Warm Weather Riding Gear...

well, my leathers just aren't going to cut it for the 90 degree + weather we've been having in california.

i've never owned warm weather gear (bought my stuff during the winter) - and i could use some recommendations for jackets/pants/gloves to wear in the heat.

my hope is to sacrifice as little safety as possible, but i'm guessing i'm going to have to to textile?

thanks for the help!

I have an AGV AeroMesh jacket that I would recommend for warm weather riding.
It has the CE armor and the mesh is very free-flowing. The AeroMesh II is not as cool and fits a little short.
Also have an ICON TiMax mesh that is nice and cool, but the armor is not CE.

Perforated leather ! Great when moving and excellent protection. fing02.gif
That's what I'm using in 90-100 deg. with higher humidity that you'll ever see! tongue.gif

baileyrock, Jun 26 2006, 03:39 PMPerforated leather !  Great when moving and excellent protection. fing02.gif
That's what I'm using in 90-100 deg. with higher humidity that you'll ever see! tongue.gif

+1.gif On the perforated leather. Flows a lot of air and still provides excellent protection.

This is the one I'm looking at now. Spidi completely perforated leather.
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Spidi perforated jacket


Wadda ya think?

My current jacket is last year's Alpinestars Stunt jacket. The whole front of the torso of this jacket is perforated. I have riden in temps into the mid 90s with it and the perforated leather definitely flows a lot of air. If you do go with perforated leather get a jacket that is also perforated on the arms, that is the only complaint I have with my Stunt jacket is my arms tend to get hot in the higher temps.

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IMHO this is the best out there. Leather where you need it, superb construction, and Vanson quality. I've checked this jacket out and if I could afford it I'd buy it.

http://www.vansonleathers.com/product_page...mj/smj_frt2.jpg

http://www.vansonleathers.com/product_page...ard.html#Jacket

Rich A