New Ideas
NEW IDEAS
Service Honda CR500AF
Attention superheroes: Your dirtbike has arrived! Service Honda’s two-stroke CR500AF is a real rocket ride, equally at home racing motocross and desert or roosting sand dunes and trails. The 2005 version of this custom-built machine utilizes Honda’s fourth-generation twin-spar aluminum frame, with options running the gamut from handlebars to cylinder porting. Prices start at $8999.
Service Honda, 5634 Hohman Ave., Hammond, IN 46320; 219/932-3588; www.servicehonda.com
Pure Power Lifetime Oil Filter
Pure Power oil filters can be washed and reused hundreds of times, and are lab-proven to be 90 percent more effective at removing 30-micron-and-smaller particles than conventional fiber/paper elements. The American-made, spin-on design incorporates a deeply pleated, duplex-woven T304 stainless-steel filter within a removable, 6061 T-6 aluminum housing. Price is $199.
DCS Distributing, 9024 Jeff St., Beliflower, CA 90706; 877/2901318; www.dcsdistributing.com
Two Brothers Racing Dual M2 V.A.L.E. Slip-On
Gain 5 horsepower and 2 foot-pounds of torque while losing 8 pounds of sprung mass on your 2005 Kawasaki ZX-6R? That’s the claim behind Two Brothers Racing’s slip-on Dual M2 Variable Adjustment Locking Exhaust system. Choose from polished-aluminum, carbon-fiber, X-Metal carbon-fiber or titanium canisters with gold-anodized or polished-aluminum retaining rings. Stainless-steel cores and Teflon-coated, die-cast magnesium end caps are standard. Prices start at $800.
Two Brothers Racing, 401 S. Grand Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92705; 800/211-2767;
www.twobros.com
Alpinestars Tech 10
Here’s what reigning AMA Supercross Champion Chad Reed, among others, is wearing this season: the $460 Alpinestars Tech 10. In development for three years, the all-new design brings protection even closer to the body. The Torsion Bar Bootie, for example, has dual external hinges, upping ankle support without transferring excess energy upward to the knee. Weight was addressed by slimming the closure system and using a multi-layer, multi-density, low-profile sole. Order yours in black, red, silver or white in full sizes 7-14.
Alpinestars, Inc., 2780 W. 237th St.,Torrance, CA 90505; 800/727-8277; www.alpinestars.com
DP Brakes Clutch Kits
Famous for its sintered-metal, original-equipment replacement brake pads and shoes, DP Brakes now boasts a line of high-performance clutches. Off-road kits come complete with ready-to-install, no-oil-soak-required friction plates, steel drive plates and shot-peened chrome-silicon springs. Street kits use the stock drive plates, except for Ducati applications, which come with steel plates. Prices start at $110.
DP Brakes, 4401 Walden Ave., Lancaster, NY 14086; 716/681-8806; www.dp-brakes.com
Bridgestone Gritty
Bridgestone says its new Gritty ED663 front (90/90-21) and ED668 rear (120/90-18, 140/80-18) tires were designed to meet the demands of European-style enduro racing, soft-terrain conditions in particular. Neat thing is, they’re also DOT-approved, so abandoning the single-track to run into town for food and fuel won’t get you into trouble with the law. Prices start at $86 for fronts, $94 for rears.
Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, 535 Marriot Dr., Nashville, TN 37214; 615/937-1000; www.bridgestone.com
Shok-SpotR Helmet Sensor
Banged your head lately? If you were wearing a helmet, you probably walked away without suffering any permanent injury, But what about your helmet? Even if the damage isn't obvious, and regardless of price or features, the helmet may be ruined. You would have a much better idea if your helmet were equipped with a $20 Shok-SpotR. This is a low-profile, adhesive-backed, impact sensor that attaches to the outer shell of any dirt or street helmet, preferably a brand-new one. Developed using current helmet test standards, including those employed by the DOT and Snell, the one-time-use-only Shok-SpotR accounts for not just the surface it covers, but all areas of the helmet above the imaginary industry-standard “test lines”—about an inch up from the bottom of the helmet. It’s easy to apply, and in our informal drop-test, at least, works as advertised. Now if only someone would make a product that eliminates crashes altogether...
Yorba Safety Concepts, 15581 Product Ln. #C5, Huntington Beach, CA 92649; 800/514-1495; www.shok-spotr.com
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