Biking brands you trust.

[CarlosCBR]

Following on from the other thread "Biking brands you avoid". Which brands do you trust to be worthy of your hard earned?

Mine are Bridgestone, Frank Thomas, Varta, Suomy and NGK. Not one of those companies has ever let me down and i like to try different stuff to see whats about and always seem to go back to those companies when i need their sort of thing.

When the compo comes in i will be sampling Shark helmets, Alpinestars for boots/gloves and Hein Gericke for some textiles, hopefully they will be worth it as i have heard good things about them and they arent the cheapest of brands either.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Hideout, Honda, Ipone, Motul, Sidi, Metzler, Pirelli, Yuasa, Akrapovic, MHP.

Same reasons as above really. Always done good quality stuff, and sorted me out when required. Hideout are probably the ones I trust most. They hand make leathers about 30 miles from my house. Do alterations too. CE Level 2 approved.
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[Kris]

Shoei, Arai and Sidi.

I *did* trust Hein Gericke until their waterproofs leaked from day one. Textiles are good though.
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[dogbot]

Kawasaki, Akrapovic, Bridgestone, Pirelli, Arai, Alpinestars, Sidi

I suppose Yamaha, too. Can't really blame them for one bad dealer experience. Could blame 'em for cutting corners with cheapo Chinese electronics, though...

[Mord]

Arai, HG, Alpinestars

[Willson]

RST. Had a spill in their Razor leathers and hardly a scuff.
Suzuki, although their replacement parts are expensive.
+1 on Bridgestone, NGK and Alpinestars.

Willson
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[MarJay]

Bridgestone... no way...

Pirelli any day of the week. Hein Gericke, Crowtree. Thats about it really.
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NGK
Sidi
Arai
Spidi
Alpinestar
Hill4leather
Steve Jordan motorcycles
Brembo
Goodridge
ohlins
castrol
Renthal sprockets
k & n
pirelli
metzler
dunlop
snap-on
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[hmmmnz]

i trust no one,
its all just shit, i don't expect anything good from any gear,
the only products i have been surprised with the quality is

kenda tyres, (odd tyre sizes, so good for those of us with 80's bikes)
setup boots (factory now closed)
ice breaker (best made marino base layers)
modern MZ motorcycles (shame they just make poxy scoots now )
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[Polarbear]

I suppose it depends what you mean by trust. Do you mean things have never gone wrong? Well then I have a huge list! Or do you mean they sorted problems out without bitching when they went wrong?

If that is the case -

Oxford - They sent me a new controller for my heated grips when the first went wrong.
Daytona - Made a completely new pair of 'made to measure' boots for my wife when she complained the first pair were a bit slack.
Triumph - replaced a radiator trim when I moaned there was a very slight run in the paint.

Thats about it.
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Honda
Yamaha
Mitas
Michlein
DID
Renthal
Castrol
Amsoil
EBC
HEL
IXS
Shoei
Aplinestar
Touratech (rip-off for what you get though)
Happy trail
Moto Israel
IMS
Acerbis
HPN Deutschland
Motoworks
Motobins
ABBA
UNI filter
Pro taper
Endura Last
Odessy
Ohlins
WP
Talon
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[andys675]

kawasaki
Dainese for leather and goretex
alpinestars for gloves and boots
shoei
yamaha
daytona boots

[mistergixer]

Suzuki - they make Gixers, Gixers = win.

Anything else is teh ghey. Anyone who says different loves the cock and has the (bad) Aids.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

Not sure a brand is something to be trusted that much. To me a brand is a badge invented by a marketing department to try and charge more for what they can sell. To an extent I trust it as much as I trust a marketing departments short term need to sell something against their long term wish to maintain a brand name.

I suppose I would prefer to look at it as a make, which might be related to a brand or might just be the cheapest supplier they could find.

That said a brand might be aimed at the cheap rubbish end of the market and to be avoided (any number of Chinese 125 makers), or aimed at a specification that doesn't suit me (Harley).

All the best

Keith
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[Yarri]

Yamaha is good
Suzuki is ok
Honda is over-rated
Kawasaki - will be finding out soon
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[stigg]

Dobles in Coulsdon, replaced my new blade when they thought it sounded wrong before I picked it up, sorted me out when someone from Honda dropped my SP1 and have always been very helpful. Arai, Sidi, Wolf and Browning all seem very reliable as well.

[jay12329]

Arai, for custom fitting my lid.
HG, crashed in leathers twice. Replaced Jacket FOC after a crash. Always good for parts and gear.
Triumph!

J

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