Motorcycle riding jeans advice

[Andybow]

What size are you btw?

[hellsbuddha]

32-34 waist 32/33 leg.

I am not absolutely sure as I have lost some weight

[Dakkon]

Just to add, I recently bought a pair of Rokker jeans, really like them, cool when its warm, water proof and look just like jeans, armour is comfortable too.

[CAPP0]

308mate said:

Apologies, PMJs.

http://www.promojeans.it/en/uomo/legend.php

That said, they are only part-lined and they are not cheap.

PLEASE tell me you don't have your turned up like that?

[Andybow]

CAPP0 said:

PLEASE tell me you don't have your turned up like that?

I have turn ups, I'm going through a retro phase!

[hellsbuddha]

Not sure what wrong with the turn-ups - can jump straight from the motorcycle to the bicycle lol.

[cbmotorsport]

Hood Jeans here, they're not exactly a fashion statement, but they have full kevlar coverage inside, D3 armour in hip and Knee, and they're comfortable. I only wear them occasionally.

[TommyBuoy]

Draggin Jeans, Holeshot I think.

I have forcefield strap on Knee Armour and inserts in the hip.

Nice thing about them is that they go over my boots, so looks a little more normal.

Never Tested them, but they are comfortable and don't have loads of stitching across the knees etc so can pass for normal jeans...

[hellsbuddha]

Out of curiosity, do you still wear textiles or just jeans or leathers. Other than waterproofing what is the benefit of textiles, especially as jeans seem to have evolved a lot.

[Andybow]

When I go away abroad, whether it's France, Spain, Portugal etc, I wear jeans and a perforated alpinestars jacket, force field armour under jeans , back protector and all armour in jacket, I've got a two piece waterproof rain suit which I use if it rains and also a ran down jacket that fits under the perfoteated suit, also take a very small wind proof jacket that goes under the jacket if needed, it all works brilliantly from 1-2 degrees up to 40 degrees, and everything in between

[joema]

How windproof are some of these jeans?
Are there any cheaper alternatives to the Rokker for waterproof ones?

[308mate]

CAPP0 said:

308mate said:

Apologies, PMJs.

http://www.promojeans.it/en/uomo/legend.php

That said, they are only part-lined and they are not cheap.

PLEASE tell me you don't have your turned up like that?

Certainly not! I asked for two things at Infinity in Farnborough when I went jean shopping; lots of crotch room (my draggins were woeful in this area - though I'm not one to brag) and long in the leg. Ended up buying these and the crotch room on these is reasonable (not great) and the leg still isn't long enough. I assume the only person who can actually wear them turned up is Mickey Rooney. And they still cost me over 200 sovs.

As an aside, I got a free pair of Hornee armoured jeans with my helmet from Helmet City. Unwearable, they went in the bin.

[jhoneyball]

Hood are fab

Part lined are a waste of time

Theres a good youtube video on the quality of aldi versus hood jeans. Eye watering

[Prof Prolapse]

I have Bull-It SR-something, 6 maybe... Purchased for very little on ebay. They're warm and have been coated in a water repellent with reasonable results. Like all of these jeans the optional armour ruins the shape somewhat, but I can't ride without knee protection. MTB put me on to them. They're very good bike jeans and, crash testing aside, I can't recommend them enough.

Bull-It make many claims about the patented material "Covec" and it's advantages over Kevlar/Aramid fibres including lack of degradation. With a reasonable explanation as to why you should believe them. They are bench tested for abrasion with the results on the website (IIRC), and I believe their top CE marked jean exceeds level 2 (again IIRC), so far beyond most people's leathers, even if the weight of a fully lined jean makes the advantages often questionable...

[crofty1984]

jhoneyball said:

Hood are fab

Part lined are a waste of time

Theres a good youtube video on the quality of aldi versus hood jeans. Eye watering

I'm very happy with my hood jeans. I live fairly close to where they're made and had a chat and got measured up. 150 for nearly fully Kevlar lined (the bottom few inches of leg don't have it, but that's where my boss are) and D3O armour I thought was good value.

[mad4amanda]

I wear Halvarssons wrap every day at work:
http://jofama.se/mcsm/product/wrap/
Love them

[Globs]

I like the RST jeans, comfortable on and off the bike, nice and warm in Europe.
I always wear mountain bike kneepads over the top as the standard inserts are useless though.

[tom_e]

I pretty much live in my Hood jeans and have had a couple of low speed offs in them without a mark left on me or them.
I've got the thicker level 2 D3O hip and knee armour and it's still comfortable and doesn't stand out too much.

I've done nearing 20k miles in mine now as they're my go to bottoms over my leathers and RST jeans and they still look brand new.

For £150 I doubt you'll do any better.

[Rawwr]

Funnily enough, I bought some jeans yesterday. When I got the new bike, I told myself I was only going to use it on sunny days for fun, so I sold all my winter/wet kit, leaving me with just my onesie, one helmet, one pair of gloves and one pair of boots.

In hindsight, this was stupid.

So with the money I made from selling off my old kit (*sigh*), I bought some Rokker Revolution jeans and a Dainese Super Rider jacket (which is amazing).

I'm an idiot.

[Globs]

I ride a scooter with a decent screen, so I have no wet weather equipment anyway, apart from cheap leg coverings and my jacket is waterproof.

The only time this was a bad thing was during a rainstorm when my gloves got soggy. Soggy gloves are never good, even with heated grips. The rain was epic though, as was the wind - despite my scooter's curious immunity to wind.