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  • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

    Originally posted by pitbull View Post
    Riding pants time! Your reviews and inputs most welcome. I am planning a long ride much farther from my home ..for a long time too.

    I am in the market for a new set of riding pants. I ve looked at a few india-based websites and realized that the options are quite limited (also, I don't want to spend big $ )

    I am grounded in Chennai, so hot weather wear-ability is important for me. Right now, I manage with knee guards over jeans. A cheapo rainpant when it eventually rains. But on long rides, I don't want to have such a complicated arrangement. I want to ride with my gear on instead of packing an assortment of items to wear when it rains / cold etc.

    So guys, please fire away your take on the riding pants available from DSG, Cramster, etc. My budget (7500 or so max) wont get me an alpine* or rukka for sure.
    - which is the best one for warm/hot weather like Chennai?
    - which one has good waterproof capability? meaning, air vents that I can zip up when wet weather strikes without having to do a lungi-dance at road side trying to wear a rain pant


    The bitter truth is most of the guys even with dual liner pants, do wear nylon pullovers when it rains quite dramatically. And always remember, no motorcycle gear is 100% waterproof they are just resistant to an extent so does jacket etc. Unless you pay $1000 for a Rukka, that wouldn't suit our tender pockets.

    You have quite a lot of varities, DSG, Rjays, Spartan, AGV, A* etc etc. I'd clearly suggest you to stay away from A* purely for budget purposes, you can consider RJays All Season Pants and the Spartan Odysseus both are really good pants. And then you have AGV which is, of course costly resold by Performance Racing Store you can Google it. But it's a very good stuff too.

    Or if you want just a mesh pant with no rain liner, you have the AGV Solare which retails for 6000 bucks but with that money you can get a pant with liner on the above mentioned brand. So the choice is yours now.

    Cheers!
    VJ
    Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
    The girl said, 'NO!'


    And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


    THE END

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    • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

      Originally posted by Anuj_Gupta View Post
      @aditya_iyer, soycoo, any links buddy. ..? Regarding probiking gloves. .idea where they can be found. ?
      try ebay.in

      the sellers there mostly sell the XL sized ones as they assume a universal fit for the size .............. what you can do is that you may run into a shop with your friend and find out his palm size by trying out options including the Probiker ones and then work out your possibilities by contacting the seller with best price for required size and bingo!!

      I had bought my scoyco MC08 from ebay at 550/- last year.

      take a look http://www.ebay.in/sch/i.html?_trksi...at=0&_from=R40

      Warm Regards,
      Pranav


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      • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

        Guys, need help.

        I want to buy a good pair of gloves under 1k. what are my options ? And where can i get them in Pune ?

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        • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

          Originally posted by GP Racing View Post
          Guys, need help.

          I want to buy a good pair of gloves under 1k. what are my options ? And where can i get them in Pune ?

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          Look at scoyco gloves link.given in previous comments

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          • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

            Originally posted by Anuj_Gupta View Post
            Look at scoyco gloves link.given in previous comments
            Ya, i have seen that link. It cost about 550 bucks, but my budget is 1k, is there any better option ?

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            • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

              Originally posted by GP Racing View Post
              Ya, i have seen that link. It cost about 550 bucks, but my budget is 1k, is there any better option ?

              Sent from my GT-S5360 using xBhp Connect mobile app
              Try the DSG motomesh gloves. In the DSG website it is shown for a price of Rs 1050.

              Cheers
              Living long depends on fate, living a fulfilled life depends on yourself.

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              • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                Originally posted by Soul_Hunter View Post
                Try the DSG motomesh gloves. In the DSG website it is shown for a price of Rs 1050.

                Cheers
                Ya, but 2days ago i checked that at Planet DSG store, MG Road, he told me that Motomesh is for Rs. 1500/-. Is he asking more or the rates have gone up?

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                • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                  Originally posted by GP Racing View Post
                  Ya, but 2days ago i checked that at Planet DSG store, MG Road, he told me that Motomesh is for Rs. 1500/-. Is he asking more or the rates have gone up?

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                  1500 for the motomesh???

                  Maybe the rates have gone up, but in their website it is still shown for Rs 1050. Well in that case for 1k range only the scoycco and probiker gloves are the only options.
                  I think 1500 for motomesh gloves are too much. Add a few hundreds more and you can get a Rynox Rampage.

                  Cheers
                  Living long depends on fate, living a fulfilled life depends on yourself.

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                  • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                    Never go for DSG Motomesh gloves, or any glove for that matter. There are good leather gloves from Cramster in the range of 1.6k. You can get yourself a good leather glove, by saving up a little more. Mesh gloves aren't quite useful for touring and one fall and you can see your 1000 bucks waving at you.

                    Save a little more and get the Cramster Flux.

                    Cheers!
                    VJ
                    Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
                    The girl said, 'NO!'


                    And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


                    THE END

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                    • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                      Originally posted by Soul_Hunter View Post
                      1500 for the motomesh???

                      Maybe the rates have gone up, but in their website it is still shown for Rs 1050. Well in that case for 1k range only the scoycco and probiker gloves are the only options.
                      I think 1500 for motomesh gloves are too much. Add a few hundreds more and you can get a Rynox Rampage.

                      Cheers
                      After hearing 1500 my reaction was also the same, i thought i heard something wrong so i asked him again.
                      Anyways, Currently i am using probiker gloves, want to upgrade. May be I'll wait for sometime and then go Rampage. On ebay it's for 1650 i guess...

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                      • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                        Originally posted by GP Racing View Post
                        After hearing 1500 my reaction was also the same, i thought i heard something wrong so i asked him again.
                        Anyways, Currently i am using probiker gloves, want to upgrade. May be I'll wait for sometime and then go Rampage. On ebay it's for 1650 i guess...

                        Sent from my GT-S5360 using xBhp Connect mobile app
                        Yes eBay and elsewhere there are lots of sellers espeically RYNOX folks. Probiker gloves are good, at least full textile glove are good to an extent, but mesh anything that has gauze in it, be it metal or synthetic is not a good idea to settle down.

                        Cheers!
                        VJ
                        Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
                        The girl said, 'NO!'


                        And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


                        THE END

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                        • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                          Originally posted by GP Racing View Post
                          After hearing 1500 my reaction was also the same, i thought i heard something wrong so i asked him again.
                          Anyways, Currently i am using probiker gloves, want to upgrade. May be I'll wait for sometime and then go Rampage. On ebay it's for 1650 i guess...

                          Sent from my GT-S5360 using xBhp Connect mobile app
                          Ya, Rampage is a good choice. Buy directly from Rynox site RYNOX | HOME
                          its for ₹1680. Really good for normal city riding. I am also using this one.

                          Ride safe and have fun.
                          Regards
                          Nadeem

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                          • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                            Originally posted by GP Racing View Post
                            After hearing 1500 my reaction was also the same, i thought i heard something wrong so i asked him again.
                            Anyways, Currently i am using probiker gloves, want to upgrade. May be I'll wait for sometime and then go Rampage. On ebay it's for 1650 i guess...

                            Sent from my GT-S5360 using xBhp Connect mobile app
                            That will be more better. Check your size and try to order it directly through the Rynox website, or else as [MENTION=39214]B7ACKTHORN[/MENTION] said you can also try Cramster Flux which is leather gloves.

                            Cheers
                            Living long depends on fate, living a fulfilled life depends on yourself.

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                            • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                              If anyone wants to purchase RYNOX stuffs, better call them directly, it's worth the wait or two. Those chaps are a real down to earth and very professional. And usually they give discounts, but you can always talk them down on it, which they oblige for the most part.

                              Cheers!
                              VJ
                              Once upon a time, a guy asked a girl 'Will you marry me?'
                              The girl said, 'NO!'


                              And the guy lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles and watched sport on a big screen TV, went fishing and surfing, and played golf a lot, and drank beer and scotch and had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up and farted whenever he wanted.


                              THE END

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                              • re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

                                Originally posted by B7ACKTHORN View Post
                                Yes eBay and elsewhere there are lots of sellers espeically RYNOX folks. Probiker gloves are good, at least full textile glove are good to an extent, but mesh anything that has gauze in it, be it metal or synthetic is not a good idea to settle down.

                                Cheers!
                                VJ
                                Originally posted by nadz11.ns View Post
                                Ya, Rampage is a good choice. Buy directly from Rynox site RYNOX | HOME
                                its for ₹1680. Really good for normal city riding. I am also using this one.
                                Originally posted by Soul_Hunter View Post
                                That will be more better. Check your size and try to order it directly through the Rynox website, or else as [MENTION=39214]B7ACKTHORN[/MENTION] said you can also try Cramster Flux which is leather gloves.

                                Cheers
                                Thank you guys for your help. I think I'll save some more and settle down with Rynox Rampage

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