Moto Bash with Racer Gloves, Sat. 9/14

Saturday 9/14 is Cycle Gear's 5th Annual Moto Bash. I'll be working from 8am-4pm at the Racer Gloves booth to tell you allllll about how fabulous they are. Swing by and say hi!

My 2 favorite pairs are made by Racer. They're based in Austria and the distributor, Racer Gloves USA is right here in the Bay Area in Morgan Hill, CA. Their gloves aren't as widely known as others on the same playing field but once you go kangaroo palms, you'll never go back. They offer a wide  liner of gloves, including full race, street, summer and winter GORE-TEX. Recently they discontinued the best women's glove on the market, but it sounds like they'll have something new to release in the next year. Fingers crossed! They do offer gloves for women, including street and winter. 

Besides a huge parking lot sale, it looks like a lot of vendors will be hand selling lots of gear. More details about the event: 

Cute Women's Motorcycle Shorts and Leggings

Another cool screenprint from my friends at Spectre Apparel on Etsy.  If you or someone you love is a classic car enthusiast, they have some cool designs for that too. 

Love these! They come in black too, $28.95

http://www.etsy.com/listing/162440775/moto-shorts-womens

While you're there, check out the cute motorcycle leggings!

 

Review of the SYM Symba 100

Calling all newbies and interested parties. Thinking of a lightweight, entry level motorcycle for your first ride? 

Read my review of the Symba 100 on SFMoto's Blog. 

Another review in the queue.. Kriega

 

Last weekend I went on another 3 day riding weekend. Only logged 600 miles (rode 2 out of 3 days) but I loved how these performed. 

Sadly it was 100 degrees so I couldn't test the waterproof nature of these Kriega packs but I absolutely love how they are interchangeable and stackable with one another. I'm trying to get away from saddlebag systems just so have the lowest profile setup on my bike. The setup above has a total capacity of 40 Liters. I only filled them 2/3 of the way and am confident that I could easily fill them up for a 4-5 day trip.

If you're a sportbike / naked bike enthusiast, then you know how difficult luggage can be. Kriega's ingenious system allows their bags to fit on pretty much any bike, even if you don't have mount points!

Stay tuned for a full review.

(I've been practicing packing lighter and lighter so that's probably also why I'm able to conserve so much space)