The best leather jackets......

[dawnrazor]

Sounds like ya don't need any help / listen to any advice ....

Go buy your jacket kid.

thanks Dad

[dawnrazor]

thanks for the red rep as well quasievel.....your right I am an egg...

[dawnrazor]

Formal request to the MODS -

can you please remove this thread to PD - it has been taken off topic by individuals including myself and turned into the antithesis of what I intended from my original post. I had hoped to promote a dissussion about the merits of various biker clothing brands and try to get a feel for what the average KB member rated etc. That has been lost completely now and been replaced with neanderthal comments and self promotion, fand finally deteriorated into name calling. It has turned into something sad and regrettful, and I will take full responsibility for heading it down this road, it was never my intention to have a slanging match with anyone, its not normally the way I like to communnicate - but from the get go that civility was never an option, and when feathers are ruffled...

anyway chuck this shit out it hasn't helped me at all...or anyone else for that matter

[Quasievil]

Formal request to the MODS -

can you please remove this thread to PD - it has been taken off topic by individuals including myself and turned into the antithesis of what I intended from my original post. I had hoped to promote a dissussion about the merits of various biker clothing brands and try to get a feel for what the average KB member rated etc. That has been lost completely now and been replaced with neanderthal comments and self promotion, fand finally deteriorated into name calling. It has turned into something sad and regrettful, and I will take full responsibility for heading it down this road, it was never my intention to have a slanging match with anyone, its not normally the way I like to communnicate - but from the get go that civility was never an option, and when feathers are ruffled...

anyway chuck this shit out it hasn't helped me at all...or anyone else for that matter

Nah it should stand to highlight what a noob you are, you asked questions and I answered them. then you got all wanky cause I posted a picture of a womans jacket.
You are representative of the New KB, ie you fucked it

[The Stranger:Me]

Price and brand name don't appear to be a good guide.
On a recent trip one guy binned in his new very expensive leathers and ripped both arms. My el cheapo (cost anyway) Quasi leathers have been down too many times to mention and have no rips.

We compared the weight of the expensive jacket to mine. The Quasi jacket was about twice the weight. Ok, not necessarily a good comparison as this does not account for quality. Should be noted too the other one was larger.

I have had some stitching replaced in an area where I slid along the track at taupo. This did not yeild on the day and it wasn't till some months later I noticed one row of stitching had worn. It should be noted that during the slide the leather did scorch so there really was some friction there.

I still wear them now and quite frankly wouldn't be keen to wear anything else.
Why?
Well, how do you really know how your gear will stand up in a bin? You put your money down and you take your chances. With mine, I already know they will take it. It comes down to faith vs knowledge. I'm an athiest.

That said, sure I am biased from my experiences. If you want unbiased advice the woman at Motorcycle Safety Wear is pretty bloody switched on, she has probably repaired more leathers than anyone else in the country and knows what works and what doesn't in an accident.

[The_Dover]

I've got to say that having seen quasi's gear and compared it the expensive shit that is available in NZ it appears to be great value for money.

I bought my gear in the UK for a great price before I joined KB and before Quasi started his business and quite honestly if I hadn't then I'd probably be sporting his stuff now.

I know a few of my riding buddies have bought it and been more than happy with it, and so far I think most of the useless tossers have crash tested it too!!

The only thing I've got to say thought Quasi is that you need to seperate your business persona from your online one a bit sometimes, I know I'm a cunt but I'm not trying to build a business with my profile.

And if people are trying to retail your gear why aren't you going for it? I mean, even if they were tacking a mark up on to it then it's still gonna reach a wider demographic than it currently is?

[Bytor]

check out http://www.rawland.co.uk/

Got mine last year in the UK, triple stitching and good quality hide. Interestingly they are prob similar size to Quasie and shows how the small guys can take on the bigger boys with an equal or better product.

[onearmedbandit]

Well I just paid a lot of hard earned dollars (actually insurance $$) to buy a range of Alpinestar gear, MX1 jacket, pants and gloves. I know I paid 3x the amount it probably would've cost me to buy either Quasie or TonyB's gear, but it's my money and I'll spend it how I feel. So call me a brand-chaser or whatever, I couldn't give a fuck. Ever since I was young I appreciated gear like A-star etc because of the racing image, style, and performance. Now I'm not a wide-eyed kid with empty pockets, why should I not live that dream. I'm not ever going to be a sponsered racer on the MotoGP grid with free gear being thrown at me left right and centre, so if I have to buy it I will.

You'll know its me when I ride past in my gear, I'll be the one with the huge smile under my (Arai) lid.

[scumdog]

The one thing y'all forgot about was the dire need for ALL motorcycle leathers to have TASSLES to be any good.

It's all about styyyle, baby!
I bet Quasi could even get a set made for me (Size: semi-rotund) and there's only a 1/3 of a cow extra used in making the tassles.

Been a verrrry enlightening thread.

[Joni]

Yup OAB, it all comes down to choice... and everyone has the right to make that choice for themselves.

[onearmedbandit]

Thanks Joni. No-one should be ragged on because they choose to pay more, less or whatever to get a product THEY are happy with.

[scumdog]

Thanks Joni. No-one should be ragged on because they choose to pay more, less or whatever to get a product THEY are happy with.

You're not into selling stuff by any chance are you?

[Joni]

OAB: preach brother preach

So come on guys - Quasi's gear is good, Alpine is good, in fact all gear has its place... peoples choice, taste and budget will determine what they go for.

[dawnrazor]

Nah it should stand to highlight what a noob you are, you asked questions and I answered them. then you got all wanky cause I posted a picture of a womans jacket.

Come off it, you knew what you where doing when you did that, at least admit that much

You are representative of the New KB, ie you fucked it

No, as far as I've seen it was fucked long before I came along.




Quasi, for whatever reason you took this thread as some sort of personal attack on your product range even before you posted in it, never the case by the way. You then blaze in with the big sell and more or less pre-empt a negative reaction with your comment about telling Dover and Co. that they are cheeky pricks, for the comments they would post in reply. Which makes me suspect you've had that reaction before, more then once - am I responsible for that as well.

I was never looking for a sales pitch, if I wanted that I can walk into any good bike store in town and be given the full monty on whats new and great etc. and with the added bonus of actually being able to try stuff on at the same time.

I posted this thread looking for testamonials from punters not sellers, not to be obvious but OF COURSE YOUR GEAR IS GREAT, your hardly going to say otherwise are you, its how you pay the bills....so I can be forgiven for taking your passion for your product with a pinch of salt. The testimonials of CaN and others who have leapt to your defence carry more weight then any of your sales bluster, you should have let your customers speak for themselves, you might have had another sale by now.

For all you know, with the proper encouragement I might have been able to get past first impressions or pictures on a website and gone and seen your man in auckland, but you seriously rooted any chance of that so early on. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE SOLD TO, which you would have realised if you had paid attention to my initial request at the start of this thread.

(LAY OFF THE HARD SELL, IF YOUR SHITS THAT GOOD YOU DON'T NEED IT)

So where are we now, all you can do now is name call, what the hell is wrong with you. I'll admit I may have been a little harsh in some of my comments and publically said that I didn't like the look of your gear, (I never mentioned or refered to anything about their quality, safety, build or integrity) but that doesn't explain your reaction and actions here.

Fact of the matter is this Quasi, you have no time for me (and others on this site no doubt) and probably never had and you probably only see this thread as a vehicle to pedal your wares.

You might make a few more sales out of it, but I'm not sure you have done anything for your professionalism. Dover is absolutely right, you do need to seperate church and state - its okay for me to be a prick or an egg or a noob or whatever the else you care to call me - I ain't making my living selling stuff to people like the guys and gals on this site, you are and right now your not doing yourself any favours

[The Stranger:Me]

Thanks Joni. No-one should be ragged on because they choose to pay more, less or whatever to get a product THEY are happy with.

No one's being "ragged on" because of their choice. Dawnrazor asked for opinions and he got em is all, as I see it. He didn't seem to like the answers, but he did ask.

I don't spend money on bling, I see it as a total waste of money. Would rather spend money on stuff that makes the bike behave better, shit I don't even clean it, unless necessary for maintenence. surely we are all big enough to accept that my choices are not yours and vice versa.