Author: Matt Lewis

Archambault’s Angle: Winterizing Your Riding Gear

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Unless you are living somewhere southern and sunny, summer has faded, and fall never lasts long. Here in Seattle that brings months of gloomy, wet days. Odds are, after the summer your riding gear is not in great shape, even the Gore-Tex stuff. Jackets and Pants While I end up having to wash my Klim [...]

Touratech at Intermot 2016

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Intermot is the mother of all motorcycle shows. It takes place every other year in Germany and Touratech has a huge presence. It's a chance for us to showcase classic Touratech parts and accessories and unveil exciting new motorcycle upgrades and products. This year, Touratech-USA's, Matt Willson was on-hand to talk about some of the [...]

2016 Honda Africa Twin Bike Build: Part 2

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Touratech has so many upgrades for the Honda Africa Twin, that they wouldn't fit in just one blog post! This is the second of a two part build.   Your Africa Twin gets you from point A to Point B, but how is the rest of your stuff getting there? One word: Panniers. There is [...]

2016 Honda Africa Twin Bike Build: Part 1

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The Honda CRF1000L Africa Twin is the buzz bike of 2016. The re-issue of the stalwart adventure motorcycling legend has set the industry on it’s ear and if you’re one of the lucky few to have gotten your hands on one then you know what the buzz is about. It's clean lines and aggressive styling [...]

Packing for a Motorcycle Trip

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Preparing for a motorcycle trip correctly is paramount to the success of the trip. If you do it right, you’ll be safer on the trail, prepared for unforeseen situations, more comfortable and have more fun. In this presentation (given at Touratech Rally East in 2016), Backcountry Discovery Routes rider and Touratech-USA CEO, Paul Guillien gives [...]

The Motorcycle Suspension Glossary

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Riders hear a lot about suspension in discussions about motorcycle performance. We all know what shocks and forks are, but motorcycle suspension has a language of it's own, so we asked our staff and some of the experts in the field we work with to put together this directory of motorcycle suspension terms. Hopefully, it'll help you when [...]

Touratech Companero World 2: A Riding Suit For All Seasons

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Mick McDonald is the owner of motorcycle tour company Compass Expeditions and recently returned from leading their 19-day Australian Encompassed ride from the steamy port city of Darwin to the cold climates of Melbourne. Mick tried out the Touratech Companero World 2 “summer” riding suit on this ride and these are his thoughts. The Australian [...]

Touratech FanVideo: 10,000 USA Miles on a GS

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Tim Collins is an avid rider and motorcycle traveler. He's prepping for an upcoming adventure in 2017, but recently traversed 10,000 miles in the USA in just 5 weeks and shared this sweet video taken from his Touratech equipped BMW R1200GS. Enjoy!

The New Guardo Desert Glove

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Touratech introduces our first glove and it's a good one! Utilizing research from DAKAR and many other off-road challenges we've developed the Guardo Desert Glove. It combines all of the best material technologies into one lightweight, airy, summer adventure glove.  Perfect for warm weather riding on and off road, the Guardo Desert features a tough leather [...]

Archambault’s Angle: Winterizing Your Motorcycle

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It’s September, fall is here in many parts of the country and there is no secret that winter is right around the corner.  In Seattle, the winters are mild and with a good Gore-Tex suit there is no reason to stop riding.  Growing up in New Hampshire, I know that many parts of the country [...]