Good or bad?

[Ratti]

Folk have the right to be protective about their services.
Quasi is correct about the use of the brand name Cordura.
Buyer beware, ask lots of questions, and load up with information. If a retailer can't give you an sensible answer then ask yourself 'why?'

Personal opinion of Aunty Ratti- buy good quality leather, perhaps with a genuine brand cordura abrasion layer on the high impact areas. It's your skin on the line and while top quality gear wont save your arse in a serious off, it will afford some protection against the agonys of abrasion. i've been on and around bikes since I was about 17 or so and have seen far too much pain that could have been avoided or minimised with good quality gear.

[Gibbo89]

Folk have the right to be protective about their services.
Quasi is correct about the use of the brand name Cordura.
Buyer beware, ask lots of questions, and load up with information. If a retailer can't give you an sensible answer then ask yourself 'why?'

Personal opinion of Aunty Ratti- buy good quality leather, perhaps with a genuine brand cordura abrasion layer on the high impact areas. It's your skin on the line and while top quality gear wont save your arse in a serious off, it will afford some protection against the agonys of abrasion. i've been on and around bikes since I was about 17 or so and have seen far too much pain that could have been avoided or minimised with good quality gear.

thanks a lot aunty ratti.

duly noted

[ynot slow]

Dri -Rider is a misnomer,my last 2 jackets were/are not waterproof.First jacket worn mostly weekly was showerproof,heavyish rain meant it was wet inside.Eventually it was swapped as couple of items broke and retailer swapped it for me(won't get that from internet usa sales)for the similar quality spec,admittedly it was $250-300 price and not expensive Dri-Rider jacket,but the present one still lets rain in,mostly through the zip and top of chest area.My older Neo worth $279 was waterproof as a comparison.

[200BUSA]

I wouldnt go near this crowd. I have a pair of their trou on my bench that needs repair after being worn for 2 weeks. The seams have given way in crutch and center back, the backing is peeling off the 'waterproof' lining, and the fabric is bag weight cordura, not suitable for riding gear ( IMO )

The person who owns the trou was told 'too bad, it's your problem not mine" when he contacted them seeking replacement or money back.

Personal choice of course, but my opinon is that you would be better served by purchasing from a bike shop where they have a reputation to preserve.

Well thats the first i have heard of this one - so i reckon you are full of shit, if any of my customers
have a problem then they contact me and we sort it out.. So i hope you have your facts right there and get your so called person with my pants to contact me about the so called problem.

[200BUSA]

thanks for all your input guys. interesting reading for sure, i am in no great rush (going to sit my learners this week or next). so i'll have a shop around etc. don't want to buy a dud. i'll look at the shops (even though it looks like one of them had a quality issue as mentioned above).

and yeah the cordura debate between quasi and 1tonne got a bit ish. haha

Get the facts before you decide. If you want to come and have a look at my gear you are welcome to, before you check out the bike shops. But half the people on this site are full of shit and just throw a crap comment in to stir things up. As i said you can check out my gear and make your own mind up.

[Flip]

Well I have never had a suit that was completely water proof, water resistant yes. I have just brought a $160 knock off cadura jacket on trade me from lifestyle imports, wore it to the brass and seems fine.

I don't ever get the time to go shopping so on line really suits me.

[sleemanj]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-294718904.htm

It will most likely be waterproof to a good degree.

But, note it is a short sports jacket, so if you don't have it attached to your pants (zipped) then the back will probably let wind around leaving a potentially uncomfortable cold spot on your lower back, and equally in heavy rain water drive it's way up under the front and down into your pants, brrr. Also you will want gloves with good cuffs on them.

I have one of these
http://www.messona.co.nz/sport-tech-r1-grey-silver
which as you can see appears not too dissimilar in it's proportions.

It keeps me more or less warm and dry, except for the fore-mentioned issues. It's not bad for wearing off the bike, but any bike jacket is of course bulky, especially ones with armor and preformed arms like these ones.

[flyingcrocodile46]

To be honest I don't see how that jacket looks less like a bike jacket than 70 to 80% of other bike jackets.

[Ratti]

Well thats the first i have heard of this one - so i reckon you are full of shit, if any of my customers
have a problem then they contact me and we sort it out.. So i hope you have your facts right there and get your so called person with my pants to contact me about the so called problem.

pix of said trousers can be viewed in this album- I hope. I've not tried to make an album before so if there is a problem viewing this, can someone let me know please?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...p?albumid=3601

[st00ji]

worked fine for me, fwiw

pix of said trousers can be viewed in this album- I hope. I've not tried to make an album before so if there is a problem viewing this, can someone let me know please?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...p?albumid=3601

[200BUSA]

pix of said trousers can be viewed in this album- I hope. I've not tried to make an album before so if there is a problem viewing this, can someone let me know please?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/al...p?albumid=3601

So you have pics, that doesnt explain why the customer didnt contact me about the problem.

[st00ji]

not sure why you are being so agressive towards ratti over this, seems to me shes just repeating what she has seen / been told by the owner. surely you would be better served by politely asking for the contact details of whomever owns them and taking it up with them

So you have pics, that doesnt explain why the customer didnt contact me about the problem.

[200BUSA]

not sure why you are being so agressive towards ratti over this, seems to me shes just repeating what she has seen / been told by the owner. surely you would be better served by politely asking for the contact details of whomever owns them and taking it up with them

Well if you refer back to her earlier post you will see that she was advising not to buy any of our gear. We are not being aggressive we were asking for the proof that the person had contacted us and that we said what the customer had said about us saying "too bad" "its your problem not mine" We have not and have never said that to a customer and never put down other sellers products. Where as Ratti is quick to put our product down and tell every one that we have said the above, we have certainly never said that.

[Flip]

Published hear say complaints are always difficult to defend.

Because the proof of the pudding is in the eating what would you like to do about these problems?

[avgas]

I have said it before and I will say it again.
I think QuasiMoto is a dick, but his gear is fricken awesome. I was pissed off because he came out with some mint jackets just after I got my Tecknic.
However you only have $150, you only have $150......and that seems like an ok jacket for that price.
So buy Qmoto if you have the coin, I would, and I hate the prick.