RSD Articles
Custom: AerMacchi M65 Leggero by RSD
“Yes, she’s a little rough around the edges, but that’s the beauty of it,” describes Roland Sands Design. They found this little bike buried in a scrap yard and decided to fix it up for Born Free. They’ll never admit to it, but the bike is a clever sendup of every bullshit cafe racer ever made. “We ran across this Aermacchi as we were sifting through piles of crashed bikes looking fo...
Gear: Roland Sands Design Diesel gloves
I’d been hankering after a pair of these since Roland Sands’ new clothing range debuted last October. Drawing design inspiration from performance motorcycle gear, the Diesels (and other pieces in the range) manage an unprecedented trick: making motorcycle function genuinely stylish. Then, when we visited RSD on Tuesday to shoot an upcoming episode of RideApart, I managed to snag a pair. Score...
Photos: RSD Desmo Tracker
What happens if you take a 197bhp MotoGP replica and turn it into a flat tracker? Well, this happens. It’s Roland Sands’s Desmo Tracker, as the name suggest, a Ducati Desmosedici turned dirty. Last week, we pulled it out of Roland’s Alamitos shop for a little photo session. Photos: Grant Ray According to Roland (who hasn’t ridden it), “it’s a fully functional Dirtrack racer with p...