Buckley
09-01-09, 09:10 PM
Hi,
I'm on the look for some new safety gear to with the bike that I eventually purchase:rolleyes:.
I was fortunate enought to recieve an alpinestars smx airflow jacket, gloves and and an nice avg helmet as gifts recently and am now looking for something to go on the bottom half and some additional armour..
I'm leaning towards armoured jeans at the moment for the short term and will eventually get round to buy some leather trousers, but I can't seem to find a good deal on alpinestar leathers at the moment!
I'm kind of torn between hood jeans concept 6s with knee and hips inserts @ £110
Draggin jeans sans inserts for about £75
Or the new alpinestars rodeo jeans which I have found for £75.
Any opinion on kevlar jeans? Reviews?
Also in terms of armour the stuff on the smx jacket isn't so great just foam inserts really. I've been looking at knox, forcefield stuff but keep stumbling across things like this on evilbay...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorcycle-Body-Armour-W-Back-Spine-Protector-Size-4XL_W0QQitemZ110295790280QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mot orcycle_Protective_Clothing?hash=item110295790280&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1299|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270326088686&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
Obviously a very attractive price, but i'm worried that it looks a bit restricitve and may not fit under jackets etc.
Does anyone have any experience of this style of armour? Looks like it might be overkill!
Anyway any advice is much appreciated and please excuse the noob nature of my questions.
Cheers,
Buckley.
I'm on the look for some new safety gear to with the bike that I eventually purchase:rolleyes:.
I was fortunate enought to recieve an alpinestars smx airflow jacket, gloves and and an nice avg helmet as gifts recently and am now looking for something to go on the bottom half and some additional armour..
I'm leaning towards armoured jeans at the moment for the short term and will eventually get round to buy some leather trousers, but I can't seem to find a good deal on alpinestar leathers at the moment!
I'm kind of torn between hood jeans concept 6s with knee and hips inserts @ £110
Draggin jeans sans inserts for about £75
Or the new alpinestars rodeo jeans which I have found for £75.
Any opinion on kevlar jeans? Reviews?
Also in terms of armour the stuff on the smx jacket isn't so great just foam inserts really. I've been looking at knox, forcefield stuff but keep stumbling across things like this on evilbay...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Motorcycle-Body-Armour-W-Back-Spine-Protector-Size-4XL_W0QQitemZ110295790280QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Mot orcycle_Protective_Clothing?hash=item110295790280&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1299|66%3A2|65%3A12|39%3A1|240%3A13 18
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270326088686&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017
Obviously a very attractive price, but i'm worried that it looks a bit restricitve and may not fit under jackets etc.
Does anyone have any experience of this style of armour? Looks like it might be overkill!
Anyway any advice is much appreciated and please excuse the noob nature of my questions.
Cheers,
Buckley.