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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The Aventuro Carbon Wins Helmet Shootout

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Shawn and Lance Thomas are known throughout the motorcycle industry as "The Adventure Brothers." Bonded by blood and a love for 2-wheeled fun, their opinions are read and respected by riders across the country. Touratech was happy to provide them with a couple of our Aventuro Carbon helmets for testing when they asked. They told [...]