I posted this on another ducati forum as well and just wanted to share here. I thought it was a pretty cool opportunity and just wanted to follow through on my commitment to give my thoughts about the suit and will continue to update as I get more time wearing the suit
I found this link on the aprillforum.com and decided to write the author to see if I could participate in his test of his racing suit.
http://www.apriliaforum.com/forums/s...d.php?t=222885
The chief designer for Rspeed Racing is Alessio Paparella I emailed back and forth with him regarding sizing and color.
He basically sent a full body chart detailing which measurements he needed, once he received all of this info back I had a suit at my house in 3 days. WOW!!! Pretty exciting getting a high quality suit at no charge and being able to provide input back to a company on their product. What a great opportunity..
I figure I will continue to update this thread with impressions as I continue to test the suit and hopefully get some track time with it as well. So far I have ridden about 80 miles with the suit today and thought I would provide you all with my initial impressions.
I am in no was affiliated with the company and would just like to give back info to the community of the commitment that Alessio has to his product and to the future development of the product.
1) Quality - my overall first impressions after both the ride and comparing to other products is very positive. They have definitely produced a great quality product which is in every way comparable to top shelf designs. I compared the Rspeed suit to alpine stars and dainese suits at a local cycle gear shop.
2) Design - I love the design of the product and visually it is very attractive.
3) Ventilation - generous ventilation is provided throughout. Today is was about 85f and did not get hot until coming to a traffic light. Very similar to just wearing a leather jacket.
4) Movement - suit moves very well, I wore it around the house for a bit to get used to it before going out riding and had no issues. A little slippery when coming to a stop, but as the ride progressed I did get used to this and grip more with knees.
I will leave it at that for right now. As I get more experience with the suit and get more used to the new bike I will continue to add comments as well as pics. Right now I do not have any pics of myself with the suit on, I just have the initial shots that alessio provided. I will post pics on bike once I get them.
I would suggest contacting Alessio through their website if interested in the test, he may still have some sizes left.
the site is rspeedmoto.it.
thanks
kluby
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