Forum: KB Bike & Product Reviews

The Gorilla motorcycle alarm ("cycle alarm") has been installed in my gixxer for the past week. At only $199 I was sceptical about its quality compared to my colleague's shiny mongoose alarm, which costs significantly more. In the motorcycling world, you usually get what you pay for. But I had...

It seems that there must have been few new bikes about which as much has been written as the Honda VFR1200. This is partly the fault of Honda who a year or so ago seemed to announce a new V4, then only produced a stylised model. Journalists, who had been expecting a real bike, were disappointed...

I have an ambition to take a latest model superbike for a squirt on my 80th birthday. There are still a few years to pass until that milestone and probably a few more visits to my chiropractor too. Today, thanks to the inimitable Stu at TSS Red Baron, I mounted the latest Yamaha R1 and took it...

As we all know, the more layers you wear, the warmer you get. But riding a motorbike, you really don’t want to have those layers becoming intrusive and restricting your field of movement. Specially designed thermals for motorcyclists are the answer. You’ll probably only need to wear them a...

Hello my mates from a beautiful country! After my terrfic New Zealand ride I got a chance to ride the disputed (a motorcycle, an tv or a car?), but unquestionably fun - Can Am Spyder on the east coast of Australia. I just finished my trip a couple of days ago and here I am with all my photos...

A quick review of the Dririder Storm gloves and my experience with them. The specs are: -Premium cowhide leather construction. -Full HIPORA waterproof and breathable membrane. -THINSULATE thermal liner for winter comfort. -Textile Cordura cuff for additional water resistance. -Polyurethane...

Have you ever gone into a shop and selected something based on the premise that it would cost about the same price as you paid the last time? Today I went to the goodguys at Cycletreads and bought 4 litres of Motul 4T and paid $61 when I decanted the old oil into a previous can from the same...

Thought you might like to see this review of a heavy duty, lined bike cover: Click here to see the full review Lined and with cutouts so you can loop a security chain - sounds like a well designed cover to me.

Hi guys, I am preparing for a two week bike touring trip and want to buy a disk lock for my bike. Personally I would buy the Xena alarmed lock so if anybody touches the bike it would go off, but I've heard some rumours that the alarm on these turns off quite easily and by itself. If this is...

Ultimate Ears Metro.Fi 200 Noise Isolating Earphones Sound quality: Grrrrreat Noise Isolation: Impossible to have a conversation with someone. Comfort: Grrreat! Fits under helmet: Perfect!

I fitted a set of these about 6000 ks ago, and I'm off to see Don at Pitlane for some Pirellis this week. They're awesome tyres in the wet, and I find I can ride at damn near fast dry speeds with confidence and in the dry I find the grip enough to grind undercarriage without any problems and...

I had to replace the front right because I fell off. Purchased some new turn signals from here http://www.asiancycle.com/ Not too bad a colour much. A bit of fairing mod required. I reckon the look pretty good and offer an alternative to the stalks.

hello friends I want to know, has any one bought scala rider??It is bluetooth connected to helmet set. I saw it at supercheap auto. It looks like a great technology.

Well I did it, traded my beloved 2007 Super Duke on the 24th December 2009 on the new Streetfighter, third week of ownership & 3400k's later & all I can say is "Nice". Just had the Termi's fitted yesterday & she's making the tunes it was designed to make & new rear tyre is on the list of things to...

Anybody uses soft tyre for everyday-using?

A while ago my old FFM helmet started to become a bit loose, the padding had slowly flattened with age and the helmet could move around when I moved my head from side to side. Time for a new lid, methinks. Being a Cycletreads loyalist, they were my first port of call. I tried on a few of the...

Many KB'ers will have seen the previous post about looking for something to replace my beloved Blackbird. I've now covered just over 2500 km on the Street Triple. It should have been a bigger distance but Jennie's hip replacement in late November meant that I've had other priorities until...

Just found an interesting product line - Check out these products from America. Company: http://trailtech.net/computers.html Review: http://www.canyonchasers.net/reviews/accessories/vapor.php Installation on SV650: http://www.canyonchasers.net/reviews/accessories/vapor.php Ideal if you...