Racing gear.

**Rizla** · 31st July 2006, 20:27

Could anyone please tell me, I would like to go to pukekohe to give my bike a blat on one of the track days. I have all the gear exept bike pants. I ride in jeans. Is jeans OK to at the pukekohe track days or do you have to have proper bike pants?

**kickingzebra** · 31st July 2006, 21:15

They might let you, no guarantees, but for the price of three track days, do yourself a favour and PM quasievil. He has good supplies of leather pants at very good rates for KBers.
I've blatted around Puke, and believe me, and even more, the guys on here who have come off there, don't do it in jeans!!

Ideally the minimum gear for any ride on the track should be zip together leathers/one piece suit, back protector, good helmet, and leather gloves.

Thats my opinion, and it echoes MNZ minimum requirements for racing.

They may let you out like that, but I sure as hell wouldn't reccommend it!

**digsaw** · 31st July 2006, 21:23

yep,second that,dont do the jeans thing

**Clivoris** · 31st July 2006, 21:59

Dude if you can stretch at all to afford it, you have to get the best gear you can for the road, let alone the track. Skin takes along time to grow back. Definitely leather for the track.
My 2c

**MattRSK** · 31st July 2006, 22:01

Originally Posted by Clivoris

Dude if you can stretch at all to afford it, you have to get the best gear you can for the road, let alone the track. Skin takes along time to grow back. Definitely leather for the track.
My 2c

I second that, leather.

**Dafe** · 31st July 2006, 22:08

Doesn't really matter, Your skin will eventually grow back!

**vtec** · 31st July 2006, 22:52

Haha, yeah Dafe, skin grows back for free (as long as you don't have to go to the hospital to get cleaned up).

In all seriousness, you might want some leathers with some knee sliders. Just look for a second hand set that somebody has already damaged. Leather repairs are very cheap compared to buying a new suit. I think my suit cost $200 and it has saved me heaps on doctors bills, it was a pre-crashed suit. I'm pretty sure that they are very lax on their testing days. Just sign a waiver and you're all good to go. But I had thought that motorcycles weren't allowed on Puke any more, maybe that's just no racing on Puke at the moment.

Let us know what lap times you get on the lovely VFR

**Quasievil** · 1st August 2006, 07:35

I could lend you some most likely if you want, whats your size????
Cheers

**frogfeaturesFZR** · 1st August 2006, 07:59

Hey Quasi, whats a pair of leather pants with sliders cost ? I've got a 2 piece but the pants don't have sliders. Sorry Quasi just looked at your website and answered my own question . Doh

**beyond** · 1st August 2006, 14:16

I sincerely do not recommend you go track or even road, in jeans.

Do a Google search on motorcycle accidents in jeans and if you havent brought your brekkie up after that, go to the emergency ward at a hospital after a bike accident, when the rider has had a good slide down the tarmac, skin file in jeans.

A deep graze can take months to heal up but at speed, it's often ground down to the bone.

Dress for the slide, not the ride.

Once you have been down the road or track, in jeans, you will forever wish you had spent some extra mulla on decent gear. Not worth the risk.

Just some friendly advice.

**Biohazard** · 1st August 2006, 14:22

Nowt wrong with Denim, the Fonz swore by it...

Hey

**The Pastor** · 2nd August 2006, 10:19

Originally Posted by Biohazard

Nowt wrong with Denim, the Fonz swore by it...

Hey

Hadkore MOFO WITH A K!

**The_Dover** · 2nd August 2006, 10:28

I can send you some good pictures of what coming off in leathers results in.

Followed by three months of daily dressing changes (and a week in hospital with an infection)

The scars are cool though.

In denim I dont think they would be so cool, chicks don't dig stumps. Apart from the really kinky bitches.