riding gear

[Jlittle]

I want to buy a full suit to wear while riding what are some good brands to choose from and where should i look. Any suggestions would be appreciated

[DoD#i]

Depends what you want. For what it does, the Aerostich is excellent - but you may have something else in mind. What it does - goes over street clothes, provides decent protection, has more pockets than you'll immediately know what to do with, and is also the best rainsuit ever. But it costs almost as much as my GS did (OK, I got a pretty good deal on the GS). I ordered one back when they cost a few hudred less than today (but more than the bike I was riding at that time) after a long ride in the rain where every seam on my rainsuit failed, and I ended up very cold in soaked leathers (must have weighed 40 lbs with the water) after a 4 hour jaunt. I still use it.

For leathers, I prefer jacket and pants (with a zip, if you like). Uni-suit is not so easy to peel off half of.

[ben2go]

www.newenough.com has a deal on suits in their bargain basement deals section under close outs.They are very easy to deal with especially if you need to return something.

[TonyKZ1]

I wear a Fieldsheer Highland II suit, here's the link to it. It's similar to a Aerostich roadcrafter one piece suit. You can also find these used sometimes on eBay and other classifieds sections, that's how I bought mine. Ten to Twenty seconds to wear or remove, not much different than putting on a jacket.
Tony

[Jlittle]

im basicly looking for a suit that will keep me pretty well prtected when i go on my nightly fast rides. I tend to speed alittle bit i feel i need abit of protection incase i go down.

[DoD#i]

im basicly looking for a suit that will keep me pretty well prtected when i go on my nightly fast rides. I tend to speed alittle bit i feel i need abit of protection incase i go down.

If this is the only time you ride, sure, fine. If it's out and back from the house with no hanging out anywhere else, and doesn't happen when it rains, a leather full suit (with pads and armor) is probably the ticket. If you stop and hang out, a two piece is still good because you can take the jacket off so you don't roast sitting still.

If you think you only need protection on your fast rides, and you also make other rides, well, you'll learn sooner or later - I suggest learning by some means other than having your skin scraped off when some cage pops out in front of you (dog/child runs out in front of you, etc.) while you're "only going 25 mph", (20, 30, 35, whatever) but that's what it takes for some folks. Denim goes about 10 feet. Its somewhat irritating in the summer (not bad when moving with the Aerostich Roadcrafter and the vents open) but I cringe when I see the shorts, t-shirt and flip-flops riders out there.

If you haven't taken the MSF ERC, go do that - skin coverage is good when you go down, but armoring your brain to avoid going down is also a good thing.