Field Notes

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In Defense of Motorcycle Shows
Kickstands & Kevlar Blog: “I’m not going to that event;...
Making Riding Gear for Women & Other Great Leaps of Faith
Kickstands & Kevlar Blog: In a time of lagging motorcycle...
The 10 Best Overland Vehicles of the 2019 SEMA Show
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In Defense of Motorcycle Shows

Kickstands & Kevlar Blog: “I’m not going to that event; I’m going riding… Why would you go hang around a convention center when you could spend a beautiful weekend riding with your friends.”  What was I thinking? Hanging around some event hall was bound to be a total waste of a glorious weekend. Had I made a mistake? And then I remembered, this is why we go to motorcycle shows.

Making Riding Gear for Women & Other Great Leaps of Faith

Kickstands & Kevlar Blog: In a time of lagging motorcycle industry growth, here come the women to save the day. We’ve increased in number by 50% in the last decade. We hold the keys to one in five of all motorbikes owned in America. Despite the rise in female ridership over the course of the last decade, the choices in high-performance gender-specific gear remain eerily static.

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