There are alot of new people on this site and I thought it might be a good idea for them to be able to benefit from all the experience that has accumulated here. One area that is tough to make choices because of the bewildering variety of products on the market is riding gear. I thought it might help for everyone to put down their favorite gear. This is the first stuff you would generally reach for if you were going on a long ride and would be your first choice because of fit, quality, durability and price. Here is a list of the most generally used riding gear. List your #1 Choice after it.
Helmet - Shoei Multec
Jacket - BMW Rally 3
Pants - BMW Rally 3
Boots - Sidi Touring
Gloves - Rev-It
Rain Gear - First Gear
Helmet ... Arai Sz-m
Jacket ... Rev-it 3 season or Joe Rocket mesh
Pants ... Hein Gerecki mesh or Joe Rocket rain
Gloves ... Mesh leather palms ... many brands over the years.
Boots ... BMW all season
Under armor wicking underpants and shirts ... No cotton worn !
Helmet- Schubert
Jacket- Motoport Ultra 2 in winter and Joe Rocket Mesh rest of year
Pants-Motoport ultra 2 in winter and Tourmaster venture air mesh rest of year
gloves- BMW cruisers
Boots-BMW all Season
Rain Gear- Motoport gore tex rain suit worn over my riding clothes
Some of the gear I wear depends on temp. I always take 2 and sometime 3 pairs of gloves as I'm rather fickle about the temp of my hands. With this gear I've ridden in temps from 24 to 107 in GA.
Helmet: HJC, symax and symax II
Jacket: Joe Rocket Ego - it's leather, but unzips to two pieces leaving the front and forearms as mesh. It leaves the shoulder, elbow and back armor in place. Pretty darned convenient for all year riding.
Pants: Xelement leather pants, no armor
Boots: Danner leather lace-ups - old work boots, waterproof and thinsulate, good all year round.
Gloves: several pairs, mostly Xelement kevlar gauntlet style, light weight year round.
Helmet - Shoei Multec
Jacket - BMW Streetguard 3 (When I am back on the bike!)
Pants - BMW Streetguard 3
Boots - Daytona Road Star
Gloves - depending on the season
Winter - BMW Pro Winter 2
Spring - BMW All Round 2 (I am considering this as my next set of gloves)
Summer - BMW Air Flow 2
Helmet - Nolan N103
Jacket/Pants - BMW Street Guard 3
Rain gear - not required
Boots - BMW something
Gloves - The cheapest armored summer gloves I could find
Inside - Gerbings jacket, gloves, and soles
This keeps me going from 20 deg F to 100 deg F. Below and above that I use the Z4!!
Helmet-Shoei Multitec
Suits-BMW Streetguard2 and BMW AirFlow4
Boots-winter-Tourmaster-summer-Airflow
Gloves-Atlantis4, and Airflow2
Also LD Comfort underwear
Helmet BMW System 6 (with Interphone F4)
Jacket - Streetguard 3 (OUTSTANDING!!!) :yeah:
Trousers - Dainese Leather or BMW Summer 2 :yeah:
Boots - Daytona Roadstar GTX
Gloves - Scott leathers (Summer), Hein Gericke (Intermediate) Frank Thomas Goretex (winter)
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