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good riding gear
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2000 6:44 am
by dnicholls@inco.com
Any suggestions on good quality riding clothing. I would like
something that is waterproof and breathable. Any manufactures etc.
you all suggest.
good riding gear
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2000 6:55 am
by Stuart Heaslet
At 11:43 AM 9/29/00 +0000, dnicholls@... wrote:
>Any suggestions on good quality riding clothing. I would like
>something that is waterproof and breathable.
Try
www.motoport.com. Motoport makes uncoated Cordura and Kevlar jackets
and pants that breathe in hot, humid weather, but keep you warm in cold
weather. Their waterproofing/thermal liners zip inside. I've used my
Ultra II Cordura suit in temps from 107 F. to 23 F. at speed, and am happy
with it.
Stuart
good riding gear
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2000 8:11 am
by Kurt Simpson (Editor Dual Sport News)
> Try
www.motoport.com. Motoport makes uncoated Cordura and Kevlar jackets
> and pants that breathe in hot, humid weather, but keep you warm in cold
> weather. Their waterproofing/thermal liners zip inside. I've used my
> Ultra II Cordura suit in temps from 107 F. to 23 F. at speed, and am happy
> with it.
yep, I looked at Fireball's suit and was impressed...you also can't go wrong with
Aerostich. I have the Darien and Roadcrafter and recommend the Darien...
Kur
good riding gear
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2000 1:33 pm
by D.J. Rogers
Try checking out Teknic Gear. I have the Mach One Jacket and Sprint
II pants. Great stuff, well armoured, waterproof, breathable.
Cheaper (in price only) than Aerostitch. Just a bit more expensive
than Joe Rocket stuff, so very affordable as this stuff goes. I've
put mine through the washer a couple of times with no probs and
consider that a plus.
Here's the website.
http://www.teknicgear.com/
Oh yeah, if you care about colors, not all the colors available are
on the website.
Cheers,
D.
GBG eh14
brosh powercool (?) jacket nklr
Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2000 2:43 am
by Stuart Mumford
Hey man I have one. It is the cat's ass for riding in really hot weather. I
fall off my KLR from time to time, and I refuse to ride in a t-shirt for 2
reasons;
A#1 All the ladies throw panties at me and I can't see where the hell I'm
going, and
B#2 If I did manage to dump it, I would have mondo roadrash on my arms.
The Broshtex cool Kevlar I own has saved my elbows several times. The finish
on it was sub-par, I had to have mama sew on some Velcro to keep the cuffs
closed, but it has appx 5000 miles on it and I wear it every day I ride over
85 degrees, It truly is as cool as wearing a t-shirt. Keeping the sun off
your arms and still having massive ventilation is probably cooler than
riding in a t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops. I only ride dressed like that
on my ( imaginary) ZX12.

You can see a picture of me wearing it at an official Cal Pose run at
http://members.aol.com/s2mumford/bikechoice.html
CA Stu
Stuart Mumford
99 KLR650 A13
99 Sprint ST