Draggin' jeans: Part Deux

[NordieBoy]

Thy make a good sales pitch about the kevlar and this thread is a good example that it works for the low-sides at least but there's some big impact on the highside (trust me) and draggins have no protection for that

Apart from Draggins with armour of course.

[gijoe1313]

Aye, I take it all under advisement - I told my mum about my off and she was like "oh no...you need to get married son, so you can have someone to worry about you and look after you!" Good ol'asian mum response!

Yep, actually the funny thing was a worker at my old's shop said she had a dream ... about my just departed Grandma telling her to "watch out for the hands" ... spooky - my gloves were munted, I got a sore left hand and minor grazes on the right! Mum thought I had to be in an accident sure enuff!

My next set of draggins will have better armour system installed - looking at a proper armour set-up instead of the shite system they have at the moment (which is why I probably didn't bother with it! ) I'll probably get carried away and turn it into an exo-skeleton with endo-muscular reactive systems...

[Disco Dan]

Dont tell me you went and broke that luvly shiny new GPS you bought last wednesday???? Poos about your bin, armour is the way to go!!

[Sanx]

Quasi's gear is more than good enough. Sure, it might not have this year's latest design fad like Spidi or A*s, but it's bloody well made. Plenty of racers on here use them, and they're a number walking aorunds that look decidedly second-lhand, but have been for numerous slides down the asphalt without wearing through or splitting.

[Quasievil]

Mate quasi gear is SHIT get so decent Spidi gear

Sheesh ZRXER that funny, like you would know anything about anything............plonker

[Quasievil]

Quasi's gear is more than good enough. Sure, it might not have this year's latest design fad like Spidi or A*s, but it's bloody well made.

Cheers Sanx, as you know I went overseas to sought out the 07/08 range and I can say that the new styles are as good if not better in design and style than most on the market, additionally you will find the newer spec better than spidi or Alpinestar, the trip taught me alot about leathers and whats available, and more impotantly what is being offered in the market, I can safely say Most brands are made on a price point, not a quality specification point, We have not comprimised on either, we cannot afford to as we are closer to the NZ market rider than Spidi or Alpinestar will ever be,
Unlike them, I actually meet my riders who crash

[Scouse]

Cheers Sanx, as you know I went overseas to sought out the 07/08 range and I can say that the new styles are as good if not better in design and style than most on the market, additionally you will find the newer spec better than spidi or Alpinestar, the trip taught me alot about leathers and whats available, and more impotantly what is being offered in the market, I can safely say Most brands are made on a price point, not a quality specification point, We have not comprimised on either, we cannot afford to as we are closer to the NZ market rider than Spidi or Alpinestar will ever be,
Unlike them, I actually meet my riders who crash

Of course you would say that as your trying to sell the shit

[pritch]

Yep the only good thing about Quasi gear is that it is Cheap and nasty

That's different to the usual response seen hereabout, I can't comment personally as I don't have any.

Spidi is good gear, but it is expensive (I can comment on that) even when it's bought on "special".

A new rider might be better off with less expensive gear than they would riding around with bugger-all while saving for the more expensive stuff?

[Quasievil]

Of course you would say that as your trying to sell the shit

Oh so its a personal attack still ?????
mate just cause you basically suck as a sportsbike rider and have little skill and was seriously given the learn by a better rider you dont need to make it a life long effort to attack me constantly. jealousy is a UGLY beast dude and you need to sought it out in your head so you can learn to grow as a human being.

[Scouse]

Oh so its a personal attack still ?????
mate just cause you basically suck as a sportsbike rider and have little skill and was seriously given the learn by a better rider you dont need to make it a life long effort to attack me constantly. jealousy is a UGLY beast dude and you need to sought it out in your head so you can learn to grow as a human being.

No personal attack here mate I would just rather see people buy good quality gear you dont have to take it so personally

[gijoe1313]

Dont tell me you went and broke that luvly shiny new GPS you bought last wednesday???? Poos about your bin, armour is the way to go!!

Hehe, and yeah - especially me being an armour fetish nut and all! (medieval, japanese samurai, modern day CQB etc etc.) Oh well, material things can be replaced with coin - bits off your body not so easily

Anyhows, will be rocking down to E-town and getting a new one once I got my little ol'Hornet ship-shaped again. My motorcycling atlas of NZ still allows me to get lost in parts unknown in deepest, darkest NZ!

I just wanted the female voice of the GPS to keep me company when I'm standing by the side of the road taking a leak with her saying "take a u-turn whenever you can safely!"

[Quasievil]

No personal attack here mate I would just rather see people buy good quality gear you dont have to take it so personally

Its my business how personal can you get ?
Why do you think quality is only found in big brand names like alpinestar and spidi etc ???? I can tell you my gear is as good a quality as any of it, Example
1/ how can a 1.1 mm thick Spidi be better quality than a 2mm thick leather ?
2/How can Spidi, nylon stitching be better than Kevlar ???
3/How can double stitching be better than QUASiMOTO (soon to be available) Quadriple stitching ?

I specify personally, I am the only one responsible for gear issues, Im here , Im on KB to recieve compliments and complaints, I am not hiding behind a retail counter saying I will ring the importer.........I am the importer, so to me your attack is personal as it has absolutely no substance at all, you dont wear my gear and dont have a qualified opinion, your comments are purely a slag of at me because you dont like me for your own reasons.
Im trying to do something good for the biker, if you want to cut me down (tall poppy style) go for it I got my customers to back me up and your opinion is as I say unqualified, you spend your money elsewhere go and support a foreign company that doesnt care, it suits me fine

[Toast]

Of course you would say that as your trying to sell the shit

I'm not trying to sell the 'shit', and I'd recommend it to anyone. 160km/h (45m/s, probably slide about 100m) lowside on the track, kevlar stitching fine, leather scuffed but I could've slid another km and it wouldn't have worn through. As it was, I wore it the next meet on the track with out any hesitation.

You seem to be one of the few who has a poor opinion of Quasi gear, maybe that's an indication that you should be less assured in making such venomous statements.

[RantyDave]

Its my business how personal can you get ?

FWIW I bought a Quasi jacket and troos at the QGAAS thing that Colapop organised. I keep meaning to put up a formal "review" but this seems like a good time.

Short version: fucking stoked.

Longer version: I still find the leather on the front of the jacket to be a bit thick but it is wearing in as promised. The breathing zips, on the few chances I've needed to use them in earnest, have been wonderful. The breathable panels on the troos get a bit cold, which can be solved by putting some longer shorts on underneath. The overall impression is a curious mix of the gear sort of disappearing once you get on the bike - certainly none of the high speed inflation or flapping around you get with cordura - and a pleasing awareness that I'm wrapped in something that will take the majority of the grief should I hit the deck.

I've been slightly caught in the rain once or twice with no ill effects. It wasn't for long though.

Maybe Alpinestars or Spidi would be better kit, but I got my whole get up for less than the retail price of just the jacket for A*. I have no problem with knowing these are going to be my leathers for the next ten years and the only slight regret I have is not having the patience to custom order them with some different coloured panels.

I do get to support a KB'er, true, but the kit was considered on it's own merits and would not have been bought otherwise.

Like I said, stoked.

Dave

[Sanx]

Of course you would say that as your trying to sell the shit

Well, I'm not trying to sell the 'shit'. I don't have any financial relationship with Quasi. I don't even own a single piece of his gear. Why? Well, when I bought my leather last year, I didn't know who Quasi was and didn't want to trust some bloke selling own-brand of leathers I'd never heard of. So, I went and bought my Rev'It suit. Since then, I've seen numerous people slide down the track in Quasi's gear (including Quasi himself). The leathers have stood up to all the abuse, and then some. I've seen people whose leather have been rolled, bowled and arseholed repeatedly and Quasi's gear has stood up fine. They just look a bit scruffy, that's all.

So, zrxer, until you can explain why Quasi's gear ain't as good as Spidi, A*s and the rest - preferably using reasoned and structured argument instead of just saying "it's shit" - why don't you just shut the fuck up and crawl back under whatever rock you oozed out from.