what up guys it's adrian from YouMotorcycle and in today's video we're going to talk about
10 serious pieces of motorcycle gear, equipment, accessories, must-haves
for you guys to check out. This video is aimed at somebody who's been riding
two three four years already - we're not gonna be covering simple stuff like helmets jackets gloves
i'm gonna assume you guys already have all that, maybe some
riding pants too, we're gonna be starting a little bit past all of the basics. I have a whole two-car
garage full of crap and i'm gonna be sharing with you guys what some of the most awesome motorcycle
goodies to come out in the last 10-13 years are. It's around this time of year that a lot of us
have that loving woman saying "babe what do you want for christmas??" and we're all like
"oh i don't know babe" don't be that guy. Send her this video get some ideas from this vide. Maybe you'll
find something on here that you really really love and it'll be the best christmas holidays hanukkah
whatever of your life. All right you see this right here this like 13 years ago when I started riding,
it kind of looks like it's from walmart, but this was the coolest shoe that you could get back then.
You had two options really for motorcycle riding boots it was you either had
like doc martens and you look like you were in like some kind of metal band or you look like a
power ranger until these alpine stars blacktops came out but the reality is right now you have
a ton of options for motorcycle footwear you have stuff that you can wear if you're going out on a
date you have stuff that you can wear for business casual looks office settings you can jump off your
bike and that shoe you're wearing no longer looks ridiculous or no longer looks like it's kind of
trying hard and not really succeeding there is a ton of awesome motorcycle footwear out there
you guys should check out second thing i recommend if you guys are doing anywhere
over 20 minute motorcycle rides which you really should be if not what are you even doing having
a bike anything over 20 minutes of riding at 85 decibels or more which is what you're gonna hear
between your motor running and the air it's going to cause irreparable hearing loss i've been riding
like 13 years now i can't hear a damn thing which is sometimes kind of nice because mostly
people say a lot of stupid stuff but anyway I used to start with those hardware store
foam things you rolled them up rolled them up rolled them up took forever you stuck them in
your ear and then within like half an hour to an hour they were kind of hurting you anyway and
most recently i got these molded to the shape of my ear and i just look at that fits right
in super smooth it doesn't stick out the side of my ear it's just in there flush i put a helmet on
i don't feel it these things are great even when i'm vacuuming i use these things all the time
hearing protection is like the most underrated $100 or less you could spend in all of motorcycling.
The third thing that i really recommend is a phone mount that can also charge your phone
while you ride you got your phone mounts on there it's awesome for having your gps on you can see
if you have ways it'll show you where the police are so you never get a speeding ticket it's great
this just kind of clamps your phone in and these strap over top to really hold it secure
but this one here comes with this extra little feature so usb port on the side
power it power off it will charge your phone while you ride and the new ones are like $20 and for that
20 bucks it'll wirelessly charge literally just punch it in there and as soon as your
phone touches that back for 20 bucks it charges your phone while you ride to install it's super
simple it's just one cable that just goes positive terminal negative terminal of your battery that's
it. The next thing i recommend for you guys is get the phone number of a good reputable
trustworthy motorcycle towing company because one day you're gonna unfortunately have some bad luck
you're gonna be stuck on the side of the road and you're gonna be like who can actually trust
to not rip me off and to actually take care of my baby safely and you're either gonna be at the
mercy of whoever you call first to get yourself to
safety or you're gonna you know have someone who doesn't know what the hell they're doing so before
you need a tow figure out who the good guys are in your city save their number for when you need them
all right i'm from canada so trust me on this next one. The fifth thing you're gonna want is a neck
warmer maybe with some neoprene lining or some fleece lining something like that just to kind of
keep you extra warm why are you gonna want this is for two reasons first one is that when your neck
is all stiff your back gets all stiff and it's gonna make you reaction time when you're cold
your reaction times just it's slower so anything you can have to do evasive maneuvers is going to
be like you're going to be that much more delayed and the second reason is when your neck and your
back are stiff you are not going to be you want to be fluid you want to be able to move and lean and
all of that with the bike you don't want to be moving stiffly if your neck stiff your back stiff
your whole core is stiff you're not going to be fluid it's not going to be a good time next thing
i'm going to recommend is a gopro or any other action camera honestly i'm still on like a gopro
hero 6 which you can get used for really cheap there's like they're on model 9 now dirt cheap
i'll post all kinds of links in the description box down below to everything you guys can check
it out but i even have a mount on mine i use mine i have mine posted on the dashboard i have mine
posted recording over the back of the truck i i use this thing all the time for two reasons one
is it makes for really cool footage let's face it that's what gopro's known for if they capture all
kinds of awesome stuff a lot of moto vloggers are making thousands of dollars just posting
videos themselves riding every single month so these things pay for themselves in no time
but if you're ever in any kind of accident it just proves if you were doing everything all good if
you're obeying the law just gives you that much more evidence you can say hey it was the other
guy's fault and here's the proof these things for the couple hundred bucks you spent on them are
so so so worth it all right number seven and eight i'm doing together which is motorcycle tank
bag or motorcycle backpack basically anything that adds any sort of cargo carrying capacity
to your motorcycle there are ones that are magnetic they're ones that go to your backrest
they're ones that are like a backpack where straps come out and then you can hook up your
helmet to it there's all kinds of really cool stuff i have a ton of baggage because honestly
when you can take something like this bike and you can make it not just super fun but also practical
for running everyday errands like this thousand cc harley davidson v-rod is my daily driver it's my
commuter it's my errand runner it's my quick grocery trip go-getter i do everything on this
bike because it might be naked now but in a matter of minutes i can get all kinds of bags on there
and i can do just about anything with this bike. Number nine the second last thing i
recommend if you guys is a change of eyewear so whether that is lenses of different shades or if
you're going to have just a pin lock system on your helmet so you can easily replace
your helmet visors especially if you're going to be in your early 20s where you might go on a
date with a girl that might end up taking you five six hours spend the night that kind of situation
you're going to want to have something that you can do during daylight riding seeing comfortably
not be blinded and then at night time you try riding around with these it's going to
be a bad time switch to something like a yellow lens or a clear lens it'll be so much easier to
see the road you'll be so much safer and your eyes will thank you for it and you'll be super
safe which is also kind of handy and the last one honestly i wish i could show it to you guys
i just i don't have one it's it's a motorcycle airbag system it's kind of like a vest you wear
it over your chest and it just goes punk and explodes in order to create like an air cushion
that protects you from any impacts because unfortunately in accidents it's a lot of times
it's the internal bleeding from organ damage that can kill you so this tries to avoid that
considering like the possibility for saving your life is there for 700 bucks i mean
that's basically what insurance cost me and insurance is only gonna like
pay for my funeral and stuff versus this could actually stop me from having a funeral so it just
seems like a any kind of airbag system that you can get is probably a good deal for you and for me
now all that stuff i just talked about is is super cool i mean you've been doing something for like
10 15 years like me you start to accumulate a lot of just junk but here's the reality you don't need
any of that because motorcycling should be raw and beautiful and just you and the machine and really
i promise you the only thing that you need to have a good time on motorcycles
is the key that's it that being said i have posted links to everything in the
description box down below so if you do want to buy some of the crap that i just told you about
please click those links i've tried to link to the best prices on the internets if you can find
it cheaper for somewhere else please by all means get it cheaper from somewhere else or
just enjoy just being yourself on your bike and whatever man ride safe have fun peace