Originally Posted by jveach

I love my leather jacket, It feels great knowing in the back of your mind if you go down you are very well protected. During the summer months in the heat I ditch the leather and just wear a KNOX cross shirt ( this: KNOX Cross Shirt from SportbikeTrackGear.com ) I even took all the pads out of my leather jacket and wear it under the leather during cooler rides.

I can understand on the pants, I still don't ride in leather pants. I have a one piece leather suit that I bought for track use, but I don't ride with it on the streets. I like the ICON armored blue jean pants for street riding.

Originally Posted by gotcbr

Estate, you'll get used to the weight very quickly as you wear it daily. As my sig-line says, *Sweat wipes off, road rash doesn't*. The leather jacket goes a very long way to preventing road rash. ;-)

Yes, get those leather riding pants!..especially if you're riding twisties. You'll get that same feeling of security knowing your legs & hips are well protected w/ CE armor & knee pucks.

I use the Alpinestars leather track pants w/ pucks. They attach via zipper to the jacket to complete the suit. You don't have to zip them together but if riding twisties, its just an added measure of security. Don't know if your Icon jacket has the zipper for the pants (my Icon Daytona didn't) but you can have one installed at any leather alterations place that does motorcycle gear repair & alterations. I usually wear my track pants w/ my Alpinestars jacket zipped together.

Originally Posted by estate4life

...yes! The overlord does have the attachment zipper....I can look into getting some pants...