New to riding & unsure about bike gear

[Maha]

My rain suit is brilliant. Just and absolute arse to get on and off while in your leathers.
Try sitting down and taking a piss (women only, Men= dump) with a rain suit and leathers on...the hardest thing ever. You are best to take it completely off and once again, thats a real bastard.
They are warm and do the job but fuck, what a mission.
My new jacket is the best ever...Revit leather/Textile ...the best of both worlds.
I also have a wool lined oil skin vest that goes over the top on the jacket, cant beat that system really, warm and dry.

[superman]

I only live around the corner from work so I don't get a chance to get cold, except for my frickin fingers. Winter gloves are next on the list

Damn the 40 minute journey!

[wysper]

Impossible

Look Quasi, this is part of the reason I almost didn't post my opinion. I didn't want to get into a fight about your product. Or a fight about cordura, it has been done to death.

I am also not looking for waterproof during summer riding. There are mesh options out there I would consider to help keep me cool that still have good abrasion resistance in the contact areas. I didn't make that clear in my original comment.

In my opinion and experience - I have never been truly warm wearing leather in the middle of winter, even with layers underneath. And given how close fitting my current Qmoto gear is there is not much room to put stuff under it.

I am not attacking you or your gear or leather. I am just stating my opinion. We all have different opinions. No need to tell me what I have found to be true for me is impossible. Because it is not. It is true for me.

[steve_t]

I'm keen to know if anyone's binned in mesh. I'm getting a perf'd leather jacket for next summer. The mesh though touted to be abrasion resistant just doesn't look like it should be. Happy to be told otherwise though.

Also mesh has err... connotations

[Rocket]

I just bought some sweet gear from sportbiketrackgear.com

They seem to be always bustin out good sales.. here's their youtube channel , follow it for weekly specials and closeout sales. http://www.youtube.com/user/Sportbiketrackgear

[Quasievil]

Look Quasi, this is part of the reason I almost didn't post my opinion. I didn't want to get into a fight about your product. Or a fight about cordura, it has been done to death.

Settle petal no one if fighting bro
Cordura hasnt really been done to death, if it had been the bikers would be asking those dodgy bastards to sell them genuine product, as long as they aint I will occasionally voice, and believe me there is shitloads of it being sold as Cordura when in fact it isnt.

In my opinion and experience - I have never been truly warm wearing leather in the middle of winter, even with layers underneath. And given how close fitting my current Qmoto gear is there is not much room to put stuff under it.

Dude we can all have our opinions and I have know problems you having one, who am I to say you cant eh ?
Fact id tho Textile use a plastic membrane to keep the water out, plastic bag wearing in summer will never be cooler than leather.

I am not attacking you or your gear or leather. I am just stating my opinion. We all have different opinions. No need to tell me what I have found to be true for me is impossible. Because it is not. It is true for me.

mmmm well you ride a Harley to so we will leave it at that eh

[wysper]

Also mesh has err... connotations

LOL, just certain areas have mesh, particularly on the chest (oh god, that is still going to be trouble) just to give airflow.

Man, I might as well just keep digging

mmmm well you ride a Harley to so we will leave it at that eh

Good point... as long as I have tassels on I am fully dressed for the Harley!

[Geeen]

Wysper, That Harley is affecting you in strange ways..............

[Hitcher]

I'm keen to know if anyone's binned in mesh

[Sticks hand up] The mesh ground to a point where I had to replace the jacket (did the damage on a Boxing Day having got the jacket for a present the day before) but all of the armour remained in place and did its job nicely, apart from the snapped right scapula. Second jacket proved invaluable on our tour to the USA and Canada, where on some days the temperatures got well into the high 40s. I've still got it, but in summer conditions here I generally prefer to wear my QMoto.

[Mom]

Don't buy a one-piece rainsuit. I predict that at some point in a journey wearing one, you'll require a comfort stop. Even a Shewee(TM) won't help.

I have once gone without a toilet stop, in the pouring rain, for such a long time (6 hours +) that when we eventually stopped for the night I could not pee. I had to be assisted out of my root, it had somehow fused itself to the wet codura it was covering.

Roots are all well and good, but impossible to get out of in a hurry if you have to. I am also going to recommend the plastic pants and leggings over what ever gear you can afford.

I favour textiles for warmth and wet weather protection.

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This is why I have a 2 piece rainsuit, 1 piece rainsuits are an absolute motherfucker to get in and out of.

[Urano]

Any advice with regards to leather vs textile, best places to buy, and what the essentials are would be greatly appreciated!

halvarssons safety.
simply at this date it's the only one certified.
then you couple it with what you like best.

Whatever you do, do not use the search function to find that this subject has been covered a million times over......

point.

[wysper]

I had to be assisted out of my root

Roots are all well and good, but impossible to get out of in a hurry

KB classic comments right there Mom, well done!

[ckai]

My experience with leather is it is hot in summer and cold in winter.
It is not water proof.

Agree partly. My leather is heaps cooler in the summer than my Text. If you stop though they're both as bad as each other.

As for winter, yeah I feel slightly cooler in leather. Only very slightly.

In your defense mate, you'd look like a right too with the type of leather kit you have on your tractor. And you can easily put your chaps over top of you text pants so you don't feel completely left out

I'm keen to know if anyone's binned in mesh. I'm getting a perf'd leather jacket for next summer. The mesh though touted to be abrasion resistant just doesn't look like it should be. Happy to be told otherwise though.

Also mesh has err... connotations
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Perf jackets are bloody brilliant in summer. There's no way in hell I would go any other way. It's like having air-con.

[R-Soul]

Fact id tho Textile use a plastic membrane to keep the water out, plastic bag wearing in summer will never be cooler than leather.

There is that aspect, of it being windproof, just like leather, but also leathers are just thicker (in terms of millimeters) and more thermally insulative than a thin textile. And the textile jackets have removable liners.