Well after my health condition and weight improved and Ken's weight even increased we agreed that I could buy back my RACER gear which is perfect for the cold season, it's called SUMMERFUN jacket and trousers and suits me now since several years, only downside is that I bought it in black which is not the safest colour to wear riding in the evenings.
Both have all necessary CE approved protectors and are a local Austrian brand, not cheap but the quality is very high, had also a blue one and crashed with that at least 5 times but it never showed a mark other than some surface scratches.
I always close all zips and wear it very tight, the RACER ones have sufficient Velcro straps to even tighten the arms/legs so during a crash nothing can shift and the protectors stay where they should and do their job as they were designed for.
But as black is not the best colour for the hot season so here I use a white-red KOMINE set bought at Proshop-PADDOCK in Bangkok on Ratchada which is the coolest and most ventilated set I ever had; jacket called JK043 and pants called PK709 with even kneesliders attached. All sizes are 2XL although naturally the japanese Komine is a tighter fit and as usual Asia cannot agree to any worldwide standards at all so be careful once you buy something locally made and don't rely on sizes shown, a 2XL here might be at best a L in overseas.
As for Austria I am still having my winter set by RACER and for warmer times an IXL jacket which is getting quite tight already but still does its job. Anyway now with a faster bike there the Racer VENTO set is anyway my best choice. All three sets (jackets & pants) were inbetween 16 and 24,000.- THB and are worth the cash I spent.
As for helmets I do use SHARK exclusively, for boots I am now using DAYTONA, SIDI and RACER and for gloves RACER Speedtop and for scooting around some Progrip light ones. Additionally all my bikes have proper tools in them, all a tyre repair set, the FZ6 and Tmax are even equipped with a small aircompressor/CO2 cartridges to get me going anywhere.
And most important of all, all bikes do carry a First Aid Kit which came in handy already several times not only for myself but also for some unfortunate locals who went down, anyone still wondering why I am carrying topboxes on all my 2 wheels ? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand of course a waterbottle is always in there too, not only to be able to get rid of dehydration in the sticks but also to clean some scratches and wounds. So is that all ? Yep, hope that helps some guys and for the ones that still laugh at me, well, your time will come too and after that hopefully you will be willing to carry a little more gear when riding.
