How important is fit on gear?
 

Once again, I have a question that sort of seems obvious but I figured if I got a thread started it would be more beneficial to other people in the long run.

As some of you may remember I got a AGV jacket with my bike. It was on the original owner when he layed the bike down and it has some light scuffing on it. However, what bothers me the most is that the jacket is a 44 and is pretty big on me. I keep telling myself I will just grow into it with time at the gym, but I now realize this may be a rediculous thought.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...acketFront.jpg

Obviously the leather jacket is better protection then nothing, but I was sort of thinking that I wouldn't mind a new jacket and I figured that it wouldn't be a bad idea to get a jacket that fit me much better as well!

Right now the arms are pretty loose on my jacket and I am pretty sure the armor in the arms would just wrap around my arm on impact and not actually reduce any of the impact.

Thougths?

Thoughts?

Yes, fit is important.

Also, rather than getting a new jacket it might be easier and cheaper to get that one altered.

And finally: Vote for Me for POTM! (I am PhiSig, and I approved this message!)

It is true, I have looked into getting my jacket fitted and or fixed from the last owner.

And, I already put in a vote.

It would most likely be cheaper than getting a new one, but if you want a new one for a different style then altering the jacket isn't going to help you much.

My recommendation? Keep that jacket, get it altered, and pick up a used set of leathers with the money you were going to spend on a new jacket. (Check forums.13x.com for cheap used gear)

Why do I get the distinct impression you didn't vote for me.

Thanks for the advice. I guess I am just storming up all kinds of ideas for things to buy. I have been in Alaska all summer away from my bike. For the next 14 days I will be sitting online thinking about this kinda stuff and considering all my options.

It isn't that I voted against you, I just voted for the one that stood out to me. :) I even mentioned it in thread.

Three words, gear, tires, and trackdays.

I would love to get in on one or two track days between now and April, but I have a big road trip planned for April and would rather spend time putting money towards things that will help me on that voyage.

How many track days still go on during the "winter" months around the South?

I have done a trackday in December, and a couple friends of mine get together to do an annual January 1st trackday. It's a little chilly in the AM, but it's fun, usually highs in the upper 40's.

:lol: You mean theres places where track days dont go on 365 days a year??!!

Ok, on the gear topic, you need gear that fits, leathers should never be loose and moving, if they are, you are are chancing a rash from the leathers rather than the road on the inside of your gear as well as the impact. Check around, you can often find great deals on closeout leather jackets if you cant get that one altered.

She's exactly right. If you're looking for a closeout, some of the best deals I have ever seen are on www.newenough.com

not only worry about rash... but worry about the armor not being in the proper spot in the case of an impact...

my first jacket I bought was 2 sizes to big... the guy that sold it to me told me just to wear a fleece under it... and it'd fit fine... so i did for a while... after all it was 40* in Alaska... so wearing more layers was a GOOD thing... but even then the jacket flapped a bit in the wind....

I still have it... but since i got my A* Stunt2 jacket... I only tried it on once... and was like... fuck that... I could wear it OVER my stunt2 jacket! :lol:

Stunt2 huh? Fits your wheelying personality.

what can I say?

Fixed it for 'ya! :dthumb:

wait... thought squid meant no gear? Hooligan was the term

I think you're right. :idk:

Nah common misconception. You can be in a full 1 piece suit and ride like a complete jackass in town and still be a squid.

hence the name hooligan... squid is for the t-shirts and fliplop folks

Believe it or not, the term originates with Racers!

It's a term that was a shortened version of "squirrely kid" referencing a new racer that didn't know what they were doing.

na, hooligan's can wheelie properly :lol:
as in most Buell riders ;)

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