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JVB Moto - R nineT Kit

JVB Moto have launched another bolt-on kit for the BMW R nineT, and this version has just been released by their distributor Kedo. We're big fans of JVB's products as they're really well made and fit just like factory components without any need for grinding , drilling or faffing around - see my review of the XSR700 kit here. We featured a JVB BMW R nineT Racer, complete with some of this kit, last year. The seat and tail unit, mudguard and air intake can be fitted to the R nineT of your choice. Click here for the racer. This...

Oxford Retro Hot Grips

Ever since crossing the Alps in January I swore I'd never go through a winter again without heated grips. The latest glitter impregnated waffle barrels from Japan might look cool on your favourite custom but all that effort will be undone when trying to wipe away frozen man tears with a frostbitten paw. I've been fitting Oxford Products Hot Grips on most of my bikes ever since that horrendous trip and although they're not as perfect as a neatly integrated OEM set-up they sure make winter riding pleasurable rather than a painful chore. Problem is they look a bit motorcycle...

Ross' JVB XSR700 Super 7

Where does time go? I swear there's a sinkhole somewhere or a Bermuda triangle that consumes my waking hours without receipt or acknowledgement. With our big show around the corner the calendar is marked by the first anniversary of me owning my first brand new motorcycle. So of course it's been fully customised and I've rack-up 17,346 glorious miles of adventure. Have I bollox! Straight after the XSR 700 launch in 2015 I was hounding Yamaha for a good deal on one - see original review here. At last year's Bike Shed London show my prize was rolled off the...

SC Project XSR700 Exhaust

The XSR's 270 degree firing order makes such a beautiful noise and stifling that with a huge catalytic converter and ugly backbox is a crime. There are loads of options and some really inexpensive but for me there was only one contender, SC Project. Fastidious weldist and fabricator Calum from deBolex joined me for a walk around the huge EICMA show last year and agreed that the zorsts from this Italian manufacturer were the best looking. A Full system 2-1 with silencer Conic '70s landed at Bike Shed HQ and like an excitable child at Christmas I tore the box...