dougie wrote:I have no pet peeves with my riding gear.
Belstaff Trialmaster (properly waxed, and enough big pockets to carry a good lunch),How long have you had that? The jacket, not the lunch!
Blundstone boots (never soaked through), Made in Tasmania?
deerskin gloves ( softer and more abrasion resistant than cowhide),
and a good helmet that doesn't fog up. Which one?
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Trialmaster is about 1974.
Yup. Blundstones from Tasmania.
Deerskin gloves made by Watson (Canadian) were about $35. Also have another same pair with a Thinsulate lining.
Helmet is an HJC IS-MAX with a Pinlock fog resistant insert lens. Wasn't expensive ($225.00, maybe $250) and it is quiet (don't need earplugs).
I've spent most of my money on women, motorcycles, and beer.
The rest of it I just wasted.
Wow, the Trialmaster must feel just right by now!
How do you find the pinlock ? Is maintenance easy enough? Do you need to remove it to clean? If so, is reapplication easy enough?
SteveD wrote:Wow, the Trialmaster must feel just right by now!
How do you find the pinlock ? Is maintenance easy enough? Do you need to remove it to clean? If so, is reapplication easy enough?
It has been in there since I got it three years ago. Have not had to do anything. Has not fogged up.
It is softer than the visor so it needs to be cleaned gently (no paper towels).
I've spent most of my money on women, motorcycles, and beer.
The rest of it I just wasted.
ME 109 wrote:Doug, your Blundstones will depart your feet when you most need them.
Slip ons slip off.
Nah. They are tough to pull on and off.
Sorry, dougie, but ME 109 is absolutely right. There can be a lot of force on your extremities when you're in a get-off, and slip on boots are famous among emergency teams for leaving motorcyclists with unprotected feet and very VERY ugly injuries. This is one of those things where the intuitive "they just don't come off that easy" doesn't actually play out that way in an accident.
If you notice, "motorcycle boot manufacturers" "Sidi, Alpine Star, BMW, etc.) make virtually no slip-on motorcycle boots. The slip-on motorcycle boots are almost exclusively made by "boot manufacturers" who sell a boot that they call a motorcycle boot.
