Buying Advice
Buying Advice
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Beat the cold! Choose the best winter motorcycle helmet
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Riding with a misted-up or badly scratched visor is never pleasant. Colder weather make the inside of your visor much more likely to steam up – you can open your chin vents to help but your eyes will suffer a cold blast. Rain can also reduce visibility if your visor isn’t treated with a water-beading…
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Beat the cold! Choose the best winter motorcycle jacket and trousers
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A decent textile jacket/trouser combo is essential. Leathers don’t provide as much warmth, aren’t waterproof and you can’t wear your office clothes underneath them. A good set can be pricey, but look on them as an investment: they’ll last you many years if looked after and you can rewaterproof them with readily available sprays each…
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Beat the cold! Choose the best winter motorcycle gloves
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Arguably one of the most, if not the most important bit of winter riding kit. If your fingers are frozen, wet and you can’t feel anything, you can’t operate your bike’s controls safely. Winter gloves need to be waterproof, warm, not too thick and still offer good levels of impact and abrasion protection as well…
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Beat the cold! Choose the best motorcycle neck tube
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Some riders never ride without one, even in summer, and not wearing one in winter is just plain mad. Neck tubes not only keep draughts and rain out of your jacket, they can also reduce the amount of noise getting into your helmet. Aside from standard tubes, there are ones specifically designed for winter use.…
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Beat the cold! Choose the best motorcycle base layers
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Base layers are a must. Simply layering Tshirts and jumpers under a jacket won’t keep you as warm and can be too bulky, restricting movement. The best option is a technical thermal base layer: these work by having a multi-layer construction, with the top layer designed to keep the cold out and the rest of…
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What is a Category C or a Category D write off?
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Written off bikes and cars are typically divided into two categories. A and B are not available to the public, so you’ll most likely come across C or D: A No parts of the vehicle can be salvaged at all. B Some parts may be salvaged C The cost of repair exceeds the value…
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How to buy a motorcycle on eBay
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eBay has been the best and worst thing to hit the used bike market in a generation. Good because it’s a global marketplace where you can find the rarest of bikes and bits for sale almost any day of the week. Bad because there are so many dodgy bikes out there dressed up as minters…
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How to buy a cheap used motorcycle
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Buying a £1000 bike The obvious secret is patience. It takes time to find the real bargains; you just need to have the money ready. And don’t set your heart on a particular model. The real trick though is knowing where to look – eBay does throw up the occasional bargain, but there is an…
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Suzuki RGV250 Used Bike Buying Guide
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Bursting with technology and GP heritage, the RGV250 is still a bargain stink wheel American critic and commentator Alexander Woolcott once stated: “All the things I really like to do are either immoral, illegal, or fattening”. Had he lived until the introduction of Suzuki’s sublime RGV250 he’d have found the bike ticked at least…
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Triumph Speed Four Used Bike Buying Guide
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Underrated, overlooked but a brilliant bargain, Triumph’s Speed Four makes magnificent sense in these cash-strapped times Triumph’s model range has always been a little schizophrenic. On one hand they’ve produced unique machines that have been hard to pigeonhole alongside any Japanese, European or American equivalent, while at other times they’ve taken the more powerful…
