It's EICMA time, the biggest motorcycle show in the world, so plenty is happening. We shared Davida's teaser about their first ever full-face last week. The helmet will not be available to purchase until early 2018. The choice of which full-face lid to buy next just got tougher. Here is more info. New Davida 94 FF Features Certified ECR22-05 & to be rolled out with DOT FMVSS No 218 & ACU Gold Advanced 'orbital laminated' GPR composite shell construction for exceptional streng

Next week, one of our favourite companies, Davida, is launching its first ever full-face helmet. There are no still images and details are scant, until the launch at EICMA, Milan next week, so you have to just do with this video. It looks interesting though. The Koura is, Davida says, 'a race-bred, retro-inspired, high performance helmet, clearly identifiable as a Davida, with an exceptionally low profile and a strikingly bold styling that will be impossible to go unnoticed o

Our mates at Hebtroco are going from strength-to-strength. I've known Ed, one of the founders - the beardy one, for a few years. He bought a Triumph Speed Triple off me a couple of a years ago and plans to race his rare Danish Nimbus at this year's DirtQuake. With his friend, Brant, they decided to try revive the dying trouser-making industry that used to dominate the Yorkshire town of Hebden Bridge. They started with one style and material of moleskin trousers, and found a f