Australia - CRASH helmet ratings are now published on the MotoCAP website CRASH safety ratings are now published on the MotoCAP website, providing safety ratings for motorcycle helmets, including 30 newly released ratings. MotoCAP - the Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program gives clothing separate star ratings for protection and comfort. The protection rating considers performance in abrasion resistance, seam strength and impact protection. The comfort rating is based on how comfortable the clothing is when worn in the Australian climate. Further information … [Read more...]
FIM Safety Award 2019 – MotoCAP
FIM - Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme – Safety Award 2019 - Clothing Assessment – A couple of weekends ago the FIM Awards took place in the Principality of Monaco, at the glittering ceremony of the FIM Gala. FIM says that the audience at the awards, “Including representatives from the one hundred and eleven national federations, motorcycling legends, various members of the FIM, championship promoters, manufacturer and team representatives, sponsors and other invited international guests, the 2019 FIM World Champions,” saw sports men and woman rewarded for … [Read more...]
Motorcycle Star Clothing Rated
Australia - New South Wales - Motorcycle clothing rated for a safe ride - The motorcycle clothing rating from Australia has been in the pipeline for a while and we reported on its existence previously. Now the first findings have been launched. The Australian Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program (MotoCAP) is similar to the star rating scheme for motorcycle helmets in the UK SHARP (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme) where the SHARP scheme aids motorcyclists to make an informed choice when buying a helmet. MotoCAP is run by a consortium of government … [Read more...]
PPE – FIM Public Affairs
Europe - FIM - Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme - Public Affairs attended and presented at the European Seminar on PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to highlight needs of riders for new motorcycle clothing. In our search around on the issues we missed this January report, were FIM & FIM Europe Director of Public Affairs John Chatterton-Ross, explained the development of the existing CEN (CE) standard and the new provisional standard for PPE which will run in parallel for the next few years. This is an issue that again stirs up misconception that … [Read more...]
Protective Clothing – What’s New!
Europe - FIM Europe - In an interview taken from the FIM Europe website John Chatterton-Ross, Director of Public Affairs - FIM Europe explains, with changes to European law coming next year, what is new regarding new developments in motorcycle protective clothing for street riders. FIM Europe - can you give more detail on this subject and explain what all this news about “PPE” means? “Yes. PPE – Personal Protective Equipment. It means protective equipment that we wear or use to keep us safe from injury. Human Protective Equipment might have been a better name… … [Read more...]
The Hump
While wandering around the internet, Facebook to be exact, we came across a question on the Moto Riders Universe group page, (a group that has nearly 150,000 members), which was, “What is the hump for on a motorcycle jacket? I'm looking all over forums everywhere and some people are saying it's for aerodynamics or protection, while some say both and others say it barely effects either.” While most replies indicated that the hump was an aerodynamic “feature” first mainly used by riders that race in high speed competition, a few suggested that they were a safety feature, … [Read more...]
Just A Motorcycle Jacket
Yorkshire - United Kingdom - My current motorcycle jacket is of the wax cotton variety. When I was looking to purchase a jacket of this type - at least six years ago - I mail ordered a Belstaff jacket - what else. Unfortunately Belstaff had been purchased by the Italians - fortunately keeping the Belstaff name going - however their vision of a 3xxxl sized jacket was a large chest but a 34 inch waist - I haven't had a 34 inch waist in several decades - so I was able to return the jacket. I then discovered Aerostitch in the USA - using their sizing chart for ample sized … [Read more...]
