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·Well.... with me living in Grand Rapids --- (i.e. the town near Grattan) and attend the ocassional motorcycle track-day....I just thought I'd post my recent chronicle of finding a good under armor, chest & back protector.
My original intent was to supplement my current riding gear....(JR speedmaster jacket, shoei helmet, teknic leather pants/gloves, and A*'s smx-plus boots) and decided to try out/buy decent under-armor. (This was brought on by trying on a BMW motrad armor shirt at a local Detroit motorcycle show)
I checked out most of what is out there....which is mainly Bohn, A*'s, and the Dianese stuff.... couldn't afford the Dianese under-armor (although if racing full-time, would consider it...), and eventually decided to try the Alpinestars Bionic under-jacket. My review of this being...great armor, good back-protector, but... the fish-net stuff holding it together was a bit ackward. (it left marks in my skin after riding....also, my friends couldn't stop making fish-net stocking jokes --- you know who you are! jerks!....ha, ha)
http://www.alpinestars.com/_lp/moto_protect_frst.htm
Anyway... came across a company called High Velocity --- small company, 2 guys out of NJ who ride themselves, they only have a couple products of which they actually have obtained a higher CE rating than the A*'s stuff...
I decided to buy their under-armor and really, really, really like it! (theirs was made with a soft wicking lycra...and has a detachable back protector to boot!) At first, was a little nervous about doing business with a smaller company, but everything went great. (I actually called the guys and got alot of good answers...)
Here is a link to their under/armor back/protector...
http://www.highvelocitygear.com/productpages/theedgeimages1.html
My original intent was to supplement my current riding gear....(JR speedmaster jacket, shoei helmet, teknic leather pants/gloves, and A*'s smx-plus boots) and decided to try out/buy decent under-armor. (This was brought on by trying on a BMW motrad armor shirt at a local Detroit motorcycle show)
I checked out most of what is out there....which is mainly Bohn, A*'s, and the Dianese stuff.... couldn't afford the Dianese under-armor (although if racing full-time, would consider it...), and eventually decided to try the Alpinestars Bionic under-jacket. My review of this being...great armor, good back-protector, but... the fish-net stuff holding it together was a bit ackward. (it left marks in my skin after riding....also, my friends couldn't stop making fish-net stocking jokes --- you know who you are! jerks!....ha, ha)
http://www.alpinestars.com/_lp/moto_protect_frst.htm
Anyway... came across a company called High Velocity --- small company, 2 guys out of NJ who ride themselves, they only have a couple products of which they actually have obtained a higher CE rating than the A*'s stuff...
I decided to buy their under-armor and really, really, really like it! (theirs was made with a soft wicking lycra...and has a detachable back protector to boot!) At first, was a little nervous about doing business with a smaller company, but everything went great. (I actually called the guys and got alot of good answers...)
Here is a link to their under/armor back/protector...
http://www.highvelocitygear.com/productpages/theedgeimages1.html