i've been riding for as long as many of you have been alive, didn't get the cbr1000rr until late as my riding style seemed to change in the reverse direction of most...with my first bike, a honda magna (harley burnin' power cruiser) i bought harley leather as it seemed the best quality of in stock leather and it fit me, i still wear the leather hd jacket i bought over 20 years ago and it's still nice, it has all my military patches on it along with my dad's from ww2...the hd chaps i only wore a few times (501's are good enough by themselves) and the chaps are in a drawer somewhere like new...helemt was a shoei rj platinum open face, the bike had a windshield but i still ate quite a few bugs...i wore my redwing cowboy style boots...
the second bike i owned was an 01 vfr800 (gear driven cam) and i bought some joe rocket leather pants and an icon compound jacket which i still use in cold weather along with a scorpion 700 helmet and some cheap ass boots that i wore a few times and went back to my redwings...the compound jacket is the cat's ass when it's cool outside as it has a full thermal liner and does a great job of keeping me warm, but when it's hot out and i take the liner out and open the vents (and the throttle) it will lift me off the bike like a hang glider behind a speed boat...it's a small and is bigger than most mediums i have ever seen...again, i still have the jacket and wear it during the cool days of spring/early summer and in the autumn...it is a nice jacket and well made, the liner could be a jacket by itself...
3 summers ago i bought the cbr1000rr...i googled until my fingers ached and my eyeballs got screen fatigue and pulled the trigger on some dianese summer wear and all of it fits like it was custom made for me...
air crono jacket with alpinestars level 2 back protector
air frazer pants and dianese hard shorts...
course out boots that are an absolute dream...if they EVER wear out i'll buy another pair just like them...
shoei 1100 i bought (vicious sale) just as the 1200 was introduced...
my gloves are heavily padded and have dense mesh for air and would offer abrasion protection at best...
i'm about 5'9" with shoes on (shrinking from my usmc boot camp 5'10" in bare feet) and weigh just over 150lbs with an athletic built...zing with alot of miles behind me...
the second bike i owned was an 01 vfr800 (gear driven cam) and i bought some joe rocket leather pants and an icon compound jacket which i still use in cold weather along with a scorpion 700 helmet and some cheap ass boots that i wore a few times and went back to my redwings...the compound jacket is the cat's ass when it's cool outside as it has a full thermal liner and does a great job of keeping me warm, but when it's hot out and i take the liner out and open the vents (and the throttle) it will lift me off the bike like a hang glider behind a speed boat...it's a small and is bigger than most mediums i have ever seen...again, i still have the jacket and wear it during the cool days of spring/early summer and in the autumn...it is a nice jacket and well made, the liner could be a jacket by itself...
3 summers ago i bought the cbr1000rr...i googled until my fingers ached and my eyeballs got screen fatigue and pulled the trigger on some dianese summer wear and all of it fits like it was custom made for me...
air crono jacket with alpinestars level 2 back protector
air frazer pants and dianese hard shorts...
course out boots that are an absolute dream...if they EVER wear out i'll buy another pair just like them...
shoei 1100 i bought (vicious sale) just as the 1200 was introduced...
my gloves are heavily padded and have dense mesh for air and would offer abrasion protection at best...
i'm about 5'9" with shoes on (shrinking from my usmc boot camp 5'10" in bare feet) and weigh just over 150lbs with an athletic built...zing with alot of miles behind me...