Fitting the Held SAS-TEC back protector

The Held SAS-TEC Quattrotempi back protector is superb. It's robust, yet soft enough to mould, using your body heat nicely to the shape of your back. It's nice and light too, you hardly know you're wearing it. 

The protectors come in three sizes, Small, Medium and Large and fit most Held Jackets - not just the Quattrotempi range. In this blog you'll see how we fitted it, in less than five minutes, perfectly for the Held Sixty-Six Jacket. 

The protectors are made for the longer jackets- but there's no reason why you can't easily adapt them for the perfect fit to the shorter jackets too, such as the Sixty-Six. Take a look:

Held Sixty-Six Jacket and back protector ready for fitting

 

Locate the protector pocket, the SAS-TEC protector is so supple it can be easily slipped in

Built for long Held jackets, it's too big for the shorter Sixty-Six

 

Not a problem though- mark a line where it needs to end

Simple tools required to make it fit

Simple adjustment made

Bingo! Nice and snug fit now, ready to ride!

So, it's as simple as that. 

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The Held 'Black 8' textile jacket- just £229.99

The Held 'Black 8' ref number 6328- RP just £229.99

What sets this motorbike jacket apart is the fabric it is made of: High denier usually means stiff and uncomfortable; Not so! The 750D denier Tactel fabric is clearly heavy-duty but through the addition of Tactel this is a hugely comfortable sporty touring jacket with trousers to match. What's great are the practical additions of 4 outer pockets and the comfortable soft collar. The reflective print panels are plentiful. The internal removable thermal lining adds protection from wind-chill. SAS-Tec 3D shoulder and elbow Level 1 CE armour come as standard and the back armour pocket can be upgraded with a Level 2 CE protective panel.

Technical information

Components:
• DuPont 750D Tactel fabric
• Windproof, waterproof & breathable with Humax® Z-Liner
• Breathable inner mesh lining
• Removable inner thermal lining

Features:
• 4 outer pockets
• 2 inner pockets and 1 mobile phone pocket (not sized for Smart Phones)
• Airflow zip vents front and back
• Waist & sleeve adjustments
• SAS-Tec 3D Level 1 shoulder & elbow armour (EN1621-1)

• Back armour pocket upgradable with CE Level 2 armour (EN1621-2)

Why not add the trousers that match- the Held 'Gamble' just £189.99

View our online catalogue here

The Held gloves that Moto2 racer Gino Rea wears for wet sessions

Super fast Brit Gino Rea has chosen Held Race-Tex gloves to wear in this season's Moto2, wet sessions. For dry sessions he'll use the Held Titan / Phantom II gloves!

Racer Gino Rea's choice- the Race-Tex GTX Gore-tex waterproof sports glove

These summer motorcycle racer gloves are waterproof, but not prepared to give up the handling and feel of proper sports biking gloves. The key to these motorcycle gloves is simply this: They are a proper road and racer glove in every detail; the bonded version of Gore-Tex (called 'X-trafit') means that they are absolutely waterproof for the life of the glove, and the waterproofing does not alter the grip and dexterity.

Technical information
• Colourfast Kangaroo palm
• Cowhide and Kevlar backing on back of hand
• Perforated cuff & finger walls for airflow
• Gore-Tex X-trafit for absolute waterproofing
• Flat seams finish on fingers
• Superfabric panels

• Reinforced edge of hand

• RRP £169.99

You can see more information and colour choices on page 203 of our online catalogue. Click here

Sporty 4-season jacket from Held

Not everyone wants a long jacket, some prefer the sportier look. But with this unpredictable weather you'll still be looking for waterproof, warm and breathable, to cover all eventualities. (Good old UK!)

Introducing the Held Imola II!

Held Imola II full gore-tex sport jacket

Outer shell
• DuPont Cordura 500D (100% polyamide)

 Lining
• Detachable thermal liner (100% polyester)
• COOLMAX breathable mesh inner lining (100% polyester)
• 3D air mesh panels (100% polyester) in back to promote air circulation

Membrane
• GORE-TEX Z-Liner Technology (100% polytetrafl uorethylene)

Fit/features
• 4 external pockets
• 7 inner pockets
• internal cellphone pocket
• air-vent zippers in front, back & arms
• front air-vent zipper
• dual arm adjustment
• hip adjustment
• soft collar
• stretch panels on inner arms
• full-length back protector can be integrated into jacket lining

 Protection
• exclusive EN 1621-1 CE-approved Held cloverleaf SAS-TEC shoulder & elbow protectors
• TEMPERFOAM back pad
• Optional EN 1621-2 back protector
• Connecting zip
• 3M SCOTCHLITE refl ectors

Sizes
XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL, 3X

For more information please see page 70 / 71 of our online catalogue

Warm in Winter and great all year round..

The Held Hakuna Jacket has served me well over the last 3 years- standing around on a chilly bonfire night, riding in the rain, riding in the cold, riding in the warm. It has proven to be a real all-rounder. Good value too with an RRP under £300.

Held Hakuna - a great all-round motorcycle jacket

Take on the world with confidence in this cutting edge touring jacket. It's mega warm when it's cold - but this jacket also has AIR-VENT zippers in the front, back and arms, zip off side panels, and a concealed AIR-VENT channel underneath the front zip for extra cooling when the going gets hot! With dupont CORDURA outer shell, COOLMAX mesh lining, and HUMAX Z-Liner membrane it is the ultimate in comfort for the long way round, down or up! It also packs a punch with KNOX CE armour at the shoulders and elbows, TEMPERFOAM at the back, upgradeable to CE armour. If you are after style, comfort and protection in a jacket that can take on continents and win, this is THE jacket for you!

Specifications:

• DUPONT Cordura shell (100% Polyester)
• COOLMAX mesh lining
• HUMAX-Z-Liner membrane
• KNOX CE armour at shoulders & elbows
• TEMPERFOAM at back, upgradeable to CE armour
• 4 outside pockets
• 2 inside pockets
• Back pocket
• Zip-off side panels
• Double arm adjustment
• Waist adjustment
• Waist belt
• Stretch panels at shoulder
• Soft collar
• Air-vent channel underneath front zip
• Connector zip
• SCOTCHLITE reflective panels

Note: Jacket is only waterproof while the HUMAX climate lining is zipped in - With no lining attached, the jacket maximises air-flow and remains shower resistant.

For more information on Held in the UK please visit www.held-uk.co.uk

Cold Champ Gloves- keeping you warm!

Now there's a definite nip in the air we'll be featuring our gear over the next couple of weeks that will help keep you warm and prolong your motorcycling season. 

Today we'll take a look at the Held Cold Champ winter motorcycle gloves.

The Held 'Cold Champ' superb warm winter motorcycle gloves

Winter gloves can easily mean 'bulky gloves' without much feel for the road or control. Co-developed between HELD and Gore, the combination of highly effective thermal linings and a specialist laminate layering means these motorcycle winter gloves are the closest you can get to having your cake and eating it. Excellent warmth, very clever technology, great grip and road feel, and waterproof for the life of the gloves!

Great grip, great protection, warm and dry! Gore-Tex & Held together.

User review, Simon Weir from RiDE Magazine: These are three-season gloves and they're great. Comfy, warm, properly dry thanks to their Gore-Tex membrane and with hard knuckle armour and both wrist and cuff fasteners/ adjusters.

Until the short-lived May Bank Holiday heatwave, these had become my default gloves because, as well as being comfy and protective, they're not bulky and give great feel for the controls.

Some of the spec:

Goat's leather - superior abrasion resistance, better 'feel'
Taslan textile fabric panels
Gore-Tex X-trafit waterproof & breathable membrane
Wrist & cuff Velcro closure
Superfabric protection panels
Stretch panels for fit
3M Thinsulate lining for warmth
Thermoplush fleece lining on upper hand for wind chill protection
3M Scotchlite reflex panels

Check out the Gore-Tex information here:

To view these gloves check out our online catalogue (page 208) here:

50p spring scuppers Held wearing racer Joe Burns

 A great start ends with first DNF of 2013. 

The team arrived in Silverstone in typical Autumn weather, cool and showers, the track remained damp in places so Joe decided to sit out free practice as there was nothing to learn, the forecast for qualifying was for dry conditions. 

Joe Burns

Qualifying 1 saw Joe achieve 6th fastest time, generally he was happy with the bike, but felt he could improve with a couple of set up adjustments. With set-up changes applied Joe took Qualifying 2 by storm and achieved a 1.7 second improvement compared to the first run, placing him second fastest. 

The combined qualifying times gave him a 3rd place start, front row of the grid, Joe said afterwards that ‘I am very pleased with the result and I'm feeling good about the race’.
Race day was dry and warm, ideal racing conditions, Joe lined up on the grid and made an excellent start to get into second place behind Filip Bacland before they entered Copse Corner. This pair then pulled a clear gap to third place and by the end of lap 2 Joe was lining up to take the lead. 

Towards the end of lap 3 Joe heard the bike engine note change dramatically and the bike lose power, he realised there was a problem and pulled into the pits fearing the worst, in the event it was a simple £0.50 spring that had failed, causing the exhaust to operate incorrectly. 

Joe and the team were extremely disappointed, Joe said ‘this is the first time we have had a failure of this spring, it is just incredible that a £0.50 component has let me down, I was ready to make my move on Filip and was feeling really comfortable, I feel I have lost a certain podium and probably a win today, it won’t happen again’.

For more about Held including a UK stockist list please visit www.held-uk.co.uk