Universal : Riding Gear Thread

[bbsrailfan]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Way to go @bbsrailfan congratz
Looks ultra cool and the leather finish seems to be really good.
Also post a ride experience when you use it

Nadeem, I used this jacket this weekend for a ride to Chennai and back - and I'd just say that the jacket is perfect as long as you are on the move. The ventilations and perforations work well on the move and you don't sweat much. However, the thick leather is a real pain in B2B city traffic, where airflow is nil and the ambient heat from the ACs of surrounding cars heats you up even more.

Off the bike, you definitely feel the weight on your shoulders, and more so if you carry a laptop/backpack. I had to loiter around with a laptop on my back so that wasn't a very pleasant experience. Probably I'd need some time getting used to the weight

[Adarsh_Bk]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Nadeem, I used this jacket this weekend for a ride to Chennai and back - and I'd just say that the jacket is perfect as long as you are on the move. The ventilations and perforations work well on the move and you don't sweat much. However, the thick leather is a real pain in B2B city traffic, where airflow is nil and the ambient heat from the ACs of surrounding cars heats you up even more.

Off the bike, you definitely feel the weight on your shoulders, and more so if you carry a laptop/backpack. I had to loiter around with a laptop on my back so that wasn't a very pleasant experience. Probably I'd need some time getting used to the weight

More details please. How much was the final price, and details about Shakeel too. And congrats on the purchase

[bbsrailfan]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Awesome!!! We need to meet. Ols tell me the shop owner, address and price please. You can PM me if you want.
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More details please. How much was the final price, and details about Shakeel too. And congrats on the purchase

Divya, Adarsh - we can catch up sometime this weekend where you can check it out. Regarding the shops - there are two guys in Shivaji Nagar - Saxon, and Brown Shop who take up custom jobs. I had previously spoken with them, but finally I placed my order with Rexo Leathers, Koramangala. We had a budget of ~4500 but the final price went up to 7000 after negotiation

[Andy_kristine]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Can you post some pics of the jackets along with the armors and inside shots?

The cramster breezer 4S and the breezer RS are both the same jackets right?? Cause in one website they have mentioned it as the breezer RS and in the official cramster site they have mentioned it as the breezer 4S .

[rusty_mechs]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

@nadz11.ns Mission Accomplished! The product has been delivered. A short review coming up shortly below

So thanks to the inputs from VJ bhai and Nadeem, ...

Turned out to be lot more expensive than what I'd planned for.
Slightly 'baggy' fit.

I had bookmarked the earlier page that talked about custom leather, glad to hear that the product was up to your expectations. Congrats for the cool jacket. I would love to go the custom way and get a jacket like that rather than paying tens of thousands for branded gear.
Please post a detailed review as well about the long term usage, quality and your impressions post break in as and when you more time in the jacket.

[aditya_iyer]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

The cramster breezer 4S and the breezer RS are both the same jackets right?? Cause in one website they have mentioned it as the breezer RS and in the official cramster site they have mentioned it as the breezer 4S .

Actually no, the Breezer RS or Rain-Shine was/is a limited edition jacket that is kinda summer jacket with rain liner while the 4S or 4 Seasons is an all weather jacket with upto 2 swapable liners for rain & winter plus it's a cordura-mesh mix for safety & comfort, so it sounds perfect for a touter while Breezer RS is kinda like a regular Breezer with good rain liner. Even though the Breezer 4S looks superior in some aspects of design & construction that seem to be build on top of experience with RS construction, the liners are not foolproof & both rain or cold will sweep in one time or other time

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[bbsrailfan]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Now gotta get working on your very own 'custom' muscles, to carry that jacket (pun intended) well!

Thanks Buddy
More than the muscles, I am right now working on building up all the the grey cells, gathering all the info I can get - regarding safe and durable maintenance of leathers. In my sheer desire to own an awesome piece of gear, I had overlooked this very important aspect of owning a leather garment - Maintenance. And now I am struggling with the hordes of "Expert Advices" on the web!

On Topic: Any suggestions to an affordable, VFM hydration pack? I am unable to get anything below 3.5K - and if that's the case, I'd rather drop the idea and settle with the good old water bottle

PS: Any ideas about Zeus gears? Never heard of them before. Here's the link to their official site: zeus motorcycle gear

[Parimal Maheshwari]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

On Topic: Any suggestions to an affordable, VFM hydration pack? I am unable to get anything below 3.5K - and if that's the case, I'd rather drop the idea and settle with the good old water bottle

PS: Any ideas about Zeus gears? Never heard of them before. Here's the link to their official site: zeus motorcycle gear

Viaterra has an 2L hydration pack for Rs. 1800/-

Regarding Zeus gear, what actually are you planning to buy? The products are decent and not heavy on the pocket but read somewhere about the stitch quality on the jacket. I am using their gloves, Zeus Street rider Pro, comfortable, nice leather quality but could have done better with the protection level.

[senotrius]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

spartan is releasing newer products.on their fb page they've shown new riding pants and an affordable entry level jacket below the Icarus.plus new colour schemes for phaeton gloves (looks like older gen model that had palm sliders?)

[Andy_kristine]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Comparing between The DSG Phoenix and The Cramster Breezer RS, which one would be great for summers??

[Sal]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Thanks Buddy
More than the muscles, I am right now working on building up all the the grey cells, gathering all the info I can get - regarding safe and durable maintenance of leathers. In my sheer desire to own an awesome piece of gear, I had overlooked this very important aspect of owning a leather garment - Maintenance. And now I am struggling with the hordes of "Expert Advices" on the web!

On Topic: Any suggestions to an affordable, VFM hydration pack? I am unable to get anything below 3.5K - and if that's the case, I'd rather drop the idea and settle with the good old water bottle

PS: Any ideas about Zeus gears? Never heard of them before. Here's the link to their official site: zeus motorcycle gear

Congrats on the Leather Jacket mate, it indeed looks Killer.
Regarding Zeus, Zeus Gears are pretty good, especially the "Highway Rider" gloves are awesome. There are outlets/dealers in Bangalore, Adeshwar Autozone (Lal bagh road) stores their goods and recently a new one opened up near RT Nagar Police Station, as well.
I had checked out the Zeus All Terrain Jacket, pretty good Codura quality and pretty fancy accessories, but it lacks ventilation when compared to Mesh jackets (it has zippers for ventilation) and lacks a good thermal liner (i wasnt impressed by the Zeus' thermal liner - Breezer's is way better).
I was gonna buy it, but found that Breezer suited my needs better than the Zeus, especially now that the temperature in Bangalore has gone nuts !

P.S : I wonder how are you managing the Leather in this heat. :P

[aditya_iyer]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Comparing between The DSG Phoenix and The Cramster Breezer RS, which one would be great for summers??

Breezer RS though i would go for the new Breezer version since the RS one will only last till stock but if you could get it cheap than ok. DSG Phoenix while itself is a good all weather jacket but is a textile jacket thus effectively frying you if you stand still in summer though during riding, it's isn't so bad & safer since textile will hold better in accidents than mesh only if you manage to get a good quality one as DSG laterly isn't so good in quality as other brands

[pratik.pat]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

On Topic: Any suggestions to an affordable, VFM hydration pack? I am unable to get anything below 3.5K - and if that's the case, I'd rather drop the idea and settle with the good old water bottle

Biking spirit has one for 1200 i guess, though you can always confirm, also check out decathlon, they have it in <2k.


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[braveheart.cse]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Hi Guys,
I may seem like a noobie with my question, I ride a P135 in Bangalore and was looking for gloves for my daily ride to office and back.
My problem is I am a small guy with proportionally small hands length of my palms are 7 inches from wrist to tip of my middle finger.
I tried a few shops near urvashi theater as i was not sure if online purchases would fit me well, tried a few gloves including probiker ones, but all were a bit bigger for my size, which I preferred not to use as a loose fitting glove could create safety issues.
At one shop the guy told he could try to get small size of ones he had in medium size but could not assure me if he could get it for sure or that would fit for sure.
Then I tried to get something online, I did not want leather ones as they would seem kind of overdone to me, decided to get the DSG motomesh in small size, but first planetdsg and later ebay.in cancelled my order mentioning supplier was unable to deliver
As last resort I am using btwin fingerless gloves which are actually meant for cycling, guys can you suggest something how I can find some understated but protective gloves for me? Any suggestions are welcome

[krish2778]

re: Universal : Riding Gear Thread

Hi Guys,
I may seem like a noobie with my question, I ride a P135 in Bangalore and was looking for gloves for my daily ride to office and back.
My problem is I am a small guy with proportionally small hands length of my palms are 7 inches from wrist to tip of my middle finger.
I tried a few shops near urvashi theater as i was not sure if online purchases would fit me well, tried a few gloves including probiker ones, but all were a bit bigger for my size, which I preferred not to use as a loose fitting glove could create safety issues.
At one shop the guy told he could try to get small size of ones he had in medium size but could not assure me if he could get it for sure or that would fit for sure.
Then I tried to get something online, I did not want leather ones as they would seem kind of overdone to me, decided to get the DSG motomesh in small size, but first planetdsg and later ebay.in cancelled my order mentioning supplier was unable to deliver
As last resort I am using btwin fingerless gloves which are actually meant for cycling, guys can you suggest something how I can find some understated but protective gloves for me? Any suggestions are welcome

Try out rynox rampage.

Cheers
Ride Safe
Krishna