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    MERLIN gear

    Saw some MERLIN Heritage pants and jackets in a bike shop today.

    Is that stuff any good?
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    They did a fairly handy V12 in WW2.
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    You want to ask that Arthur bloke.

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    Actually, come go think of it, I think hes a mate of the chap on my avatar.
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    SD, I've got one of their jackets, it's currently my go to jacket. It's about three years old. Some stitching is coming undone on the left wrist but it's very minor. A stitch in time saves nine, but even so it's still so small I haven't bothered to get it fixed.

    If I was in the market for a textile jacket I'd buy another one.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    They did a fairly handy V12 in WW2.
    Always one.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by pritch View Post
    SD, I've got one of their jackets, it's currently my go to jacket. It's about three years old. Some stitching is coming undone on the left wrist but it's very minor. A stitch in time saves nine, but even so it's still so small I haven't bothered to get it fixed.

    If I was in the market for a textile jacket I'd buy another one.
    Thanks Pritch, that's the kind of comment I was hoping for - I don't need no stinking help about fighter planes or wizards!
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    Quote Originally Posted by scumdog View Post
    Thanks Pritch, that's the kind of comment I was hoping for - I don't need no stinking help about fighter planes or wizards!
    Dress for the slide, Scummie.

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    Nah its all ghey aussie stiff.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Nah its all ghey aussie stiff.
    Rastuscat's website is Aussie stuff, but the Merlin brand is British, although "Made in Pakistan". My German BMW kit was made in Croatia, some Italian Sidi boots are made in Romania, my Redwing boots were made in China, Belstaff is now made in Italy, and so it goes.
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    Hmm. Posted 10.20, Friday night, spelling mistake.

    Yeah , I might not have been bubbling with keen insights then.
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    Quote Originally Posted by F5 Dave View Post
    Nah its all ghey aussie stiff.
    Nah. The testing is done in Aussie (Deakin University), but the gear is from wherever it's from.

    For example, all the Klim gear on MotoCAP was bought in Christchurch. Klim isn't sold in Australia, or at least it wasn't when the testing was done.

    Even if you can't find your gear on MotoCAP, there's a lot to be learned about abrasion, impact, and thermal regulation on there.

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    Aside from my liquor fueled derogatory comments ;

    Aussie obviously have more skin in the game compared to our mild climate as far as thermal regulation.

    I am slightly suspicious of test methods in any test realm as it can skew the importance of results. I've crashed dozens of times racing largely in the same set of leathers over 20+ years. ($500 AGV set) They have had several small patches. None have drawn blood, there has been no burst stitching. Improvement has all been around body armour within, although that creates points that are more likely to wear small holes, hence the patches.

    So a testing method of putting a metal weight in a set and dragging it along an abrasive surface isn't the method I'd choose. I'd use a pig carcass. Or an anti vaxer.

    Same goes for gloves. I've crashed in a dozen gloves. They vary in quality, but it was rare for the stitching to burst. Seems highly rated failure in motocap testing.

    Armour became important in my 'testing ' once you've swollen knuckles.

    The normal road rider should never crash that often, just the environment has much more serious things to hit, and, to be fair, chipseal is not a prominent feature on racetracks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rastuscat View Post

    Ta RC, I was looking at the waxed item on the left on second row, it seems it doesn't get a high rating, hmmm...
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