Stylmartin: The Italian footwear specialist has carved itself a prominent position in the casual riding and retro boot sectors, but the recent top-of-the-range Stealth EVO racing boot was an addition to the top-selling sports-oriented range that made the company’s name. It blends technical features aimed at optimal foot protection with a level of comfort that makes the Stealth EVO wearable on as well as off the bike. Designed in Italy, manufactured in Europe and CE certified, the company says it is the exact same boot as the ones worn by the company’s sponsored professional racers; www.stylmartin.it
Thor: Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018, the Thor apparel brand was one of the original specialty MX programmes and was the brainchild of well-known Swedish MX pioneer Torsten Hallman (Torsten Hallman Original Racewear) as a way of supplementing his income from racing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These days the Thor range is distributed in Europe by Wasserliesch, Germany based Parts Europe and features innovative individual product items and designs; www.thormx.com
Pinasco/Bettella: Founder Piergiorgio Bettella has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of his Venice region based scooter parts business. Recent new products include Vespa carburettor kits, additions to its ‘Racing Bull’ clutch programme, replacement shock absorbers and crankshaft assembly kits; www.pinasco.com
Galfer: Endorsed by HRC in 2016 and winners of the Moto3 World Championship in 2017 and 2018, Spanish manufacturer Galfer says its Racing CW1 brake discs have become “benchmarks for the sector”. Laser-cut and made of high-carbon stainless steel, they undergo thermal stabilisation treatments before the machining and grinding processes. They have steel centres and have been fully CNC- machined and finished with normal or hard anodised surfaces. Each CW1 disc is unique and identified with a serial number to offer 100% traceability - said to be the only discs in the world with an individual registration number. They deliver a claimed 15% weight reduction compared to round brake discs, “better heat dissipation thanks to Galfer’s Disc Wave design, improved braking power and better aesthetics”; www.galfermoto.com
Bitubo: The Italian suspension manufacturer is launching a new generation of Bluetooth enabled, app-tunable suspension upgrades with dynamically calibrated front and rear suspensions for Honda’s Africa Twin. Bitubo DS allows riders to set their suspension up with a map based on riding data capture via Android and iOS devices; www.bitubo.com
SC-Project: One of the fastest growing and most successful performance exhaust brands on the market, the track prowess of SC Project’s Italian made exhaust technology informs a wide range of system options for most popular makes of recent sports and street bike models, including Euro 4 homologated slip-ons for Kawasaki’s popular Z900RS. Introduced earlier this year, the all-new S1-GP, together with the Conic 70's, Twin Conic 70's and GP PureBlack, are said to “perfectly combine the vintage lines of '70s/'80s bikes with the contemporary materials and performance values of modern sports bikes”; www.sc-project.com
Ferodo and Champion: With more than 100 of the 2018 models already covered by September this year, Ferodo added further brake pad applications in the weeks before EICMA, including for Kymco, Malaguti, Aeon, Benelli and Generic scooter fronts, Suzuki, Polaris, Piaggio, Kymco and Arctic Cat ATVs, Suzuki GSX-R&S 125/150 ABS front, and Tokiko caliper front pads for Honda VFR/CB models, including the CB 1000 R/plus. The Ferodo MXR disc range has also been extended to cover some of the latest off-road applications such as the Honda CRF250/400, Kawasaki KXF250/450 and Yamaha YZ125/YZ-F 450. The MXR line incorporates an innovative dirt expulsion system that helps to maintain braking efficiency even in the muddiest conditions. Champion has extended its range of air and oil filters and introduced new spark plugs for Honda and Ducati models. Federal-Mogul also launched new GOETZE cylinder and piston kits for Honda SH125, SH150 and Yamaha X-MAX 125; www.ferodoracing.com; www.fm-motorcycle.com
STM Italy: Founded in 1981 and best known for its Ducati and race Slipper clutches, the Turin area based specialist also offers a wide range of precision CNC-machined clutch products for Japanese, European and American made street and off-road motorcycles in high strength, light weight, durable materials such as Ergal, Anticorodal, stainless steel and titanium; www.stmitaly.com
