Motorcycle PPE testing and certification

I manage testing and certification for your motorcycle PPE, so you can prepare for launch.

I am Glen Mascall. Eleven years in PPE, ten of them inside UK test houses and certification bodies. I have run the tests, assessed and certified products, and managed projects across testing and certification. Now I manage the testing, certification and documentation your motorcycle PPE needs for CE marking.

Glen Mascall, founder of Trace Technical
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Services

Four ways I can help.

Each one has a published price.

  • £995 per product or family

    Certify a product

    I work out what it needs, prepare the documentation and manage testing and certification. You do not need to know which standard applies.

    Certification Management
  • From £600 by range size

    Plan a range

    I link every product to the reports and certificates behind it, then plan what to test next.

    Range Planning
  • £95 per product

    Check your claims

    I check your product pages, listings, print and packaging against the certificate, and give you wording it supports.

    Claims Review
  • £950 a month

    Ongoing support

    A PPE specialist for your team every month, without hiring one.

    Advisory Retainer

    Just need an hour? Book Technical Q&A, £150 an hour.

All prices exclude VAT. Test house and certification-body fees are separate. I prepare and coordinate the work. The certification decision stays with the certification body.

How I see it

Three things I wish every brand knew before they started.

Responsibility never transfers.

Not to the test house, the certifier, the factory or the next hire. It stays with you.

Your certificate can sell more than you think.

Many brands leave certified performance off the page. The certificate sets what you can say, and most say less than it allows.

Certify first, not after your first sale.

Would you wear something to stop your skin coming off before anyone verified it? No. Do not risk someone getting injured, a fine or even prosecution.

Certification bodies are required to stay independent. They can tell you something is wrong. They are not allowed to help you fix it. I spent years on that side, saying no to brands who needed help. That gap is the work I do now.

How I work

Specialist focus

The standards I have worked with my whole career.

I have worked in motorcycle apparel testing and certification with everyone from established brands to startups.

  • EN 17092

    Protective garments for motorcycle riders

  • EN 13594

    Protective gloves for motorcycle riders

  • EN 1621

    Motorcyclists' limb joint, back and chest impact protectors

Tell me whatyou are working on.

Bring a tech pack, a sample, drawings or just an idea. Two or three sentences is plenty. If Trace is not the right fit, I will say so.

Prefer to talk? Book a call.

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