Went to chapparel

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 6th, 2011, 9:26 pm

And dropped $900....

Its my first time now having second hand or non matching on sale gear

Gotta say the pants are a shitload better than my old ones and the SG12s are fukin amazing feeling, they feel comfier than my ultra broke in tech 6's, cant wait to see what they are like when softened up

2strokeforever · Post by **2strokeforever** » November 6th, 2011, 9:27 pm

SG12s are fukin amazing feeling

yes they are

NightBiker07 · Post by **NightBiker07** » November 7th, 2011, 6:38 am

I am biginning to think that the chest protector I have is more for roost deflection than rib saving. Those protectors seem to put the force on the thicker part of the rib so you dont get tons of leverage when you land on a rib tip. Mine covers my WHOLE chest and doesnt seem to redistribute any landing forces.

Nice looking gear! Wash it aster every ride or two, and the white will stay reasonably clean. But then again, you guys have mostly sand out there, over here its all mud, so its a little harder on the white areas of the cloth.

Ive worn a few different boots, I am pretty partial to my Tech 10's. I cant count how many times they have saved my feet/ankles/lower leg from certain destruction.

iggys-amsoil · Post by **iggys-amsoil** » November 7th, 2011, 6:50 am

Right on Brit, You'll love the SG12's. How many times you'll shift and be in the same gear? Well until there broken in. But then riding tracks that happens more. YMMV.

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 8:11 am

NightBiker07 wrote:

Ive worn a few different boots, I am pretty partial to my Tech 10's. I cant count how many times they have saved my feet/ankles/lower leg from certain destruction.

I tried on the tech 10s and sidi crossfires and the SG12s were the best feeling.

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 7th, 2011, 8:18 am

Malcolm Smith had a parking lot sale the same day... you should have went there....

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 8:19 am

Dint know that

Ahh well

100hp honda · Post by **100hp honda** » November 7th, 2011, 9:15 am

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 7th, 2011, 9:18 am

britincali wrote:Dint know that

Ahh well

Sand and Dirt Expo @ M/S Motorsports

ONE DAY ONLY—Don't miss this event!

Join us for our giant parking lot sale from 9:00 a.m. — 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 5. This is our huge clearance sale with vendor booths featuring overstock models and special purchase stock! If you're in the market for a new ride, or even if you aren't, you want to be here for this event!

Here is a list of some of the vendor's that will be on-site:

•FMF apparel
•Gatorz Vision
•Ride-Engineering
•Advantage Performance Products
•Parts Unlimited
•Fox Racng
•Truth Soul Armor
•Dunlop Tire-manufacturer rep
•Scorpion Sports
•Troy Lee, Leatt, Motonation, DT1
•Polaris Industries
•Hoven
•A’ME Grips
•Kelly’s Motorcycle Accessories
•Tucker Rocky Distributing-MSR manufacturer rep

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » November 7th, 2011, 9:28 am

britincali wrote:
NightBiker07 wrote:

Ive worn a few different boots, I am pretty partial to my Tech 10's. I cant count how many times they have saved my feet/ankles/lower leg from certain destruction.
I tried on the tech 10s and sidi crossfires and the SG12s were the best feeling.

The Gaerne was on my top 2 list.
I went with the Crossfire because I like the full ankle hinge, I hate breakin' in new boots.
I like the black, I use it too.
Bell Moto 8 was a $150 closeout.

btw-What about a neck brace? Best money you can spend in my opinion.

Gmbond · Post by **Gmbond** » November 7th, 2011, 9:30 am

Brit the chest protector can be sized to fit you a bit better,

You have to pull out the screws that hold the chest and back to the shoulders and the pull the mounts down a bit and reinsert into the other sets of holes. It'll fit quite a bit better I think with doing this.

Now all you need is a leatt brace!

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 9:31 am

I went yesterday bob

The 6th.....

New helmet and brace are next on my list, I just had to get new boots as the sole on my tech 6s had given up the fight with the kicker....

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 9:33 am

Gmbond wrote:Brit the chest protector can be sized to fit you a bit better,

You have to pull out the screws that hold the chest and back to the shoulders and the pull the mounts down a bit and reinsert into the other sets of holes. It'll fit quite a bit better I think with doing this.

Now all you need is a leatt brace!

The only thing I sized last night was the boots, Ive gotta get tinkering....

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 9:50 am

Moved the front adjustments 2 holes (max) and the back ones one hole, now fits better, thanks GM

The only problem now is I just touched the screws so they'll probably fall out

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 9:53 am

Tharrell wrote:
The Gaerne was on my top 2 list.
I went with the Crossfire because I like the full ankle hinge, I hate breakin' in new boots.

They crossfires were good but not as comfy as the gaerne's, what killed them for me was it was almost impossible to get the fuckers off, I had to have the wifey help me lol

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 7th, 2011, 11:13 am

britincali wrote:
The only problem now is I just touched the screws so they'll probably fall out

I wasent going to mention that!!!

Hahahahahahahhaaa!!!!

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » November 7th, 2011, 11:34 am

britincali wrote:
Tharrell wrote:
The Gaerne was on my top 2 list.
I went with the Crossfire because I like the full ankle hinge, I hate breakin' in new boots.
They crossfires were good but not as comfy as the gaerne's, what killed them for me was it was almost impossible to get the fuckers off, I had to have the wifey help me lol

If they feel that good, they would be a distraction for me

Seriously though, both the Gaerne and Sidi boots are top quality and top level protection too.
The Gaerne has a "heel cup" to protect your ankle and a partial hinge to aid up/down movement. I'm sure they were pricey too. Sidi's are $500.
However, I bought so much at Rockymtn and gamed their point system that mine were about $350.

Here's where I got the helmet, a closeout.

http://www.thebellstore.com/Helmets/moto8.html

I have fallen several times during cross country races and general rides, don't ever feel anything.
I usually land on a knee first and roll. I bought some knee protection for around $75 that has a really neet hinge and uses velcro straps to secure. I'm wearing everything in the pic above and once you get to riding, you don't know you have most of it on.

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 7th, 2011, 11:48 am

Tharrell wrote:Seriously though, both the Gaerne and Sidi boots are top quality and top level protection too.

The Sidi's are too narrow for any self respecting Hoon.....

Slomo · Post by **Slomo** » November 7th, 2011, 4:04 pm

So now you're a fat kid in matching gear. Shoulda spent 500 of that on a gym membership

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » November 7th, 2011, 4:07 pm

AlisoBob wrote:
Tharrell wrote:Seriously though, both the Gaerne and Sidi boots are top quality and top level protection too.
The Sidi's are too narrow for any self respecting Hoon.....

Yeah, they are narrow for sure.
I got the 13 and it's tight when I first put them on but they feel good after a short walk around.
You tried some on?

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 7th, 2011, 4:32 pm

Tharrell wrote:You tried some on?

I "tried".... it was a no go.

britincali · Post by **britincali** » November 7th, 2011, 4:40 pm

Slomo wrote:So now you're a fat squid in matching gear.

Im not fat im big boned

Post by **AlisoBob** » November 7th, 2011, 5:09 pm

Tharrell · Post by **Tharrell** » November 8th, 2011, 3:53 am

AlisoBob wrote:

Just so Brit doesn't feel like a minority, I have a "pouch" resting on the gas tank in the picture above.
But in truth, I've had a few more years to get that way!

I am working on it though, after getting back on a bike after 20 years I realized how out of shape I had gotten.
Anybody with me? I'm carrying around an extra 60 lbs.

gregrobo · Post by **gregrobo** » November 8th, 2011, 6:09 am

im hearin ya the old kidney belt is a bit tighter nowadays

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