Guy Martin has used Kriega gear for more than 20 years. That matters here because the Kriega R25 Guy Martin Edition — available for pre-order now at £239, shipping August 2026 — is not a licensing arrangement built around a name. It is a product that came out of two decades of daily use by one of the most demanding riders in the sport.
Guy Martin and Kriega: Twenty Years Before the Collab
Martin is a British road racer, former Isle of Man TT competitor, and land speed record holder who has built a parallel career as a television presenter — candid, technically grounded, and visibly skeptical of anything that doesn’t perform as advertised. He is not the kind of figure who lends his name to gear he hasn’t used. His collaborations tend to be narrow and credible for that reason. On the Kriega partnership: “I’ve been using Kriega stuff for 20 years or more. When they asked me if we could do a special edition I didn’t hesitate. It’s quality stuff.”
Kriega has been building specialist motorcycle luggage since 2000, still operating from North Wales. The brand’s Quadloc harness — which redistributes load from the shoulders to the rider’s core — and its CORDURA-first construction philosophy have made it the default choice for high-mileage touring riders. The R25 is a longstanding flagship in the lineup. Every Kriega product leaves the factory with a 10-year guarantee.
Kriega R25 Guy Martin Edition: What’s Actually Different
Three things separate the Kriega R25 Guy Martin Edition from the standard R25. The first two are cosmetic: Martin’s skull and spanners logo on the pack exterior, and his racing number ‘8’ stitched into the padded back panel. The third is structural: the upper harness adjusters have been revised to reintroduce the 6061-T6 alloy specification from the original R25 design. That’s a genuine material callback, not a trim update — the original alloy adjusters were removed in later iterations and are here specifically restored for this edition.
The rest is the proven R25 platform: a 20L waterproof rolltop Drypack main compartment with a replaceable white liner, a quick-access secondary section with a heavy-duty YKK zip, and four compression straps cinching both compartments. Construction is 1000D and 420D CORDURA throughout. The Quadloc harness handles load distribution. The 10-year guarantee applies.
Pre-order is open now at kriega.com. Shipping August 2026. At £239 with a 10-year guarantee on an industry-standard CORDURA chassis, the Kriega R25 Guy Martin Edition is a pack built for the rider who plans to use it — with two decades of proof that it holds up under that expectation.
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