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Keeping your bike and gear clean is as important as regular servicing and maintenance. There is a huge range of motorbike and gear cleaning products on the market and we preview new products that are coming as well as testing products currently available on the market. We asses cleaning products for practicality, effect, value and ease of use, sorting out the good from the bad. We also recommend the best way to use cleaning products for the maximum effect.
If you’ve ever been showered with bugs on your ride, you will know how difficult they are to remove from your helmet visor and your motorcycle. That’s because the wind quickly dries them out and they become very hard and stick like glue to any surface. Cleaning bugs off your bike While bugs on a …
If you have a biker in your life, you’ll probably get that they aren’t the easiest of people to buy gifts for unless the gifts are centred around their passion for motorcycles! However, this can cause a problem unless you’re a keen biker too as you probably won’t know what to buy. That’s okay – …
Your visor is your window to what lies ahead so it is important to protect it and keep it clean for your own safety. It also advisable to look after your visors because they can be expensive to replace. Read about the “great visor ripoff” here. Protecting your visor You can lengthen the life of …
Motorcycle cleaning products that promise miracles usually fail to deliver, but not California Custom. The sole importers and wholesale distributors of California Custom cleaning products in Australia for the past 20 years recently sent me several products to test at just the right time. My usually pristine Triumph Bonneville T100 was looking very second-hand after I took …
My favourite pair of motorcycle boots are these Stylmartin Legend RDs. They are waterproof and so comfortable yet supportive, that I have been wearing them off-road, touring, you name it! I’ve ridden in the rain, stomped through muddy bogs and even gone for a splash in a creek wearing them. I love the way they …
Water does a great job of cleaning your bike, but a lot of clever products have been produced in recent years that work without water or with a reduced amount of water. So if you’re a “greenie”, you’re in the middle of a drought, or you just want to keep your water bill down, there …
Cleaning your motorcycle helmet is not only about pride in your appearance, but also safety, cleanliness, odour and a long life for your most important riding accessory. A dirty visor will obviously affect your ability to see and therefore your road safety. But a sweaty helmet liner will also make you feel uncomfortable which will …
In our continuing series of the 12 Days of Christmas we have picked 10 items from the 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories catalogue that keep the bling on your Harley-Davidson shining like new. We started the 12 days of Christmas with 12 shirts from the Harley sportswear range. Check it out here. Yesterday …
I’ve been doing a little light reading over the weekend of the 900-page 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories catalogue. Even though I don’t own a Harley, it’s nice to dream and imagine which of the more than 10,000 accessories you could put on your favourite bike to personalise it. Harley has thrown in …
The year goes by so quickly … it’s already time to join the Harley “Book Club”. Your free 102nd Harley-Davidson Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories catalogue is now waiting at your dealership. About 22,000 copies have been printed off for Australia and New Aealand and they are all likely to be snapped up, as usual. …