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Post by crashtester01 »

just wanted to say that i was wearing RST jacket bottoms and gloves when I had a pritty nasty off 3 weeks ago and for the money they held up pritty well only paid £160 for the jacket and £130 for the bottoms the gloves where £30 but didnt stand up to much but the rest of the kit was top notch :smt001 so if your after cheap gear for comeuting try RST
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funny you should say that, a bird at work has just bought some bottoms of ebay and they are well cool.
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its good stuff m8 just dont buy the gloves
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she'll be well chuffed when i show her your post tomoz.
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Post by RedexRobB »

If your gonna buy RST gloves go for the expensive ones. I paid 70 quid for a set of RST gloves about 5 years ago, ive still got them and they been through a hell of alot.

Landed on the palms countless times and they are still holding together. Only thing wrong with them now is the carbon knuckles are shattered from punching a car window once, and holes are starting to wear through the clutch fingers where ive had them so long!
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Post by Xphyral »

aye,i got some rst pro bottoms, and although they took a a fair while to loosen up they feel nice and comfy now, i'm yet to play butt sliding games in em yet but is good to know their quality. i had some textport before that bust the seams down the side when i fell off
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Post by gubbs »

RST leathers meet with a rather mixed reaction in biking circles.

I just bought the cheapo RST Dark one-piece suit off fleabay for £100 and felt for that price it was a bargain ..

However several people who have crashed in RST suits had a lot of negative stuff to say about their stitching and the quality of the hide.

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I was just think that. I have a friend who also hit the tarmac in a RST leathers. They didn't hold up well.

Cheap is cheap for a reason.
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I have a RST one piece, just like that one... it fell apart on the first crash.

So just don't fall off and you'll be fine.
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Well. Mine ripped apart on the butt in a 30-40mph highside and the zipper came away.

Be careful when you use them, specially on a track day, you'll need to tape the zipper up at the top or they will unzip, like mine did 3/4 of way dowm revetts straight...

When fully unzipped, like they will be, they turn into a nice big sail and at 150+ it can be interesting to say the least...
I did a bit of hunting around on google and it turns out that about two years ago RST moved their production and there are opinions on forums from owners of their leathers that their quality may have suffered. Older RST suits get glowing endorsements, but the newer, specifically budget items (the £300 suits) have come in for some harsh criticism.

My defence - why did I buy a cheap suit with negative press? At £100 I dont care if it only lasts one crash. I think its false economy to spend £500-700 on leathers then crash in them repeatedly.

Admittedly, you get better protection from the higher spec suits, but the ROI is not enough to warrant the outlay for someone who ostensibly only needs abrasion protection in a road off.

As I'm sure we all know, its not coming off that kills you. Its what you collide with .. and no leather suit will protect you against a 70 mph+ impact.
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Post by Bozzie »

i got full set of RST pro series. Have read a few reviews about the pro series never read a bad one. One of the Eds in bike has the same set and he had a 70mph tumble and he still uses the same trousers. Can't be all bad.

And for the money they arnt bad.

I got Boots, gloves(summer and winter)(the summer are teh RST pro very good gloves)
Jacket
trousers
boots(a little worse for wear now, but i use em everyday)
and a helmet(very goofd, very comfy, looks cool aswell)

i rate this gear and would buy it again tbh all that was £600ish
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Post by sic1181 »

ive had a pair of 30quid rst gloves for 6 years now, been through a 70mph crash and 2 crashes from being hit by cars and there still in 1 piece, lol.
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