All right I have an HJC CL-12 helmet right now, I need to get gloves, a 1 piece, and boots for about 800 dollars.

 

I found a a place in town with 1 piece leather suits for 375 so I'll check them out.

 

u can get the 2003 model teknic chicane 2 piece for $299 on ebay right now. Think thats about the cheapest leather suits i've found so far that are brand new. You can also get a decent pair of gloves off ebay for around 40-50bux...some are new some are used slightly.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...=6750

Are these as good as the teknic? What kind of boots do you recommend? I'm going to get a used set of alpinestar gloves.

 

all i know is that my brother had those alpinestars sp-1 leather gloves and they ripped right through, top of the the palm area, on both gloves when he looped his bike at 30-40mphish. Hands got pretty rashed.

On the other hand, my friend low sided with my teknic carbon fiber gloves at around 45-60mphish, and it just ripped the seam of the palm. I just stitched it right back up.

I dunno how comparable those 2 crashes are tho since the area above the palm on the gloves does not have any type of padding. One landed on palm, one landed on top of palm.

btw, i cant really compare on jackets too well. I've only had the teknic jackets and i've never been down

 

http://www.newenough.com

Closeout suits:
http://www.newenough.com/produ...s.htm

Cheers,
Sean

 

Those gericke's are better than teknic kangaroo stuff. Astar gloves are good. Just be sure not to confuse street/cheap stuff w/ the gp plus's. Decent boots would depend on how much protection you need and how much money/comfort you're willing to comprimise for it. Also if you need to walk around while in them or strictly riding. Normal, suitable for simple riding- Icon Recon boots or similar. Dedicated riding boots for street and some walking- Astar GPS or similar. Riding only, serious trackday fast paced stuff- Astar SMX series, Sidi vertebra 1 and 2 series

 

Ok I'm looking at joe rocket gloves, and some cheap 100 dollar boots.

Also, I went to try on the 1 piece today, is it supposed to be really tight on the inside of your elbow when you bend your arm at first? Other than that it fits pretty well.