What's in your gear closet? - Page 5

Mr Lefty · 10-14-2008, 08:43 AM

damn... well I'll keep a look out... I MUST have a vented one... fuck my jacket sucked when I got down into AR till we got in to KY... fucker doesn't breathe for shit...

marko138 · 10-14-2008, 08:44 AM

I added a pair of Joe Rocket Ballistic textile pants to my arsenal. I like them...very warm. Nice for this time of year.

'73 H1 Triple · 10-25-2008, 08:55 PM

[QUOTE=neebelung;426]So now that we know what we all pine for, what do you already have? What items do you love, and which ones do you regret buying?

Jacket - Leather: Teknic Armored
Jacket - Textile: Olympia Armored
Jacket - Mesh:
Pants - Leather:
Pants - Textile: Tourmaster Vantage w/ zip out insulated liner armored in knees and hips
Pants - Mesh:
Pants - Denim/Kevlar: three pair Sliders kevlar jeans
Helmet: one yellow HJC CL-12 , one green HJC CL-14
Gloves - Leather: Olympia Terminator & ICON Super Duty
Gloves - Mesh:
Gloves - Weather/Winter: Olympia Gore-Tex all weather & a pair of leather cheapo's
Boots:8" all leather lace up work boots & Alpine Star S-MX5
One-piece suit - Leather:
Two-piece suit - Leather:
One-piece suit - Touring/Textile:
Two-piece suit - Touring/Textile:
Armour (i.e. Icon, Bohn, Alpinestars):

I got a killer deal on my Teknic jacket, I really like that and the Olympia is very comfortable for warmer weather. For cold weather I wear the liner out of the Olmpia jacket with the linered Teknic jacket.

Both the Terminators and super dutys are comfortable but I'd pick the terminators first.

The Tourmaster insulated pants are very comfortable and easy to put on even over my big feet ( with my riding boots 11-1/2 EEEE )

The only thing so far which wasn't money well spent was my cheapo leather thinsulate gloves. They're good to 40* but were also only $20 so no big loss.

Jeff

'73 H1 Triple · 11-01-2008, 10:57 PM

I stopped at Blackman Cycle today and they were running a sale on all in stock merchandise, anywhere from 10%-50% off.

They had about 15 pair of Alpine Star boots in the 50% off area and one pair in my size.

I purchased $109.95 Ridge for $54.98

Jeff

jeeps84 · 11-01-2008, 11:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

I stopped at Blackman Cycle today and they were running a sale on all in stock merchandise, anywhere from 10%-50% off.

They had about 15 pair of Alpine Star boots in the 50% off area and one pair in my size.

I purchased $109.95 Ridge for $54.98

Jeff

Tis the season for great deals on gear.

'73 H1 Triple · 11-07-2008, 09:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by '73 H1 Triple

I stopped at Blackman Cycle today and they were running a sale on all in stock merchandise, anywhere from 10%-50% off.

They had about 15 pair of Alpine Star boots in the 50% off area and one pair in my size.

I purchased $109.95 Ridge for $54.98

Jeff

Finally got a chance to wear the Ridge boots today when I rode to work. The short boot ( 8" )pressed against my shin and was extremely uncomfortable.

I took them back to Blackmans and upgraded to AlpineStar S-MX5 for an additional $47

These come up higher and are more plyable.

Jeff

Corey · 11-08-2008, 05:40 AM

My gear's old for various reasons:

Jacket - Leather: Teknic Chicane (from 2000)
Jacket - Mesh: Fieldsheer Mach 4
Helmet: Shoei RF800
Gloves - Leather: Teknic... somethings. Lightweight, good feel. Icon... something elses. A little thicker, decent padding, shit construction.
Boots: Icon Superduty. Falling apart, more garbage (never again with Icon)

Ended up tossing my RX7RR Colin Edwards rep when the trim pieces fell off, and gave my Icon Mainframe away because I hated it. Also gave away some Icon TiMax gloves to my friend because I wasn't too thrilled with them, just lost my bike, and he had absolutely no gear except a helmet.

Next bike gets a mandatory upgrade in my gear.

Ninjakel · 11-08-2008, 05:41 AM

ya know, if the trim fell off, you could have sent it to Arai, and they would have fixed it for you, free of charge.

Corey · 11-08-2008, 05:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ninjakel

ya know, if the trim fell off, you could have sent it to Arai, and they would have fixed it for you, free of charge.

The helmet was also from '99. As much as I loved that thing, replacing the trim pieces on a '99 helmet in 2007 only solves the superficial stuff. The helmet served me well for almost a decade. I couldn't have asked for more.

Ok, maybe I could have asked for the helmet to not be $600. Half that woulda been nice.

Yamerhaw · 11-10-2008, 01:11 PM

too much for a gear closet, more like a gear room

1 Joe Rocket 2 piece leathers
1 AGV 2 piece leathers
1 rain suit
1 teknic leather jacket
1 joe rocket textile jacket
1 first gear textile jacket
2 pairs of boots, Alpinestars supertech, and alpinestars smx plus
3 pairs of gloves, 2-alpinestars, 1 joe rocket
10 Helmets, yeah 10, Shoei x-11, shoei rf 800, shoei rf 1000, AGV corser replica, agv joker, 2 HJC, 1 fulmer, 1 cirrus and another agv

10-25-2008, 08:55 PM	#3
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	[QUOTE=neebelung;426]So now that we know what we all pine for, what do you already have? What items do you love, and which ones do you regret buying? Jacket - Leather: Teknic Armored Jacket - Textile: Olympia Armored Jacket - Mesh: Pants - Leather: Pants - Textile: Tourmaster Vantage w/ zip out insulated liner armored in knees and hips Pants - Mesh: Pants - Denim/Kevlar: three pair Sliders kevlar jeans Helmet: one yellow HJC CL-12 , one green HJC CL-14 Gloves - Leather: Olympia Terminator & ICON Super Duty Gloves - Mesh: Gloves - Weather/Winter: Olympia Gore-Tex all weather & a pair of leather cheapo's Boots:8" all leather lace up work boots & Alpine Star S-MX5 One-piece suit - Leather: Two-piece suit - Leather: One-piece suit - Touring/Textile: Two-piece suit - Touring/Textile: Armour (i.e. Icon, Bohn, Alpinestars): I got a killer deal on my Teknic jacket, I really like that and the Olympia is very comfortable for warmer weather. For cold weather I wear the liner out of the Olmpia jacket with the linered Teknic jacket. Both the Terminators and super dutys are comfortable but I'd pick the terminators first. The Tourmaster insulated pants are very comfortable and easy to put on even over my big feet ( with my riding boots 11-1/2 EEEE ) The only thing so far which wasn't money well spent was my cheapo leather thinsulate gloves. They're good to 40* but were also only $20 so no big loss. Jeff Last edited by '73 H1 Triple; 11-07-2008 at 09:06 PM.. Reason: bought diffferent Alpine Stars today

10-14-2008, 08:43 AM	#1
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	damn... well I'll keep a look out... I MUST have a vented one... fuck my jacket sucked when I got down into AR till we got in to KY... fucker doesn't breathe for shit...

11-01-2008, 10:57 PM	#4
'73 H1 Triple restorer of the original Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Zionsville,PA Moto: '93 ZR1100 &'73 Kawasaki H1 500 Posts: 1,331	I stopped at Blackman Cycle today and they were running a sale on all in stock merchandise, anywhere from 10%-50% off. They had about 15 pair of Alpine Star boots in the 50% off area and one pair in my size. I purchased $109.95 Ridge for $54.98 Jeff

11-08-2008, 05:40 AM	#7
Corey AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Florida Moto: Not a damn thing Posts: 2,612	My gear's old for various reasons: Jacket - Leather: Teknic Chicane (from 2000) Jacket - Mesh: Fieldsheer Mach 4 Helmet: Shoei RF800 Gloves - Leather: Teknic... somethings. Lightweight, good feel. Icon... something elses. A little thicker, decent padding, shit construction. Boots: Icon Superduty. Falling apart, more garbage (never again with Icon) Ended up tossing my RX7RR Colin Edwards rep when the trim pieces fell off, and gave my Icon Mainframe away because I hated it. Also gave away some Icon TiMax gloves to my friend because I wasn't too thrilled with them, just lost my bike, and he had absolutely no gear except a helmet. Next bike gets a mandatory upgrade in my gear.

11-08-2008, 05:41 AM	#8
Ninjakel Post whorette Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: South Florida Moto: 2006 GSXR 600- Posts: 3,992	ya know, if the trim fell off, you could have sent it to Arai, and they would have fixed it for you, free of charge.

11-10-2008, 01:11 PM	#10
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	too much for a gear closet, more like a gear room 1 Joe Rocket 2 piece leathers 1 AGV 2 piece leathers 1 rain suit 1 teknic leather jacket 1 joe rocket textile jacket 1 first gear textile jacket 2 pairs of boots, Alpinestars supertech, and alpinestars smx plus 3 pairs of gloves, 2-alpinestars, 1 joe rocket 10 Helmets, yeah 10, Shoei x-11, shoei rf 800, shoei rf 1000, AGV corser replica, agv joker, 2 HJC, 1 fulmer, 1 cirrus and another agv