Best Cheap Motorcycle Gear of 2018 - Adventure

Adventure motorcycling gear is usually pricey stuff but we dig deep and bring you great options that will keep you protected and comfy without nuking your bank balance.
Best Budget Adventure Motorcycling Gear 2018:
0:13 - Bell MX-9 Adventure MIPS Solid Helmet - frt9.co/7kgi7o
2:10 - Thor Combat Sand Blast Goggles - SOLD OUT
3:09 - Fieldsheer Adventure Tour Jacket - frt9.co/zv2adz
5:49 - Scorpion Birmingham Waterproof Pants - SOLD OUT
7:06 - REV'IT! Striker 3 Gloves - frt9.co/xcsqth
8:42 - Shot X11 Boots - SOLD OUT
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[@moliver000]

Almost all of this gear is discontinued at this point. What a shame! Would love an update.

[@dj.4vin]

This should be done every year. love these Reviews

[@ficklepickle2495]

for real! would be awesome

[@enb3810]

I am so incredibly tired of seeing a good deal or a well performing piece of gear just to have it discontinued by the time I get to it

[@Setyuopi]

that ''HELLO'' in the beginning haha

[@flagovhate]

"Ah WHOO" lol

[@jessesimmonsAFAM]

The quintessential reason why I love Ryan and his reviews, honest direct and on point! Keep it up! Many of us really appreciate, and understand, the work you are putting into your channel. As always, looking forward to your future content.

[@wingsuitjames]

Please do an updated version! It looks like they discontinued the Adventure Tour jacket.

[@stephencrane2788]

Check FB marketplace. I just got a used one for 50 bucks.

[@freddyarroyo2508]

@@stephencrane2788 Really? that's awesome! Marketplace there I go, Thanks!

[@BryantPoston]

Pants are essential. I accidentally over reved my bike today, it slipped out of my hands and snatched me to the ground. I was wearing all protective gear but regular jeans. From an almost stand still I lost all material on the knee of the jeans and got some nasty road rash. Parents are allowing me to borrow some riding pants till I get mine. New to the game and rebuilding a bike before learning to ride

[@CAMELHair69]

"Budget adventure gear" What's that?

[@cameronsmith8623]

A myth

[@portlandshomlessproblem1728]

Motor cross gear

[@ewaru4207]

Yes please

[@wyattporter6858]

Ryan, I’ve been a big fan of you and your show for a while now. I’ve ridden motorcycles my whole life and recently purchased an Adventure bike. You are by far the least bias reviewer I’ve seen and one of my most trusted opinions on the subject. Keep up the great work! -Wyatt, from Oregon

[@simmons865]

We need an update for this one!

[@tiagofernandes266]

2019 Update plz

[@UndercoverRacer1]

I run that jacket daily, it's the best for versatility and comfort. Additionally, I have it in high-viz yellow providing blinding visibility at all times and in all weather. I highly recommend for anyone looking for a steal of a jacket, good recommendation Ryan!

[@garryr]

Do you find it fits according to the size chart?

[@UndercoverRacer1]

Sorry for late reply, didn't see this. I sized it out from the sizing chart and it fits very well. However, if you take all the liners out it will fit a little loose as it is sized assuming you want to fit with all liners in. It isn't a big problem, but the jacket fits a little poofy when I ride with vents open and liners out. I'm rather lanky, with long arms (kind of like Ryan) and it fits perfectly.

[@garryr]

Thanks.

[@MrSimonmcc]

Why has the Fieldsheer Adventure Tour jacket been discontinued?

[@beetlex80]

I love Fieldsheer. I picked up a FS Sugo on a Cyber Monday deal a couple years ago for a little over $100 USD. Regularly retails in the $330 range. Thing is built like a tank and was an incredible bang for the buck. I upgraded the stock Vault style CE armor to some CE2 Forcefield. Still came out $100 less than the retail price. I'm incredible happy with how it has held up.

[@mytubestar1]

Hi Ryan, I wait eagerly for every video you guys make, all the way from India. Can't you guys do a bit of vlogging (Wishful thinking)? SO that we could hear a bit about the moto industry and your views, and maybe about biking as well? :D And to all the guys watching from India, most of these products are available (apart from the jacket and goggles, though I bet you'll find some alternatives.) online. Cheers to everyone, safe riding :)

[@013nil]

yO!

[@VineetKumarX]

It would be cool if you could dump some links of the product available online.

[@F13SC]

Their webiste is very easy to find anything, there is a search function at the top just type in what you are looking for. You can also set it to show items specific to your bike. fortnine.ca/en/

[@iamtherealzombie]

Never plan on buying any ADV gear, still watched the video all the way through, love everything you guys do, keep doing it!

[@skoll_2024]

Ryan….Fortnine…..Emergency…..! I’m running out of clips. (Genuinely helping my mental healthy. Jokes aside) but let rip guys! Crank out as much as you can. The only channel on YT I can say, love ya work and can’t get enough. You deserve all the successes life can provide. You’ve earned it. Thanks.

[@SabresRugby]

I can’t find the Fieldsheer adventure tour jacket anymore! Is there a successor?

[@boodi1170]

I think the tour vented is the part 2 of it

[@samuelglenn4117]

@@boodi1170 til

[@aravind787]

You can still find it on some european websites!

[@Balomis]

I bought the Bell MX-9 Adventure before the MIPS version came out and I still love it! Huge eye port (and a tinted shield), goggle compatibility, and the perfect amount of dirt-flavour for a Supermoto

[@superchargedpetrolhead]

Hey Ryan, try to do a cheap hot weather riding gear [ when i say hot, i mean HOT ] which is also somewhat protective , thanks

[@kimhansen206]

I've used the Bell MX 9 for about 2.5 years, fits my oval shaped head perfectly. I did just exchange it for a Nexx X-patrol, mainly due to the fact that the screws that hold the visor and peak in place on the MX-9 are very poor quality, when over tightening the screws, they come apart, and its really easy to do, and really hard to fix. Last week I was in Portugal with a helmet I didn't trust would last all the way home. Riding with goggles on the motorway is doable, but not exactly comfy. And Bell doesn't sell the screws separately.

[@jessd1952]

Do the shot x11 fit a narrow for well? I have a narrow foot and it's always nice to have something that fits properly without wearing thick socks or adding an insole.

[@PhantomRides]

I love Thor MX products

[@xGxPhantomZzz]

Don't. I got a Thor Sector Midnight and it's absolute garbage. Loud, uncomfy, the shield feels like its trying to pull of your helmet at 50mph+ etc... The O'neall 2Series i got before that was better,but their xl is more like thor's xxl, O'Neall is really big..

[@aravind787]

He just sold me on the Fieldsheer adventure and just bought it this week!

[@wayward03]

where?

[@NicholasZuniga]

How about Cheap motorcycle gear for women?? My gf is looking for some adventure stuff 😎

[@minihjalte]

Nicholas Zuniga whats wrong with the stuff in this video.

[@NicholasZuniga]

minihjalte sometimes pants and jackets fit differently on women. Have that jacket and is a bit baggy for her. She's pretty petite haha.

[@williamt1083]

You can usually get the same items fitted to women

[@jasonjayalap]

Revzilla has done a video with some recommendations.

[@BlumpkinSpiceLatte]

I just wanna see Ryan modeling womans' motorcycle gear ;)

[@shawnames2271]

Valuable insights. I didn’t realize that MX boots were a good alternative for adventure - your logic makes sense about the lower cost based on target audience. Love the channel, thanks for the great work

[@petebjerkelund5088]

Too bad Fieldsheer Canada has no adventure jackets under its "Men's/Jackets" selection. Not even the Quattro, which is similar but not the Adventure Tour I was looking for. Wonder what happened to them...

[@th3gughy]

This, my friends, is not a video. It's a Bible. Thank you so much for this information is priceless!!

[@ShooterMedic1818]

2019 Update asap please

[@ProfessorPanyck]

As a long time AStars consumer, I have experienced much more satisfaction moving away from the lowering quality and price raising products they've been pushing as of late.

[@PL7802]

The motocross boots tip...outstanding. You can borrow my sister.

[@codymckinney3829]

First thing first, I started watching FortNine videos earlier this year while on deployment. I got hooked on the Africa Twin Review and I am working my way through the whole collection. I get a lot of useful information out of the videos and Ryan does a damn good job of explaining things at an approachable level. Props to you guys for the Letterkenny themed episode (another gem I discovered over this last year across the pond). It looks like I am late to the party on the Fieldsheer Adventure Tour Jacket. I thought I managed to get one but it was a Women's Large and that's when I discovered it was discontinued and a unicorn. I actually called Fieldsheer and asked them what they recommended and they offered up the High Pro Textile Jacket. Ryan, have you messed with the High Pro Textile at all and would it be a good sub for the Adventure Tour or should I just get a Firstgear Kathmandu? Also, if you guys want to test a Ducati Multistrada Enduro let me know, it's a bit of a ride from where I live but it would give me a great excuse to head North and I'd be up for letting you put it through it's paces.

[@jinxie1979]

good luck getting a jacket, wish Ryan had checked stock availability as this jacket is actually a discontinued product, silver colour scheme is sold out most sizes, same with black, and the hi-vis is quickly vanishing.

[@joseangelmonterroza9364]

This is your best intro yet, period

[@SkatRadioh]

Fairly new to riding, but the mx-9 mips has treated me well. Well worth the money. Bonus was they have their snow version, so I put in the breath box since I ride in the winter. You could plug in an optional heated shield even.

[@mackenzieanderson1796]

Check out the Tourmaster transition 4 jacket - it matches all of those jacket features, and it's cheaper; it's just not an adventure specific jacket, but still the best all round jacket i've ever seen

[@TheDriversPerspective]

I have a old pair of Fieldsheer mesh over pants, they have been one of the best riding pants I've ever owned. They seem to just get it and make decent stuff.

[@Brodyjaxon]

One of the best motorcycle gear channels out there

[@nerminc.1713]

Can you do an update on this? A lot of products are discontinued

[@mrrageguy7413]

About Rev’ It!, they are quite affordable compared to A-stars, Dainese and Spidi and other ‘premium’ brands here in the Netherlands and their quality is as good and often better than a couple of other brands. They are very well priced and after hearing a lot of stories of riders at my local bike shops and driving school, they are way better then A-stars atleast. I own a pair of their H2O gloves and they are great! They do indeed have a weird fit, they start out extremely tight but thankfully the full leather construction started fitting a bit looser the more I wore it at the start. Size up indeed.

[@sledrider908]

I'd personally choose the Alpinestars tech 3 mx boot. It's got everything that the boot you reviewed had, but it's also got a blade piviting system, and it's super light.

[@PrewashedPancakes]

Just so as everyone knows, the Adventure Tour Jacket is discontinued. You can't buy it from Fortnine (or anywhere else I can find) A quick google has shown me that this jacket is actually a 2014 model, and is cheap because it is being sold at liquidation prices from the manufacturer. It is no longer in production.

[@MechRider89]

I just placed my first order of the year last week. Getting my adventure bike project ready to roll!

[@jpgriffiths]

Excellent video. It is easy to find quality gear at a high price. Ryan tells us how to find quality gear at a reasonable price. I have already ordered the boots in the video.

[@winston11381]

Not an ADV rider and this is still a killer video.

[@likeit6977]

I would like some update, some of good stuffs in this list are discontinued :(

[@jurajslobodnik1825]

Hi, what about the supermoto gear buying guide?

[@snowpeaky]

I wear adventure gear on my supermoto hah! DRZ400sm.

[@trey1531]

T-shirt and jeans?

[@ChaosBW]

I want supermoto gear to ride a 250 sport bike haha I just like the look

[@Michele-ue5eu]

2:20 I am not an adventure bike guy, but shouldn't you do the opposite? Clear visor and tinted googles? At night air is moisty and possibly cold, with the visor you can be protected, during the day you use the tinted googles with the benefit of additional airflow. I might be wrong i am just curious

[@jasonjayalap]

I was thinking the same

[@gixer912]

He mentioned the goggles being 'fog proof'. Moisty cold + slow + face shield = insta fogging.

[@Dowent]

Yep, but your face isn't freeze-proof. You can eliminate visor fogging with a pinlock, while also keeping the air from touching your face.

[@Hobofish622]

You look like a dark haired Joffry from Game of Thrones. Great video!

[@BluTrollPro]

I'd disagree with the helmet, $300 buys you the shark explore-r, with its own (fantastic) goggles, in fact the goggles fit so well you can ride on the road at 110kph perfectly comfortably without a visor. The beak is also very well aerodynamically vented, with the visor on it seals so well and is massively quiet, and it comes with a built in buff which is the best I've ever experienced.

[@321turn6]

I wasn’t sure on what gear to get. But I heard Alpinestars was really good, I ordered The Missile Leather Pants and the T-Missile Drystar jacket from Alpinestars. For boots I got the Sidi Vertigo boots. For Gloves I bought the Knox Handroid gauntlets, and I got the Icon Airframe pro all for beginner gear, since I’m starting on a Yamaha R6. I wanted to be really safe.

[@Angus-McFife-2nd]

Started on an R6? It's been 8 months, you still alive?

[@DakotaBishop]

I'm suprised that LS2's adv helmet wasn't on your list.

[@angelite143]

If you're thinking about the Pioneer, it's a very loud helmet at highway speeds. And that isn't as safe as the MX9 MIPS

[@ciocanelwar]

Hello, Great tips, but could you do a new one for 2019? I see the jacket is no longer in production.

[@nicholasspinicelli2911]

This!

[@GerhardCombrink]

Good luck getting one of these jackets. As a result of this review they are all sold out. Everywhere!

[@johnjacob688]

Those Rev'it gloves have been my favorite pair of gloves so far, its like they were made with my hand as a mold. I'm actually on my second pair due to an accident. The only thing I don't like about them is the strap, its just a hair too short and pops out of the eye when they are being put on and its nearly impossible to thread back on unless you take the glove off.

[@LookattheBiggerPic]

I ended up getting the white, blue, yellow MX9 Adventure MIPS Torch thanks to your excellent in-depth review and insight! Thanks! BTW, the Shot X11 boots look exactly same as my roughly $100 O'Neal MX boots - I actually got my pair as refirbs for $78 due to someone returning them Not in the factory box though they were entirely brand new! Also worth knowing is the Arc Battleborn Boots are also the exact same model for around $120 here in the states... FYI

[@MrNightpwner]

My great great grandfather adventured in jeans, and he probably had to fight a couple wolves and boars, but he got through it and now I exist. So I'll stick to jeans. Everything else was a solid pick though.

[@ADVRaiderKTM]

Two questions: How quiet is the Bell Helmet on the highway? How comfortable are the boots? Do they have good padding?

[@MrLunithy]

I got the REV'IT! Striker 2 Gloves on your advice ........... FORTNINE!!!! and there really good very happy thx.

[@davediggle3707]

Have you done a review on either best "Bike" mounted dashcams and or best USB ports to add to your bike? If not would love to see these options.

[@seanwyattbc]

I just purchased my first bike (KLR 650) this week and I have been watching a lot of the F9 videos for the past while. I liked the look of this jacket but just two months after this video was posted the F9 site now says the jacket is discontinued. I would love to hear your runner-up jacket choice now with this one out of the picture. Cheers! PS fellow British Columbian! I noticed a BC plate in a few clips :P

[@TRYLIKTO]

I can't stand inner waterproof layer. Once jacket gets wet, it gets really cold with waterproof layer close to your body. So I choose to have outside and keep breathability

[@Josh-yp2kc]

Ryan, I would love to see a video on adv motorcycles and techniques for short riders. I am 5'6" new to motorcycling and would love to get into adv riding but I notice pretty quick all the adv bikes typically have a very high seat height.

[@TheGuyWho3415]

Fox comp 5 off roads are decent boots. They actually have a lugged sole.

[@allysharif7748]

the jacket is sold out in Revzilla

[@coreydenton8296]

Okay Ryan... I'm trusting you on this jacket. Hopefully it lives up to your hype.

[@orangelion03]

I've had a Bell Adventure for a few years now and I love it. Wish they would have made the visor removal just a little easier on the new ones....at least captured hardware on the top. You can buy non-MIPS examples for about $100 US. Though my regular ensemble is Scorpion Yosemite jacket and pants (hey, I'm in SoCal, we only have two seasons), for those days when it's get really chilly, I have a 10 year old Fieldsheer Aqua Tour jacket that is still in excellent shape...they make good stuff.

[@bahenbihen]

orangelion03 I’ve only recently bought an mx9 and its feels pretty good. Only problems im having is that the cheek pads are a little too tight for me and the helmet is fucking massive.

[@cryalowicki]

That was a pretty awesome spin you did there at the beginning.

[@RK-yg7ne]

Love the studio

[@spiceweasel945]

Nice video. Thanks. Be good to update for this year. Also, it reminded me a bit of Andertons music shop vids where they show you how to sound like “famous guitarist X” on a budget. They also do versions sometimes blowing the budget- which can be interesting too for people who want to spend once for something that lasts, and/or want to see (if the top end stuff) which is actually worth the investment. 😎👍🏻

[@shawnkiller90]

Now to the next step... do your "test" with belt sanders and such again and hammers to show how you personally test the gear? +FortNine

[@evanparker]

" Fieldsheer Adventure Tour Jacket" is not available anywhere anymore :(

[@FromJel_01]

I miss the video blog men, talking about everything. Nice video, like always

[@aliaksandrapanovich965]

love background music choice! But can not pick up the track with shazam! Please, share if you know.

[@irideredline]

We need a 2020 update

[@LookattheBiggerPic]

...great insights on gear I'd not yet heard of - nicely done!

[@seau2007]

Love all your videos about nearly everything we need and use. Ever think about one on batteries? Would be nice.

[@arnie210]

that fieldsheer adventure tour jacket is sold out everywhere

[@JackBauerDev]

Are any of these actually in stock on your website? I did manage to get a mx-9 but only 1 out of like 25 variants were available in large.

[@aloner217]

That jacket would fit me perfectly. You really should send it my way

[@GoddessJen74]

I definitely can’t afford such gear. Great review, kinda scary thinking my cheap (best we could afford) gear is scary crap😳 But what can ya do... right 🙂 💙🏍🦋

[@SailOnFlyBy]

The fieldshear jacket is soldout everywhere :(

[@FortNine]

Distributers are finicky beasts... I believe at the moment Fieldsheer is very hard to find in the US. ~RF9

[@danreeves9180]

I was about to buy a new jacket, and specifically held out when Ryan said he would soon be doing this video. Like the jacket, but I can't find it anywhere in the US :(

[@taylorg2050]

Is be willing to compensate a friendly Canadian willing to order them for us USA peeps

[@danreeves9180]

UPDATE: Bought an ARC Battle Born jacket. Already done a 2 week trip with it. Very happy! www.rockymountainatvmc.com/p/4211/81447/A.R.C.-BattleBorn-Adventure-Jacket

[@EachAdventure]

Solid list of budget friendly items. Those Shot X11 Boots look very similar to the O'Neill Element and ARC Corona boots... I wonder if they are private labeled by another company.

[@huckaustin7511]

Between you and Mototrek I get my fix. Loved the cameo on you did on his channel. Keep up the good work! Also bummed that Fieldsheer discontinued this jacket... recommend any others?

[@justinlee9206]

Hi Ryan, could you please do an update for two items? One is the Fieldsheer Adventure Tour Jacket, and the other is the sport bike leather jacket: fieldsheer supersport air leather jacket. Both of them are out of stock and not heint sold anywhere. Thanks!

[@darthlively]

Mr. Ryan . Have you done any reviews on gear for extreme weather like we have in Oklahoma, where it can be so hot and humid at the same time that you could literally pass out from heat exposure in traffic ?

[@Tibbon]

The Fieldsheer Adventure Tour seems discontinued :(

[@xterrential]

So what kind of gear should I get if I'm not getting a coffee from Starbucks?

[@rc7fiddy]

Xterrential for helmets I recommend icon variant or bell mx-9

[@GideonDippenaar]

Maybe to watch the other videos and stop complaining? (*Provanity removed due to me being a pre-mature douche bag)

[@xterrential]

Its a joke calm down. Adv riders are famous/notorious for kitting out and then going to starbucks to talk about their next "adventure".

[@FortNine]

The Klim Badlands has a special pocket for your Starbucks card. ~RF9

[@xterrential]

There we go👍

[@RobertOrtiz1015]

Huge fan! Video request... dual sport/adv gear desert focused! I live in Las Vegas, Nevada and we get over 300 days of pure sun! I am interested in getting a dual sport and gear... I understand you are in Canada but if you could make a video like such it would rock! Thanks

[@wik667]

This all looks great, but I cant find almost any of these to buy! Even on fortnine the fieldsheer jacket is completely sold out not to mention being able to find it in germany. I couldnt get the gloves either, all sold out not available anywhere.

[@nicholasspinicelli2911]

FORTNINE TEAM, help! Fieldsheer discontinued the Adventure Tour jacket, can you suggest a replacement or do an updated video? Cheers!

[@TimKellermann]

I want to know this as well!

[@bruceromanek5313]

Hi Ryan, The Fieldsheer Adventure Tour jacket in Med. is sold. What's your second choice for a cheap jacket?

[@zackjuman]

Loving this series

[@brandonrides8953]

Almost riding season Ryan!

[@rupdeepmukherjee2046]

Awesome Ryan. As Always. Love from India.

[@davidraym.4450]

Yet again, awesome video! As the Wife and I plan to move up to Maine, I have to start looking into ADV bikes for my commutes. This is a great place to start, as always. But, where's the Cafe gear!?!? I'm not a cafe racer, but I do enjoy the style and the bikes. i currently ride a Triumph Street Twin which is about as "cafe" as I will go. Thanks for another great video, looking forward to the next one!

[@davidraym.4450]

Nevermind! I didn't look before I leaped! I found the video. :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJzFYWWtqqujnqs

[@jonfindlay7838]

Yikes. I'll stick with jeans and work boots. Very informative though. Will reference this video again when I have some money to spare.

[@wildcard954]

Another sick review Ryno! Let’s be friends! SAY YES!!

[@OliverRivettCarnac]

Great video man! Got some good ideas. Thoughts on a lightweight enduro jacket like the Leatt GPX 5.5 in 2019?

[@Chippppppppppp]

Sweet, I love this channel.

[@wildboby1]

Awesome bra! I love your reviews, keep it up!

[@Skmx93]

Great video as always, would you choose the Bell MX-9 over the Arai XD-4?

[@FortNine]

Never. But the price difference is so enormous that it's hard to compare them. Arai XD-4 is still the best adventure helmet in existence, in my opinion. ~RF9