Motorhead Glove

Another from the sketchbook archive of products that didn't make the cut - the Motorhead glove. Originally designed to complement the industry defining Icon Motorhead jacket, the glove was scuttled for reasons we no longer recall. But as often happens with conceptual product design, certain elements would find a life on future products. In this case the knit cuff would be end up on the Burner glove and the knuckle construction on the TiMax.

It sacrificed itself so that others may live

Detroit On Ice

Our brothers from the toughest city on earth recently took to the rink with their sick ice bikes. We won't spoil the episode for you, but let's just say there was a healthy ass-kickin handed out. 

Detroit Bros Dave rocking his OG blue TiMax gloves - the proper choice for ice rink hooliganism 

Sub Dermal

We've spent a lot of time exploring our 'innard' selves attempting to get in touch with our inner child. What we uncovered during these long couch sessions was the Sub Dermal glove. 

There are 27 bones in the human hand. One fourth of all the bones in your body are in your hands....

...there are 1,437,648 vector points in this Illustrator file...

The Icon Sub Dermal glove is available in four colorways... It all adds up.

Win a pair of OG 24 Karat Gold ICON TiMax Gloves!

Over the next year ICON will be running a monthly contest on the ICON blog testing your industry and moto-knowledge. Up for grabs will be some of latest and greatest ICON gear from the Spring 2010 collection!

To start things off we dug deep into the ICON vault for a legendary prize - One pair of ICON Black TiMax Bling Long cuff Gloves! (Size Large)

This pair of gloves is straight from the secret development stash in the ICON office and now you have the chance to own a piece of motorcycle history. Just write us, in 200 words or less, why you deserve these gloves. The ICON staff will choose the most creative response, post it on our blog and ship you your gloves. That's it! That's all you need to do to win a prize that employees in the ICON office have been fighting each other for!

Entries should be sent to: contest@rideicon.com no later than December 24th, 2009 0700PST. The winner will be announced on the ICON blog January 1st, 2010 0700PST Please include your contact information including a valid email address and working phone number. The gloves are only available in size Large.

Keep an eye on our blog, Facebook, and MySpace pages, or follow us on twitter @iconmotosports, for the next contest!

TiMax Glove

As a product designer sometimes you draw something that is truly special. The TiMax glove was one of those products - truly polarizing - uniquely Icon. We've seen this glove worn by everyone from backstreet hooligans to BMW Sport tourers to roadrace nazis. Who knew that the medieval look would prove so universally appealing?   

The concept was to design the most intense motorcycle glove ever

The original ad concept showed the glove punching a mirror off a car - the finished ad was a bit more conservative

A positive review from Cycle World - which is unusual given that they don't care much for our 'kind'

Around 2008 we re-released the short cuff version of the TiMax - and it's associated ad - for which we received the usual hate mail

Gloves - Sub Dermal

Lately we've spent a lot of time exploring our 'innard' selves. A pathetic attempt to get in touch with our inner child. What we uncovered during these long couch sessions was the Sub Dermal glove. Not quite as gutted-up and Blistered as our previous offerings but disgusting none the less. And while we still cry ourselves to sleep it's somewhat comforting knowing that this is what exists just below the surface of Icon.

Tyranny

The Reefer glove (named after the refrigerated trailer not the green sticky icky) is yet another product in the long list of Icon's summertime dream team. Full nylon mesh backhand yoked from a trucker hat provides mega airflow while the goatskin palm and fingertips are all asphalt fighting business. A secure rubber wrist closure not only looks tre' cool but keeps the whole product on the up and up. Blend all those features with a baroque skull graphic package and you've got the answer for all your summer riding questions.

    

Represent

Urban stewardship does not fall upon the unworthy. Muscle and wisdom must be applied in equal doses. Where you are from stays with you. We get it. We may reside in Portland but collectively we hail from all corners of this great continent. Norcal, Socal, Philly, Detroit, the Dirty South, New York. Get on it. Ride it. Mark your territory and represent.

Speed Cretin

A horizontal act of faith, riding the ‘Wall of Death’ is not for the faint of heart. Ridden by motorcycling’s forgotten heros, the Wall asks for nothing, yet takes everything. Enter the Speed Cretin - a creature of the wheel and a rider on the storm. Pinned to the vertical wood slats by intense gravitational forces and the crowds adoring roar - the Speed Cretin performs his jester’s role in life’s grand illusion. Whether your personal ‘Wall of Death’ is an off-camber left-hander or the I-5 corridor, throw on a fully finned Alliance SSR Speed Cretin and matching Sub Dermal gloves and understand the passions of the Cretin. Live Cretin, Ride Cretin, Be Cretin.