Leathers or Jackets with kelvar ?

[Sniper]

Cordura is also cooler in summer!

Nothing is as cool as a man dressed up in leather on a bike

That sounds so wrong

[dawnrazor]

I'm just a newbie just wondering what is better leather jackets and pants, or the jacket type clothing with kelvar in it ??

During my trawling of the web for jackets recently, i'll noticed a couple of brands are bringing out leather and cordura combo jackets, so leather in the high impact zones and cordura in the parts that need to breath which are usually different areas, all they have to do is make it close to 100% water proof with removable liners and vents and you have a jacket for all seasons, rather then the i'm too cold i'm to hot, i'm too wet nonsense i'm currently going through.

[Lou Girardin]

If you can only afford one set of gear and you commute, get textile.

[Pwalo]

If you can only afford one set of gear and you commute, get textile.

I'm with Lou on this. I've had both leather and textile gear. For commuting textile gear is the way to go.

Protects pretty well in an off as well.

[bear]

...good off.

Bit of an oxymoron I reckon.

[dawnrazor]

Bit of an oxymoron I reckon.

or is it a non-sequitur ?

[texmo]

Thats a bad judgement call, any motorcycle is capable of speed and you can just as easily damage yourself at 30kms than 100kms. Justified that the damage may not be so great but still. Leather and cordura have the same purpouse, to keep the skin attached to your body!

My opinion, just go with what suits you mate.

I just think when you are going around town which is what you do on a gn125 the most damage come from impact not from sliding so some deicent armour should take care of that I have come off at around 50k's on a cheep r-jays jacket and I was fine jacket wasnt even a write off..

[avgas]

I have come off at around 50k's on a cheep r-jays jacket and I was fine jacket wasnt even a write off..

Lucky - my mate killed his RJAYs jacket in a 20k slide down the road.
But back on topic, go buy that motoline job at Motomail when they have theyre sale......its an ok jack, only cost $150, and has armour. And if it wrecks u can always ductape it back up.

[Brett]

In regard to this thread and the others of the same nature, i am pretty sure that if you bin, and ruin your gear, that if you have contents insurance, that you can claim it under that...correct?

[parsley]

Lucky - my mate killed his RJAYs jacket in a 20k slide down the road.

Damn, that's a long slide! Lucky it was a straight road.

[Sniper]

In regard to this thread and the others of the same nature, i am pretty sure that if you bin, and ruin your gear, that if you have contents insurance, that you can claim it under that...correct?

Depends on how nice your insurance company is.

[dawnrazor]

Lucky - my mate killed his RJAYs jacket in a 20k slide down the road.
But back on topic, go buy that motoline job at Motomail when they have theyre sale......its an ok jack, only cost $150, and has armour. And if it wrecks u can always ductape it back up.

hate to say it but you get what you pay for in this game (well in most cases anyways), and in my opinion the above mention brands manage to come out with some very below average gear, even its competitive price is no comfort when it rips its self apart during a slow speed spill. Just imagine what sort of asphalt burns you'll have at higher speeds. Spend the money now, don't get fat and you'll have the same gear in many years, if your lucky you'll never crash test it, but if you do, theres a high chance it'll survive intact.

[Smorg]

Damn, that's a long slide! Lucky it was a straight road.

[TwoSeven]

There seems to be a misunderstanding on the effectiveness of leathers.

There are three different levels of protection in the safety standard. You cant just look at the different garments and say one is better because racers wear them.

If you compare garments of the same safety level be they synthetic and/or leather, they will offer the same level of protection, and you will likely find that the synthetic will be more durable - leathers are generally designed to be repaired, synthetics are usally designed to take more of a beating, but they will both offer the same type of protection based on their saftey rating.

My personal preference is for synthetics on the road and leathers on the track, simply because synthetics are slightly more bulky by the time you had added thermal insulation and pockets etc. I have a Frank Thomas jacket I brought nearly 20 years ago, wear it every day and its still in good condition. The only trend I dont like in both leathers and synthetics is the use of these plastic inserts that are so called protection. I prefer the impact resistant foam instead - seem to get less bruises from it).

[Lou Girardin]

Lucky - my mate killed his RJAYs jacket in a 20k slide down the road.
But back on topic, go buy that motoline job at Motomail when they have theyre sale......its an ok jack, only cost $150, and has armour. And if it wrecks u can always ductape it back up.

That's where quality matters. All textile isn't the same. My Spidi jacket wasn't even marked from a similar slide and I've seen another Spidi jacket after a 110 km/h 'off', there were two small holes over the elbow armour and scuffing on the back, that was it.
Yet I've seen a Spool jacket that nearly had a sleeve ripped off from a low speed slide.
You get what you pay for.