Discussion on Quasi Gear from Wellington Gear Thread

[Murray]

Any advertising is good advertising. I think I will now look at the Quasi gear as I am after some new gloves and he seems to have some pretty staunch supporters

Cheers Quasi

[Big Dave]

>>I think 'Quasimoto' is a great brand name,<<

Hey! - let's talk about me.

[Hitcher]

>>I think 'Quasimoto' is a great brand name,<<

Likewise..

[Maha]

Everyone in business is can be excused for slipping up once in a while.
In the past, I have come away from a vinyl install that I done and wasn't happy with the result, the customer was, but I was not. So I left the job and went to the Retailer that I contract to and ordered another bit of Vinyl, got them to phone their customer and explain that I was not happy with what I had done and that I would replace it at not cost to them.
I have since done another job for the very same people. Shit happens.

Now I dont know what has been said between Quasi and PJ via pm etc and I am not prepeared to comment on what has been said in this thread, but what I will say is, it is the best interest of both party's to get a result soonish and one where they are both happy with the out come.

[James Deuce]

OK, despite both our best intentions (?) this is turning into a pissing match, not something I personally enjoy.

I concede I made a few late night offhand comments regarding your gear that in retrospect are probably a bit harsh - however I will point out that in all my subsequent posts I have tried to maintain that I do not believe your gear is crap, quite the opposite. I will admit that I was a bit pissed with the brand bashing comments that another poster made and unfortunately you got dragged into it and it degenerated from there.

It wasn't Hitcher that started bashing Motomart.

My wife tried to buy me a bike from Motomart as a birthday surprise. They then sold it to Bay City Motorcycles the day after she went in to say she wanted the red one and would be back with cash. Luckily Bay City Motorcycles quite happily sorted the deal out and sent the bike back. We never, ever got an apology from Motomart, and subsequent visits where the only service I received was an Alsatian humping my leg confirmed my opinion.

It was also me that was "bashing" other brands. I've been riding bikes for 25 years. I've bought a lot of gear in that time, both from wearing it out and crashing it. All the brands I listed have cost me money; Spyke, Teknic, Alpinestars, Hein Gericke. I'm not rich. When I spend $2 grand + on gear I don't expect it to crap out (barring accidents) in days or weeks. I certainly don't expect a brand like Alpinestars to literally disintegrate on the very first ride. I had a suit made locally we I went racing and it survived a couple of big tumbles with minimal patching. If I'd been wearing the Alpinestars gear that I bought many years down the track, in any of those accidents, I would have spent time in burns wards getting skin grafts and having little pieces of gravel dug out of what would have been left of my epidermis.

I know from talking to other KBers that if a zip craps out in my Quasi gear it will get sorted. I won't be plaguing Anil in Majoribanks Shoe Repair to fix yet another zip/dome/velcro fastener without support from the retailer or distributor.

I take issue with Robert bringing race gear for top racers into the picture. I don't for a minute believe that Rossi's Alpinestars gear is anything other than specifically custom made for him. Off the rack stuff is a vastly different propisition.

[Pussy]

and subsequent visits where the only service I received was an Alsatian humping my leg confirmed my opinion.

You should have just faked an orgasm, Jim

[nodrog:Me]

It wasn't Hitcher that started bashing Motomart.

My wife tried to by me a bike from Motomart as a birthday surprise. They then sold it to Bay City Motorcycles the day after she went in to say she wanted the red one and would be back with cash. Luckily Bay City Motorcycles quite happily sorted the deal out and sent the bike back. We never, ever got an apology from Motomart, and subsequent visits where the only service I received was an Alsatian humping my leg confirmed my opinion.

It was also me that was "bashing" other brands. I've been riding bikes for 25 years. I've bought a lot of gear in that time, both from wearing it out and crashing it. All the brands I listed have cost me money; Spyke, Teknic, Alpinestars, Hein Gericke. I'm not rich. When I spend $2 grand + on gear I don't expect it to crap out (barring accidents) in days or weeks. I certainly don't expect a brand like Alpinestars to literally disintegrate on the very first ride. I had a suit made locally we I went racing and it survived a couple of big tumbles with minimal patching. If I'd been wearing the Alpinestars gear that I bought many years down the track, in any of those accidents, I would have spent time in burns wards getting skin grafts and having little pieces of gravel dug out of what would have been left of my epidermis.

I know from talking to other KBers that if a zip craps out in my Quasi gear it will get sorted. I won't be plaguing Anil in Majoribanks Shoe Repair to fix yet another zip/dome/velcro fastener without support from the retailer or distributor.

I take issue with Robert bringing race gear for top racers into the picture. I don't for a minute believe that Rossi's Alpinestars gear is anything other than specifically custom made for him. Off the rack stuff is a vastly different propisition.

but Rossi doesnt wear Alpinestars

[James Deuce]

Dainese then.

[Maha]

but Rossi doesnt wear Alpinestars

Are they not gay enough for him?

[FROSTY:Me]

Just to throw another prospective into this discussion.
Given the choice of one of a quasi suit -any quasi suit and a almost any over the counter suit available here in NZ in the same price range I would pick the quasi suit.
BUT given the choice of a quasi suit over a Dianese suit made to moto Gp rider spec and i'd pick the Dianese. But then I don't have the $5000 needed to buy such a hand made item.
IN MY EXPERIENCE-the over the counter stuff leans heavily on the reputation of the parent company and the racing department.

[nodrog:Me]

Are they not gay enough for him?

hes only gay when hes losing, hes not gay this week.

[RantyDave]

I know from talking to other KBers that if a zip craps out in my Quasi gear it will get sorted. I won't be plaguing Anil in Majoribanks Shoe Repair to fix yet another zip/dome/velcro fastener without support from the retailer or distributor.

Funny, when the zip on my Quasi jacket shit itself, Majoribanks Shoe Repair is exactly where I went. Quasi sent me the actual zip though. Should I bitch and whine about it?

And it strikes me that PirateJafa must have wicked farts.

Dave

[yungatart]

My gear is all Quasi stuff. It is exceedingly good value for money, its comfortable and does what it claims to do. Furthermore, Quasi's service is second to none. He stands by his product and is very easy to deal with.
Would I buy Quasi gear again...without a doubt!

My 2c worth

[James Deuce]

Funny, when the zip on my Quasi jacket shit itself, Majoribanks Shoe Repair is exactly where I went. Quasi sent me the actual zip though. Should I bitch and whine about it?

And it strikes me that PirateJafa must have wicked farts.

Dave

The important part in that statement you quoted is "without support from the retailer or distributor". I'm a bit annoyed that this has turned from brand bashing to person bashing. All I did was support a visibly superior product distributed locally under a local brand`. I'm old and tired and really am over the whole "X-brand is best because their marketing says so". I'm not whining. I pointed out that I've had failure after failure from "name brand" leathers and any repair has been at my cost. If that constitutes a whine then maybe we should just accept that perforated toilet paper painted black is quality protective gear.

[marioc]

I have a Minotaur 2 piece which I have thrashed and its still mint

http://www.motoequip.co.nz/Minotaur-2-piece.htm