Continuing our series of Field Test features pitting real riders against the latest gear, we outfitted Brooklyn industrial designer and vintage dirt bike lover Clark Sopper with a full kit from Alpinestars for a little bit of late night rainy crashing and a whole bunch of brutally cold winter commuting. Click below for the feature.
For the latest real world, real rider review in our Field Test series, we gave Corazzo’s stylish unisex Shop jacket to east coast vintage racer and Vespa Soho service manager A.D. Crawford to break in when he wasn’t busy working on bikes or enjoying short walks to bars. Can a $179 textile jacket really serve the everyday needs of a real rider? Click below for the feature.
We had the Bushwick Murderhaus’s self-professed crash expert, Al Christod, put the latest Overlord Prime jacket from Icon through the ringer. How did it hold up? Click below for the NSFW feature.
Field Test: Icon Overlord Prime jacket
Editor’s note: This and other similar Icon jackets have survived crashes while protecting their wearers at over 100mph.
Switching sides in our Field Test series by real riders, we gave a set of Alpinestars’ textile Stella gear to a biker we’ve never seen in less than leather, waxed cotton or wool, much less anything with colors lighter than a piece of coal. Did the techy Cream threads pass muster? Click below for the feature:Field Test: Alpinestars Stella range
We’re asking real riders to test motorcycle gear in the real world for our Field Test series. In this installment, Ducati SportClassic-riding Zac takes a $3,500 Rukka Merlin Gore-Tex Leather suit for a spin in the frigid New York winter. Worth the money?
Click below for the feature.Field Test: Rukka Merlin Gore-Tex Leather Suit
For the second installment of our Field Test series, in which we ask real riders to evaluate motorcycle gear in the real world, we asked Harley bobber-riding Gentry Dayton to test the Vanson Chopper jacket. He rode around New York, in the snow, throughout January in it. Here’s what he thought.
Click below for the feature:Field Test: Vanson Chopper jacket
This is the first of a series of Field Tests in which we’ll give real riders real riding gear and have them tell us how it works in the real world. First up is Markus Koelbl, his BMW R90/6 and Alpinestars’ range of cut-price Drystar sport touring clothing. He rode from New York to Orlando and back in it, then told us what he thought.
Click below for the feature:Field Test: Alpinestars Drystar range
