Which leathers do you wear?

[Shift]

So I'm in the market for either a new one or two piece set of leathers for track days. I been looking at the Octane series suit by Alpinestars but I'm not sure 100% yet. So what leathers do you guys own, what was the price, durability, comfort, fit, etc, and would you purchase the same ones over again?

[Trip]

I think I have the octane, it held up well at 108 mph. It's a little hot in the summer, but overall is pretty comfortable.

[Mrs. Colleen]

I wear Alpinestars because my husband is still wearing the two piece suit he low sided in at Streets of Willow. :dthumb:

I don't know the name of the suit. He bought it about 5 years ago. :idk:

Mine are Stella Alpinestars so I am sure you could care less about the details. :wink:

[jtemple]

I was going to go with Alpinestars, but they don't fit me correctly. Any Alpinstars suit that fit my chest was a good 4" too big in the waist. The Joe Rocket GPX is what fit me, so that's what I bought.

[OneSickPsycho]

Fieldsheer... Fit ok, a little long in the pants, but I'm fat so that's to be expected... comfortable, but I have nothing to reference them to... best $120 I've spent.

[LaFemmes]

So far only Dainese.

[Nico]

I'm wearing a Teknic Chicane 1-piece leathers from NewEnough.com. I got em for about $300 on clearance. My best guess is Teknic makes gear for skinny euros which is fine by me since I'm pretty short and thin. But if you have a belly 4" or more bigger than you waist or large calves and thighs you might want to get a size bigger than you usually get. The full perf suit is great for the hot weather and it has CE armor in the knees, shins, hips, elbows, shoulders, and back. No speed hump though if that's a big deal for you.

[marko138]

I've got a Teknic Chicane 2 piece. Never been down in it. But I've seen pics of people who have....so I'm confident it will hold up well.


I'd buy it again. It was relatively cheap and appears to be well made.

[Trip]

I have seen people complaining about the seams blowing out on the chicanes. Someone local had it happen to them.

[dReWpY]

i have a agv diablo and it seems to have held up, i busted a seam, but it was to be expected for sliding across the asphlt on my ass...
it was only a slight rip and then its gotten larger, proly shoudl fix it

[LaFemmes]

proly shoudl fix it


You better now..lol

[dReWpY]

i have checked around and cant find a local place either in OH or nashville,(not that i have looked that hard in nashville)

[LaFemmes]

i have checked around and cant find a local place either in OH or nashville,(not that i have looked that hard in nashville)



Try your local cleaners.
They may have to send it out, but you'll get it done.

[DLIT]

I had the Octane and liked 'em. I swiched to Dainese though. The kangaroo leather is nice and soft, it already felt broken in. It's very, very breathable and the kangaroo leather is stronger this year than the past, I guess they use a new method of treating the leather.

Any brand name suit will be fine for you, especially since you're just starting out on the track.

[Cutty72]

I have the JR GPXR 2 piece. pants fit great, jacket is a touch big, but not bad.
Gets a lil warm in the 95+, but not terrible.

[R1up0n1]

I've got a Frank Thomas 2 piece suit that held up very well in last years wreck @120. I still wear them on a regular basis. One seam on the back of the jacket blew out...I just need to get that fixed.

[NONE_too_SOFT]

Loves my 2 piece. Not often i really need to put the pants on, so it makes sense.

[ybslow]

I have Alpinestar, Stella two piece suit. Very comfort and great for track days.

[dReWpY]

this just in i got my leathers fixed, total cost 8 bux

[PhiSig1071]

I used to wear an IXS Suit, I LOVED that thing! It's from europe (sweden I think) and it was silk lined, holy hell that thing was comfy! And tough as nails, I know I wrecked in it once, and the previous owner wrecked in it I think two or three times. But it was still in great shape. Plus, the IXS pucks were some of the best I have ever used (only the Klucky Pucks were better). Unfortunately I had to get a different suit, I ended up with a Teknic one-piece, I think it's a Chicane. So far I'm happy with it, but it's definitely not the same quality as the IXS. (Granted the IXS was about $1500 new)