[proinnsias]

Having got a few drownings recently - and reckon on another this evening on my commute home - I'm getting tired of not-so waterproof gear ..

The Giller Jacket is fab, and I've got two pairs of fairly watertight gloves ... Boots (once dubbin'd) tend to be waterproof enough ... but the textile trousers claim waterproofness, but even with plasticy over-trousers they leak

So ... I'm looking at some nice Dainese D-Dry (mainly cos they'll zip nicely into my jacket for winter cozyness) ... anyone got experience of 'em in recent downpour-style conditions at M50 speeds ?

Any good alternatives (can't quite stretch to the price of the goretex branded stuff) ?

P

[klu]

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Can't recommend these enough, you'd have to go swimming to get any water past them. Can't go wrong for 50 yoyos

[jamesobrady]

klu, on Nov 18 2009, 02:36 PM, said:

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Can't recommend these enough, you'd have to go swimming to get any water past them. Can't go wrong for 50 yoyos

+1 its good stuff.

[PaulB]

I had a pair of Dainese hooper d-dry trousers and they were great for a year or 18 months, but after that they started to slowly let in water, not think major, just a general overall dampness, so I wouldnt recommend it. After that I bought hein gericke cruise gear with goretex and its pretty good.
Check out cotters this weekend, I bought some belstaff gear from him before for small money and it was excellent, pity belstaff were bought out and are no more.

[skinner75]

klu, on Nov 18 2009, 02:36 PM, said:

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Can't recommend these enough, you'd have to go swimming to get any water past them. Can't go wrong for 50 yoyos

Sweet - just ordered up a pair, as I've gotten soaked a few times of late & need something to get me through the winter.

[sparky]

I have a d-dry jacket and gloves for about a year and they're great. Fabric pants always tend to leak after a period of time but you can re-waterproof them to stop the leaks.

[KildareMan]

klu, on Nov 18 2009, 02:36 PM, said:

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Can't recommend these enough, you'd have to go swimming to get any water past them. Can't go wrong for 50 yoyos

No disrespect to any gay person, but THEY'RE A BIT GAY.

[klu]

KildareMan, on Nov 18 2009, 03:48 PM, said:

No disrespect to any gay person, but THEY'RE A BIT GAY.

lol, a little bit

I got them in dark green & black so not too bad

[Tenmill]

klu, on Nov 18 2009, 02:36 PM, said:

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Can't recommend these enough, you'd have to go swimming to get any water past them. Can't go wrong for 50 yoyos

Urban camouflage, just the thing for those dark nights

[klu]

Tenmill, on Nov 18 2009, 04:21 PM, said:

Urban camouflage, just the thing for those dark nights

you could always wear a giller jacket upside down with your legs out the sleeves if you wanna be seen

[Aussie]

http://www.niton999.co.uk/products.expande...xlite-(HV017.R)

[OlderButWiser]

I've commute all year round over two years in dainese d-dry pants jacket and gloves. (70,000 km)

No issues apart from zip puller dangly thingies breaking. Replaced them with key rings through the zipper.

I use the gortex cleaner and waterproofer (washing machine type) about once every six months (about every 18,000km)

They work for me in 3-4 hour trips in the rain, down to about -8 degrees C (when I call it a day regardless)

OBW

[skinner75]

klu, on Nov 18 2009, 03:56 PM, said:

lol, a little bit

I got them in dark green & black so not too bad

That's the colour I went for them in too

[skinner75]

Just received the trousers & gloves (both Spada) there a minute ago. I have to say that the green camo looks better than the urban camo. The gloves look upto the job too - also in matching green camo! Well needed, as the way the weather is lately, I need good waterproof gear!

Next job now is to get the main zip replaced on my Dainese jacket - this time with a heavy duty brass YKK one!

[dynamite]

skinner75, on Nov 24 2009, 01:32 PM, said:

Just received the trousers & gloves (both Spada) there a minute ago. I have to say that the green camo looks better than the urban camo. The gloves look upto the job too - also in matching green camo! Well needed, as the way the weather is lately, I need good waterproof gear!

Next job now is to get the main zip replaced on my Dainese jacket - this time with a heavy duty brass YKK one!

i got a heavy duty brass ykk zip put in my jacket a few weeks ago 25 euro..really happy with it and beats buying a new jacket

[Fazerman]

dynamite, on Nov 25 2009, 02:36 AM, said:

i got a heavy duty brass ykk zip put in my jacket a few weeks ago 25 euro..really happy with it and beats buying a new jacket

CAn you recommend a place or person to do that job have a couple of things like that in my gear that needs fixing?

[Magnets]

I'm currently wearing the Richa Spirit C-Change http://www.nevism.co.uk/products/richa/tex...spirit-c-change suit. I have it about 4 months now and am on the bike every day. I recently scouted next years Rev-up4DSI in 3 days of incessant wind and torrential rain and it never let me down, not one drop of rain got in. Granted its not the cheapest suit on the market but it does exactly what it says on the tin.

[eamon]

My last pair of waterproof gloves were Dainese D-Dry. They were out is some pretty heavy downpours and worked as well as my current Goretex pair do.

I'd have replaced them with another pair of D-Dry except that I found a pair of Hein Gericke Goretex gloves that fit better.

This post has been edited by eamon: 25 November 2009 - 12:11 PM

[dynamite]

Fazerman, on Nov 25 2009, 01:49 AM, said:

CAn you recommend a place or person to do that job have a couple of things like that in my gear that needs fixing?

the place i got it done was in a shop in wexford called threads...theyve another shop in waterford too.....

[jonnycooldude]

i have had my d dry for about 9 months. i just got back from france where it hammered down for about 2 hours riding , i got soaked right through , took them straight back to shop for a refund, i think there is no such thing as water proof motorcycle clothing,if you want waterproof use a bin liner instead of wasting 500 quid