Riding Gear

Buying your first motorcycle jacket—or upgrading your current one—is one of the most important gear decisions you will make. It’s…

Jake Miller March 19, 2026 18 min read

If there’s one thing that will destroy a good motorcycle jacket faster than a slide on the asphalt, it’s cleaning…

Jake Miller March 19, 2026 18 min read

When we swing a leg over a motorcycle, we enter into an unwritten contract with physics—one that doesn’t care about…

Jake Miller January 8, 2026 36 min read

When you see someone walking down the street in a sleek leather jacket from Gap or Zara, you might think…

Jake Miller January 3, 2026 42 min read

“Dress for the slide, not the ride.” This timeless motorcycling adage exists for one simple reason—pavement is essentially a high-speed…

Jake Miller January 3, 2026 35 min read

I’ll never forget the call I got from a fellow rider named Marcus three summers ago. He’d been riding for…

Jake Miller December 30, 2025 22 min read

I’ll never forget the day I pulled up next to a rider at a stoplight sporting a fluorescent green mohawk…

Jake Miller December 30, 2025 27 min read

I’ll never forget the day a rider walked into our tech department at Cycle World with a helmet that looked…

Jake Miller December 30, 2025 21 min read

I’ll never forget the first time I reached for my prized matte black AGV K6 and felt that unmistakable tackiness—that…

Jake Miller December 30, 2025 24 min read

It happened in the parking lot of a roadside diner somewhere between Flagstaff and Sedona. I’d just finished a mediocre…

Jake Miller December 30, 2025 28 min read