Universal : Riding Gear Thread

[Aniket_N]

You can go for the Cramster Velocity 2.0 which comes in around 4950, which comes with all you've asked knee protectors, good construction etc. Best bang for the buck, and a few of my friends use it for a long while now, so you can go for it.

The best glove in your range is DSG Revive Gloves
Full grain leather construction, has carbon fiber knuckle protection and it comes in around 1,990 bucks.

Thanks.
Haven't bought any pants yet, but purchased DSG revive.liked the gloves.


Cheers.

[Vishakh]

Great man! Cramster knee guards, when I was planning to purchase a knee guard, saw it in flesh, and really didn't look very appealing, that's first point. Second it looked nothing more except a moulded plastic in the shape of your knees with a velcro.

The quality wasn't that great and for a price of close to 1500 bucks I didn't want to spend so much money on that one.

Considering eBay you can definitely say it's fake which retails around for 650 and so on. I've seen the same FOX Raptor sell for 1872 in another site, 2500 in another site. So for a single product so much price variations.

In my opinion at least 70% of the all knee pads are either fake or replicas made to resemble like original (100% fake). Original kneepads exceed well over 3000 bucks, and speaking of original, Cramster is the only locally made stuff with so called "originality"

So if you like the Cramster, you can go for Cramster kneepads. I use some of their stuffs to, but then I just didn't like their kneepads

SCROLL TO THE END!

Cheers!
VJ

So no other option . I am going to purchase that axo one. Cramster knee guard for 1.5k is not worth it. I hope it saves my leg.

Thanks to all your opinions so that I chose breezer instead of triton. It really is hot in kerala and I sweat even inside the breezer jacket. Triton would have melted me .

[sanjay8214]

Riding gear

Hello Guys,

Need your help!!

i am planning to go to pune to purchase the riding gear directly from DSG Planet!!

(Please keep in mind that i am planning for leh trip)

1) I want all weather Jacket, which can protect me specially from rain. (i've heard that DSG Nero and DSG Trinton are good jackets, and are completely water proof with rain liners, thermal liners).
2) I want all weather riding pants again all weather (with rain liners and thermal liners etc).
3) Riding boots (fully water proof).
4) Rain covers for my tank bag and saddle bag.

Guys i would need all your inputs and help.

Regards,

[B7ACKTHORN]

Hello Guys,

Need your help!!

i am planning to go to pune to purchase the riding gear directly from DSG Planet!!

(Please keep in mind that i am planning for leh trip)

1) I want all weather Jacket, which can protect me specially from rain. (i've heard that DSG Nero and DSG Trinton are good jackets, and are completely water proof with rain liners, thermal liners).
2) I want all weather riding pants again all weather (with rain liners and thermal liners etc).
3) Riding boots (fully water proof).
4) Rain covers for my tank bag and saddle bag.

Guys i would need all your inputs and help.

Regards,

Sanjay the same question you've asked has been asked my many of the people here. If you can, kindly please go back a few pages and you will find a lot of info here.

Reason being the same question has been repeated "n" number of times, by everyone. This entire thread is nothing but, boot, jacket, saddlebags and whatnot.

Happy riding!

Cheers!
VJ

[vineeth10]

riding gear in chennai

Guys pls help me to find riding gear in chennai...

[aargee]

Guys pls help me to find riding gear in chennai...

Velavan Motors Valasaravakkam, Spartan Progear ECR. Pls use the search facility before asking repeated questions.

[n_aditya]

So no other option . I am going to purchase that axo one. Cramster knee guard for 1.5k is not worth it. I hope it saves my leg.

Something is better than nothing Better to ride with cramster than ride without any knee guards.

That said, think about hospital bills. Genuine CE certified gear is always a lot cheaper than hospital bills Invest in good quality riding gear.

[sanjay8214]

thank you friend, i will go through the entire section of this topic...

[Vishakh]

Well.. not posting a review or anything as many have done that about cramster breezer

Well in my climate (kerala) i am sweating a little bit inside the jacket. Well its liveable with. On the move its bliss. ( I am the kind that sweats a lot).

Removing and putting liners is kind of hard, hope i will make it better with practice .

Well the thing is carrying the gloves and jacket around and wearing them is a cumbersome job. Heavy jacket it is.

Only has two pockets . That needs some improvement.

The funny thing is that the first 3 days I really didn't like the experience but for safety sake I used it. But now I don't know I really don't like to take my bike without wearing my gear . I feel so confident in it. And now I dont care about sweating .

PS : Really loving the scotchlite reflector thing .

Thank you all for your support. Well I have one more doubt, about knee guards. Does every one here wear it on usual commute? . I know its necessary. When I go to college I don't have any place to keep my jacket and I don't like people messing around with my stuff. The same is with knee guards, need your valuable inputs.

[B7ACKTHORN]

Well.. not posting a review or anything as many have done that about cramster breezer

Well in my climate (kerala) i am sweating a little bit inside the jacket. Well its liveable with. On the move its bliss. ( I am the kind that sweats a lot).

Removing and putting liners is kind of hard, hope i will make it better with practice .

Well the thing is carrying the gloves and jacket around and wearing them is a cumbersome job. Heavy jacket it is.

The funny thing is that the first 3 days I really didn't like the experience but for safety sake I used it. But now I don't know I really don't like to take my bike without wearing my gear . I feel so confident in it. And now I dont care about sweating .

Thank you all for your support. Well I have one more doubt, about knee guards. Does every one here wear it on usual commute? . I know its necessary. When I go to college I don't have any place to keep my jacket and I don't like people messing around with my stuff. The same is with knee guards, need your valuable inputs.

Usually the lining part is cumbersome because it's new and you don't know how to remove and put it back on. Try it a few times, every now and then, it's just so easy.

On the confidence part, +1 I can say it improved my driving capability to new heights. So it's good to wear it all the time.

Regarding knee guard and jacket usage, commuting part, it really depends. If you're in for short drive, you really need not wear it all the time. Anything exceeding 5 KMS then you can wear. I do it like this. When I go buy groceries and stuff, I don't wear anything, as it makes you more weirder to other in those situations, and I've personally experienced people staring at me like I dropped in from MARS pretty embarrassing.

On a lighter note, wearing knee pads for college commute isn't that big of a deal, it's usually a good thing to wear knee pads all the time. But the thing is, during short travel, and when there is frequency of meeting with people and all those stuffs, that's where riding gears become a pain in the @#$#.

So best bet, wear a knee pad, a helmet and a glove to your college commute, forget the jacket. All these are small and can be accommodated in a slightly bigger bag other than helmet.

P.S. I shouldn't be saying not wear the jacket which is a sin by its nature, but then at some cases you gotta do what you gotta do.

Cheers!
VJ

[Ron Syl]

Buying SOL helmet

hey guys, i am from bangalore, going to megha enterprises bangalore tomorrow to buy Sol unicorn2 helmet. now is there any chance for discount if people from xbhp buy there ?

[devesh38]

Well.. not posting a review or anything as many have done that about cramster breezer

Well in my climate (kerala) i am sweating a little bit inside the jacket. Well its liveable with. On the move its bliss. ( I am the kind that sweats a lot).

Removing and putting liners is kind of hard, hope i will make it better with practice .

Well the thing is carrying the gloves and jacket around and wearing them is a cumbersome job. Heavy jacket it is.

Only has two pockets . That needs some improvement.

The funny thing is that the first 3 days I really didn't like the experience but for safety sake I used it. But now I don't know I really don't like to take my bike without wearing my gear . I feel so confident in it. And now I dont care about sweating .

PS : Really loving the scotchlite reflector thing .

Thank you all for your support. Well I have one more doubt, about knee guards. Does every one here wear it on usual commute? . I know its necessary. When I go to college I don't have any place to keep my jacket and I don't like people messing around with my stuff. The same is with knee guards, need your valuable inputs.

I too have bought the riding gear recently and am getting used to it.

Jacket : Spartan
Gloves : Spartan full gauntlet (similar to cramster TRG2)
Knee Pad : Cramster bionic

I found that wearing jacket takes the least time. For me its the gloves and knee pads which take most time to wear. And so many times i wear gloves first and i am unable to fasten the helmets strap. So have to remove the glove in one hand and fasten the helmet strap and wear the gloves again.

My office is around 25kms from home. I always the full riding gear to office. And about keeping the jacket/knee-gaurds. I carry a laptop bag which is quite spacious. It easily accommodates my jacket with knee guards. Though the bag becomes a bubble but riding gear is better inside the bag. Gloves are kept in helmet while in office and in Almira in home.

Plus i try to reach office 10 min earlier than my usual time. 95% of people come by company bus in my office. So i avoid many people staring at me at the parking lot. Same at the time of leaving. Leave 5-10 min early.


The thing that i found most uncomfortable while riding was using a balaclava. I tried using 2-3 times but every time the time i was getting suffocated after sometime. Plus there was some threads popping out of it which used to touch the skin of my face when air used to flow over it. Which made me more uncomfortable. I have removed all those threads by scissors but still suffocating kind of feeling is still there. For now have stopped using it. Any suggestions in proper use of balaclava.?

[aman15]

Magnetic tank bag

guys have anyone of you used Joe Rocket magnetic tank bag?? I am planing to buy one .. Is it good ??

[ggsarankumar]

Hello guys,

Planning to buy knee guards. any suggestion this Miscellaneous, Tactical Elbow And Knee Pad Set

Thanks

[Sunnyside_up!]

Hello guys,

Planning to buy knee guards. any suggestion this Miscellaneous, Tactical Elbow And Knee Pad Set

Thanks

Designed only for low impact and crawling on hands and knees or kneeling - definitely do not recommend the same for motorcycling.