Riding gear and workshop parts, read on their published figures
The strap carries an approval,
and an approval is a test, not a promise.
Full-face, flip-up, open-face and adventure helmets; intercoms; textile and leather jackets, trousers, gloves and boots; armour and airbag vests — then the chain kits, oils, filters, pads, stands, luggage and locks bought the week after. Compared on the lines that decide whether a purchase was worth making: which approval a maker cites and in which version, what an armour level actually measures, which pitch and link count a chain is cut for, and what a lock's certification classifies. Priced on the Amazon store in your own country.
- Categories covered
- 46
- Products reviewed
- 115
- Accessories & spares
- 115
Every family, from the helmet to the split link
Pick the job you are doing
23 families that a rider wears or fits once, 23 that get used up, worn out and bought again. Each hub compares one family and opens with a direct answer to “which one should I buy?”, followed by the published specification most often misread when buying it.
- Full-face helmets One shell, one approval, and an inside nobody publishes
- Flip-up helmets A hinge bought on purpose, and what it is approved for
- Open-face helmets No chin bar, and the approval says exactly that
- Adventure helmets A peak, a visor and goggles — and what the peak does at speed
- Motocross helmets Goggles by design, and a chin bar pushed forward
- Intercom systems A range quoted in open ground, between two units
- Textile jackets Three layers sold as one, and which of them is fixed
- Leather jackets A thickness in millimetres, and a seam that has to hold
- Riding trousers Where the knee armour sits when the knee is bent
- Riding suits and sets Jacket and trousers bought together, in one piece or two
- Summer gloves Protection where the hand lands, and air everywhere else
- Winter gloves Insulation, a membrane, and the feel that both cost
- Touring boots Above the ankle, and what the standard tests there
- Short riding boots Looks ordinary, and the standard says whether it is
- Back protectors A transmitted force, measured on a rig
- Airbag vests The one product here with a service schedule
- Rain gear Goes on over everything, at the side of the road
- Top boxes A volume in litres, and a plate that is sold separately
- Panniers Width matters more than volume, and it is publishable
- Tank bags Magnets, straps or a ring — and what your tank is made of
- Disc locks Stops the wheel turning, and nothing else
- Chain and U-locks What it is anchored to decides the outcome
- Onboard cameras Loop recording, mounting, and what survives rain
- Helmet visors Fits one model, and the list says which
- Anti-fog inserts A second pane, and a sealed gap between the two
- Liners and cheek pads Thickness in millimetres — the only published route to a fit
- Balaclavas and neck tubes Seams where the helmet presses, or nowhere
- Base layers Moves sweat, or holds it against the skin
- Limb armour Level 1 or level 2, and where the pocket puts it
- Engine oil The grade is not the specification
- Oil filters A cross-reference, or nothing at all
- Air filters Paper once, or cotton cleaned and re-oiled
- Spark plugs Heat range is not a performance rating
- Chain kits Pitch, link count, and the sprockets that come with it
- Chain lubricants Must be safe for the seals, and it says so
- Chain tools Breaks, presses and rivets — and pins that wear out
- Brake pads Sintered or organic — two behaviours, not two grades
- Brake fluid A boiling point that falls as the fluid takes on water
- Tyre repair kits Gets you home, and the maker says what happens next
- Pressure gauges Accuracy is published, and the valve has to be reachable
- Paddock stands Lifts by the swingarm, the spools or the frame
- Battery chargers Must know which chemistry it is charging
- Cleaning products What it must not touch is the useful line
- Phone mounts Vibration is the specification nobody prints
- Straps and nets A working load limit, not a breaking strain
- Motorcycle covers Breathable, or a condensation chamber
How this site works
Three promises, kept on every page
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Ranked on published specifications, never on commission
Commission has no say in where anything ranks. When the mid-priced helmet is the sensible buy because its internal shape suits more heads than the expensive one beside it, the page says so plainly — and when a dearer jacket earns its cost because the maker publishes armour pockets that actually hold the armour over the joint, the page explains exactly that.
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The deciding figure, left in the maker’s own unit
An approval reported with its version and date, never as a claim about protection; an armour level described as the force-transmission test it is, not as a grade; an oil’s specification kept beside its viscosity, because the specification is what decides a wet clutch; a chain given by pitch and link count rather than by brand. Each appears in the maker’s unit with its source named. A figure no maker published is marked as missing, never filled in.
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Sent to the Amazon store that actually delivers to you
The button opens the same reference on the Amazon store for the country you browse from, priced in your currency. When a model has no offer there — and riding gear is sized, homologated and stocked very differently from one market to another — the page tells you, instead of sending you to a dead listing.