BY: John Milbank¦£419.99¦www.nevis.uk.com¦01425 478936 My perfect leather jacket has to be understated in its design, and given that I love street bikes, I want a fairly retro style, but with a good level of modern protection. It’s got to be comfortable too, both on and off the bike, and it mustn’t scream ‘I’m a…

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TESTED BY: John Milbank¦£349.99¦www.nevis.uk.com¦01425 478936 At just 1290g, this is a lightweight lid, and the gloss finished, carbon-fibre shell makes it look much more expensive than its price tag (let alone the fact that some dealers have been advertising it for £300). Available in several styles, the helmet comes with effective and easy to operate…

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TESTED BY: John Milbank¦£129.99¦www.planet-knox.com¦01900 825825 Protective motorcycle jeans have to be a compromise between comfort, practicality and performance. I’ve left style out as I’m not naturally the coolest of people, but these Knox jeans appear to have somehow struck a pretty good balance across all four criteria. The tapered leg cut means they hug your…

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TESTED BY: John Milbank¦£28.99¦www.wemoto.com¦01273 597072 This excellent value smart charger is designed to maintain and recover lead-acid batteries in modern 12v, and older 6v bikes. The microprocessor controller first checks a battery’s state, before running through various phases: a deep-discharged battery (from 1.5v for 12v and 0.63v for 6v) will be taken to a higher…

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TESTED BY: John Milbank¦£29.94¦www.mobilecentre.co.uk¦01386 212121 Oh the irony of testing a device that can give an instant display of your bike (or car) battery’s remaining charge, while letting my own KTM 1050 get so low that I have to jump start it from my car. The Battery Guard is a very small and light unit…

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TESTED BY: John Milbank¦£219.99 (RRP)¦www.karcher.com¦01295 752 000 It surprises me how many people say that a jet wash should never be used on a bike. “It blows the grease out of bearings,” they say. “It’ll strip stickers from the bodywork.” A jet wash is a tool, and used correctly it’s a very valuable one –…

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