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SPRING 2020 ISSUE 01 / VOL . 05
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PRODUCT REVIEWS
Joe Rocket Ballistic Touring Boots
Touring boots are often plainer and simpler than sport versions - yet these Joe Rocket Ballistic Touring Boots defy that trend with lots of extra features . Drop a yardstick into the shaft and you will see the front comes up 13 inches to protect that tender shinbone . At night reflective panels at the top alert motorists to your presence , and these tall boots are very easy to get your feet into and out of , with a zipper running part way up the inside of each boot covered with hook-and-loop panels . I do wish that the pull-tabs on the SBS zippers were bigger , to ease the pulling up .
Should you suffer the embarrassment of parting with your motorcycle while at speed , these Ballistics provide good protection from the top to the toe , with double stitching in critical areas . There is injection molded toe armor at the front of the boots ,
as well as those very sporty-looking replaceable toe sliders should you lean over way more than I do . Constructed of synthetic leather , Joe Rocket says the Ballistic Touring boots are water resistant , and though California ’ s serious
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