ECE 22.05 Articles
AGV Pista will cost $1,300+ when it goes on sale next year
News from the Parts Unlimited dealer showcase: AGV is showing off the new helmet it co-developed with Valentino Rossi. According to Dealer News, the AGV Pista will retail for "$1,300 to $1,500" when it goes on sale, "in the next year." The publication also reports an 800 gram weight, which sounds erroneous given AGV claimed 1,250 grams when it unveiled the helmet in March. The Pista, or AGV Pist...
27 August 2012
For $160, all the helmet you’ll ever need
By now, you’re used to seeing us wear crazy expensive motorcycle gear. Custom leather suits, Japanese race gauntlets, fancy jackets and nice boots. That’s because, using motorcycles as our main transportation and frequently doing stupid, stupid things on them, we need the best functionality and safety out there. Especially the safety. But, what if you could find all that safety and most of tho...
21 May 2012
The 3 changes they made to the AGV AX-8 Dual
We’ve expounded the virtues of the AGV AX-8 Dual at length, but here’s the short version: weight, price, vision, ventilation, looks, safety. Those factors together make it probably the most appealing helmet on the market right now. Want one? The old model is widely on sale for $200. Half off. Do this year’s upgrades make it worth spending more? Here’s the three changes. 1. The screws that...
03 May 2012
These clothes were made for riding
Icon’s notorious for tackling the problem of squids not using safety gear with loud, obnoxious products that look more at home in comic books than they do outside the world where chin strap beards and denim shorts are acceptable clothes for an adult to wear in public. And they’ve done that, providing an affordable, quality, safe range of products that now adorn wannabe Ruffryderz everywhere. N...
14 March 2012
