Spool gear

[tri boy]

I'm a bit surprised by people who think cordura will be fine after a crash. The stiching/fabric is really a "one crash wonder", (their leathers I have no experience with).
FWIW, I have been using a Spool cordura for 4yrs. Road and Adv riding. It has been a good jacket, with pretty good "light fall" protection.
Waterproofing goes like this:
Wash only with approved cordura cleaner.
Spray cordura waterproof sealer on jacket/pants.
Let it dry o/night. Job done.
There is better gear for sure. But for budget gear, it's fine.

[Wheeliemonsta]

make sure you offer the leather some conditioning after doing that dude, you can dry it out quickly. Its the right way btw, but just condition the leather after washing.
Mothers do a good easy to apply conditioner, either that or a bees wax type product.

Gidday Quasi,
I nearly always give them a bit of a rub down (once properly dry) with a kit I got from the U.S.A - done by a crowd called Auburn Leather

Its a fairly old skool 3 step system comprising of a Cleaner, Weatherproofing & Conditioning agent & lastly a restorer which brings them back up like new...

Could possibly be why they have lasted as well as they have...

Is this Mothers stuff a point, squirt, buff sort of thing...

Cheers

[Richard Mc F]

[ I saw a jacket I liked at botany honda, and wanted to know more about it without talking to the jerk salesman[/QUOTE]

Hey which one is the jerk ??? i got money on this

[Cr1MiNaL]

Got spool gloves n love them to bits. Theyre wearing out now and will replace with same !!

[Meekey_Mouse]

Have a chat to Sketchy_Racer (Gumpy), he came off at Manfeild and slammed into the wall feet first in his Spool gear. Reckons if it wasn't for the knee protection that the gear had he probably wouldn't be able to walk

I know his seams went, which seem to be a common occurrence, but I know he also has had quite a few offs in his... So you might wanna send him a PM if you want his personal opinion.

[fLaThEaD FreD]

I can vouch for this. I came off last weekend wearing a 3 week old jacket.The seam popped from waist to shoulder on Right side and I was only doing 40 k.....fast enough to break collarbone and 3 ribs LOL.

It will be interesting to hear what they say about it as a new jacket popping after a 40km/hr slow bin........watch this space!!!!!

[Sparky Bills]

Reckons if it wasn't for the knee protection that the gear had he probably wouldn't be able to walk

Saying that... ALL Leathers have extreme knee armour.
The older Spool stuff is a joke, but from what ive seen, the newer stuff might have improved. I really hope so anyway!

[fLaThEaD FreD]

Hahahahaha.........They recommended I replace it with a Jacket from their Diamond range by Magna. This they say is more able to withstand the "rigors of crashing" due to its welded seams, as opposed to stitched seams on my jacket...........and just how much is this item prey tell????? Red Burgler quoted me $700, but wait Darbis offered 25% discount making it $525.
I took my Burst Spool jacket into Northshore canvas at Henderson,and they restitched the seams for me and only charged me $20.........TOP MARKS GUYS!!!!! that was all I was looking for in the first place from Darbis but I guess the almighty $$$$$ means more than a happy customer....I'm just pissed that the day b4 my Bin I spent $200 on another new spool jacket for my partner....i'll think twice about Darbi's next time.

It will be interesting to hear what they say about it as a new jacket popping after a 40km/hr slow bin........watch this space!!!!!

[JayRacer37]

Hahahahaha.........They recommended I replace it with a Jacket from their Diamond range by Magna. This they say is more able to withstand the "rigors of crashing" due to its welded seams, as opposed to stitched seams on my jacket...........and just how much is this item prey tell????? Red Burgler quoted me $700, but wait Darbis offered 25% discount making it $525.
I took my Burst Spool jacket into Northshore canvas at Henderson,and they restitched the seams for me and only charged me $20.........TOP MARKS GUYS!!!!! that was all I was looking for in the first place from Darbis but I guess the almighty $$$$$ means more than a happy customer....I'm just pissed that the day b4 my Bin I spent $200 on another new spool jacket for my partner....i'll think twice about Darbi's next time.

Well, I’ve owned four sets of Spool One Piece suits, with both the RRS1 and RRS2 (you can differentiate between the models, the RRS2 has two front zips) and had many crashes in them. Two of my fastest crashes were in the RRS1 (the suit originally criticised for its tendency to split seams on initial hard impact), and in both of these (Highside in forth through old Taupo esses, and a 200km/h slide into turn One at Teretonga in Invercargill) the suit was intact, enough so that I only had it repaired for friction damage and holes later, still fine to race in. One suit, my original RRS1, had 6 or 7 race crashes, and only ever needed to have one seam restiched, on my arse where I wore through it sliding. I had one lower speed crash in an RRS2 at manfeild, where I tumbled because when I hit the ground and with the lower speed the leather gripped rather than slid (which is why ALL gear has more tendancy to split at lower speeds) and I broke the seam along my arse and thigh.

I’ve ridden in other suits, this year I wore a Leda suit, for sponsors and colour commitments at almost last minute. I like them, but I also paid closer to $2g, not under $1000 for it. Other branded suits I have had have needed repairs on stitches after crashing.

I think the point plenty of people are missing is that the gear you wear is sacrificial for your own skin’s safety. Yes, the less you pay for gear, the more chance it has of splitting – you make that choice when you buy your gear. In leather suits, I expect to need repair if I crash in it.

Flathead, the jacket you have is a Cordura item. It is designed for weather protection, with armour for your safety and to meet EU standards. Nowhere is it advertised to remain intact in a crash. Does your Vulcan come with an Impact Protected label?? I think not. Do MotoGP riders use Cordura? Also, no. It’s not going to hold together in an impact – it’s a lot of very fine threads that get cut by the stitching thread when you hit the ground. Your crash was “only doing 40 k.....[but] fast enough to break collarbone and 3 ribs LOL.” Do your injuries not indicate your impact may have been quite heavy, forcing the material to grip the ground and break the fabric?

Also, you crashed in it! Was your bike damaged? Have you asked Kawasaki to replace that because it too was damaged in your crash? Get a grip!! Your attitude towards this matter is shit, here you are assassinating anything that moves when they don’t meet your ‘demands’...yet it seems to me that they have gone above what they should in offering you a discount on a superior product, maybe if it had split with wear only it would be a different story.

Jay Lawrence

[Motard Rider]

Good on you Jay, you have the balls to say what others don't.

[dangerous]

-and had many crashes in them.
-Two of my fastest crashes were in the RRS1
-Highside in forth through old Taupo esses,
-and a 200km/h slide into turn One at Teretonga in Invercargill)
-had 6 or 7 race crashes,
-I had one lower speed crash in an RRS2 at manfeild,

Man... you aint a verry good rider are ya, did you not learn the 1st time

Good on you Jay, you have the balls to say what others don't.

well whos going to argue with him

[KoroJ]

My Spool Cordura Jacket is about 2.5 years old and it's been awesome and been in some real crap weather.

Mind you, I guess I haven't tested it properly as I've avoided coming off so far!! Silly me.

[JayRacer37]

Man... you aint a verry good rider are ya, did you not learn the 1st time

Clearly not! haha

I'm going to say it was all in the name of product testing...