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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 [...]

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 [...]

Video: Touratech Rally East

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Touratech friend and customer, Darryl Liston attended Touratech Rally East in August with video camera in-hand and put this killer video showing the rally in Huntingdon from start to finish. Thanks Darryl! We love it! Can't wait for next year!

Parked Out Front: Tanja and Philipp

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Touratech sponsored riders, Tanja and Philipp stopped by Touratech-USA Headquarters in Seattle today. They're from Rottweil, Germany and riding 2-up on their BMW F800. It's fully equipped with Touratech accessories including suspension and they're sporting the new Companero World 2 riding suits and Aventuro MOD helmets! The pair started their adventure in Anchorage, Alaska on May [...]

Here it is! The New Touratech-USA Website!

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Today Touratech is excited and extremely happy to finally unveil the new touratech-usa.com website. We've been working on it for a very long time and our goal is to make the customer experience as positive as possible. Here are just a few of the upgrades: The new user interface allows you to browse with categories [...]

Archambault’s Angle: LC8 Skidplate

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My 2005.5 KTM 950 Adventure has worn the same Touratech skidplate since it was new, and from the photo it is easy to see it has stood the test of time well, and is still completely serviceable.  Even just looking at the few years I have owned this machine, it has gone over countless downed trees, a [...]

Parked Out Front: Heiko Gantenberg

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Heiko Gantenberg is in Seattle this week on his way to Alaska. He's a Touratech sponsored rider from Germany and he's ridden over 50,000 miles through 18 countries since hitting the road in 2014. He'll be outfitting his classic Africa Twin with some new Touratech Suspension before heading up north. He's funded a lot of [...]