Riding gear
Thanks for all the reply’s guys, very helpful. The bike will be mostly used for weekend blasts and occasional 5mile commute to work then hopeful some good road trips. I am just struggling to decide what to wear for safety and ease when I am using to go to work. What do you guys wear for trousers, are they armoured etc when just nipping out.
The problem is there's loads of gear out there as the advice above says: However I ride probably in the way you ride. ie days out, the odd commute and mainly road trips.
So I have good textiles for road trips, 2 piece, so you can mix and match.
Even on summer trips away for a good few days, the weather can range from blistering hot to p@ssing down. Decent boots and gloves (2 pairs as mentioned) are must too, as this can be ingress points. Slight down side with textiles is that when very hot you get hot, but Id rather be like that than wet and cold when weather changes
Great advice for a one piece suit if you're a continual commuter.
For days out in good weather, armoured jeans are great, why wouldn't you wear anything but armour. And you can wear a textile jacket, I have a good waterproof one and a Dainese mesh type one for those really hot days, again all armoured.
In terms of makes and models, get the best you can, in saying that I'm not proud and will buy secondhand, its still all good kit and that way I have a number of jackets etc that I can wear.
I also wear an airvest........but that discussion is on another thread somewhere on this forum.
May be worth you trying on some gear and then asking for advice or if anyone has any spare they want to off load.
Also get a neck buff, it can keep the chill out, and a neck lanyard is useful to always put your keys in the same safe place: as these jackets have hundreds of pockets!!
Enjoy your riding and the forum
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