Track Days and 2 piece leather suits????

[HenryDorsetCase]

SO you now have to buy a cheap Chinese one piece and it will be allowed?

If only there was someone on KB who knew about leathers and how they are made and could assist and enlighten the masses. Oh well....

[nzspokes]

If only there was someone on KB who knew about leathers and how they are made and could assist and enlighten the masses. Oh well....

Triple stitched?

[malcy25]

Its Passmasters, but its sounds like a rule that has come down from Pukekohe park. FB says Prorider had someone crash and this is the reaction to it. This is only a rumour though. So who knows?

Sounds a bit knee jerk on the surface of things but we don't know the full story. A properly matched 2 piece suit should not be an issue. You never know whether they have zipped together properly etc in the first place.

Though I have seen some bad things at ride days over the years with skin visible....

The pass master website is saying in large letters "No textile"

I usually err on the side of caution and have never actually owned anything but one piece suits (I don't road ride), but a good 2 piece suit of matching halves designed to work together and from a reputable manufacturer should not be an issue. I know any number of guys who've raced with them.

[caspernz]

All groups, and the track is speed restricted anyway. No warmers or race bikes allowed.

So what they have said is if you have a 2 piece you can ride but will be speed restricted to 140.

I have no interest being on the track in fast group with guys that can do 200+ when im restricted to 140.

One solution is run in group 2 isn't it? Was half thinking of doing that myself, more interested in working on technique than outright speed...it's a school day rather than a race day after all

[jellywrestler]

i remember a compeptitor being black flagged in the castrol six hour about about hour five when they found they had two piece leathers, back in about 1981, just get a one piece suit and avoid the chance of it hurting you

[nzspokes]

One solution is run in group 2 isn't it? Was half thinking of doing that myself, more interested in working on technique than outright speed...it's a school day rather than a race day after all

Its all groups so even L platers need a Onsie.

[caspernz]

Its all groups so even L platers need a Onsie.

Ah ok, now I remember why when I got a real bike I also splashed out on a onesie...can't remember who recommended it though. Might have been Pete from Wellington MC...

[Autech]

Sounds a bit knee jerk on the surface of things but we don't know the full story. A properly matched 2 piece suit should not be an issue. You never know whether they have zipped together properly etc in the first place.

Though I have seen some bad things at ride days over the years with skin visible....

The pass master website is saying in large letters "No textile"

I usually err on the side of caution and have never actually owned anything but one piece suits (I don't road ride), but a good 2 piece suit of matching halves designed to work together and from a reputable manufacturer should not be an issue. I know any number of guys who've raced with them.

My spool suit zips all the way around and has never failed to protect me. Had it patched up once and after a few more tumbles I will replace it with a onesie, but not out of fear of it coming apart or anything like that. Better a 2 piece with decent leather than a cheap onesie which will tear through the second you start sliding.

[ellipsis]

My girl is a leather specialist, even though she hates the shit now...40 years of wrestling with the stuff would do that...she repairs race leathers under protest and only for my friends in racing...even the best quality leathers, triple stitched or not, all come apart when they hit the tarmac...sliding on a seam creates a different sort of damage to a kinetic type of hit on a seam which breaks the stitching more than wears it out...my friend Pete has some custom made Indian or Pakistani leathers, all Kawasaki'd up and they were cheap and as well sewn with good leather as any of the big names...

[nzspokes]

I can get my jacket and pants sewn together.

Job done.

[Autech]

So what they have said is if you have a 2 piece you can ride but will be speed restricted to 140.

Tui add material.

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[Asher]

Seems like a great way to alienate their customer base. Most road riders who go to track days would likely have a 2 piece and expecting them to go out spend another $1000+ for a 1 piece is a bit shit.
Myself and a few of my mates have crash tested 2 piece suits and none of the waist zips have failed.

[jellywrestler]

Seems like a great way to alienate their customer base. Most road riders who go to track days would likely have a 2 piece and expecting them to go out spend another $1000+ for a 1 piece is a bit shit.
Myself and a few of my mates have crash tested 2 piece suits and none of the waist zips have failed.

there was a day when we didn't have flush toilets or need crash helmets too, do you think that the track day company just woke up and decided to be cunts one day and make this decision?
i bet they're giggling inside everytime they tell a customer to put there wallet away and go home cause they've made up this stupid rule....

[Laava]

I can get my jacket and pants sewn together.

Job done.

Sounds like a "Frank and beans" moment!

[caspernz]

I can get my jacket and pants sewn together.

Job done.

Make sure you don't have any spicy stuff the night before though, or the track day will get very "interesting" for the wrong reasons...

Seems like a great way to alienate their customer base. Most road riders who go to track days would likely have a 2 piece and expecting them to go out spend another $1000+ for a 1 piece is a bit shit.
Myself and a few of my mates have crash tested 2 piece suits and none of the waist zips have failed.

Or one could surmise it's a rule laid down by the track owners