Yesterday I went to motoliberty and got my track gear. Originally I only intended to pickup boots and gloves because I was going to rent the leathers from CSS during class. My plan was to buy the leathers after I had attended class.
Truth is, I was going to pickup a good pair of comparatively inexpensive track boots. The ones I had targeted were the Setup Vision Boots. They looked good on the site and appear to be a good boot. However, when sitting next to a pair of SIDI Vertigo Boots how the hell are they supposed to fair? I really liked the SIDIs and truth be told I would probably end up selling the Setups to get the SIDIs after a while. I think the SIDIs are good enough that I might not ever buy another pair of track boots.
Gloves weren’t bad. Motoliberty has their own custom line called N2. I got a pair of Victory Race Gloves. Overall I like them.
Here is where things went a little a stray. I’ve got the money saved up for the track suit and had planned on getting a Fieldsheer Revo Sport 1 piece suit. They didn’t have any in my size. But they did have one Fieldsheer Flex in red left over. Audrey the store own cut me a sweet heart deal on it so I got it.
I also got a Taichi Inner Suit. It is basically a one piece suit made of the same material as a football jersey. You wear it under your leathers so they don’t stick to you allowing you to get in and out of your suit.
Wearing the suit I now understand how the professionals are able to walk away from some of the spills they take. They still get hurt and stuff but there is no way they would hop up and walk away with out this stuff on.
Right now I need to spend time in the suit getting use to wearing all this stuff. First it is heavy. All that leather and armor is hefty. I would hate to fall in a swimming pool with this on. Second, it doesn’t exactly restrict movement; it just changes it a bit. The thick leather and stuff is much heavier than either of my jackets so it will take some getting used to.
Third and I think most important is that this stuff is hot. To quote: “It’s Tarzan hot!” Just getting in it inside the air conditioned house will get you sweating. Walk outside in the mid day heat and you might keel over from heat exhaustion just walking down your driveway.
I admit to a little exaggeration here; but not much. This has really got me motivated to get myself in better physical condition. Don’t care about weight. I want to make sure I can last two full days of intense physical exercise wearing this things. I’m going to super bike school and I intend to get every last scrap of learning out of it that I can. I believe in order to accomplish that I need to be in better shape than I am now.
Anyway, I’m a little off course now. Yeah the suit is heavy and it will bake your brain if you let it. Drink lots of water. But otherwise it is going to let me get out on a race track to see how far I can push myself and my motorcycle.
Overall I’m really impressed with MotoLiberty. Their shop is nice with lots of gear ready to go. It was funny because I would ask if they had something and they guy would pull it out from somewhere. Yup, got that. Even better is that they are pretty close to my house so I don’t have to drive halfway across the metroplex to get gear. I love cyclegear and they’ve done a great job taking care of me, but I like the fact that Motoliberty is a local shop. I mean, the owner was even digging stuff out for me. How cool is that?
So between MotoLiberty and Discount Cycle all I got to do is run south on 35E to get everything I need. Sweet.