Decent Riding Clothing for £500

Martin Watts wrote

Gortex is all you need to know. That and Cordura.

 

I bought a triumph something jacket. 80- at the NEC last year. It's
bloody warm. Especially behind a BMW K RT fairing...

But still, I wear two jumpers, thermal vest, a shirt and the jacket when
it's fucking cold and yes... we've a long way to go yet..

 

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That's easy.

Real men don't do that . . . . . . .

Buzby

 

Nice pair of jeans and a decent pair of shoes should do nicely.

 

What? Talk whilst one's eating? Too bloody right, shows awfully bad
manners.

 

Yup. I won't be there this time: going for a shopping weekend in France.

 

Oh, all right then. http://www.ukrm.net/imagestore/bunny.jpg .

 

Is that long enough to send an inflammatory post to rec.moto? I forget
what the rules state...

 

If a courier says you'll need extra room for jumpers etc. then I tend to
believe him. The key, IME, to keeping warm is layers.

These winter riding combinations have always served me really well.

Thin thermal vest, long sleeve t-shirt, cotton shirt, thin wool jumper,
decent jacket (or previously - leather jacket with Belstaff on top). On
my legs, thermals, leather trousers, waterproof leggings. Feet: thin
cotton socks, thick wool socks, boots, ex army over boots (or plastic
bags). Hands: silk inners (or diesel pump gloves) and decent gloves (bar
muffs are the mid-winter daddy)

This is all about doing it 'on the cheap(ish)'

For my own part I'd get a good jacket, army surplus thermals and boots,
av. helmet, good gloves and a neckwarmer.

Helmet £150
Jacket (I rec. Bering) £150
Leather Trousers £100
Boots £ 40
Gloves £ 30
Silk inners £ 10
Waterproof leggings £ 10
Thermals/neckwarmer £ 10

Comes in at £500, give or take a bit.

 

Am I the only one to chuckle at the fact that sweller spends more than
twice as much on bike clothing than he does on his bike?

 

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:50:28 +0000,

Truly he is the Anti-TOG.

Who has spent more on any bike than he has on *clothing*.

 

For about a fiver you can get a bottle of tent waterproofing stuff from a
camping shop. Used that on my cheapy Buffalo trousers and they're bone dry
now.

Cheers

Dave

 

Well, I supose I should bow graciously to your superior knowledge and
length of experience [1]. I've only ridden through two winters and TBH
last winter never really did get cold, did it? I did manage to get
myself a bit cold on one trip, roughly 50 miles, where I didn't wrap up
and only had an extra jumper on. At very most I wear a t-shirt,
sweatshirt, a woolen jumper and maybe another jumper. I should say
though, that I have two close knit woolen jumpers, which, although not
the greatest fashion accessories are fucking warm.

The lined trousers I have have always been warm enough with just the
addition of a pair of long Johns.

I have had cold fingers, but silk inners did wonders for that.

In very cold weather on a long ride I may put a second thin pair of
socks on.

Oh, neck warmer, mustn't forget that.

Besides, newspaper doesn't take up much room!

As for looking like a fucking walrus, I am not a dietician. HTH


[1] but that wouldn't be ukrm, would it?
--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, jsp said:

Believe me brother, I feel your pain.

There have been times when I've worn my entire wardrobe![1]

<snip>

[1] Including a pair of tights I precured from the old lady[2]
[2] She ended up buying me some rather fetching M&S thermals last year.
Very nice too. Thin, but bloody warm.

Last year's coldest spell saw me wearing two sets of thermals (top and
bottom), leather jeans, a quilted pair over waterproof over trousers,
three pairs of socks (my feet still bloody froze), anything up to six t-
shirts (depending on the wash cycle), an assortment of jumpers (2 or 3),
two neck warmers, a balaclava and winter gloves.

I'm sure I've forgotten something but hey ho, I've been disqualled for
six months so while you lot are out there freezing your tits off, I'll
be sitting at home in the warm ;-)

 

I'll be sitting in the car in the warm, listening to the radio or CD.