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Hey,

I'm wondering if anyone has any suggestions for riding pants.
I've got a perf leather jacket that is very comfortable, but jeans offer no real protection.

I wondered what other Hawaii riders are wearing.


Thanks,

I'd recommend checking out this thread from a couple of months ago.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25257.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=25257.0)

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Thanks. I guess my question is perf versus textile and maybe a brand reccomendation. Whatever I get I gotta order online, and I am sick of paying the shipping on returns.

I've spent about an hour online and still no clue.

I have tex pants and a pair of draggin' jeans.

normal jeans-crap
draggin'- feels better, and with armor, still good airflow while feeling substantial
tex (dainese drake)-MUCH more confidence inspiring, makes the draggin' feel like I got nothing on, but they are hotter

went from tex/leather jacket to perf leather jacket, and it's great.

almost makes me think perf leather pants would work in HI... if you can get over looking weird since it isn't much of a gear culture here among the riders

I got dainese because we were at D-store and I needed new shit anyway. and the euro sizing makes it easier to find something that I fit.

most of the S/M/L stuff I've tried had me sammiched right between S and M

Thanks very much for the reply. That is exactly what I needed.
Yeah perf leather pants would be a little much here. I think I'll order a pair of the Dainese textiles.

Speaking of clothes, there was an older thread where you mentioned tshirts. Did you ever get those?

I have the venty version of the same Dainese pants, and they are still warm if you are going slow or stopped, but fine at speed.  Really it comes down to your build, cause almost everybody makes a decent perf product, it's just a matter of fit.  I'm, umm, narrow, so the euro stuff fits me better.  Bigger guys tend to do well with the US mainstays like Icon, Joe Rocket, and Alpinestar, which isn't US, but fits bigger.

as soon as someone gets off his lazy ass to pull the image from his hard drive...  [roll] it'll get moving
oh, durrr, that'd be me!

Well, if someone ever gets it going please let me know.
I'd definitely like a couple.  [thumbsup]

 [laugh]

will do, chief.

If not, i'm sending these guys
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Man, I've been dying to use that thing!  [cheeky]

So...  What island (or part of the island) are you on?

I'm in Kona

+1 on the shirts  ;D

BOOO THAT!  Move over here!   ;D


Trey!  Where've you been brother?

I WISH! Sadly here I have a job. We do have nice long roads though.

Oh, I see!  You got to go and rub THAT in don't you!   [cheeky]

But, YOU have stores, services, restaurants, DUCATI MECHANIC

I made the right choice.  :D

Yep. I could have transferred there a couple of years ago and didn't [bang] [bang] [bang]

so we know who's hosting if we do the super run then  ;D

Along with Supakow2, even though he seems to have been absent for a while...

um, super run? Que?

I think that's what it was called...

that big labor day ride that goes on over there... cruise-fest, but i've always wanted to do it. and superferry woulda made it so dang easy  :'(

yeah it's all guys on HDs wearing black leather vests. (http://www.picpiggy.com/smile/indifferent/indifferent0022.gif) (http://www.picpiggy.com)
I'm over on Oahu every now & then. I was there last Wednesday. I always wish I had the bike with me.
A nice cruise to the North Shore would be sweet.

You should do it!  Good excuse to through a BBQ.  But wait, that would mean I would have to mow the yard.   :-\  I knew I should have gotten a herd of goats instead of that damned dog!

Young Brother is a GIANT PITA!
It's just too much trouble.

that's why superferry makes me sad

Ah, another early riser. [coffee]

The super ferry would have been awesome. I'm baffled as to why people protested against it.
And why it went out of business.

well, like alot of other things, the economic downturn reared it's head...

but the protesters can suck it. they pissed me off.

I was waiting for the second boat/big island service, so I could plan my road trip

I never could figure out how the Big Island route would work. It has got to be 150 miles or so from Honolulu to Kawaihae (big island port). Even if the ferry could do 30 knots (crazy fast) that's still 5 hours. I think you'd see a lot of  [puke]

yeah, maui-BI would make more sense from a time standpoint, but using oahu as the hub is probably the most sensible.

meds and a nap would take care of the sickness... I'd still be happy to do that in order to have my bike with me instead of ship the bike/fly there

well, time to start work, have a good one, mang

 [coffee]

yupper. it was planned to be a 5 hour trip, and i would have gladly taken it.  alas.

May the streets flow with the blood of the superferry protestors... 

I generally hate protestors, no matter what they are protesting.
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