Ogio 6900 Gear Bag
- Lots of storage and durability make the Ogio bag a reliable product
- Zippers, pockets, and fabric held up to years of abuse
- We couldn’t quite fit boots into the boot compartment
We used Ogio’s 6900 gear bag for several seasons and through dozens of races and riding sessions. We were very impressed with the Ogio bag and had no equipment failures. In short, it did its job.
Our bag survived all kinds of weather conditions, including baking sun, rain, snow and just about every other element without missing a beat. The only signs of wear were a slight fading of the fabric after years in the Sun. No complaint there.
The Ogio bag has a spacious main compartment and separate compartments for goggles, helmet, boots, spare tools, and many little pockets for spare tear-offs, gloves, paperwork, or whatever.
We dragged our Ogio 6900 up and down the east coast to many tracks, down many highways and through many airports, and it never let us down once.
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video showing the features of the Ogio 6900 bag.
Thor Static Gear
- Unique over-the-boot design
- Pants convert to shorts
- Better for freeriding, off-road, and hotter weather
Thor, always a trendsetter for style, has introduced some daring new gear lines this year. Aside from the bold stylings of the new “Original Gangsta” and “Check Me Out” Core gear, Thor offered up the new Static free ride gear, including the “Sniper” pattern shown here.
We ain’t gonna lie- this gear is different. Vet class racers that we are, we were amused by the bold look of the Sniper gear when we pulled it out of the box. We love new gear anyway, so I suited up and tried the gear out at Tomahawk, West Virginia.
The “star camo” pattern, audacious in the showroom, comes alive when outside. West Virginia is camo central, what with all the hunting and fishing enthusiasts that live in this… ah… neck of the woods.
Throwing on a free flapping three quarter jersey and over the boots riding pants just make you want to go hit a freestyle ramp. We also tested the gear in a race, for fun, and found that it stood up well.
For a cool twist on the familiar camo style, try on a pair of Thor
Static Snipers.
Alpinestar Tech 10s
- replaceable sole for long boot life.
- removable inner bootie offer stability
- buckles a little sticky, but no big issue
We have been wearing this prototype pair of Alpinestars Tech 10s for a couple seasons now, so we have a pretty good idea of how they perform.
Alpinestars obviously is the choice of many top level racers. Wait, make that almost all the top level racers. There are many good boot brands out there, but Alpinestars has earned their reputation as top of the line moto footwear.
The inner bootie provides a tight fit for the ankle and mucho support for the ankle on those “slam” landings (we call them “Misfit G-Outs” around Moto East). The white Tech 10s we tried always have that Star Wars “Stormtrooper” vibe to me, but these boots work great.
The removable sole and durability make Alpinestars a great choice.
The only issue we had with these boots, and this might be because of
their pre-production nature (we’ve had them for awhile), was the
buckles sometimes failed to latch very easily. This had us a little
annoyed at times when we were late for practice trying to get our boots
buckled, but it’s a minor thing.
Bell Moto 5
- Excellent roost protection
- Kevlar shell
- Nice graphics, attention to detail
Jason has worn Bell helmets since 1979, so he was happy to throw on the Kevlar Bell with Showtime graphics. What a great helmet. There are various debates going on about the effect of a hard shell helmet, but the Bell with its Kevlar shell was Jason’s choice for dozens of races.
He even tested it for us. The Bell has some battle wounds, including a major divot that got taken out at Budds Creek at the Loretta Lynn qualifier. The Bell offers superior roost protection due to the rubber mesh that extends above the mouthgard. The removable pads are nice, although the cheeckpads can be a little tough to position sometimes (cheeky things!).
Jason survived at least one rag doll crash where he landed on his head wearing the Bell, and still turned out relatively normal, for him. The graphics didn’t fade and he had no problems. Bell still stands tall as a marquee helmet maker in the competitive, rough and tumble world of motocross.
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