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25-06-09, 08:09 AM

Ok folks im interested to hear your thoughts on this one. Not sure why, maybe its just the way i look after stuff or the kit im buying but i always thought that motorcycle gear would be the best made stuff you could buy. Thinking that if you have an off then you would want something that would hold up. How looking at people who have old kit it all seems to be well made, has stud the test of time and generally looks like it would hold up in an off. However the stuff I’ve seen (and bought) seems to be below par for what i would expect to call motorcycling gear.

Ok lets take a look at the examples. A friend has a lewis leather jacket. In a recent off (10mph and dropped it on a corner) he landed belly down. Result a hole through the leather! Now i would have thought that something like that shouldn’t have caused too much of a problem for a leather jacket? I mean if its got a hole at 10mph whats going to happen at 60+

Ive had 3 pairs of frank Thomas gloves (cost 49.99) 2 of them were a lightweight glove and one an old pair of winter ones. Now the winter ones (an old pair off ebay) are superb. Really thick leather and have lasted well. The other 2 fell apart within 4 months. I replaced these with alpinestars vega drystar gloves and these are holding up better but 6 months on they have lots of loose threads. I would have thought that some gloves costing 70 quid would last a lifetime? Am i just expecting too much? Ive been back to my local dealer with gloves so many times now its embarrassing to even go back in the shop!

Recently my FT leather trousers have gone at the seams. Its only small but i noticed that the stitching is not double stitching although it has been made to appear although it is!!! I took a look at other jeans in earnshawes the other day and there just the same!! Even some at twice the price.

So what im saying is am i expecting too much from my kit? should i expect it to last 5 years? Or should i be happy if it lasts 1? The quality of stuff these days seems to be poor made in china stuff. So is it worth buying anything over here if its going to fall apart anyway? Why spend 70 quid on a pair of gloves if you can get the same off ebay for 20?

Discuss.

25-06-09, 08:09 AM	#1
AndyBrad Guest Posts: n/a	Is motorcycling gear up to standard? Ok folks im interested to hear your thoughts on this one. Not sure why, maybe its just the way i look after stuff or the kit im buying but i always thought that motorcycle gear would be the best made stuff you could buy. Thinking that if you have an off then you would want something that would hold up. How looking at people who have old kit it all seems to be well made, has stud the test of time and generally looks like it would hold up in an off. However the stuff I’ve seen (and bought) seems to be below par for what i would expect to call motorcycling gear. Ok lets take a look at the examples. A friend has a lewis leather jacket. In a recent off (10mph and dropped it on a corner) he landed belly down. Result a hole through the leather! Now i would have thought that something like that shouldn’t have caused too much of a problem for a leather jacket? I mean if its got a hole at 10mph whats going to happen at 60+ Ive had 3 pairs of frank Thomas gloves (cost 49.99) 2 of them were a lightweight glove and one an old pair of winter ones. Now the winter ones (an old pair off ebay) are superb. Really thick leather and have lasted well. The other 2 fell apart within 4 months. I replaced these with alpinestars vega drystar gloves and these are holding up better but 6 months on they have lots of loose threads. I would have thought that some gloves costing 70 quid would last a lifetime? Am i just expecting too much? Ive been back to my local dealer with gloves so many times now its embarrassing to even go back in the shop! Recently my FT leather trousers have gone at the seams. Its only small but i noticed that the stitching is not double stitching although it has been made to appear although it is!!! I took a look at other jeans in earnshawes the other day and there just the same!! Even some at twice the price. So what im saying is am i expecting too much from my kit? should i expect it to last 5 years? Or should i be happy if it lasts 1? The quality of stuff these days seems to be poor made in china stuff. So is it worth buying anything over here if its going to fall apart anyway? Why spend 70 quid on a pair of gloves if you can get the same off ebay for 20? Discuss.