Kappa: Following on from the launch of its 'Oregon' jet, 'Mandala' demi-jet and KV32 'Orlando' modular helmets, the latest hard parts and accessory offerings from the Italian brand sees Kappa address the styling and travel opportunities presented by the Versys 1000; www.kappamoto.com
Midland: With its origins in the USA and, since the 1990s, part of the CTE International Group at Reggio Emilia, Italy, the Midland brand has been celebrating its 60th anniversary this year and finishes the year with the news of a partnership for distribution of its popular rider communication systems in Germany with Cologne area based Bihr Deutschland; www.midlandeurope.com
AIROH Helmets: New and updated designs for 2020 include the "race-ready" GP 550 S full-face; the Helios tech-jet; Twist 2.0 MX helmet with double EPS; Spark "top of the range" street helmet; Aviator Ace MX helmet with double outer shell and the WRAAP ultralight youth helmet; www.airoh.com
Stylmartin: Recent new products from the Italian footwear specialist have included the feature-rich and "style meets safety" Sport U-Line 'Velox' and 'Vector' boots, 'Pearl-J' ankle boots, 'Syncro' touring boot and 'Colorado' unisex sneakers; www.stylmartin.it
Artein Gaskets: The Spanish gaskets, seals and air cleaner specialist is entering the off-road/MX market with its X-Radical 'Super Gaskets' range of advanced compounds for extreme applications. Founded in 1958, Artein is based at Girona in north eastern Spain and a major European gasket manufacturer, noted for its advanced technology, precision manufacturing and performance materials research and development; www.arteingaskets.com
LeoVince: The Italian exhaust brand has been celebrating its 65th anniversary this year - "innovative research has always been at the heart of everything that LeoVince stands for. We started on the street, but soon ended up on the racetrack, looking for innovative materials and construction techniques. The art of manufacturing exhaust systems for champions seeking maximum performance has always been our school - bringing those same exhausts to the road for today's bikers". Recent product additions include an LV One Black Edition for Yamaha models and Sic58 Squadra Corse Limited Edition LV-10 Titanium exhaust as a fund raiser for the Marco Simoncelli Foundation; www.leovince.com
Ferodo: One of the most famous brand names in the motorcycle brakes industry, the company is celebrating another year of race success and a busy year off the track too with more than 500 new and updated brake pad applications. Ferodo says its brand objective is to deliver a "Balanced Braking Performance" – a four-stage concept that calibrates the initial bite, the resulting deceleration, the modulation (feel and control) that the rider has going into a corner under braking, and the point at which the brake can be released after the apex of a corner; www.ferodoracing.com
Andreani Group: As part of its comprehensive suspension workshop tools range, Andreani recently introduced a labour-saving universal fork tube removal kit and universal suspension fluid injector for easy maintenance of oil levels in each fork. The procedure is simple, fast and accurate - set the desired oil level through the integrated graduated shaft, insert the empty injector into the outer tube, making sure it is centred, push the cylinder down to suck the fork oil and then take the injector out to throw the oil away; www.andreanigroup.com
Galfer: Recent new products from the Barcelona area manufacturer include race-developed 280 mm MX front brake kits to meet the current trend of increasing front disc sizes on off-roaders. Available for all the main off-road motorcycle brands, Galfer says the new kit delivers "substantially improved braking performance, especially under extreme weather conditions or at higher speeds. So much so that the 280 mm oversized discs have been used in the last two seasons of the AMA Supercross Championship with great results - former Spanish motocross rider Javi García Vico used it recently on his Honda CRF 450"; www.galfer.eu
Putoline: The popular Dutch blended motorcycle oil brand scored big in 2019 with its new N-Tech additive technology for a new "superior quality" API group 5 fully synthetic base oil that Putoline is using. The company says that ten years ago it was the first to introduce Nanotechnology into its motorcycle lubricants and that the brand is now moving forward again with N-Tech - "the next step in additive technology for motorcycles and the worthy successor to the Nano-Tech range". The top of the new Putoline range is the N-Tech PRO R +, which is available in various viscosities in both Road and Off-Road versions, and is said to be suitable for most "conceivable and diverse conditions from year-round use to extreme competition"; www.putoline.com
