Recommendations for leather pants

[ajturbo]

Hi Quasi. Cheers for the offer.

Can you tell me how suited would these pants be suited for winter? I am hoping for a pair of pants that would be suited for winder and summer alike. I am a little bit worried that with the cold winds we have here in winter I would freeze my nuts off with too much vented area.

I'm not that worried about getting too hot because in summer through town I use draggin jeans. The leathers will be for longer trips.

hey matey..

i use my Quassi stuff all year round... if it rains.. i ride faster to get less wet...

or put wet weather gear on....
also .. please do NOT ask to see the big Q's poly's... except if his wife is wearing them... it not a pretty sight

[Curious_AJ]

funnily enough i have a similar yet almost opposite problem with finding pants.. I'm looking for a decent pair of pants with armour. can be leather or not, i really don't mind at this stage. ...

thing is, I'm too short for most of the women's pants that i can find (and most of them can't be altered without ruining them) and I'm either too skinny or my bum must be in the wrong place :S. as i find them all really baggy in the legs and bum area... sometimes the waist fits, sometimes its way too large or way too small....

wouldn't have a bum knee now if i could have found pants that fitted me earlier...

[Ocean1]

i find them all really baggy in the legs and bum area... sometimes the waist fits, sometimes its way too large or way too small....

wouldn't have a bum knee now if i could have found pants that fitted me earlier...

Most gear looks like crap when you're checking it out in the shop, you need to check the fit on the bike. If it looks feshinible standing then it likely won't riding, if it fits right riding when you're standing around the pub it'll look... to quote a mate's ex: "like a sack of shit with a bit of string tied around the middle", but it'll do the business.

Does need to be a good fit though, or the armour moves in impact. Tried some of the MX gear?

[Curious_AJ]

Most gear looks like crap when you're checking it out in the shop, you need to check the fit on the bike. If it looks feshinible standing then it likely won't riding, if it fits right riding when you're standing around the pub it'll look... to quote a mate's ex: "like a sack of shit with a bit of string tied around the middle", but it'll do the business.

Does need to be a good fit though, or the armour moves in impact. Tried some of the MX gear?

i havent tried MX gear.. and yeah, i know about the fitting on bike thing... trust me, it's like riding wearing a parachute and the armour is no where near where it should be :S... however, i haven't been allowed to try out some of the gear on the bike so i'm not sure, but have done my best to try and simulate riding posture while trying them on.

in what way does MX gear differ from the norm?

[Ocean1]

in what way does MX gear differ from the norm?

Doesn't usually have hard armour, but it's available in sizes no road rider would want. Some of it does have pockets for the standard armour that could take hard CE stuff...

[centaurus]

funnily enough i have a similar yet almost opposite problem with finding pants.. I'm looking for a decent pair of pants with armour. can be leather or not, i really don't mind at this stage. ...

thing is, I'm too short for most of the women's pants that i can find (and most of them can't be altered without ruining them) and I'm either too skinny or my bum must be in the wrong place :S. as i find them all really baggy in the legs and bum area... sometimes the waist fits, sometimes its way too large or way too small....

wouldn't have a bum knee now if i could have found pants that fitted me earlier...

Hi AJ. You can do what I did as an intermediary solution until I find good fitting leather pants: bought a pair of waterproof textile pants with armor and removable liner and instead of wearing them as pants I wear them as overpants over a pair of jeans. This way they're not baggy and the armor stays where it should stay. The only downside is the fact that I can't bend the knee too much (I'm riding mostly sports bikes). It sucks, I know, but it's better than riding without protection.

[Curious_AJ]

Doesn't usually have hard armour, but it's available in sizes no road rider would want. Some of it does have pockets for the standard armour that could take hard CE stuff...

aaah... that actually sounds like it could be for me...

Hi AJ. You can do what I did as an intermediary solution until I find good fitting leather pants: bought a pair of waterproof textile pants with armor and removable liner and instead of wearing them as pants I wear them as overpants over a pair of jeans. This way they're not baggy and the armor stays where it should stay. The only downside is the fact that I can't bend the knee too much (I'm riding mostly sports bikes). It sucks, I know, but it's better than riding without protection.

and yeah, i have thought about that, but i tend to get very hot, very quickly on the bike, and then get dizzy... and you can see where that would lead lol...

I've thought of leather draggin's but then again, i still want armour...

[rwh]

There's also Leda Leathers - Dusty works from home in Stokes Valley, and makes leathers to fit. I'm somewhat short and wide, so that was a good option.

http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~integra/leda.html

He can take his time though ...

Richard

[Quasievil]

I Can make and deliver before the end of the month.

[ynot slow]

My new Quasi leathers are bang on, recommend them seriously

Ditto from me too,and mine were el cheapo to boot,but damn good quality.

[Jerry74]

Leather shop in Fitzgerald Ave ChCh is pretty good.

I do like Quasi's stuff and am looking at buying from him in the future

[centaurus]

I Can make and deliver before the end of the month.

When you are saying you can "make" and deliver I'm assuming you are making the pants/jackets yourselves? Does that mean you would be able - let's say for argument's sake - to do a customized pair or pants?

I'm not thinking of a major change - like a redesign - the pants with one from your current seris but different size or different placement of the stretchy stuff or of the perforated leather.

[NZsarge]

There is also Celtic Leathers based in Pahiatua.
www.celtic-leathers.com

[rwh]

There is also Celtic Leathers based in Pahiatua.
www.celtic-leathers.com

Ouch. My Leda 2-piece was about half that price. No sliders etc though.

Richard

[NZsarge]

Ouch. My Leda 2-piece was about half that price. No sliders etc though.

Richard

Dusty makes good gear for sure, in reality more than good enough i'd say but I do believe Celtic is in another league, he has some freakin' impressive credentials. Impressed me to point to say the next leather motorcycle garment I buy will be from Celtic.
I have a Jacket made by Leda and am more than happy with the garment but Dusty takes his own sweet time to make gear it has to be said and even then there were several points we covered in the design of the jacket we discussed that were not incorperated in the final product but meh...it's still a nice jacket.