So textile jacket it is then, but

Previously on ukrm, S.M. said...

I got your point, my point is I won't recommend stuff I don't trust.

 

So, avoid Akito and consider Gericke or Richa. It would seem to come
down to to trying a few on for fit/comfortableness and colour choice.

 

Whinging Courier wrote

Speaking from experience: when considering the placement of knee armour
I heartily recommend that you consider only those products that have
inside facing armour in addition to any outside and facing front. The
tank leaves a 4 week[1] limp if the bike clips you on it's way over and
the extra insulation in the cold weather is A Good Thing.




[1] Actually longer than that if you are older.

 

Colin Irvine wrote

Odd but my superb HG Panthan gloves seem best engineered to go over the
cuffs and, as far as I recall, do an excellent job of preventing the
ingress of water.

and before you come back with some bollox about it running down your
arms when stopped I would remind you to consider to whom you are
replying.

Hmmm..

 

Previously on ukrm, steve auvache said...

My Pathans fit inside my Voyager 3 jacket nice and snuggly. I wear them
on the outside if it's dry but cold.

 

Lozzo wrote

Kin don't on mine

I always wear them on the outside. I can't be fucking arsed with
different rituals just because the weather has changed. Except ditching
the waterproof cordura for leaky leather in the summer of course.

 

Champ said:

I expected this, but not from /you/...<runs off sobbing>

 

Previously on ukrm, Alan said...

Avoid anything with Akito on it, gloves, boots, leathers ...everything,
it's all shite.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache said:

I never had a problem getting it up after a crash. The missionary
position can play havoc with the knees though.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Whinging Courier said:

Oooohhhh! *Inside* armour!

ISWYM now. Yes, I had a rather deft "Black man's pinch" on the inside of
my right knee when I last exited my bike

Sorry.

Having said that, I wasn't wearing any protection at all when that
happened and AFAIK, you can still see the oil on the pavement where my
bike came to rest [1]

[1] Queen Mother's Gate on the south side of Park Lane going north

 

Whinging Courier wrote

Not from what I remember it don't.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache said:

I'm not that fit ;-)

 

Whinging Courier wrote

I dunno, I am happy to leave that kind of value judgement to the BCB.

 

Heh. I find that rain runs down my arms even at medium speed (say 80
mph) on a sportsbike. To keep dry after several hours of that the
cuffs must be over the gloves, IME.

 

I find the same on my shite old BMW.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache said:

Brazil Central Bank?

 

Colin Irvine wrote

I suppose when taking into account the riding position on a sports bike
is more likely to lead to this granted but doesn't the fairing and stuff
keep you well insulated from what is coming from the front?

 

On the Beemer, the rain hits my shoulders and the outside of my arms.
Then it runs down my arms and into my gloves. Gloves inside jacket-
problem gone.

Pretty much the same as jeans inside boots leading to wet socks. Hmm,
that might be a fascination with pissing myself when I come to think
about it...

 

Whinging Courier wrote

Big Camp Bastard.

 

wrote

I have never had an issue with it, except in the very slow traffic out
on the way out of Central London on the one day a year it pisses down
like a monsoon.

Depends on size of the calf bit of the boots I find.

My old (nearly antique) FT's fit my leg like a glove so no question the
jeans go on the outside. My modern Alpinestars look like they were
modelled for weightlifters and can take me, my Levis and the HG over
trousers (with thermal lining).