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

[JPM]

Just another thought when MartinH lowsided a Oulton a few weeks ago at possibly the slowest corner his BKS leathers didn't fair well at all, there's a hole about the size of a cricket ball on his backside! luckily they have an inner leather lining but considering the reputation that comes with BKS I would of expected a hell of a lot more to be honest.

[andyb]

I am lucky enough at work to have the MTM bks stuff.....allbeit in black!

Which Honda dealer was that............also been looking at a german A/ness dealer the kangaroo stuff is e999............which makes around £680 delivered.........sizes are a bit strange though

[psychlist]

The DSC Sussex meet is held in the bar next door to Cissbury Leathers in Findon, if you turn up in person and flash your DSC membership card you can usually get a discount (depending on how favourable the manager is looking upon us at the time), they always have end of line items in a sale too
If you make it on the 3rd Sunday of the month just before noon then you can pop next door and buy me a coffee

[andyb]

buy?

Theres a sale on at mca Leicester as well.......ahh decisions decisions...

[twpd]

Why do people buy this off-the-peg rubbish? For a similar price you can get a tailor-made suit from Crowtree that is vastly superior in build-quality and protection.

I use Crowtree for race & road. I will never buy anything else. I've been using them since 1991. My current race suit has withstood 3 100+mph spills on the track basically unscathed.

Crowtree's service and support is second to none and in the unlikely event that you damage your suit seriously they will repair it for a pittance. They know their customers by name, the suits are beautifully constructed by caring hands, they take their reputation seriously and will never let you down. You won't get that service or protection from Dainese, Alpinstars or whatever.

[TP]

I'm another MTM convert, I like my hideout suit and they've been really good with after-sales support.

They'll do a leather MTM suit, reasonably plain, quite cheap. Even cheaper if you had your ACU license Andy give em a call ...

[couchcommando]

Originally Posted by twpd

Why do people buy this off-the-peg rubbish? For a similar price you can get a tailor-made suit from Crowtree that is vastly superior in build-quality and protection.

I use Crowtree for race & road. I will never buy anything else. I've been using them since 1991. My current race suit has withstood 3 100+mph spills on the track basically unscathed.

Crowtree's service and support is second to none and in the unlikely event that you damage your suit seriously they will repair it for a pittance. They know their customers by name, the suits are beautifully constructed by caring hands, they take their reputation seriously and will never let you down. You won't get that service or protection from Dainese, Alpinstars or whatever.

I agree my Scott MTM was £600 and has performed brilliantly. I don't understand spending £1k upwards on non MTM stuff. However these non MTM suits do look better and some value looking good quite high, especially if they never crash

[twpd]

Never crash???? Either they don't try hard enough or are riding gods......ummmm...or we're ****!

Yep...pretty much any mtm suit is leagues ahead whereas OTP is prolly made in Pakistan or India.

[andyb]

Arlen ness........made in hong kong! same as the berik.........

[Martinp]

Originally Posted by andyb

I am lucky enough at work to have the MTM bks stuff.....allbeit in black!

Which Honda dealer was that............also been looking at a german A/ness dealer the kangaroo stuff is e999............which makes around £680 delivered.........sizes are a bit strange though

Avonvale Honda
790-820 Stratford Road
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 4BQ

0121 744 7744

http://www.solihull-honda.co.uk

I tried on a Medium I think was to big for me. Not that it helps you!

HTH