What are you wearing?

[Prof Prolapse]

I only had leathers when I rode to work. Sweaty and creased or take your chances.

It was only a few miles of country lanes so I'd just wear my shirt with my tie flapping around.

[10penceparalyzed]

Lid sidi boots, normal jeans and a Furygan mesh jacket, and mesh motorcycle gloves, you take your chances and all that sod wearing full leathers in this heat.

[SteelerSE]

bogie said:

Rokker jeans (expensive but worth it)
Revit short boots
Held desert gloves Either a perforated leather Vanson sport jacket or Knox Zephyr mesh jacket. Depending if its just hot for UK (twenties) or "fooking hot" abroad (plus 30C)
Helly hansen lifa t-shirt
Shark Evo-One to get some fresh air at lower speeds

Holy st! You weren't joking were you?

[redblade]

An orthopaedic boot. Broke my fibula 4 weeks ago. Now 7 screws and plated.
Fell off my Multistrada at a massive speed of 6 miles an hour going (halfway) round a roundabout in a small Spanish village.

Was wearing Daytona Evo Sports, Dainese Leathers, Dainese Textile Jacker, d-Air Gillette and Knox gloves.
It was high 20s and I was sweating like Fulham season ticket holder on the last day of the football season.

My jacket exploded and so did my fibula.

Toot toot.

[bogie]

SteelerSE said:

bogie said:

Rokker jeans (expensive but worth it)

Holy st! You weren't joking were you?

Yeah they are as expensive as other quality armoured, waterproof, breathable bike trousers...except they look like jeans.

.....theres no "kevlar like" liner in the jean to make them extra warm; the whole fabric is abrasion resistant. Instead you have a breathable waterproof membrane on the inside of the jean fabric, combined with waterproof zips, and D30 hip/knee armour. The quality is top notch, better than any other bike jean ive had or seen in shops.

Rokker warranty them and will give you a new pair if they wear through in an accident....which is fair enough; you only buy them once . Thinking about it, thats a pretty safe bet warranty as you cant wear them on track, and the chance of you turning up after surviving a real high speed accident on the road that has worn through them is minimal....

I wear them all year round, I try not to go out in rain, but at least if you do get caught out you dont get soaked to the skin. In winter just add a thermal long johns underneath.

Edited by bogie on Saturday 23 July 10:03

[SteelerSE]

bogie said:

SteelerSE said:

bogie said:

Rokker jeans (expensive but worth it)

Holy st! You weren't joking were you?

Yeah they are as expensive as other quality armoured, waterproof, breathable bike trousers...except they look like jeans.

.....theres no "kevlar like" liner in the jean to make them extra warm; the whole fabric is abrasion resistant. Instead you have a breathable waterproof membrane on the inside of the jean fabric, combined with waterproof zips, and D30 hip/knee armour. The quality is top notch, better than any other bike jean ive had or seen in shops.

Rokker warranty them and will give you a new pair if they wear through in an accident....which is fair enough; you only buy them once . Thinking about it, thats a pretty safe bet warranty as you cant wear them on track, and the chance of you turning up after surviving a real high speed accident on the road that has worn through them is minimal....

I wear them all year round, I try not to go out in rain, but at least if you do get caught out you dont get soaked to the skin. In winter just add a thermal long johns underneath.

So if you arrive wet at work do they slowly get wet and clammy as they dry off? Do they dry quickly? Just wondering how that works as I know that my gloves take ages to dry and are often clammy and damp on the inside as the water evaporates and finds its way through the membrane.

[SteelerSE]

redblade said:

An orthopaedic boot. Broke my fibula 4 weeks ago. Now 7 screws and plated.
Fell off my Multistrada at a massive speed of 6 miles an hour going (halfway) round a roundabout in a small Spanish village.

Was wearing Daytona Evo Sports, Dainese Leathers, Dainese Textile Jacker, d-Air Gillette and Knox gloves.
It was high 20s and I was sweating like Fulham season ticket holder on the last day of the football season.

My jacket exploded and so did my fibula.

Toot toot.

That sucks redblade - get well soon. Did the bike fall on you to cause that much damage?

[bogie]

SteelerSE said:

bogie said:

SteelerSE said:

bogie said:

Rokker jeans (expensive but worth it)

Holy st! You weren't joking were you?

Yeah they are as expensive as other quality armoured, waterproof, breathable bike trousers...except they look like jeans.

.....theres no "kevlar like" liner in the jean to make them extra warm; the whole fabric is abrasion resistant. Instead you have a breathable waterproof membrane on the inside of the jean fabric, combined with waterproof zips, and D30 hip/knee armour. The quality is top notch, better than any other bike jean ive had or seen in shops.

Rokker warranty them and will give you a new pair if they wear through in an accident....which is fair enough; you only buy them once . Thinking about it, thats a pretty safe bet warranty as you cant wear them on track, and the chance of you turning up after surviving a real high speed accident on the road that has worn through them is minimal....

I wear them all year round, I try not to go out in rain, but at least if you do get caught out you dont get soaked to the skin. In winter just add a thermal long johns underneath.

So if you arrive wet at work do they slowly get wet and clammy as they dry off? Do they dry quickly? Just wondering how that works as I know that my gloves take ages to dry and are often clammy and damp on the inside as the water evaporates and finds its way through the membrane.

I have only got wet them wet once, and not really a downpour, it stopped before I got to my destination and they had dried out before I arrived. Didnt feel wet on the inside and the water does not come through. The outer surface absorbs a little moisture but not much, not like regular cotton jeans.

For summer showers these are more than ok, but for real wet weather winter commuting I would still wear an oversuit that you can take off when you arrive...especially with all the crap that gets thrown up off the roads. I dont commute in winter by bike.

[bogie]

This made me smile earlier, we worry what we are wearing yet in Asia they are quite happily bimbling about in flip flops, shorts with their pets without any protective kit on

https://youtu.be/YCDnGuUFyvk

[Pothole]

SteelerSE said:

bogie said:

Rokker jeans (expensive but worth it)
Revit short boots
Held desert gloves Either a perforated leather Vanson sport jacket or Knox Zephyr mesh jacket. Depending if its just hot for UK (twenties) or "fooking hot" abroad (plus 30C)
Helly hansen lifa t-shirt
Shark Evo-One to get some fresh air at lower speeds

Holy st! You weren't joking were you?

I looked them up about half an hour ago...I've only just got my breath back!

[WaferThinHam]

Draggin' Jeans
Leather jacket
Leather gloves
Sidi boots.

My commute is mostly motorway/dual carriage way though.

[Yoda400]

The same yesterday - draggin jeans, power ranger boots, back protector, leather jacket and summer track gloves, for a little blast down to Broxton. Normally it would be full on leathers, jeans only for very short journeys but that bike is so good to ride now I went a bit further than intended

[shoestring7]

Rokker Revolution jeans (I can echo the comments on quality above)
Vanson vented leather jacket or Rokker black jacket (looks like black denim but is abrasion+water resistant and has d3O armour)
TCX X-Blend short leather boots
Rukka Rytmi short leather gloves
Arai o/f helmet or Schuberth C3 Pro

SS7

[Yoda400]

Is it just me, or does anyone else get their legs sizzled when wearing jeans rather than leathers? The bike's not overheating, it's just positioning I guess. Is worse with the vfr than the cbr.

[Trabi601]

Ordinary jeans (Sainsbury's - the shame!) and a kevlar lined, armoured hoodie.

[Graemsay]

black-k1 said:

I have been very impressed with the new Outlast lining http://www.bksleather.co.uk/products/accessories/b... in my new suit as I didn’t get as hot as I expected and riding home yesterday afternoon when the thermometer was saying 35, was just about bearable.

I'm off to Exmouth to get fitted up for a new set of BKS leathers in October, and was planning on going for the Outlast lining. Glad to hear it works well.

[Ki3r]

My winter and summer gear is the same. Rukka jacket and trousers, SIDI boots and either Racer high Racer gloves in the summer or some goretex ones for winter.

Thermal lining just gets taken out. Once I'm above 20mph its fine, however I going around Tesco earlier I was sweating my bks off. I had to peel my trousers off me and back into the shower.

I hate the heat.

[Dakkon]

Ki3r said:

My winter and summer gear is the same. Rukka jacket and trousers, SIDI boots and either Racer high Racer gloves in the summer or some goretex ones for winter.

Thermal lining just gets taken out. Once I'm above 20mph its fine, however I going around Tesco earlier I was sweating my bks off. I had to peel my trousers off me and back into the shower.

I hate the heat.

Completely agree, I don't really feel the cold, but the heat kills me, riding into work in the mornings is fine as the air temp is still relatively low, but getting home from work in the evening I am just a pool of sweat

[SteelerSE]

The summer gear works a treat - having shelled out loads on Rukka I understand the reluctance to spend more but the difference is night and day in terms of comfort.

[Dog Star]

shoestring7 said:

Rokker Revolution jeans (I can echo the comments on quality above)
Vanson vented leather jacket or Rokker black jacket (looks like black denim but is abrasion+water resistant and has d3O armour)

SS7

My Rokker Revolution jeans (which I got from my mate who is the importer) were excellent on my euro tour the week before last - however in the heat we had even they were very hot. They need a wash now. They do look great though - with my Styl Martin boots I look like a normal person when I get off the bike. There's nothing worse than huge bulky textiles or sweating blokes in arse-sagging leathers with squeaking Sidi boots.

I need a jacket to go with them - I'm presuming that's the "black jakket" you've got?