Furygan Stockton Air Motorcycle Boots Review: Casual Kicks Tested

Going out for a motorcycle ride doesn’t have to mean sliding on armour-strewn leathers and chunky boots. There are plenty of much more comfortable casual options that still offer some degree of protection, like the Furygan Stockton Air D30 boots I’ve been testing for the last few months.

I’ve clocked hundreds of miles wearing the shoes on all manner of machines including scooters, sports bikes and adventure bikes, mostly in warm dry weather.

Key features
 

• Reinforced heel and toes
• Gear shift protector
• D30 ankle armour
• Removable insole

They’re a stylish-looking pair of boots, whether you go for the black/red combination or the grey finish as tested here. While they may not look too dissimilar from a pair of high-top trainers from a company like DC Shoes or Vans, don’t be fooled into thinking they’ll be just as comfortable.

With reinforced elements and D30 ankle armour, they’re not as flexible as a regular pair of trainers, but they are significantly easier to slide on and walk around in than a pair of sport or touring-style boots. While not offering as much protection as something like that either, they feel sturdy enough to give a feeling of reassurance when you grab them out of the cupboard in favour of a more substantial option.

The Stockton boots are also great for summer riding thanks to a combination of excellent ventilation and the lower profile leaving more of your legs exposed. I’ve ended up using them a lot more than expected, partly for this reason.

If you have a modest amount of walking to do at your destination, perhaps if you’re walking around some shops or wandering around a bike meet ogling other motorcycles, the Stocktons are perfectly acceptable in terms of comfort. When walking a little further, though, I’ve found my feet do start to get a little sore, particularly around where the ankle armour ends, at which point the boots can dig in a little.

The Stockton boots look and feel like a quality item, but there are some places in which they’re showing signs of wear a little earlier than I’d like, including some loose stitching near the front of the left shoe and some heavy creasing on the sides of both.

Should you buy Furygan Stockton Air boots?

At £139.99, these boots are costlier than some much beefier sport boots like the RST Tractech Evo IIIs I’ve also had on test this year. That said, casual options like these are frequently spendier than you might expect, so the Stocktons aren’t unusually expensive - the Vanucci VUB-1s we’ve also been testing recently are even pricier despite them offering less coverage than the Stocktons.

For what you’re paying for the Furygan boots, though, I’d have liked them to have shown signs of wear, and been a little more comfortable. While we wouldn’t go so far as not recommending them, we do reckon it might be worth waiting to see if they come up in a sale before taking the plunge.