How long did your leathers last (Jackie dont read)

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Originally Posted by GixerJockey

This past Sunday, a large group of us went to a big parkinglot and spent a few hours dragging knees at slow speeds...


One guy leaned a bit too far, clipped a foot peg, and lowsided at under 15mph.

He was wearing BRAND NEW Frank Thomas leathers. One 15mph get off, in a parkinglot, and the elbow had a half-dollar sized hole, all the way through. And the seams on the hip of the pants completely exploded.

Frank Thomas... FAIL!

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Get Vanson leathers right here in Mass I have tested them they are very tough not like those Limey Leathers

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Originally Posted by vfr99999

Get Vanson leathers right here in Mass I have tested them they are very tough not like those Limey Leathers

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:stupid:

vanson=bomb proof...in all my testing i broke before the suit failed in very case...including one very long very fast slide.

i made it through about, i think 4.5 race weekends before i broke my leathers in, lowside style in 6...the leathers didn't even look crashed in.

i broke them in afew more times for good mesure...still haven't been back to vanson for repairs. though they may go this winter to fix the dime sized hole in the chest and slightly frazzled waist strap.

Let's see....had my 1pc for at least a year. Dragged a knee for the first time last year. Did my 4 track days and a number of races this year.

Hit the pavement in T2 in the wet a couple months ago and then REALLY hit the pavement in the dry going into T1 last race weekend.

Kobe Misano 1pc- All panels are in good shape still. Needed a few stitches in the left butt-cheek region, a few stitches in the left knee-puck region and I have to get the letters repaired on the left forearm. I have a guy who's fixing them for 15 bux....minus the lettering.

FWIW; I am continually impressed with the Kobe products and their performance thus far.

first new spidi suit lasted a year and a half, and the moto gp I have now lasted about eight months. the stitching was burnt through on both suits, and the moto gp has a dime sized hole ground through the elbow. I've been lucky that all my crashes have been gentle low-sides, so the damage has been from abrasion to this point.

My suit and my boots I have had since early 2006 and I crashed in turn 6 on my first trackday. My A* GP Tech gloves were done after that, but the suit and boots are still solid. These have also taken countless low speed lowsides on my mini bike.

the threading in my leather around my puck is already starting to come undone... only had them for about 8 months.

New Hein Gericke suit this year. Dragged knee on my 3rd trackday this year, and went down during my second Penguin day earlier in the season...

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Originally Posted by QuarterGig

mini motard right?

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Yup, I survived two days of LRRS, Penguin on Friday, racing Saturday, before binning in T2 on Sunday, so bit better start to my career there. : )

I voted.


I hate you DB.

So I don't mean to get off topic, But which Brand was the best for the buck ?

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Originally Posted by jnm988

I voted.


I hate you DB.

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IT EVEN SAYS IN THE DAMN THREAD TITLE FOR YOU NOT TO READ!

heh, she voted post "break-in"

Still can't vote because it could be one of the last three options.

You haven't hot yet? Me neither...

COuld be less than a year, could be more, could be not hot.

I'm not hot... nothing hot about rhinobutt.

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Originally Posted by jnm988

I'm not hot... nothing hot about rhinobutt.

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:lolup:

STFU, sexybutt.