1) great looking bike! 2) yea I feel you on the heat issue, it was about 115 degrees here with like 70% humidity and instill went full up, jeans boots and armored jacket. But ask Yumi like they said she seems to have good fashion sense oh! And check online www.motorcycle-superstore.com they have an array of choices too! Happy riding and hope it cools down for you soon!

 

Thanks i'll take a look. I'm curious now about riding pants. On a night ride yesterday with some friends, one of my friends fell on his R6 in a parking lot coming to a stop, trying to put his feet down, his pant leg got caught in his peg and he and the bike tipped over. unfortunately he fell right into a 1976 chevy luv and dented the front fender. I'm sure that it could have been avoided had he been wearing different pants.

 

Not really. My riding jeans are boot cut. Still possible to snag a peg with them. Now when I wear my race boots it's not since the pants leg goes inside the boot.

Just awareness prevents that... or not panicking when it happens. I don't usually wear race boots

 

also after last nights ride, i seriously need to look into more ventilated gear. it was 105 at 11:00pm with a ton of humidity.

 

now you're learning! I find that my heavy leather racing jacket (joe rocket) works great when it's 100 out. vents well and doesn't do anything for keeping warm. my lightweight nylon jacket keeps me warm and doesnt breathe at all.

Dont write off heavy leather gear. It can keep you cooler than riding without.

 

I have but one jacket, it isnt the greatest at keeping me cool, works great during winter though! lol As far as the pants go, I tuck mine into my boots, but kuroshio is right, its important not to panick! the same way they got stuck, is the same way to unstick em But I have heard it happen to a lot of people.

I hope you find everything you need for riding. I am looking for another jacket as well, this heat is killing me!

 

www.sportbiketrackgear.com has some decent prices on a lot of good gear.

 

Thanks everyone for all the info. Much appreciated.

 

Curious as to what imports you were into...

 

Mostly Hondas, nissans, mazdas etc. I used to be into racing. I used to have a 93 civic hatchback with a race motor that I used to track.

Also had a 94 4 door civic that I daily'd as the family car..

After about a year after my son was born I parted out the hatchback and got rid of everything and stuck with the 4 door for a while until I swapped motors and lost my ac after about 6 months... After one thing after another kept quitting on me with the 4 door I got rid of it and got a Benz.

I'll post pics later when I am on a computer.