Ahh, but he's probably got a program that allows him to use the web without telling us. Leathers are shite in t' wet. -- Beav VN 750 Zed 1000 OMF# 19
See Lozzo's reply, or search the archives for Paul Varnsverry's kangaroo posts. -- Krusty www.MuddyStuff.co.uk Off-Road Classifieds '02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250
Bearing in mind these are for weekend use only, as I can't use my bike much during the week due to work (tools etc) requiring my car. Will these just be utter shit in a crash, or are they good enough for weekend use? As in, they are not for daily use. I'm a bit pissed off really, as i found a set that fit & believe me, that is a fucking rare occurance. -- 'I miss the comfort in being sad' Nige Subaru WRX (54) Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph) BMW 650 GS Dakar 2000 Suzuki GSX1300R Y Hayabusa KTM 520 SX
Male or Female? -- 'I miss the comfort in being sad' Nige Subaru WRX (54) Land Rover 101 GS/Ambi (Morph) BMW 650 GS Dakar 2000 Suzuki GSX1300R Y Hayabusa KTM 520 SX
How often are you planning to crash? Sell them on the merkin Ebay: for some mad reason the merkins think of FT as a premium brand. English ersatz exotica, the Blaney of motorcycle fashion.
Lozzo coughed up: Heh, but you have got one item of Alpinestars gear that you really rate Loz. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
While I have no direct experience of FT leathers, crashing or otherwise, surely they'll offer a bit more protection than Levi jeans & jacket, which I'm sure many people here will wear during the summer? Or are they really *that* bad?
On the flip side, my FT two-piece lasted 5 years of daily use and two crashes. Turned out better than the Gericke replacement actually.
The images of *that* set of leathers are still used in my PowerPoint presentations; most recently during the US National Transportation Safety Board's Public Forum on Motorcycle Safety (September 2006). Went down a storm with the Southern State rednecks. I hope you pateneted the colour combination. [1] I am surprised there hasn't been a thread in ukrm on RiDE magazine's "body armour versus cheese sandwich" article. For those of you who read it, a Tesco sandwich outperformed a selection of impact padding. Standard white bread and cheddar was shown to perform well, but research has been continuing. Harder cheeses, to provide load-spreading capability, are being investigated (Parmesan has shown up well in tests thus far, but we are also looking at Romana and Asiago); combined with a variety of pickles for gradual distortion to gradually absorb transmitted forces. Wholegrain bread can be used for the outer layer of the combination, but the seeds and grains were found to dig into the wearer's skin during 'real world' impacts, so white bread or non seeded wholemeal will be recommended for the inner layer. The quality of gluten-free bread has to be right, for many crumble rather too easily for use in impact protection. Three performance classes are being considered: 'thinly sliced' being the lowest level of performance, 'medium' for general road use and 'thick toaster' for trackdays and racing. A bonus is that when tested in completed, we get to eat the specimens! [1] To safeguard any other poor sole from ever making the same mistake.
The images of *that* set of leathers are still used in my PowerPoint presentations; most recently during the US National Transportation Safety Board's Public Forum on Motorcycle Safety (September 2006). Went down a storm with the Southern State rednecks. I hope you patented the colour combination. [1] I am surprised there hasn't been a thread in ukrm on RiDE magazine's "body armour versus cheese sandwich" article. For those of you who haven't read it, a Tesco sandwich outperformed a selection of impact padding. Standard white bread and cheddar was shown to perform well, but I can reveal exclusively to ukrm that research has been continuing. Harder cheeses, to provide load-spreading capability, are being investigated (Parmesan has shown up well in tests thus far, but we are also looking at Romana and Asiago); combined with a variety of pickles for gradual distortion to gradually absorb transmitted forces. Wholegrain and seeded breads were used for the outer layer of the combination in some tests, and fared well, but the seeds and grains were found to dig into the wearer's skin during 'real world' impacts. Consequently, white bread or non seeded wholemeal will be recommended for the inner layer. The quality of gluten-free bread has to be right, for many crumble rather too easily for use in impact protection. Three performance classes are being considered: 'thinly sliced' being the lowest level of performance, 'medium' for general road use and 'thick toaster' for trackdays and racing. A bonus is that when tested in completed, we get to eat the specimens! [1] To safeguard any other poor sole from ever making the same fashion error.
Lozzo coughed up: Yeah, IIRC you said it was the only bit of A/Stars gear you would trust to work properly. -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Would you believe him if he said the World was flat and if you sailed a boat to the edge you'd fall off?
Andy Bonwick coughed up: Erm, no. Is it then? -- Dan L http://thebikeshed.spaces.live.com/ 1996 Kawasaki ZR1100 Zephyr BOTAFOT #140 (KotL 2005/6) X-FOT#000 DIAABTCOD #26 BOMB#18 (slow) OMF#11
Dan L says... I do own a pair of A/stars Tech 3 moto-x boots as well. I was wearing those when I crashed the Bandit and pulled the ligaments in my ankle. Still having trouble with that too. So Yes, the T-shirt is the only A/stars gear I own that I'd trust.
