Expensive. But…
Dainese R Axial Pro In boots Used for: 12 months Price: £399.95 Info: dainese.com
Like belly buttons the world of biker boots also has its ‘innies’ and ‘outties’. For the last 24 years of my motorcycling life my boots have always been on the ‘outtie-side’ of my leathers. Until now. You slip your foot into the back of Dainese’s R Axial Pro Ins – shin and lower calf aps strap around your leg and the carbon bre ankle surround section feels the most solid of any boot I have used to date. They took a while to bed in but are now comfortable to wear, all day long. Slipper-esque in fact. To complete the outt consider Dainese trousers, with double calf zips and velcro insert panels. However, if your current leathers are wide enough you should be ne. At £400 these are expensive boots, that said they do look fantastic and the aluminium toe sliders spark when they hit tarmac. Just don’t do what I did aer just 48 hours of taking delivery: while moving a bike the sidestand carved a big slit into the so leather on the le toe. And I cried. That said it didn’t go through the reinforced toe section, but certainly not a good start to life with a new pair of £400 boots. Paul Lang