Gear advice

[Vapor]

Hey all,

Just wondering what the best pants are generally for summer/hot riding.

I currently have a leather jacket, and Cordura pants.

I find that the pants get soooo hot its not funny.. Like I mean its like a boiler suit. Are leather pants any better for heat? Or should I be looking at something like draggin jeans?

Any other alternatives?

Cheers

Vapor

[Pussy]

Hey all,

Just wondering what the best pants are generally for summer/hot riding.

I currently have a leather jacket, and Cordura pants.

I find that the pants get soooo hot its not funny.. Like I mean its like a boiler suit. Are leather pants any better for heat? Or should I be looking at something like draggin jeans?

Any other alternatives?

Cheers

Vapor

Those who know me will tell you my thoughts on draggin jeans. Don't touch them, unless you're only going for a pootle to the shops on smooth asphalt. Go for leather pants, Vapor. Talk to Quasi, he'll have the right ones for you

[babyblade250rr]

Hey all,

Just wondering what the best pants are generally for summer/hot riding.

I currently have a leather jacket, and Cordura pants.

I find that the pants get soooo hot its not funny.. Like I mean its like a boiler suit. Are leather pants any better for heat? Or should I be looking at something like draggin jeans?

Any other alternatives?

Cheers

Vapor

yeah just ordered some new quasi leather gear and spoke to a guy that uses them already apparently the jackets and pants are as ventilated as any fabric/codura gear

[Southern man]

As far as I can figure out. A small amount of discomfort is a minor price to pay for the security of proper certified armour. Be it leather or codura is a personal opinion. I think both are be uncomfortable under certain conditions. I guess it comes down to what you value more. Comfort or safety. For what it's worth.

[BiK3RChiK]

I'd rather have all my gear on! Seen a couple of idiots in the past few days with shorts and sneakers and the like.. Even seen one fool with no helmet! Brain Dead! He had ape hangers too! Mind you, I live in the Eastern Bay.. What should I expect?

[YellowDog]

I believe that it is still the case that leather is the only material able to give you protection and ventilation to keep you cool.

You would have thought with all the modern technological advances, by now, there would be something synthetic to do the job even better than leather does!

[Okey Dokey]

You would have thought with all the modern technological advances, by now, there would be something synthetic to do the job even better than leather does!

Off topic, but funny you should say that. I would rate merino wool as a fibre well over any polarfleece/technologically developed stuff. It's hygroscopic (absorbs moisture from air) so provides superior ventilation to tech fabrics which rely on the weave to allow evaporation. Sometime's it's hard to beat Mother Nature.

For what it's worth, I'd go with leather every time.

[Pwalo]

Try a few of the alternatives (leather/ kevlar lined jeans, etc), and then buy whatever you feel most comfortable in.

At the end of the day both offer more protection than ordinary trousers, and if you don't like wearing them you won't.

[madandy]

Good leather gear will breath as good as good textile and be more comfortable IMHO as well as lasting longer IE: more than one accident.
My Quasi Racer9 pants are better heat and cooling wise (thanks to perforations and fancy panels) than my zipper vented BMW textile touring pants, and more comfortable. And the leather pants are black whereas the BMW gear is white & blue!
Safety first and it doesn't have to be a compromise

[BIHB@0610]

And men's bums look better in leather than in anything else I've seen .... just my humble chick's opinion ............

[madandy]

ditto for Womens' backsides

[All]

Those who know me will tell you my thoughts on draggin jeans. Don't touch them, unless you're only going for a pootle to the shops on smooth asphalt. Go for leather pants, Vapor. Talk to Quasi, he'll have the right ones for you

What's wrong with Draggin jeans? Have you had a bad experience with them?

[Mikkel]

I have a pair of Draggin Cargoes that I use around town on REALLY hot days.

If you can afford it Alpinestar's Track Pant are very nice indeed - plenty of ventilation there.

[discotex]

These look like the business.

http://motoretail.co.nz/product.cfm?ID=5919

Not going to be quite as good protection as leather but certainly as good as codura and WAY cooler.

[James Deuce]

Chose the gear that is appropriate to negotiate the corner ahead... Doh!

I wear Kevlar lined jeans commuting because I don't have to get changed at work. I wear them touring because it keeps me in relaxed and looking about mode.

I wear leather on really hot days because it seems to insulate you from the heat the engine generates and I don't get nearly as hot in leather as I do in jeans or cordura. After crashing in cordura twice I've gone right off it for leg protection. Hips and knees take a pounding and I find that leather or Kevlar lined jeans don't wear through as quickly as cordura, even cordura with "CE approved" armour. I'd like to have a chat with those CE people. Low speed spill and the armour gets penetrated and I lode skin and stick to the trousers and have to get them cut and soaked off. Wear Kevlar lined jeans and not a mark on me.

I've broken lots of bones wearing full leather and none in cordura or kevlar lined denim.

The brain is a funny thing.