Hi. In case we haven’t met before, I’m Chris Lesser, the owner of Union Garage. And today I have some very big news to share: After nearly 10 glorious years of hawking Quality Motorcycle Gear on Union Street in Brooklyn, Union Garage is moving.
Union Garage is now the exclusive U.S. retailer of John Doe, a highly-rated upstart German brand that's been taking the European continent by storm with a great collection of riding jeans, shirts and shoes.
Hippo Hands is the maker of the original motorcycle hand cover. With roots going back to the 1970’s, when founder Craig Vetter (of fairing fame) first duck-taped his sleeping bag around his handlebars during a particularly frigid ride.
Thoroughly modernized, the new lineup of Hippo Hands fits a wide range of motorcycles and riding styles, and we’ve just added the whole Hippo family to our shelves.
We’re running a flash fundraiser for the Bowery Mission, which for over a century has been helping to house and feed New Yorkers in need – and right now there are an estimated 80,000 men, women and children who are homeless and hungry in NYC.
From Sunday 7/25 through Saturday, 7/31, we’re proud to host the Indian Motorcycle Demo Fleet on Union Street. We'll have a full fleet of the brand-new FTR model lineup, plus some of the big boys the brand is known for— a Bobber Sixty, Chief, Super Chief, and Challenger.
If you haven't heard by now, the vibrations from your motorcycle are liable to destroy your iPhone camera. Luckily, we've got some smart ways to keep your precious smartphone safe.
UPDATE: The store remains open to the public 7 days/week. It’s been a year of evolving precautionary COVID measures at the store, and while we’re hopefully nearing the end and “getting back to normal,” we’re loosening some restrictions, but we're not 100% out of the woods just yet.
In today’s consumer-driven marketplace, product life cycles usually last 3 or 4 years, max. Then, said product is unceremoniously shunted aside by a newer/brighter/shinier object. But the outgoing Shoei RF-1200 lasted a full seven years in the lineup before now finally getting the axe. Shoei engineers knew that if they were going to mess with such proven success, they’d better deliver something special. And here it is…
We’ve got a bounty of great gifts for the motorcycle lover in your life—everything from favorite evergreen options (hats,maps,t-shirts, assorted shop swag) to a few new products we’re proud to just finally launch, like two different house-brand toolkits, a minimalist Dyneema wallet, and some good old fashioned house-blend coffee staples.
On March 1 we joined forces with Bridgestone Motorcycle Tires to help celebrate the launch of the Northeast Backcountry Discovery Route. This 1,350-mile route stretches from the PA/NY state line all the way up to the Maine/Canadian border. And we couldn't be more excited to ride it this summer.
We’re proud of the proven 5-star helmet shopping experience we’ve developed over the years, but we realize not everyone can or will make it to Union Street for a professional fitting. Here are the steps we're taking to adapt to the New Normal.
We’d like to extend a warm shout-out to Masks for Docs, a grassroots non-profit that sprang up in response to the COVID epidemic to help get vital PPE (personal protective equipment) to frontline healthcare workers.
