Evidently, there are many
folks that think like me in Europe
when it comes to Klim and street
touring. Klim wants to change
this and have a stronger pres-
ence across the pond when it
comes to street touring; after
all, isn't Europe the capital of
street tours? You know, where
you find the Alps, the Pyrenees,
and places like that? And you
also have all of Switzerland (the
Alps included), where the hottest
month (June) averages just 67
degrees and the average yearly
rainfall is between 32 and 93
inches. In other words, you're
going to get wet and cold. Going
to Switzerland for a road ride,
call Klim.
But Klim isn't the first place
the Swiss (and most Europeans,
for that matter) go to when it
comes to touring gear; after all,
what does the U.S. know about
touring? Well, quite a lot, and
so does Klim, and they want
to spread the word around the
world. So, Klim recently invited
several motorcycle journalists
from Europe to tour a "small"
portion of the U.S. with the hope
of relaying that message back
to their home countries—that
Klim does indeed know a thing
or two about street touring on
motorcycles and should be on
everyone's radar when shopping
for premium road-touring gear.
The folks from Klim, who
pretty much all ride motorcycles,
organized a three-day tour that
literally started right outside the
front door of their corporate
headquarters in Rigby, Idaho.
From there, our group leaders
had us meandering through
three states—Idaho, Montana,
and Wyoming—and finishing up
where we departed.
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