Cat-skin seat covers

Cat-skin seat covers
Available from: Yussef Bhai, Grant Road Market, Mumbai, India
Price: Rs225
Contact: The man himself

No, not real cat skin, but a highly representative reproduction by these masters of stretchy seat materials. A seat cover like this is guaranteed to make you stand out from the crowd, raise machismo on the street and even increase one's sperm count.

The leopard skin version has now covered literally 1000 miles and is only just beginning to discolour and shed some fur. It also discharges a charming yellow dust that not only fools bees, but, being statically-charged by nylon trousers, coats the instrumentation of the motorcycle.

Perhaps the only downside of what is otherwise a style statement no motorcyclist can afford to ignore, is the way it absorbs airborne moisture (rain), soaking the discerning biker's arse the following morning. Hardly a large issue, though, when set against the admiring glances it is sure to elicit from the fairer, or indeed furrier, sex.
Damon