It’s that time again folks, jack frost is starting to rear his ugly head, the heavens are opening and it’s time to put the summer gear away for the foreseeable! Here though is a nifty little trick by those dry guys Nikwax.

If like me, you don’t want a pair of gloves for sun, for hot days, for light showers, for snow, for cold blah blah blah well with Nikwax glove proof you don’t need to, My intention when I bought this was to waterproof my summer textile gloves, now I should say they are in no way waterproof, at all in fact, but after a coat of this stuff? well lets find out?
Well i used it and as if the weather gods were on my side (or not depends how you look at it) it rained 2 days later! get in! and i must add, after the 45 minute ride in the rain my hands are dry! my jeans are soaked but that’s a story for another time.
The stuff itself was pretty fiddly to apply, my gloves have leather palms and leather in between the fingers so I wasn’t really sure how much was enough, so i went with the slap it on approach, which meant they took and ages to dry (overnight), but that could have been my mistake for being a bit over zealous.

Bang for Buck
At least than a Lady Godiva to waterproof your gloves is pretty dang good

Eye Candy
Doesn’t really apply for this one, it dries clear and you wouldn’t know it’s on there (visually)

Quality
It does everything it claims to, so no complaints here

Ease of use
This was the area that lost me a bit, it reminded me of cleaning my shoes when I was a kid before going to my nans birthday bash, and it was a little vague on how much I should slap on, but having said that, fill in the blanks yourself and you get Open bottle- squeeze stuff onto gloves – let it dry. so yeah I guess its pretty straight forward.

Happy Choppers Reckons
Well if you don’t think dry, warm  hands is worth a fiver you should probably have a word with yourself, freak…

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The new Bell helmet is here! it’s called the Bell Custom 500, This lid has always been one of the coolest old school lids around and up until now was only available from the states as an import and carrying a DOT label that wasn’t recognised in the UK so wasn’t technically legal to wear.

But have no fear! this one is fully certified safe and tested, the main benefit to this new lid is that it has five different shell size’s and a low profile design so no more looking like a Martian with this bad boy!

the lid comes in 10 colours standard colours, and bucket loads of customs catering from the nice standard colours through to the more out there colours like the one featured in our picture and thanks to its fibreglass construction weighs in at featherweight 1200 grams, it has built in pop fasteners to allow fitting of after market visors and has a comfortable padded double d-ring chin strap.

Bang for Buck

Retailing at just £129.99 we think this modern classic lid is a brucie bargain! as far as open face lid that don’t cost a massive wad of cash go, we think you can’t go wrong with the New Bell Custom 500.

Eye Candy

The main bit of eye candy with this lid is actually not what you see but would other people see, with it’s lower profile having this on won’t make you look like, well, a bell! the huge astronaut/ plastic afro look is no more!

The second and equally important bit of eye candy is that these lid’s even in the plain colours look amazing, the quality in the paint is obvious when it’s in your hand plus the custom colours available are frankly awesome! there’s loads of variations available and the price doesn’t sky rocket with the candy and custom colours.

Quality

Bell have been leaders in the helmet field for years and years and there’s a pretty good reason for it, this lid has an advanced fibreglass shell, a high quality liner, and as mentioned in the eye candy section the paint quality is high. Bell must have faith in themselves too as this lid comes with a five year warranty.

Ease of use

One must insert ones cranium into the pre-assigned cranial reception orifice to engage proper usage.

No seriously it’s pretty easy to work a helmet, you stick you loaf in the big hole bit, the d rings can be a bit fiddly if you’ve never used them before but that’s not really bell fault

Happy Chopper Reckons

What do we reckon? well, the general consensus is good job bell, this is a cracking little lid for a pretty decent price, the quality is good, the fact that it comes in a bunch of different colours means that you and your chums won’t look the same. The Bell Custom 500 pretty much ticks every box which is why it ranks top marks, the only knark if I had to find one is the name, it’s to long

Good lid, Good price, it’s going to be a popular choice

Don’t get ripped off by people charging a premium for these bad boys, get em here for £129.99

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