Airflow Seat Covers

The Airflow seat cover – the name kind of says it all, but there’s more to this simple pull over cover then what first meets the eye.
Over a 2 week period, we gave it hell too put the product to the ultimate test against riding conditions in our beautiful South Africa.

First impressions:
The first thing we noticed was how low the price for these covers are, considering the costs of other odds and ends that are available in the motorcycle industry. At only R 650 per a unit direct from the importer, regardless of the size of your seat, that’s not actually a bad price.
Add to that includes next day delivery as well! Even the service that you get when ordering your new Airflow is exceptional, with constant follow ups and tracking details throughout the delivery stage.
As for the packaging, it’s nothing too fancy, but then it’s also not the worst thing in town. In other words, it is the typical type of packaging you’d come to expect in the motorcycle industry 🤣

Fitment:
The Airflow seat cover is surprisingly easy too install on any motorcycle you buy one for, as long as you know how too remove your seat.
Simply pull it over the seat you want to cover and reinstall it. Just like that the Airflow seat cover is installed. So at least you won’t need a master motorcycle mechanic PhD to get it done 😉

Looks:
Surprisingly, the Airflow seat cover design, in terms of looks, is very well thought out. This is a product that you can see was developed by bikers for bikers. The simple plain black design will work with any motorcycle graphics or custom paint job that you might have.
Damn we who live the bikerlife are easy to please - https://southafricamotorcyclist.blogspot.com/2020/01/wearing-black-and-skulls-again.html?m=1

First ride:
It honestly takes a slight touch of getting used to the first time you swing your leg over the Airflow. The extra cushioning it provides, combined with the added slippery surfaces of the advanced plastic structure the product is made of, makes for a very interesting first ride.
After the first few hundred meters however, you start to really enjoy the feeling of the slide across the seat you get.

Does it live up to the manufacturers claims?
Well we’ve tested it beyond what Airflow claims it does, and surprisingly to us, it stood up to the challenge on every turn.
So in short on that question, we can give them serious credit on keeping their claims lower then what the product actually does.

Pros:
• Well priced
• Brilliant delivery
• All round brilliant aftermarket accessory
Cons:
• Plastic feel
• Sliding takes a bit of getting used too
• Make sure you get the right size for your motorcycle

Cleaning my helmet and skin

Let me start by saying that cleaning and polishing my gear is one of the most soothing things on the list of things I do when it comes to living the bikerlife. This of course doesn’t top actually riding, but I thoroughly enjoy doing it none the less.
I digress from the reason I’m writing the post however.
So the other day my wife walks into the garage and asks me what I’m doing while I’m deep in my own mission of meticulously applying the good ‘ol trusted Dubbin to my leathers to hear her.
She gently touches my shoulder leading to me flying up from the chair in shock and asks me the question again.
“Cleaning up my gear my love”, I mumble as I crack back on my task.
“You do know that it’s all going to get dirty during your next ride right?” as she turns, shaking her head to leave me in my own little zone.
This gets me thinking though as too why I’m so hell bent on getting my leather looking and smelling brand new, just to get hammered by bugs, wind and on occasion rain as I sit with a motorcycle rumbling between my legs???
Is it my CDO (in other words, OCD that is so severe that I even have to rearrange the letters alphabetically 🤣), or is there something deeper to this routine I’ve practiced throughout all my years of riding?
As I take a step back to admire my now spotless leather, and gleaming helmet, the beginning of reason begins to smack me in the face about this entire endeavour.
Every time I gear up, I take on my biking identity! No, this isn’t a split personality disorder here before you come to that thought, which I might now have placed into head 😉
My leather becomes my skin. If I’m unfortunate in having to slide down the road, it’s the part of my body that gets ripped to pieces. So obviously it makes sense that I treat it as my own skin. That means keeping in clean and well taken care of to keep as much of my inside intact.
As for my helmet, it’s not merely my head, it’s my face while I’m riding as well. Kind of makes sense why everyone has a habit of choosing a different design, that just tends to match their own personality right? So it makes perfect sense to keep it sparkling clean seeing that your face is the first impression you leave on people you meet along the road of life.

And so my conclusion is set. I know now why I take such intensive care of all my riding gear. Kind of makes a ton a sense when you look at it in that context.
Enjoy the riding guys and gals 😉 till the next blog post!