My Motorcycle Gear - Gloves

My next purchase after the helmet, which I presented on my previous post, was a pair of gloves.


More specifically I bought the Spada Airflow Leather gloves. A picture of them can be seen below:

Details about the gloves can be found here.


Reviews about my gloves can be found in the following posts:
Spada Airflow Gloves - Review


As before, I won't be able to post a review until I have tested them, but I can say for now that they are very comfortable and a good fir for my hand.

My Motorcycle Gear - Helmet

After the MCN London Motorcycle Show, I have started buying my motorcycle gear. As I mentioned in my last post, I do not own a bike yet, but I am very serious of getting on this year.


So, I have starting by buying my first element/accessory of the gear, which is the helmet. It was on sale on the MCN show at the bargain price of £80. The helmet is a HJC FS-10 Infinity blue helmet which you can see below:

I can't post a review just yet as I haven't ridden at all with this helmet. I can only say for now that it fits great, it is very comfortable and I can't wait to use it in the future.


Having said that, I will post a review as soon as I have a few miles on the bike wearing it.

MCN London Motorcycle Show

It's been a while since I updated my blog, so I thought I should post something a bit more personal and not so much of a technical nature.


So... I went to the MCN Motorcycle Show (or "The Carole Nash MCN Motorcycle Show" as it has been advertised) at London's ExCel centre on the 7th of February 2010.


I have never been to a motorcycle show in the UK before, so it was a new experience for me. The show was fantastic and very well organized, with most of the major manufacturers present. The only exception was Suzuki and I was a bit sad about it as I wanted to check up close the new Suzuki Gladius SFV650K9.


Oh well... I didn't let that ruin my mood at all. The full list of the manufacturers present include:

• Kawasaki
• Triumph
• Ducati
• Victory
• Yamaha
• Vespa
• Piaggio
• Norton
• Aprilia
• BMW
• Derbi
• Gilera
• Harley Davidson
• Honda
• Motto Guzzi

In addition to all the new models that the aforementioned manufacturers had to present, there were a lot of exhibitors with amazing bargains for clothing and various motorcycle accessories. My mate got a brake disk for his bike at 70% discount. He also grabbed a pair of trousers, a helmet and a jacket. He saved a total of more than £250 from the retail price.

I also grabbed the opportunity of course and treated myself a HJC FS-10 Infinity blue helmet for just £80. I don't own a bike yet, but I am starting to buying my gear and when I have bought everything I need, I will get one. You can see my new helmet below:

  

There was also a FREE Live Action Arena, but it was packed and didn't get a chance to see it properly. The few stunts that I did manage to see though were great.

As you can understand most of the new models from the manufacturers were there. I have uploaded a few photos of the bikes and a few other with me on some bikes.

Me on the Kawasaki Z750

Me on the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R

Me on the Ducati Monster 696

Me on the new BMW S 1000 RR

Me on the new Honda CB600F Hornet

Me on the new Honda CBF 125

This is the bike that I will be getting soon !!! 

Now a few photos of the bikes. Below there are a few photos of the new BMW S 1000 RR:

And a few other photos that I took at the MCN show:

Overall, I really enjoyed the MCN show and I will definitely go again next year. My only complaint is about the food. Too expensive and the quality was not that great. 2 burgers for me and my mate with 2 sodas a bit more than 20 quid seems overpriced to me.

Yet again, we didn't go there for the food, so all in all, a great experience. We spent 4-5 hours there with my mate, and to be honest, we could spend another 5 easily!!! I am really looking forward for next year's show!

Can't wait to start riding!!!