All weather commuting kit

Discussing your new helmet, jacket, boots, luggage
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Re: All weather commuting kit

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Horse wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 11:49 am There is an advantage from minimising bulky insulation, that protectors fit more closely.

Is, maybe?
Hot_Air wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 3:22 pm I agree with @Horse about the importance of having protectors that can’t move in a crash. Often, I’ve tried on textiles that feel comfy but the elbow or knee armour can rotate.

Also, BMW isn’t alone in having a top-end Gore-Tex jacket without insulation. Astars and Klim sometimes do the same. I think it’s a combination of cost saving (the jackets are already expensive enough) and customers already having hi-tech mid-layers. The BMW Ride Quilted Jacket that @Horse suggested, for example, is considerably better than any zip-in liner.
I am convinced - with zero scientific proof - that moving shoulder protectors in a loose fitting jacket are why my shoulder break was so bad.

Zero proof, but I will guarantee that the plastic 'armour' moved!! (And I would normally have taken them out, no idea why I didn't on that jacket :roll: )
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Re: All weather commuting kit

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Some of you to have the wrong idea.

Best bet is to just not crash :)
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Yorick wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 4:33 pm Some of you to have the wrong idea.

Best bet is to just not crash :)
I never PLAN to! :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Yorick wrote: Sun May 16, 2021 4:33 pm Some of you to have the wrong idea.

Best bet is to just not crash :)
So why are you concerned about getting a set of MTM leathers? Just for posing? ;)
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