New Ideas
NEW IDEAS
MS Racing Evader Series
If today’s pierced-nippled, Metal Mulisha types have you doubled over with laughter, MSR’s new camouflage Evader Series may fit you to a tee. Made to the same standards as the rest of the company’s dirt apparel, the Evader jacket sports a fleece collar, mesh liner, handwarmer pockets and anatomically curved arms. It’s manufactured from water-resistant, 500-denier cordura-nylon, same as the Evader pants ($82), which also boast long-wearing kevlar knee panels, spandex calf inserts and a left-leg cargo pocket. Ammo not included.
MS Racing, 232 Granite St., Corona, CA 92879; www.msracing.com
Fastway Rhino Graphics
How to make your 2000-02 Yamaha YZ250/400/426F stand out in a sea of true-blue Thumpercrossers? Dress it up with Fastway Rhino graphics. Each $60 kit comes with perforated gas-tank and radiator-shroud decals, plus swingarm stickers.
MountainSpeed, Inc., 8024 SW 35th Ave., Portland, OR 97219; 503/244-8368; www.mountainspeed.com
Meguiar's Wheel Cleaner
Say goodbye to brake dust, road grime, tar and water spots with Meguiar's new Hot Rims/Cool Care All Wheel Cleaner. Neat thing is, it's safe for use on all wheel coatings-anodized, chromed, cleared, painted, polished, etc. Retailing for Price $5 the 24-ounce spray is available at most auto-parts stores.
Meguiar's, 17991 Mitchell South, Irvine, CA 92614; 800/854-8073; www.meguiars.com
ProShow Tile Flooring
One-up your buddies with ProShow s snap-together tile floors. Quick and easy to lay down and pull up, they're great in the paddock and at the local concours d'elegance. Plus, the non-slip, heat-retardant design is available in 11 standard colors, with custom hues and silk-screened graphics of fered as options. Per-square-foot pricing starts at $3.20. ProShow also sells a full line of pit accessories, from aluminum-framed wall systems and water-cooled fans to folding barri ers and cargo karts.
ProShow, 5304-H Winder Hwy., Braselton, GA 30517; 770/965-1877; www.proshow.net
Headwinds Valkyrie Vee Bar
Holy halogens! Headwinds' machined-aluminum Honda Valkyrie Vee Bar serves as the starting point for a host of custom lighting options, including the 7-inch Mariah Concours Rocket headlight, 41/2inch Mariah Bullet spotlights and matching 3-inch turnsignals shown here. Headwinds sells a huge selection of high-style products (more than 100 headlights alone!) for American and Japanese motorcycles. The Vee Bar retails for $286, and comes with a windshield adapter plate.
headwinds, 221 W. Maple Ave., Monrovia, CA 91016; 626/359-8044; www.headwinds.com
Suomy Biaggi Replica
Four-time 250cc World Champion Max Biaggi had a tough time of it this past season. Trying to bring down eventual 500cc-class titletopper Valentino Rossi, the diminutive Italian ended up on his head more times than he'd care to remember. Credit for Biaggi's current cognizance, then, must surely go to his Suomy Gunwind helmet. Tipping the scales at a claimed 3.2 pounds, the bag molded Biaggi Replica boasts a wind-tunnel-developed shell, an Ui/ / tralure liner, anti-fog shield, plus brow, chin and scalp venting. Be like Max for $400. :1
Gearbox International, 950 Gilman St. #800; Berkeley, CA 94710; 800/799-9444; www.gearboxinternational.com
Ryza Tank Pads
Call'em what you will-groin guards, package protectors, sack sentinels-Ryza’s Magnetic Tank Pad and velcro-inplace Racing Tank Pad have but one purpose: protect the family jewels from potentially painful collisions with your motorcycle’s gas tank. Covered in black vinyl, the spongy $30 protuberances arc guaranteed against untimely lift-off.
Ryza Inc., 6 Citation Or., Toronto, Ontario, Canada M2K 1S4; 416/223-6666; www.ryza.net
