Roadskin Motorcycle News and Features

A fascinating and moving tale of migration and enterprise links a small cottage in Scotland to Harley-Davidson, the world’s most famous motorcycle company.

Roadskin’s owner Ian has been working with BikeSafe, a scheme in which professional police riders teach motorcyclists how to ride safely, for many years. We’re all bikers with a shared aim: to keep bikers safe on the road. Roadskin is very pleased to be supplying the BikeSafe team with our AAA-rated protective motorcycle jeans, the Taranis Elite.

Harley-Davidson is more than a motorbike - it’s a way of life. A name recognised and revered the world over, its glorious motorcycles evoke freedom, speed and the lure of the open road. So how did it get here?

Thanks to the AAA-safety rated Taranis motorcycle jeans that he was wearing when he collided with a motorhome in the Alps, Roadskin customer Mark Lee’s injuries were not nearly as severe as they might have been.

Riding jeans seem a cracking idea. You get protection while you're on the bike, yet they're more comfortable when you reach your destination. I've always found them a compromise, though. Get a pair that look like regular jeans, and you sacrifice safety; but going for proper protection means heavyweight linings, obvious seams and armour, and beer garden discomfort. But these genuinely do it all.