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« on: March 11, 2011, 11:28:58 PM » |
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The wife and I swung by Cycle Gear today to get an idea on sizes for her. She gave me an idea of what she likes style wise. Thank god its not pink butterfly or the pink icon chaps. So we have done step one. Next we need to find good deals. I am a master at this but it seems no matter where I look womens gear is always right at MSRP.
I hit up eBay and craigslist with no luck. I got super excited on motorcyclegear.com, had the jacket she wanted, had the size!!! It was on closeout! Then I look again and realize the size seemed big. Then oh, I am looking at a mens jacket. $R%@#$ so....
Any tips or places I am not thinking of?
Do I just need to wait it out for some used stuff to pop up?
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« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2011, 07:20:37 AM » |
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have you tried motorcycle superstore or Rev'zilla?
but keep trying ebay, I've gotten a lot of stuff there.
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« Reply #2 on: March 13, 2011, 07:53:49 PM » |
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I did try both of those thank you =)
I will keep an eye out on eBay and set up a search to warn me of stuff
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« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2011, 03:57:01 AM » |
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Which jacket was it you looked at on Motorcyclegear?
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« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2011, 09:58:07 AM » |
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« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2011, 11:30:09 AM » |
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She has great taste, which is a good thing, but finding a close-out deal on nice Stella jacket might be a bit of a challenge. Your best bet might be to find a dealer who wants to move some items from last year. Or just get her what she wants  |
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« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2011, 08:36:58 PM » |
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Try Craigslook or any of the national Craigslist searchers. A lot of boys out there buy gear for their girl right away only to find out that its not worth dragging her out or causing their near crash. I've found some good stuff that way...but I've also found some crazy sized things like pants that were supposed to be my size but ended up fitting my boyfriend!
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2011, 06:24:40 AM » |
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For general reference, Dainese and Rev'It have pretty fleshed out womens ranges and they are generally not scribed with flowers and butterflies.
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« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2011, 08:12:24 AM » |
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check out iron pony. always good women's gear on closeout there. A few years back we got a Teknik jacket/pant combo for under a hundred that G has crashed on the track wearing and it held up very well.
They currently have Teknik Venom jackets for 40 bucks and Fieldsheer jackets from $60.
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« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2011, 08:53:53 AM » |
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iron pony? I'm gonna check that out!
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« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2011, 03:41:41 PM » |
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Also check out jakewilson.com (good service) and motorcyclecloseouts.com (poor service, but sometimes good prices). Ultimately I've found that my wife tends to keep gear for a long time and gets attached to it. I don't mind spending whatever it takes to get her what she wants as it'll make her happy and she'll get loads of use out of it. Sizing mens or womens of moto gear is crazy so be sure to try on the actual make and model if at all possible.
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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2011, 09:59:59 PM » |
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I hear ya on the sizes thing. She tried on one Dainese jacket and couldn't zip it shut.
Wife: "I thought you said this was a large Heath. Crap I am fat."
Me: "no no you just have boobs. Dainese always runs small on me too."
Wife: "So your saying you have big boobs too? ahahahah"
Me: :| "funny really funny"
So she tried on the Alpinestars in the same size and it fit good.
I found a discontinued style in her size on eBay. She likes the jacket, said she would wear it. I am afraid of buying it and it fitting totally different though.
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« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2011, 03:57:47 PM » |
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My wife tried on a bunch of joe rocket jackets over the weekend and liked the fit. The textile ones seemed a bit flimsy though and they don't make a perf leather in womens and solid leather is a bit warm for DC summers so we are still looking...
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« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2011, 05:53:00 AM » |
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Pilot - Colemans in FC carries Rev'it. I'm not sure how much for the ladies, but if you're in that area could be worth a stop by. Though I tossed in with the other Italian devils before Rev'it really hit here, I've always been impressed with Rev'it stuff
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-Throttle's on the right, so are the brakes. Good luck.
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« Reply #14 on: June 07, 2011, 10:16:33 AM » |
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I had alot of issues finding my jacket. When I went to cycle gear, even the smalls were way too big, the Sedici jackets fit super tight. I ended up going with a Scorpion, as I liked the way it was adjustable at the sides with snaps. motorcycle-superstore has alot of great deals online! Just makes it hard to shop online when you can't try anything on  |
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