Wear on a track
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if your riding on asphalt, especially a track, its a leather suit, no question. Thats what its made for. MX is for dirt.
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+1. One piece leather suit, motocross boots, and preferably some kind of back protector under the suit.
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Helmet. Full leathers. Gloves. Back Protector. Boots.
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do beginners even buy full leathers? Those things arnt cheap
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skin of a beginner aint no different than the skin of a pro.
leather, leather, leather! did I mention leather?
if you can find a set of reasonably priced leathers you're not looking hard enough. there's tons of well priced suits out there.
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what's a fair price
watching the x-games it looked like some guys were wearing protection jackets with mx jersey's over them.
http://markburkhart.com/guyb_ward_burkhart.jpg
protection jackets like this:
http://www.motostrano.com/alyobi2prja.html
Im just being curious
http://markburkhart.com/guyb_ward_burkhart.jpg
protection jackets like this:
http://www.motostrano.com/alyobi2prja.html
Im just being curious
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My first bike cost me about $1000, I spent more than that in gear and it was worth every penny when I wrecked the bike 3 weeks later and skidded almost 75 feet across asphalt, gravel, sand, and grass finally into a tree. Walked away with a sore knee and that was it, would have been a LOT worse had I not been wearing helmet, jacket, etc.
Unfortunately I still don't have the money for a full one peice suit
So it winds up being a jacket and then a very thick pair of jeans (yes, I know asphalt will still go through it, I'm saving money right now to buy a one peice suite).Those of you saying that leathers have to be expensive aren't looking very hard at all. Cycle Gear recently released the new line of Frank Thomas suits. Retail is $500 for a one piece, and if you pick up a catalog there is a 20% off coupon in the back. That makes it $400 for a pretty nice suit.
I already have a 2-Piece and it saved my ass big time and sustained very minimal damage but I'm still planning to replace it with one of those Frank Thomas 1 pieces. I tried em on and they fit very nice, the leather is much softer and more flexible than the older stuff, and for the price you cant beat em.
I already have a 2-Piece and it saved my ass big time and sustained very minimal damage but I'm still planning to replace it with one of those Frank Thomas 1 pieces. I tried em on and they fit very nice, the leather is much softer and more flexible than the older stuff, and for the price you cant beat em.
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Yes you are correct, somewhat. They are wearing protective jackets with jerseys over but the protective jackets are made of leather. Also they are wearing leather pants.
Here is a link to the leather protective jacket:
http://catalog.troyleedesigns.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=616_430&products_id=1117
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Look for used stuff if your on a tight budget. Try on some suits in dealerships and friends to figure out what size you need. I have had great success with ebay. You can easily find a full suit for around $300.
Now i like the look of that, if I eat it and mess up the jacket I can just replace the jacket and not the pants. MX jersey's also look sick.
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I just got a 2 piece Joe Rocket Super Moto suit. It has lots of armour in it, weighs a fair bit but I like the protection. The only thing I don't like is the gloves don't have any gaunlets on them so the wrist zippers only stay down for about a lap or two.
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a quality suit will hold up through a few offs atleast. in most cases you can if you have a two piece. If you like MX jersey's so much, just wear one over your jacket.
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