Our stores are bursting at the seams right now with new gear, we're desperately trying to keep up adding thing to the website! Some of the highlights so far are from long-term favourites Dainese, but we're also seeing some great kit come in from new-ish brand Merlin, new-ish to us brand Ixon and the replacement for our best selling flip front helmet of all time has also hit the shelves.
If you read the bike press or most motorbike news sites, you probably heard about Frank Thomas' parent company, TSG, folding last year. We'd always been fans of Frank Thomas kit, so when some of the long term FT staff started a new company, Merlin Apparel, we knew they would be on to a winner. Our first range was very popular and we've now added quite a bit of their new products for 2012. The
Route One kevlar jeans range was a huge hit for us and we've just (today!) had a delivery of their latest
"Jefferson" kevlar jeans, a waxy blue/grey jean with DuPont kevlar lining in the knees and backside. We never seem to be done with going on about how well these fit, but at the end of the day, surely comfort is what Kevlar jeans are all about?
Caberg's latest flip front helmet, the
Duke has arrived too, which is gradually replacing the Konda, which replaced the Trip...The Konda and the Trip have been two of our all-time best selling lids so the Duke has a lot to live up to. A completely new helmet, the Duke has a locking mechanism that holds the chin bar in the flipped position, and the helmet has passed both the CE standard for open and flip front helmets (the certificate tag on the chin strap has "P/J", if your flip only has "P" then it's only legal for road use in the closed position). Otherwise, you probably won't be surprised to read that the helmet has an internal sun visor, micro-lock fastening and a removable lining, all as you would expect from a Caberg Flip Front helmet, just a bit more up to date. Most of our stores have also had a new version of the V2R-R arrive too, again, one of our top selling helmets, this time a conventional full face, the new
V2R-R Chrono is a classy looking feature packed helmet.
Lots of new Dainese clothing has arrived, mostly leathers, but we've added
some new
ST-TRQ Pro boot colours and we've topped up stock on a lot of our best sellers. All of the stores have had new gear arrive, and we're working on tailoring what our different stores stock based on what they've seen a demand for.
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| Dainese ST-TRQ Out Boots |
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| Dainese R-Twin Jacket |
You can't go wrong with a black leather jacket though and we have two new, old style jackets in stock now, the
R-Twin and the
Newater. Either of them would go great with a pair of the Route One Jefferson jeans. More suits are arriving too, we've a limited number of
Draken suits in a shorter leg, as well as
Alien leather jeans, check with your local store for availability, but we should warn you, it's never easy to re-order Dainese stock so if you think any of this kit is just what you've been waiting for we suggest you don't leave it 'till later!
We've had small amounts of the Ixon ladies range in the past but we've taken a bit more of a plunge this year and we think you'll see why if you have a look at the range. Nice materials, good design, real attention to detail, specific ladies fit and loads of style make the range stand out. We
are stocking some of the French brands'
de rigueur (see what I did there?) pink ladies kit, but if that's not your thing, you'll be pleased to know Ixon haven't relied on "shrinking and pinking" to make their ladies motorbike clothing, jackets like the
Diva Sport are subtly definitely not blokes jackets!
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| Ixon Diva Star Jacket |
