Gear - Leather vs. Other

[MOTOXXX]

the bike i dont know if shes coming back and most likley will be written off which breaks my heart. so the insurance company will pay out less the excess and wait for the police report to come through and that will determine wheather i get the rest of the money.



put in a contents claim for the helmet, new visor and leathers but havent heard back from them yet. its around $2.5k worth of gear i think so ill hav to chase them up.

after that crash im kind of reluctant to have a realy nice bike again and maybe just get something middle of the range. ill have to wait and see i guess

[Blakamin]

the bike i dont know if shes coming back and most likley will be written off which breaks my heart. so the insurance company will pay out less the excess and wait for the police report to come through and that will determine wheather i get the rest of the money.

Bar stards... from what i saw, the only avoidance of the idiot was killin yerself over the road!

put in a contents claim for the helmet, new visor and leathers but havent heard back from them yet. its around $2.5k worth of gear i think so ill hav to chase them up.

Hassle them heaps

after that crash im kind of reluctant to have a realy nice bike again and maybe just get something middle of the range. ill have to wait and see i guess

NOOOOO!... get another primo bike!... you cant ride a shitter when deep down inside you want something nice! you might end up havin it forever!

how are YOU feelin...body healin alright?

[Jess]

its not fun to read your guys' horror stories when i ride (even pillion on Ants Bandit) in cotton...i dont think i will be riding my scoot again in a miniskirt... getting canned off by a car in that would be nasty.
i want leathers!!!
whats more i want Ant to wear something better than jeans/cotton dress pants. he rides more than i do.

[Mr Skid]

its not fun to read your guys' horror stories when i ride (even pillion on Ants Bandit) in cotton...i dont think i will be riding my scoot again in a miniskirt... getting canned off by a car in that would be nasty.
i want leathers!!!
whats more i want Ant to wear something better than jeans/cotton dress pants. he rides more than i do.

Give him a clip round the ear about jeans/dress pants k?

Stonechucker was kind enough to demonstrate how crap normal jeans are in a bin. I stopped wearing jeans on the bike after seeing his knee.

I wear my cordura pants over jeans or shorts, then just put them into a backpack when I get where I'm going, works for me.

[rodgerd]

its not fun to read your guys' horror stories when i ride (even pillion on Ants Bandit) in cotton...i dont think i will be riding my scoot again in a miniskirt... getting canned off by a car in that would be nasty.
i want leathers!!!

Leather miniskirt?

[Two Smoker]

Ive got both Cordura and Leathers....

My leathers arent too bad in the rain (my upper body generally stays dry....)

I havnt binned in my Cordura yet, but ive heard it is a one bin only item..... it is supposed to have good abrasion resistance because it slides very easily...

Ive hit the tarmac about 5 times in my leathers.... Only wore a hole in them once, and most of the other times i had to get small seams restitched..... thats at speeds from 60-150kmh

Because of my riding* style (*read stupid) i pretty much only wear leathers.....

If your going to be a quick rider/weekend blatter, go for a two piece leather suit.... If your going racing, get a one piece...

If your going touring and long rides or off to work at sensible speeds, go for armoured cordura...

[MOTOXXX]

NOOOOO!... get another primo bike!... you cant ride a shitter when deep down inside you want something nice! you might end up havin it forever!

how are YOU feelin...body healin alright?[/QUOTE]

feeling better. still not 100% but slowly getting better. i am back at work full time now and although i cant do any of the trade physical work, i can do all the phone related stuff and handling claims and over seeing jobs.

first job when i got back was make the coffee. haha

[Jess]

ROGERD: Leather miniskirt?

no... what good would that be?

[JohnBoy]

i use to be a great fan of the synthetics but now its leather. came off on the track and the only reason i didnt injur myself was because of my leathers, they were not the best set, hell they were not even zipped together but they did an awsome job. going to buy a new suit when funds allow.

Eamon... you know the rules brother... when ever you write off a bike you just go out and buy a bigger and faster one!! its hard to go from class to arse...

[Firefight]

I can't belive its takin this long.


Hummmmmmm "Chicks in Leather "


F/F

[magnum]

what do racers wear?and why.think about it.

[tlronny]

Just a thought - Are the "textiles" really waterproof as they say in the ads as I have a relatively expensive one and it aint waterproof at all !
Leather is way "cooler" and I think the newer ones are more for the "born agains" myself ?

[Motu]

what do racers wear?and why.think about it.

Speedway riders always wore leather,but now I see them wearing purpose built synthetic suits - obviously someones done some reshearch and found what works best in those conditions....and it's not the cost,I see these suits on the guys coming from Europe,the local lads still wear leather.

[rodgerd]

what do racers wear?and why.think about it.

Well, motorcross racers wear plastic armour and precious little leather, don't they?

[Bonez]

I'm clad I had my leather one suit on when a was ran into by a car at Waipuk many years ago-not bowled just bounced back from the bumper about a metre or so. It kept my lower leg together- both bones where broken and I was wondering why I couldn't support the bike to put my side side down. It's amazing what the body can cope with. Never got around to getting another one. Always wondered if the synthic stuff would have done the same job.