Made To Measure Leathers
 

Lots of people have asked to see my leathers as i had made to measure. Well, they were finally ready on monday so i drove up to sheffield on friday and picked them up. I havent used them yet so cant tell you what they're like to ride in, but i'm currently sitting in the trousers looking like the back end of a pantomime horse trying to wear them in lol - not sure i can even get my leg over the bike atm!

I designed the suit myself - i copied the idea from an alpinestars one piece i liked, and it has:

full forcefield armour
2 colours - black and white leather
kevlar where i wanted
stretch panels over the knees and round the back
knee slider panels (anyone wanna donate me some sliders?)
calf zips corresponding to how my boots zip up (so no zip on zip action ;))
360 degree zip (suprisingly easy to do up, no fiddling around) if i wanna do racing etc
il add more as i remember

i was quoted 5-7 weeks, but it actually took 10, which personally i thought was taking the p!ss but i dont know how long these things take to make

required 2 fittings - one when the order was taken and a second 2 weeks before it was finished

cost: £620

(excuse the background of my sisters messy bedroom but her mirror is better than mine andd th fact the pictures are massive)

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*awaits floods of pervy comments* :mrgreen:

Nice :thumright:

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Is very niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice!

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Zip them up all the time not just for racing though ;) Unless you want scar tissue for a lower back lol.

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Power ranger!!!! :smt096

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You need a Speeder Bike.

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Hahaha Baph! I resisted the urge to quote the theme tune, I didn't have to! :D

They look pretty good Gracie, but how long will they stay that colour I wonder! They'll show up those squashed bugs a treat :p

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:smt060



Hi graciepants :smt039

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ha i know! my boots are gradually turning yellow so i say give it a week lol.

my helmet is black and my gloves are white and black too so im completely matching - im so totally the lost white power ranger :smt053, the only thing i dont match though, is my bike!

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Designed yourself, very nice indeed, but i did notice one thing have your arms shrunk cus the sleeves look abit long? ;-)

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Oooooh, sexy star wars stormtrooper!

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Lol, don't wander into a humbug shop then, or go near the zoo, those zebras will have a fit! :D

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gorgeous and the leathers aint half bad either...

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Wifey, if you come near me in those, I may have to jump on you!!! :D

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:smt118

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£620... Oh my. I might stick to my shaddy textiles ha ha

£620 = nice wheels :p

Hope they work out well for you! :D

Ill have a look at the pics when I finish work. :rolleyes:

Take care.

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IF you agree to do a similar thread mbk I'm sure the pervy males of the .org would be tempted to fund them :razz:

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Why not have both??? Mind you leathers on the Falco, might look like your trying too hard :rolleyes:

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why do i want new wheels? mine are fine :confused:

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he means he sees that as the better investment :-P But hey, tis your money lady, if I had it I might do something similar!

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skin or wheels :scratch:

Just gotta weigh it up I suppose

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Not really, I got my belstaff leathers for £25 :-P

Gracie, I may have missed the other threads if you've mentioned it but have you had these leathers made because you have difficulties finding leathers which are comfy or just cos you fancied designing some properly fitting ones?

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Nice work! Ebay special?

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Lol it was a while ago now but yes and they've been great.

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lol i have a stupid shape - my waist can be upto 2 sizes smaller than my hips so i could never find a set that fitted, and buying separately can be almost as expensive as M2M, and the zip was hard to fit when the jacket was smaller than the trousers and i couldnt find any that were all the way round, and a lot of girls leathers are pink or blue or black and i didnt want plain leathers, and when my parents said they'd pay £500 towards leathers for my 21st, M2M seemed the best way

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score lol

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Kerching! Cor you're a lucky gal! So in effect they've cost you a 100 smackers, great stuff :-D

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They look good matey :D Get some scuffs on them and they will look better. All a bit to clean and neat for me im afraid tho...i like my leathers with a bit more colour to them

But you seem chuffed sooooo nice one :D

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Nice leathers..!

Arent they a tad long in the arms though?

I wish my parents were nice enough to offer me money towards my kit, I had to pay for it all myself :rolleyes:

Maria

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Im just weird is all... Id like some nice wheels. If I were to get leathers that might not happen. :(

Dont think id use them that much either. Textiles are much more flexable (use in bad weather for example). I do a lot of miles so there would be a good chance of being caught out by the rain... :-x

When you planning on getting out in them? Look forward to the report! :pirat:

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I doubt its a matter of parents being nice enough but if anything just having the money available to give it away! Most I've got off my folks is about £50 lol. Not that I hold it against 'em, they'd give me everything if they had it, bless 'em.

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I cant complain, I got 2 sets of expensive heated gloves... 2 because I lost one of the 1st pair. Grrrr. Still feel bad about that. :smt078

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Perv! :lol: ;)

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Why don't you just lose your wheels.. might get that new set then :rolleyes: lol

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LOL... If you see any RSV-R Oz wheels going for reasonable price then that mgith happen.

Anyway less of the derailment. :smt023

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Moi?... de-railing?... Never! :lol:

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"And in local news, a flock of penguins have been arrested for sexual assault after a bikers rideout near chester zoo..."

Seems a decent price, you could pay more than that getting some off the peg shoite.

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Not be cheaper to buy a RSV, rather than adding all the RSV stuff to the falco? :)

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:smt043 Brilliant! :D

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That would mean admitting in public that the Falco isn't the best bike ever made, past, present or future... In other words that'd never happen ;)