because at the end of the day, it's not the bike, it's not the kit, it's not added on pharkles, it your own state of mind and in your soul, that's where the adventure is.
nuff said
because at the end of the day, it's not the bike, it's not the kit, it's not added on pharkles, it your own state of mind and in your soul, that's where the adventure is.
but it lacks the human warmth you get from personal impartial appraisal which was provided free of charge and without prejudice...
You can get the same information from reading the blurb that comes with the suit
Having got through as many suits as they have in the last 8 years I reckon there's every chance their going to absolutely love them for the next 12 months or so and tell everyone how totally marvelous they are.
Unless of course someone else makes a £3k suit in the meantime
And you think the Hoffmeister would have come foc?
yeah I think he'd pop up a wet one for the right product....
he'd spaff his pants at a chance to make it big in Adventure motorcycling... obviously the suit does have a few issues....
Not enough tassles..... is the biggest is the lack of lights....
if Tt could make one that's just abit more show biz they'd be on a winner and he "The Hoff"
would be up there like a rat up drain pipe, once he got the sniff off the corporate cheese.... he could be the new face of Torateck 2011 German next the world.... I'd pay money to see that show
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he's even got Charly's eye's..... and he's even got some hostage/ adventure action... in the clip
This suit is marketed by Touratech but is actually made by Stadler http://www.stadler-bekleidung.de/index.php/produktdetails-en.html?id=46 I won't post comment regarding advertising, sponsorship and pricing blah blah, but will add that the clothing manufactured by Stadler is second to non in terms of quality and generally speaking, like with most things, you get what you pay for. Whether or not one is prepared to pay such a price for a suit is a different matter of course.
yeah I think he'd pop up a wet one for the right product....
So why are they ripping people off? This is 2011 not 2006. The party is over and people are cash strapped.
If indeed it is made in Germany it beggars the question why?
... and your point is what, that you'd prefer it if they'd given you a freebie to try out and report on?
Perhaps Cambodia and Si and Lisa have more aspirational appeal to potential purchasers?
As I mentioned before, Simon and Lisa do a lot of BMW Dealership talks, they are in front of the TT audience. All seems very logical as a marketing plan to me. If their first impressions are favourable, so be it. If the arse sags, the stitching leaks and the inners decay or go mouldy over time, then and only then, will Si and Lisa be required to question their own ethics. And then and only then should you question their ethics too.
Ethics !. Intellectualising a suit suit reveiw !.
I wonder how ethics fit into a review in cambodia on an article of clothing costing £2k where the average daily wage is less than 50pence.
I see where you are coming from, perhaps they should be reviewing dhotis from a second hand shop instead?
Perhaps, and this is just a thought, if they happen to be in Thailand at a TT shop when they get the suit, then ride to Cambodia in the suits, then that's just where they happened to be... and perhaps, and this is another outlandish thought, perhaps when I was using 'ethics' as regarding their reports, you might not just pick out the one word, transport it to somewhere that suits your purposes and then present it in a manner which had nothing to do with it's original use. That's just a thought with a smilie...
You mentioned the "ethics" word.
I just assumed they were freeloading.
Do TT have a shop in the far east ???.
funny you should mention the Hoff and wet in the same sentence...
. I didn't use it in a sense to attempt to belittle them or TT as your use of it did and therefore pointed out that there wasn't an associated link between my use of the word and yours.
Understatement of the year
Typical Touratwat pricing