mute01

Shoei helmet
leather gloves in summer, leather and gortex gloves in winter/rain
R-Jays mesh jacket in summer,Dry rider summit synthetic jacket in winter/rain
Steel cap leather lace up boots when going to work, Alpinestars when not going to work.
Cotton drill work pants when going to work, shift kevlar reinforced jeans when not going to work.( I came off in my work pants at about 90kph no damage to the pants but i had abrasions on my knees. Its ok it wasn't the Blackbird)
AND THE ONE THING I NEVER EVER RIDE WITHOUT FOAM EAR PLUGS .Lost half my hearing don't want to lose any more.
The day I find a two piece leather suit that fits me I'm buying it.

Banshee

Mute01, Tigerangel do custom fits for pretty much all of their stuff.

Not sure if you can get the goretex suits customised though, give them a call. They are in Melbourne, by the way.

DobleX

Always helmet (in Spain is obligatory)
Always gloves
Leather pants and jacket if I ride out of the city

Puck

whatever in the summer I wear flip-flops, and a wifebeater, usually a nice pair of umbros or something, I had a really nice pair of adidas track shorts but i accidently leaned on the end of my can and melted a half circle in em,...oh well, thats life

hornet

i rock flip flops with a wife beater and a backwards turned baseball cap....

sometimes board shorts....sometimes just boxers....and i make sure to do endo's at ever stoplight to impress the hoes....

(leathers everytime i leave the driveway, boots, helmet, gauntlets)

Doug66

Winter:
Dririder Tourer Jacket
Dririder Tourer Gloves
Walden Miller Leather Pants
BMW Goretex Touring Boots
AGV Helmet
RJays Neck Warmer - It does get really cold in Australia sometimes


Summer:
Dririder Summer Mesh Jacket
Walden Miller Light Tourer Glove
Draggin' Jeans
BMW Goretex Touring Boots
AGV Helmet
Bottle of Water

And almost always my favorite girl on the back - my wife.

back.in.black

Durex, all year round.

SturgisNative

Just got my XX, but I normally wear:

Harley leather jacket (yeah, *that* gets some looks now on the XX)
Either full leather pants or leather chaps
Leather gloves
Steel-toe high-shaft Durango boots
HJC fullface helmet
Earplugs - keeps the windnoise down, much less fatigue that way

If it's cold (Under 50F) I wear my thermal underwear, thermal glove inserts, and another layer of socks.

Coldest I've ever ridden was 9F. Layered TWO leather jackets just to block the wind. It was surprisingly fun - especially the looks I got!

Domn8or

Aerostitch is there anything else???

brinkmah

I tend to wear the full kit - just feel more comfortable with max protection. This includes:
Shoei X11
Dainese 2-piece leathers
Sidi Vertebrae boots
Triumph kevlar gloves.

Helmet is the Norick - so a little bright - better to be seen. I used to ride a Triumph TT600 (all black), loved it, nimble and fun. But my 2007 Bird in the Iron and Nail is just beautiful. So lucky!

dad

Seen the benefits of protective kit over the years but its up to individuals to determine their own. Full kit for track days, full kit for cooler road runs but hey, riding the Bonneville to the beach in summer wearing shorts, thongs and no helment was stupid but fun

rdkng88

We should not do it but in hot weater and it gets hot here in Ga. helmet, cut off Harley shirt, flip flops and rock and roll!!

dad

Just a little correction re "Thongs" "Flip Flops" or "Japanese Flying boots" All the same. Over here 'Thongs' are footwear. Red ones for fishin and black ones (formal) for taking the missus out.

Para045

I used to ride around in summer in tank top & shorts when I had my old bikes 13+ years ago but NEVER wore thongs (flip flops to you yanks) always joggers minimum .
Now make sure I have my vented JRAE jacket and Draggin's

Frosty

Hmmm, an interesting poll. After looking at you tube videos and episodes of American Chopper I had this feeling that there would have been a larger instance of my American cousins riding in T-shirts.

Steve

Rage35

Icon helmet
Icon textile gloves
Boots
Nexgen textile jacket w/armor
jeans

Jambo

I 've seen what a 10mph fall can do to someones skin so I always wear full leathers, gloves, boots and helmet regardless of the wheather but hey I live in England so the wheather is always crap. The only difference is that I change my base layer in summer/winter and thickness of gloves.

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OBSESSION a word used by the lazy to describe the dedicated. Martin

gixxer11

on long rides when riding hard i have a cortec lrx jacket it is mesh with liner and rain liner and also have the pant that do the same when riding in upstate the mornings are chilly and drop drop the rain liner then the themal liner is it gets to warmit a bit of a pain to reassemble but for the most part it covers all the bases.on short hop just the jacket and jeans.When the temp is over 90 deg short hop i wear the broshtex jacet with the armor it has the kevlar panels int it a does provide some protection definiatly better than a t shirt and is not costly.

solo

Looking forward to get a hold of this for the summer:
Dainese Jacket Wave-V 3 Neck - Read Reviews and Buy at KneeDraggers.com
Plus a kevlar T-Shirt

GerryKea

I'm in Ireland where it is cold and wet most of the time including the summer so I wear full kit unless it is it really warm, ! I commute to work and ride all year round. I buy good quality kit and it's paid off, I've had most of my kit years, and only replace the kit when it needs it.

Shoei lid - I've had this lid nearly 5 years, it's either on my head or in the top box on the back of the bike, I learned a long time ago that most marks and knocks a lid gets happen because your carrying it around-even if it is only to put in the press, keeping it in the top box means it only comes into contact air, rain and flies.

Richie Textile (9 years) or leather Jacket , I bought this Jacket off the Scott stand at the TT's 12 years ago, I keep thinking I should change it hasn't dated and looks perfect- to be honest now that I think about it I can't understand how it looks good after all these years, the most I do with it is give it a leather treatment once or twice a year

Lookwell Leather Pants- (8 years, leather treatment once or twice a year, and I've replaced the odd Zip but they look perfect, but I might change them soon as they getting a bit tight, (comes with age (mine)so I'm told)

I have Belstaff winter trousers which I wear over the leather pant when it's cols and light pair of gortex pants to wear over the leather in the summer when it's raining

Daytona Non-stop GTX Boots- Second pair the last pair lasted 8yrs)

Ok I do go through gloves, I have summer pairs and winter pairs but they do wear out,