Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Arlen Ness or Dainese or Alpinestars???

[Martinp]

Originally Posted by andyb

I like the kangeroo arlen ness ones..............I was hoping someone could find me some somewhere at a steal of a price.

There is a honda dealer near me selling last years kangaroo jobbies for £650 which from what I can tell is a good price but not specatular imo.

[JPM]

Got a Dainese suit which has held up well to a few off's so far, although the seam's have split on the legs twice now, not good for a 1000 quid suit, good fit though.

Now use my A-Star Haga suit most of the time and never (touch wood) had to try out the armour etc, not as comfy as the Dainese jobbie but it was cheaper, saying that Lily has been down the road 3 times maybe 4 in her A-Star suit and it's still intact if not a little battle scarred.

I did see a fantastic Arlen Ness suit at Brands (WSB) on one of the trade stands but it was not for sale I think it may well be one of next years suits so no doubt no deals to be had, but it did look good

[Carbon749]

Originally Posted by andyb

I like the kangeroo arlen ness ones..............I was hoping someone could find me some somewhere at a steal of a price.

Cissbury leathers in Stoke, sell on the net and E-bay.

I have a set of Arlen Ness leathers. Very nice quality, only complaint would be the fact that they say Arlen Ness in about 30 different places. There is no doubt what make of leathers you have.

[Tonio600]

Originally Posted by david.hicks

None of that foreign muck - the best leathers are English, English I say

Nope, best leathers are French, Furygan can't be beaten

[andyb]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

Nope, best leathers are French, Furygan can't be beaten

[TP]

The best leathers aren't leather



What's that Skip? You want to protect my skin?

Wicked

[Jools]

Originally Posted by Tonio600

Nope, best leathers are French, Furygan can't be beaten

Except by 'old men' on CB500's

[antonye]

Have to say I've crashed plenty of times (half a dozen or more) in my Dainese and while they don't look like new they haven't fallen apart yet either!

Only one repair needed so far to patch a rip, which cost me £40 from Hideout in Safron Waldon. No bust seams either, but I have disintegrated one of the logos!

[clint 999R]

after a lot of checking out and trying i went for alpinestars race replica suit not cheap at £1450 but i found them to have protection everywhere with out be bulky or uncomfortable had them 2 years still fitt and feel like new even after a heavy impact with tyre wall last year. hein gericke did have them on offer at one time £995 must admit do like them arlen ness tho

[Grib]

I'd have to go for MTM Scott leathers too. Got measured up at the Ally Pally show a few years ago, and the leathers arrived well before trackday season I've only managed one crash test session in them so far, about 70mph off at Brands. It was wet, so not as much damage as there could have been, but they're just very lightly scuffed in a few places. For what it costs, I'd go MTM every time. Might not have the fancy designer names, but I'd rather have something that did the job than looked nice