Adventure gear - what are you wearing?

[Tazz]

Man great thread.

I don't mind the old slip in the mud (although try to avoid mud whenever I can) for the added ankle protection of my Tech10 boots. I broke an ankle and 3 metatarsal bones in my foot wearing a pair of comfy "adventure" boots that had little support when it counted - I do confess I've become a bit of an anti-adventure boot internet troll - think they were Forma boots I was wearing but they were cheap at the time.....an oh so comfy

Cheers for the insight into your experience. I definitely feel slightly over dressed but way safer in my MX boots, which are average at best but much better than my other current options.
I think any boot you can't spend a day standing on the pegs in is probably not going to do you any favours in a decent off, but they can put you off exploring around a bit off the bike.

Would love a pair of those hinged MX Sidis, but out of my reach price wise.

Was it you that had an off while wearing the same jacket Waihou Thumper mentioned? How did it hold up? Deanos got one the same but said the armour on the outside was a bit hopeless. Built in camel pack is cool though. One just went for $50 with a bunch of other gear thrown in.

[Waihou Thumper]

Man great thread.



Cheers for the insight into your experience. I definitely feel slightly over dressed but way safer in my MX boots, which are average at best but much better than my other current options.
I think any boot you can't spend a day standing on the pegs in is probably not going to do you any favours in a decent off, but they can put you off exploring around a bit off the bike.

Would love a pair of those hinged MX Sidis, but out of my reach price wise.

Was it you that had an off while wearing the same jacket Waihou Thumper mentioned? How did it hold up? Deanos got one the same but said the armour on the outside was a bit hopeless. Built in camel pack is cool though. One just went for $50 with a bunch of other gear thrown in.

Even Knights in medieval times fell off their steeds and I bet some hobbled away with broken bones...
I guess there is a trade off for comfort versus safety? these days...
Certainly it does depend on where and what you are doing....BUT, yes, you cannot foresee what lies around the corner or what might decide to gallop out at you.
Marty can attest to that.
The thing is though, whatever you decide and wear, you only know whether it will protect you in a fall, despite all the blurb, the AS/NZS, ANSI CE etc. Maybe the best thing is not to find out and do your damndest to prevent.
I work in an industry where all of the above is important but if you ain't trained or competent, it means diddly squat.
Afterall, all we are doing here is mitigating, and the price spent on this sometimes outways the sensibilities perhaps?

[Oscar]

Shit you are doing that the hard way, I just drain it out and stick it in the freezer, works a treat, no greenies, no goobies, thaw it out and ready to rock

Is there an echo in here?

[Arctic Wolfe]

Common sence says "Rather sweat than bleed" . . .so no compromise on gear.

All the Gear . . . . All the Time . . . . Every time.

[Oscar]

Common sence says "Rather sweat than bleed" . . .so no compromise on gear.

All the Gear . . . . All the Time . . . . Every time.

So you made it over here.
Tell the chaps your opinions on KTM's...

[Night Falcon]

Was it you that had an off while wearing the same jacket Waihou Thumper mentioned? How did it hold up? Deanos got one the same but said the armour on the outside was a bit hopeless. Built in camel pack is cool though. One just went for $50 with a bunch of other gear thrown in.

Mine was a Dri-rider Summit Pro Jacket so didn't have the external armour. The jacket saved my bacon from more serious injury, no doubt about it. Most of the impact was on the left side with general scuffing over the rest of it. I had a camelback on, which the medics cut off, but it survived pretty well with only scuffing to the straps - burst the bladder though.

The key thing was the internal armour stayed in place (mostly)and the jacket did not disintegrate from sliding down the road. Left shoulder pad did eventually come loose and shift when the seam ripped apart, so I lost some skin, but pretty minor; for a $300 jacket I have no complaints, it stood up very well.

The thing is though, whatever you decide and wear, you only know whether it will protect you in a fall, despite all the blurb, the AS/NZS, ANSI CE etc. Maybe the best thing is not to find out and do your damndest to prevent.

I concur! Hard impacts are going to hurt you no matter what you have on - BUT good gear WILL mean less recovery time. Every cent you think you cant afford when buying protective gear is spent a thousand fold after you crash in lost earnings, Insurance excesses, Physio part payments etc. etc.....so its a bit of a false economy, but we all have a budget to live with.


There is no shortage of gear that is comfortable to wear on a bike but believe me, comfort is a poor cousin to protection when it counts. The comfort trade-off isn't that unworkable with modern gear anyway. My personal, lesson driven, priority when budgeting for new gear is PROTECTION 1st, comfort 2nd......but then I've had more than the average number of hard spill lessons to learn from

[bart]

Shit you are doing that the hard way, I just drain it out and stick it in the freezer, works a treat, no greenies, no goobies, thaw it out and ready to rock

Hard way? I don't have to remove the bladder from my pack. Just top up and put away in a dark cupboard (light makes shit grow too). Drain and fill when you're ready to ride.

After my missus has been rumaging in the freezer, the bladder would always be at the bottom, under the pork roasts and porterhouse steaks.

[Trials Rider]

Hard way? I don't have to remove the bladder from my pack. Just top up and put away in a dark cupboard (light makes shit grow too). Drain and fill when you're ready to ride.

After my missus has been rumaging in the freezer, the bladder would always be at the bottom, under the pork roasts and porterhouse steaks.

Ha yeah, not a good idea to turn up to a ride with a frozen porterhouse

[Night Falcon]

Hard way? I don't have to remove the bladder from my pack. Just top up and put away in a dark cupboard (light makes shit grow too). Drain and fill when you're ready to ride.

After my missus has been rumaging in the freezer, the bladder would always be at the bottom, under the pork roasts and porterhouse steaks.

pork roasts and porterhouse steak.........wanna swap freezers Bart? we got loads of sausages and mixed vegies

[bart]

pork roasts and porterhouse steak.........wanna swap freezers Bart? we got loads of sausages and mixed vegies

The perks of being broke and having generous family who own a farm.

[MarkH]

pork roasts and porterhouse steak.........wanna swap freezers Bart? we got loads of sausages and mixed vegies

Vegies aren't food, vegies are what food eats!

[MarkH]

I'm new to dual sport riding and was thinking of buying a textile jacket & pants for the purpose of this sort of riding.
Does anyone have any experience with Scott gear?
Looking at fcmoto I can see some adventure gear that seems OK by the description and would only cost $300 for the jacket and pants.

I'd actually like to buy the Klim badlands jacket and pants but $2400 is a bit much to spend right now.

[Night Falcon]

I'm new to dual sport riding and was thinking of buying a textile jacket & pants for the purpose of this sort of riding.
Does anyone have any experience with Scott gear?
Looking at fcmoto I can see some adventure gear that seems OK by the description and would only cost $300 for the jacket and pants.

I'd actually like to buy the Klim badlands jacket and pants but $2400 is a bit much to spend right now.

Don't know about the scott gear except they do a lot of MX stuff. If your after good value jacket and pants combo you could check out the Dririder stuff or Neo which is available here in NZ from heaps of places. Trade me has some good deals in the gear section, or have a look at Cycletreads site, they're always having specials.

[RMOTO]

Need a new jacket and thinking about a compression suit and enduro jacket.

Each to their own but that's certainly my pick for the best protection. On long trips a pressure suit can be a bit of a pain in the butt as it adds extra time to stripping base layers to match the air temp/riding terrain plus gearing up in the morning and gearing down at night but to me the protection is worth the effort in the long run.

Considering the Klim Traverse jacket with Leatt foam or plastic pressure suit or should I just stick with the adv type jacket setup?

The Klim Traverse is priced the way it is because it is good; and worth every cent. It has been outstanding at keeping me dry it the heaviest of West Coast torrential rain. It is basic, but brilliant if staying dry on wet days and staying cool on hot days is important to you. I team this jacket up with a Thor Impact Rig and it provides great weather protection, body protection and good ventilation for hot days.

I recently purchased a Klim Latitude jacket which is a step up from the Traverse if you want a little more functionality. It is a heavier grade material with even better ventilation plus D30 armour which can be removed to use as a shell jacket also. A little pricier but a simply a great jacket and worth paying for if you want to be comfortable, protected and dry. Lets not forget how cool they look too

I don't have any photos of my Latitude gear, but here is a video of me wearing it, it's nice looking gear

As for boots, the SIDI Gortex Adventure Rain Boots have been great for both protection and ability to walk reasonable distances with the hinged ankle

And that's my 2 cents

[MarkH]

The Klim Traverse is priced the way it is because it is good; and worth every cent. It has been outstanding at keeping me dry it the heaviest of West Coast torrential rain. It is basic, but brilliant if staying dry on wet days and staying cool on hot days is important to you.

I have been trying to decide what to buy, I'm thinking that the Traverse Jacket and Traverse Pants are probably what I'll buy, motomox has a price close enough to the overseas sites so I'd definitely look at buying from them.
However: Currently I don't have the necessary money and I really need to get something.
I'm thinking about getting a jacket and pants that may not be suitable for winter but are decent in Summer, by winter I should have the money for the Klim Traverse gear.
Or maybe just get something affordable and use it later as a backup set of gear.

TBH I'm not a huge fan of Dririder, they seem to be average to poor quality in my experience.
This looks a bit better than Dririder for a similar price: http://motorcyclegear.co.nz/rst-jack...2-textile.html
RST seems to have a better reputation for quality, maybe it would be worth giving them a try.
These pants would probably do the trick too: http://motorcyclegear.co.nz/roadbike...e-textile.html