Hi, After getting the Multi earlier this year and deciding for certain its a keeper and pulling away from sports bikes for the road, I also now want to tool up with decent touring style jacket and trousers.. Now I have to admit I am a little tight when it comes to certain things and buying a Jacket that costs 500gbp and 200 plus for trousers at this stage is tough for me to swallow.. I went down to the Motogp and took a first look at some of the stands. Alpinestars jackets looked pretty average at about 250gbp, yet I have to say RST (lessor make I would have said) for about 120gbp looked / felt and fitted way better.. I don't know if I should go all out for good stuff ( I am a bit of a name junky when it matters) and go for some Dianese stuff, but again have no idea if its any good or not.. Any comments or suggestions in particular on Dianese stuff would be appreciated. Currently heading to NEC show as target to buy there if no real idea on brands prior to that. Ta David
I've changed all my badly fitting (with poor protection) Harley and other gear for Dainese. Looks good, fits well and works. No probs with the D Dry or Goretex. I bought my first jacket at J&S then ebay for the rest. Dainese seems to be very consistent in its sizing so once I'd bought the 52 jacket, the ebay stuff all fitted. Unfortunately I've developed a pretty bad ebay 'habit' so now have 4 Dainese jackets, 3 pairs of trousers and 3 pairs of gloves. Only 1 pair of Dainese Fulcrum touring boots though... There may be some bargains at the NEC otherwise there's always the Dainese sales or ebay.
David, I went for the Ducati branded Revitt Tour 14 jacket and trousers, mainly to use my discount when buying the bike. On a 2000 mile trip to Czech and back they were perfect, in rain, hail and sunshine. Waterproof, warm, and coolish with liners out and vents open. Not too cheap, but obviously the non branded Revitt equivalent would be cheaper! Jon.
Dainese D Dry every time. Might be expensive but you won't have to buy again. I've got the Ducati branded version and it has been 100% waterproof and coped with -5 degrees. I got the trousers from Infinity for about £200 and they are still waterproof after an off. Andy
Gortex all the way - IMHO everything else is not worth bothering with. I was looking at this Dane gear, not a household name but fantastic quality and specification for the money, getting good write ups: Dane Motorcycle Clothing | Gore-Tex Trousers and Jackets, Gloves, Accessories for Men and Women This write up on Visordown for the new Torben Jacket: Visordown
i have had RST and wolf, but recently brought Dianese Goretex, worth the extra outlay, save your money till the shows.
Been using the dainese stradon gore tex jacket, cant really fault it except for when its 28+ it gets a little toasty, they were around £800 new but theve been discontinued now so if you can find one cheap its well worth it
My Rukka jacket and trousers have been used pretty much every day all year round for the past 6 years and are still waterproof having been cleaned and retreated recently...... 300 miles in torrential rain a couple of weeks ago and bone dry underneath. They are the basic ones from the range so the cheapest. Only criticism is they have no vents whatsoever so can get very warm on the hottest days and I wouldn't want to tour southern Europe in them during summer. Mate speaks quite highly of Klim kit which comes in both mega bucks and sub 500 quid jackets of assorted designs (He has used Rukka and BMW Rallye suits before)
My mate just got a Klim Badlands jacket - pretty high tech, well thought out bit of kit, well vented, 100% dry etc, but at £700 - ouch!!
I just replaced my ancient kit bought about 10 years ago very cheap at the NEC bike show. I was thinking of going the Rukka route but bought Halvarssons. I'm very pleased with it and just ridden three days in the rain in it to Regensburg. Fits a treat and isn't bulky. Lots of vents if needed
Blimey, it's a small world....Hi Dave, remember you from the TM forum a few years back, hope you're keeping well? The Multi is a cracking bike, i've just picked up my 2016 model DVT a few weeks back and am amazed how far they've come since my last Duke!! I've not long ago bought a Dainese Carve jacket and Dainese Lontan trouser, see links below. Jacket Trouser They quite often do a 10% off code of FCMOTO10 so knocks around £50+ off the total price. A cracking price, for quality gear, and FCMOTO give excellent customer service. Good luck. Steve
Always Dainese gortex currently using Gator jacket and trousers, just perfect, however changing soon to Dainese Explorer truly 4 seasons kit, amazing! I also bought Drake Air jacket/trousers for the summer venting,brilliant.Lastly Fulcrum boots they are so comfortable and completely waterproof.Go dainese you won't look back!
Dainese D-Explorer suit. Best they make for adventuring. I use it year round, 5 days a week for the commute and for touring to Europe. Absolutely brilliant - everything you could ask for be it in cold/wet London or in 35C Spanish Pyrenees. One suit, does it all. Materials are top notch. Features are brilliant.
The D products, are they all goretex? Lokimng at some of them they domtbseem to be. Are yiu fellas all using just goretex or is standard D stuff 100% too? Never spent more than £200. Never had anything waterproof! Except the one peice oversuot sweatsuits
I have D Dry Dainese jacket & trousers, got caught in what felt like a monsoon a few weeks ago coming back from newquay with my son o the back. He was dry as a bone but my textiles leaked somewhat
D Dry is Dainese's version of Gortex, it's not really not worth compromising just to save a few quid. They also do 'real' Gortex jackets, which are worth the extra expense. I've used a Gator jacket for about 3 years now, still waterproof inside, but soaks up water on the outside.
TBH the D Dry trousers are fine, its just the jacket that leaked, mainly round the waist area, will definitely be looking at the Gator jacket.
Eh Up Steve, it is a small world, just got back into Track days as well (bought a TM mates CBR600 and heading to Cartagena the end of the year with Nobby from TM). Thanks for the FC Moto thought, with the current exchange rate they are looking quite cheap.. did you buy using the Dainese sizing guide or did you manage to try some on somewhere first? I have a 2010 Multi S bought earlier this year to give this style of bike a go and I now seem to have the perfect balance a good / sensible yet still exciting road bike that allows me to tour and then have a cheapish track bike for that type of thrash mode.. so all good. You had something like this before the DVT or did you go straight to it from a sports bike? David
Thanks everyone for your replies, I am sure if I had the patience I could have found similar on old threads, so thanks again. After all your comments I think I am for sure going for the Dainese Carve gear and might look to FC Moto to get it. Question - did you trust the sizing guides if you bought on line or did you ensure you tried on at a shop to guarantee right size on a pretty expensive purchase? The boots were going to be the next question, but will look at the Fulcrum ones as a start (my boots are all sports driven and not comfy). Again thanks for all your replies. David
