Annoying but helpful (2 me) market research

[nigelwood1]

Shoei XR1000 Helmet in Gloss black.... The most comfortable helmet I have ever had on my head and in my price range.... £245 with free dark visor...

RST 2 piece leathers... Good fit at a reasonable price... £300 ish..

Akito Python 2 Textile jacket and trousers... Good fit and very good price... £140 ish

Pair of Denim Draggin Jeans... Bloody brilliant and so cool.... £108

IXON winter gloves.... Cheap, Warm... Hate riding in winter gloves as there is too much of them... Its like trying to ride in boxing gloves....£20 ish...

Swift boots... They fit which quite a few others don't.... £49..... They stops me feet from wearing out so they be ok... Will be looking to replace them with either Sidi Black rain evo or Alpinestars Roam.... Both waterproof, which the swift are not.... They will be around the £150 mark I think...

Summer gloves do not have a manufacturers name on them.... They cost me £42 and are made of skippy skin.... Fantastic gloves which fit my monster hands (XXL)... Oddly my right hand is bigger by almost one full size than my left hand...

I have a pair of Riche short sports gloves..... Next to no cuff but plenty of armour...

My emergency spare helmet is a ROOF diversion R010 in Matt black with Black visor... £150... Will only use in dire emergency as it gives me a headache after 20 mins of riding.... Feels like windblast is tapping me on the front of my brain...

I buy stuff because it fits my size and shape... Helmets have always been bought on this principle... Don't care about Arai being the best as they don't fit my head shape and are overpriced for what they are....

Race rep helmets are not worth the extra money and I prefer plain black, gloss or matt...

Hope this helps....

Just remembered I have a Hiprotec back protector... Like a vest with a gusset strap, which I removed as I end up with a nasty wedgy, Protects from neck to but crack.... £92... Don't wear it very often as all my jackets have back protector inserts in...

[Ira]

Rev'it Cayenne jacket

Rev'it Dakar pants or dainesse leather trousers

Sidi courier boots

summer gloves alpinstar mx air

winter glove frank thomas aqua something

Arai Viper or Tour x helmet

Buff

[Guest]

lewis textile trousers

rev'it textile jacket

rev'it leather trousers

hardas kevlar jeans

and v scruffy and old real bikers jacket

altberg boots

shoei raid II helmet

furygan gloves

pathan gloves

Why

Mostly because i needed it and the shop i went to had some I liked.

The shoei I had done some research which one I wanted.

Kevlar trousers - mate told me about the make/company (giali)

Scruffy old bikers jacket - got it from a nice guy v early on in my biking career now about 3.5 years ago, hadn't done my CBT yet and he was the first biker who took me for a ride out of brighton, think it was the third pillion ride ever!

The rev'it stuff because it's european (might be dutch) and they sell that make in a big shop near my parents in the Netherlands. My mum comes with me and pays (quite often!). V friendly people and always interesting to nose around in a 'foreign' bike shop.

Furygan gloves because the then local triumph/kawasaki dealer had them and they were in between summer and winter gloves, wear them a lot! V good quality.

Pathan gloves cause they were given to me by a friend on a forum.

Altberg boots because they're simple and good.

Why I wear the stuff is because it suits me at the time when I choose to wear it if that makes sense. So the kevlar jeans in summer, textiles when I need to be warm and dry, leathers at other times. Scruffy biker jacket only when not going long-distance and when it's really hot as it's v airy LOL and to do's like Brightona, Brighton burn-up as it looks good with denim jeans etc etc.

HTH.