Thoughts on my choices for beginner gear?

[Akzle]

Re waterproofing leather.....forget spray silicon shite
Bee's wax is the answer...
Google to find out why.

lamb fat. And/or the old dubbin.

Leave your shit in the sun to warm it up, then rub it in with chamois.

[R650R]

Snowseal on all my leather gear.... just remember with all that beeswax all over your leathers, look our for hives with angry bees in summer lol....
Dodged a few swarms myself....
Get leathers for learning, you will crash more than once. You wont fit any motocross style amour under any textile gear realisticly or practically.
I have textiles and leather. The armour in textiles only protects knees, shoulders and maybe hips if you pay extra but still lots of other parts of you that will hit ground hard.
And that's all supposing the bike doesn't land on you or under you....
Buy good gloves and boots, your hands and feet are kinda important in day to day life.

[nodrog:Me]

....Get leathers for learning, you will crash more than once....

only if you're fucking retarded.

[Rikard]

only if you're fucking retarded.

Oh god here come the fun police haha!


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[nodrog:Me]

Oh god here come the fun police haha!


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is falling off fun?

[Rikard]

No but it happens. You're not retarded if you fall off your bike lol.


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[nodrog:Me]

No but it happens. You're not retarded if you fall off your bike lol.

you are if you do it repeatedly.

and it doesn't happen to all learners.

[Banditbandit]

Some good advice in the previous posts.

My thinking behind separate armor and jacket/pants is that first, I get the impression the armor strapped to the body would fit and protect better than pads sewn into jacket/pants. Second is that I can replace pieces individually rather than have to bin an entire jacket if only an elbow takes some damage.

Am I taking the right approach here?

Thoughts on this .. if you have damaged the armour, such as on an elbow, to the extent that you need to replace it, then chances are that you will have damaged the external layers - i.e the leather or fabric as well.

I have both leather and fabric gear - I commute in the fabric jacket (and wet pants when it's raining) and travel long distance in leather ... the fabric jacket and pants have removable liners, and when removed means they the both fit over my leathers as wet weather gear. I doubt that's a budget option for you right now.

I'd recommend going with fabric for the moment and I'd recommend Macna gear - it's waterproof for about five hours (anything more is unrealistic on a bike) and comes with armouir inserted.

My jacket is an older model of this ..

http://www.macna.com/products/essential-rl/

I've had it abiout seven years ... I have fallen off in this jacket and it has barely a mark on it - it was slow sopeed crash - I suspect at higher speed I would have to replace the jacket ...

My current leathers have gone down the road 2 or 3 times and are still usable ..

[Rikard]

you are if you do it repeatedly.

and it doesn't happen to all learners.

What are you trying to say here? That he shouldn't get good gear because he shouldn't be falling off in the first place? Okay I'm sure it doesn't happen to all learners but surely it's best to be prepared. Even experienced riders take the odd tumble.


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[nodrog:Me]

What are you trying to say here? That he shouldn't get good gear because he shouldn't be falling off in the first place? Okay I'm sure it doesn't happen to all learners but surely it's best to be prepared. Even experienced riders take the odd tumble.


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I'm not trying to say anything, I've said it. I think you are trying to comprehend it.

[Maha]

Even experienced riders take the odd tumble.

More often than you may think, the mindset of some ''experienced'' riders is (at times) far worse than new riders. There seems to be a fair amount of arrogance that gets a real work out from time to time, resulting in a call to an insurance company of their choice.

[Rikard]

More often than you may think, the mindset of some ''experienced'' riders is (at times) far worse than new riders. There seems to be a fair amount of arrogance that gets a real work out from time to time, resulting in a call to an insurance company of their choice.

I can believe that haha.

I'm not trying to say anything, I've said it. I think you are trying to comprehend it.

Nope not at I'm just trying to work out how you think falling off is retarded. I'll go with the guy who posted before you in that as a learner he should probably get leathers as he's (possibly) more likely to have a fall.






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[nodrog:Me]

I can believe that haha.



Nope not at I'm just trying to work out how you think falling off is retarded. I'll go with the guy who posted before you in that as a learner he should probably get leathers as he's (possibly) more likely to have a fall.






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remember to take all your fairings off too.

[Tazz]

http://www.publictrust.co.nz/__data/...s-fold-out.pdf

[Sedition]

Considering the stakes, I'll be going with decent gear. Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

The Macna stuff looks good, Bandit - I was looking at similar jackets from Dririder, as well as the 'Levante' jacket from Rev'it.