Choose your Hit-Air Vest here…
Hit-Air vests are initiating impact where ever they go.
The product: A peice of clothing basically manufactured from a giant inflatable air bag.
The idea: to provide an extra layer of protection for motorcycle and horse riders.
The truth: Hit-Air has the ability to save peoples lives.
Now you may think that may be an overstatement. In reality, we have had customers call and tell us how after surviving a horrific accident, doctors have told them that the vest they were wearing may have saved their life.
Weighing only 870 grams and with an inflation time of just 0.25 seconds – faster than the blink of an eye – it is no wonder that Hit-Air is fast becoming a world renown brand for safety.
With a massive variety of vests available (and most of them available in a black and hi-viz version), ranging from 399.99 to 299.99 it is easy to find a Hit-Air product to suit your individual needs.
With the UK and many other countries fast becoming a lot more safety concious, this vest really is worth a look at. With all the spare parts available from us, as well as unlimited advice from our Hit-air specialists who wear the vests themselves on a daily basis.
Still not convinced? Take a look at the products here, and see for yourself exactly how this vest could enchance the safety of your riding.
…well then contact us and let us help you!
We here at the Two Wheel Centre are dedicated to providing great customer service to you guys. We know just how important it is to let our customers know we’re not just a business, but a group of people passionate about motorcycles and everything that accompanies them.
You may have a query on a product you have seen on our website, a question on a price for a new tyre, or simply wanting to ask our advice on a problem you are having with your bike, we are happy to help in any way we can.
Even if it is something you have not seen on our website or know that we stock…ask us anyway! We love a challenge.
Our aims:
To get back in touch with you within the day (even if it is just to see how your lunch was)
To help you out as much as we can
To offer competitive prices
To provide quick delivery
To find out useful and most importantly correct information!
You can call us anytime between 9-6pm in the week and 9-5pm on a Saturday, email us at any time you like (bear in mind we do need sleep though!) or drop in and say hello! There will always be someone on hand in the area of expertise you require.
Now, what more could you ask for? A family run business, committed to treating you just like family.
Put simply, RST Clothing is incredible quality gear at an astonishingly low price.
Buy products from the 2012 RST Clothing range now
As one of the UK’s leading clothing brands, RST is very much a sports-focused brand, owing much of it’s heritage to it’s road/racing roots. Worn by the likes of Andrew Pitt, Cameron Donald, Ian Hutchinson and Chris ‘Stalker’ Walker, RST’s undoubted strong point is in designing and producing race leathers. For less than £500, you can get a suit such as the RST Pro Series Suit (pictured), which leaves £800 suits by the likes of Alpinestars and Dianese firmly on the hangers in stockists’ showrooms.
There’s also plenty to cater for the keen sports-tourer rider in the RST range. This type of rider requires endless functional features in their clothing; waterproofing, various removable liners, additional pockets, throat coats, vents and areas of adjustment, all from one day of riding to the next. The high requirements of the sports-touring lifestyle are met and exceeded by the RST clothing range.
A new line of attack for RST in 2012 was to design a jacket/jean combination for the adventure biker. If sports-touring riders demand good gear, then adventure riders go one further and demand the nigh on impossible. They want clothing that’s tough in the roughest of terrain; that can keep you cool in the stifling heat; that can keep you dry and warm in dismal downpours; that can endure extreme use for long days and nights. Surely a sports brand such as RST wouldn’t get it right, first time around? Indeed, they did – the RST Pro Series Adventure Jacket and Jeans hit the nail on the head.
In conclusion, the RST clothing range is diverse; with everything from profile fit racing leathers to day-to-day road riding gear, right through to the highest specification adventure bike clothing to deal with every eventuality. Being such a popular, quality and versatile range, RST has quite rightly become one of the foremost clothing brands for the UK biker now.
Why wait any longer? Buy RST Clothing now!
RoadLoK may be a new product to the UK, but it is tried, tested and highly rated in America.
Nevertheless, as with all new and unknown quanitities, there is always a buzz surrounding exactly how good (or not-so-good) something is.
We’ve heard every question under the sun about RoadLoK now, and we still love this simply secure solution to opportunist bike theft.
Here, we look to dispell some of the myths about RoadLoK and answer some of the most frequently asked questions about this new and innovative security product.
First of all, the dreaded ‘unsprung weight’ question:
There’s three parts to this answer.
First of all, a RoadLoK unit is made of lightweight billet aluminium and weighs in at just 363g, so it’s not actually that heavy, regardless. Then account for the fact that 363g of unsprung weight is the equivalent of approximately the sprung weight of 4L of fuel in your tank, and you’ll realise that the weight of the RoadLoK is hardly a factor at all.
Secondly, the placement of the RoadLoK is literally only an inch or two off the centre of the bike, so it’s not like there is a huge pendulum of weight trying to drag your bike off centre.
Thirdly, and quite significantly, this product has been adopted by KTM and Aprilia as a genuine accessory upgrade. If these boys think it’s good enough to have as an additional unsprung piece of kit on their pride and joy, then it goes a long way to say that you can be confident that your bike’s handling will not be affected by this little addition.
Most definitely not!
Let’s just agree on one thing before we continue though. Bike theft is rife in the UK, and although crims’ can club together and lift bikes into vans or put planks under your pride and joy and carry it away, the truth of the matter is that 72% of all bike theft is committed by that lone wanderer, thinking his chances look good and that he should ‘have a go’. This thief doesn’t carry around tools – especially an allen key – so already, the chances of such pre-meditation are unlikely.
Still, let’s say theorectically someone does undo your caliper bolts in an effort to make off with your bike….The RoadLoK is still a sealed unit, meaning that when the pin locates through the brake disc hole, it finds the closed side of the RoadLoK on the other side too. There is no access to the pin from the other side of the unit, and no chance of loosening the vice-like grip which the RoadLoK has on your brake disc, even without the caliper bolts out.
So, to sum up: Yes, someone can undo the caliper bolts, though it’s unlikely. Still, even if this happens, the RoadLoK is securely locked into place and acts to prevent your bike from being rolled away anyway.
Good question. There’s also a few elements to this answer:
First of all, a standard disc lock allows a degree of movement, meaning that the opportunist thief can still have a go at stealing your bike and actually just leave you with a big repair bill. With a RoadLoK, there’s no movement. Consequently, there’s no damage and the thief leaves empty handed.
Secondly, one day YOU are inevitably going to forget to remove your standard disc lock. You engage first gear, move off at a fair pace and ‘CRACK’ – there goes your mudguard, your caliper and/or your disc. The result? A potential £200+ repair bill immediately, and that’s if you manage to keep the bike upright. With a RoadLoK fitted, this won’t happen. Your bike will simply stall if you try to ride off, without an inch of movement.
Thirdly, RoadLoKs are Thatcham approved, meaning that (depending on your insurers) you’ll get an insurance policy discount.
So in this instance, it’s very easy to justify why a RoadLoK is an essential piece of gear, and why you should definitely invest in a RoadLoK rather than pay a bitter repair bill for your forgetfulness.
We hope this short article has dispelled some of the myths behind RoadLoK.
If you have any further questions, please post a comment below or contact us. We will be happy to update our article with your opinions and questions.
Scorpion Exhausts – born and bred British engineering of the highest quality. No comparison.
View the 2012 range of Scorpion Exhausts here.
Scorpion exhausts have always been good, but we can honestly say that we were quite taken aback by the new 2012 range.
The range is headed by the stunningly lightweight Scorpion RP-1 GP Silencer (pictured). This GP style silencer can save you up to 9kgs of dead (genuine silencer) weight, and weighs just 700g itself. Quite extraordinary.
What’s more, this is before we’ve even taken into account the performance benefits of fitting a Scorpion can to your bike. Every Scorpion exhaust is dynoed to ensure that it works seamlessly with the bike’s standard fuelling, delivering performance benefits throughout the rev range.
Still not won over? Don’t worry, there’s more.
Scorpion exhausts are completely road legal. They are E-marked for use in the UK and Europe, and yet – surprisingly – they still sound fearsome. Oh and of course, they come with Scorpion’s trademark removable baffle, meaning you have complete flexibility.
Scorpion exhausts come with a lifetime guarantee*, and whilst that’s a nice confidence boost when buying this awesome piece of kit, we’re convinced that the quality really is second-to-none, and you will probably never need to use the guarantee.
However, here’s something you might make use of, especially if you’re a racer or track day fanatic. Scorpion offer one-off, half-price replacements if you bin your bike and damage your can(s)*. This deal is exclusive to Scorpion, so if you were tempted to look elsewhere, let this be the deciding factor that Scorpion is the brand for you.
So, just to sum up, here’s some reasons why you should choose Scorpion:
So, based on the above, you’d expect a Scorpion silencer to cost the same as your wife’s new sofa (believe us, the sofa was twice as much as you were told), and we’d tell you that you’re wrong.
The RP-1 GP can, pictured above, is just £499.
Now, why would you want to buy any other brand???
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