
We introduced you to Acebikes several months ago, and like many of us, the Dutch specialist firm wagered that our motorcycle transportation game could use a little tune-up. Lucky guess. Pioneering purpose-built gear from straps and wheel chocks to ramps and dollies, Acebikes supplies just about everything your motorcycle needs when your bum’s not in the saddle, short of storage insurance and STA-BIL.

Admittedly, Acebikes loaded us down with new kit right in the middle of our off-season, but we’ve had time to put it to the test now that spring has sprung. With our web cred on the line, I seized every opportunity to use what Acebikes sent, and loaned it out to every friend in need. The most notable of these hauls was the transport of a Honda Rune (that’s an 890-pound bike for the uninitiated) from Florida to Northern Wisconsin, just short of 1,600 miles.…