Meridian monster mileage!
Dunlop’s Trailmax Meridian has proven itself a monster-mileage tyre! I recently booked the Overland VFR1200 CrossTourer pool-bike in for an MoT and got a genuine…
No socket – no problem!
They say power is nothing without control – but what if you’ve got no power to start with? With kickstarts almost completely consigned to the…
‘Gold Premium’ – twice as hot?
Tecno Globe Gold Premium Heated Grips review Gosh. Both Gold AND Premium in the name… these had better be good! When I spec’d my new…
Flat pack fuel bags!
Overlanders can travel light and go further with Desert Fox Folding Fuel Cells, which add reserve fuel capacity without the need to lug around bulky…
No more rigid digits with KEIS heated gloves
KEIS G301 heated gloves review I think I’ve just found my new favourite item of motorcycle clothing, and I haven’t even plugged them in yet!…
Chinese adventure; Voge 500DS Review
Voge 500DS review by Paddy Tyson The motorcycling middleweight class is certainly buoyant at the minute and the Voge 500DS is another bike to jettison…
Oxford vented gloves review
No-one likes sweaty hands in summer, so Saul Jeavons has been trying something to keep those digits cool This summer I had a couple of…
‘East to Zero’ by Christian Brix
Occasionally books come along that demand your concentration and demand discussion. This is one. And yet, although full of philosophy and reflection, it is a…
H-D Pan America 1250 Special – first ride
Mid Wales in May and Paddy Tyson finally gets his hands on the Harley Davidson Pan America 1250 Special. After all the hype, just what…
2,500 miles to test a ComfortAir cushion
Numb bum? Who hasn’t experienced it on a long-distance ride? I certainly have, and I’ve dealt with it in a number of ways, from regular…
An open-face tourer called ‘Bob’
With its design HQ in Spain, LS2 is a helmet company that seems to be on a mission to ensure they have a helmet for…
Weise clothing reaches new heights
Apparently built to deal with whatever is thrown at it, the new all-season Summit jacket from Weise features a modular design for instant adaptability to…
Staying warm
Staying warm with TucanoUrbano When temperatures drop, as they have certainly done in the UK, many of us turn to extra layers to keep the…
Cold hands? Rich(a) solutions
If you suffer from cold hands this is the time of year the commute can really start to hurt. Infact if you have cold hands…
Forcefield Tornado Advance mid/base-layer review
With the change in the weather and onset of winter I decided to sample some of the mid- and base-layer garments on the market and…
Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT review
For an initial ‘getting to know you ride,’ editor Paddy Tyson took Overland Magazine’s new long-term Suzuki V-Strom 1050XT up to Scotland and then hopped…
Dunlop Mutant tyre review
If you’ve been involved in overlanding for some time, you may still find yourself having to think long and hard to name a Dunlop tyre…
Sinnis T380 Terrain review
First UK Review Overland have been gifted the first UK test ride of the new Sinnis T380 Terrain adventure bike, the first ‘big’ bike the…
New RPHA 90S touring helmet from HJC
HJC have reinvented their RPHA 90S to make it the most compact modular helmet on the market. First launched in 2012, the new version of…
Oxford Holwell 1.0 jacket review
Timeless style is an oft-used phrase, but there is little that describes this Oxford Holwell 1.0 waxed cotton jacket better. Most surprising is the way…