Cordura Vs Leather

[MSTRS:Me]

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to vifferman again.
It seems that I can't give it to you again. Dirty little hobbitses

[Suney]

Been done before I know, so it's just my little selfish rant..

Cordura Vs Leathers
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And as far as the waterproofing qualities of Cordura Vs Leather, that's what oversuits are for.

Could you give me some more info on oversuits.
Currently in the market for a good jacket and I was going to get cordura but the idea of leather + oversuit for rain has inspired me

[Slipstream]

Leather. Definitely leather...that's all I have to say on this subject.

[John]

Leather. Definitely leather...that's all I have to say on this subject.

When girls go wild

(re:leather) When it comes to hitting the tarmac, no thanks!

I didn't like it, at all, at all....

I referr to your title in this case; "That's MISTER Fwit to you"

(PT)

[James Deuce]

Could you give me some more info on oversuits.
Currently in the market for a good jacket and I was going to get cordura but the idea of leather + oversuit for rain has inspired me

For $40 you can get a Parka and Overtrou from any Keinzley Agvet rural supplies outlet. They're called Tuffpak, and fold or roll up to fit in most any underseat storage space. Get a size larger than you normally would to take into account the leathers. You could always get Line 7 stuff for a bit more. Quite a bit more actually

[magnum]

leather,wont trust anything else on the open road.

[Jantar]

Could you give me some more info on oversuits.
Currently in the market for a good jacket and I was going to get cordura but the idea of leather + oversuit for rain has inspired me

I have two piece leather suit, and purchased a cheap set of PVC wet weather gear from the Warehouse for under $20. Apart from taking the PVC gear out of its packaging to check that it would fit over my leathers (it does) I have never had to wear it.

I find that leather gear properly treated and looked after is every bit as waterproof as Cordura. On a west coast ride last year, after 3 hours in the rain, my wife and I in our leather gear were still perfectly dry with only a hint of dampness starting starting to come through. All those with Cordura were very wet.

My wife's gear was just starting to leak at two point through the stitching, and my gloves were starting to feel damp in the thumb area. So three hours in west coast rain seems to be the limit for waterproof quality on our leather gear.

[Waylander]

Woo hoo I get to be the materialistic one here ( no pun intended) nothing looks better than leather when you're on a bike. Doesn't matter what kind of bike leather just looks cooler.

[FEINT]

When it rains, and it rains quite often in Auckland, most of you guys wear leather and have wear waterproofing plastic over the leather? And your work clothes underneath the leather?

[jrandom]

When it rains, and it rains quite often in Auckland, most of you guys wear leather and have wear waterproofing plastic over the leather? And your work clothes underneath the leather?

I commute with work clothes under 'waterproof' (hah) Orina cordura. One of the PVC parkas Jim2 mentioned earlier goes over the cordura.

With the parka, I stay lovely and dry and toasty. Without it, I sit at my desk drying out my crotch and shirt front all morning.

Fortunately, the only real requirement for my professional attire is that it cover my naughty bits and keep me warm enough to function in the air conditioning. Hence baggy shorts, crappy old T-shirts and bare feet tend to be the order of the day, and nobody cares too much if it looks like I just peed myself.

[Mr Skid]

When it rains, and it rains quite often in Auckland, most of you guys wear leather and have wear waterproofing plastic over the leather? And your work clothes underneath the leather?

If you're really cheap *cough* Velox *cough* you can wear a plastic bag over your leather jacket.

Otherwise nylon or PVC rain gear will do the job. If you can fit your work clothes under your leathers, you've probably got leathers a size too big.

Lots of people will tell you the reasoning for leathers being fitting is so that they slide if/when you go down the road, rather than them bunching up, and so that armour stays in place.

The real reason is that girls get all hot and bothered by 'bikers in tight leather. Try turning up at a pub in cordura jacket. Good luck getting laid. Try doing the same in a spunky slim fitting leather jacket, and you'll know why leather costs more than textile.

[Dodgyiti]

The real reason is that girls get all hot and bothered by 'bikers in tight leather. Try turning up at a pub in cordura jacket. Good luck getting laid. Try doing the same in a spunky slim fitting leather jacket, and you'll know why leather costs more than textile.

Even worse,
Try turning up at a pub in your Cordura jacket and then taking it off only to expose a shirt louder than an un muffled Moto-Guzzi !

[Motu]

well,my leathers are ''tight''...but I don't think it makes me look sexy...

[scumdog]

Woo hoo I get to be the materialistic one here ( no pun intended) nothing looks better than leather when you're on a bike. Doesn't matter what kind of bike leather just looks cooler.

And if it has tassles? Woohoo, say no more!!

[Paul in NZ]

Sorry chaps...

(actually this is true - chaps - those cowboy things - are damn sorry lookin things)

Anyway - This is a pretty pointless thread. Fabric OR leather it comes down to the quality of the garment. Cheap leathers can be utter shit and split open like a ripe peach due to rotten stitching and low grade hides stolen from road kill rabbits. Top grade fabric gear can be utterly amazing.

Luck, how you fall, where you fall and if you hit anything while you fall all play a part.

I have a Spidi NT Tour jacket that has doe 50,000km and is still pretty waterpoof and with the liner in, is amazingly warm and comfortable. It's a great bit of kit but it cost a fortune.

I have owned leather I felt unsafe in the garage with.

The type of leather has a huge effect on it performance in various areas. Horse hide is naturally waterproof for example.

Like everything - leather aint all leather and cordura aint all cordura (litterally)

Paul N