Gifts for Motorcyclists: 10 Ideas He Will Really Love

Almost every motorcyclist has a garage full of gear and a list of routes he wants to ride someday. He buys the gear himself. The trip he has been putting off for years, because something always gets in the way.

That's exactly where a travel voucher comes in. You're not giving an object, you're giving the push: he chooses the country, the date and the vehicle himself, motorcycle or off-road 4x4, Morocco or Thailand, next spring or in two years.

With us, the voucher is for an amount from €1,000. It is valid for 3 years, comes as a PDF to print or forward, and you can withdraw for 14 days. Whatever is left after a trip stays on the voucher. From €3,000 you also get a travel bonus for your own next tour.

Put together the voucher for a motorcycle trip here and see the certificate while you fill it in.

If you ride as a pair or in a group, you know how it goes: at the gas station everyone tells what they saw along the way, and nobody caught it. An intercom on the helmet changes that. It connects rider and passenger, several motorcycles with each other and, if you like, the navigation and the phone.

Before you buy, take a look at his helmet. Some models have cutouts and a mount for a specific system, with others you stick the speakers into the lining. If in doubt, casually ask who he mostly rides with: systems from different manufacturers don't always understand each other.

Price-wise, a good set lands in the mid three-figure range, a double set for two helmets correspondingly higher.

Even experienced riders often brake worse in an emergency than they think. A day on the practice ground with emergency braking, swerving and cornering technique brings more safety than any accessory. The gift is an experience, not an attempt to lecture, if you wrap it that way: a day of riding with people who know what they're doing.

Automobile clubs, road safety organizations and motorcycle schools offer such trainings in almost every region. If he's more into off-road, he'll love an enduro course. What awaits him there is in our article on enduro training.

The most beautiful corner of the year is only a feeling after three weeks. With a small camera on the helmet or the handlebar, it stays as a film. For motorcyclists, three things count: good image stabilization, a windscreen for the microphone and a mount that holds at speed.

The chin mount on a full-face helmet gives the most natural perspective, the handlebar mount the steadiest. Add a second battery and a fast memory card, and he can head out right away.

If you know what he dreams of, give exactly that. A specific trip with a date is the most personal gift on this list, because it shows that you listened. The certificate names the tour and the date, and you can add a personal dedication.

Three tours that are often given as gifts:

• Enduro winter escape in Andalusia: 8 days of gravel and mountain villages, when the season is over at home, from €1,239.
• On-road through Thailand: 10 days on asphalt through the north, ideal for road riders, from €2,199.
• Atlas and Sahara on the enduro: 15 days from the High Atlas to the dunes, for riders with some off-road experience, from €2,989.

You can also find every tour with its dates directly on the page for giving a motorcycle trip as a gift. On every tour page, the link “Give this tour as a gift” also takes you there.

Cold fingers end more rides than bad weather. Heated gloves or a heated vest extend the season by weeks, in spring as in autumn. There are models with their own battery and ones that connect to the bike's electrical system. Battery is simpler, the bike's system lasts longer.

With gloves, the size is crucial. If you don't know it, the vest is the safer gift.

Many people ride with a smartphone as their navigation today. A sturdy mount with a vibration damper is a small, very useful gift for that. The damping matters because engine vibrations can damage the camera of some phones over time.

If he's on the road a lot, he'll appreciate a real motorcycle navigation device: operable with gloves, waterproof, easy to read in the sun and with twisty routes instead of the fastest way. It's the more expensive option, but one he'll use for years.

Travel accounts by people who rode around the world or across Africa on a motorcycle are among the gifts that stay with you for a long time. They cost little and give him ideas. A photo book about a region he doesn't know yet works just as well.

If you combine the book with item 1, it becomes a little story: first read, then ride yourself. And if he is already planning, our packing list for motorcycle adventure trips will help him.

Chain spray, chain cleaner, leather care for suit and boots, visor cleaner and a few good microfiber cloths: it sounds unspectacular, but it will definitely be used. Pack everything in a tool bag or a crate with his name on it, then it's a gift and not a shopping run.

You can get a set for less than a dinner for two, and he'll think of you every time he cares for the chain.

A garage sign with his name and his motorcycle, an engraved key ring, a framed photo of his first bike or a map with the routes he has ridden marked on it. Such things usually cost under fifty euros and are more personal than anything from the accessory catalog.

The most beautiful little something may cost nothing at all: a free Saturday just for riding, with no appointments and no guilty conscience.

And if you're unsure what will make him happiest, ask yourself what he talks about: parts or routes. If he talks about routes, he'll love a trip. Feel free to write to us if you need help choosing. We know every tour ourselves.