RE: Klim's alternative to Aerostich - 2

I wear a belstaff snaefell two piece suit and I love it. Doesn’t look like a snowmobile suit.

Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #15

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14

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My 2-pc Aerostich dates back to the 2nd year of their production, late 1980's. It's a wonderful thing for long distance travel. However, I rarely use it for one day / afternoon rides or trips where I might get stuck in traffic during hot and humid weather.

That said, the quality of construction is really high.

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That reminds me of a little Areostich history: Right after Aerostitch introduced the Roadcrafter, another company started making an exact clone of their suit and was selling it for about half the price. Apparently, it didn't take Aerostich too long to go after that firm for copying their design, especially their system for quickly donning the suit. A couple of years later that company ceased production of their suit and I have yet to see any other one-piece suit manufacturer use their entry zipper system - not even the Chinese to my knowledge.

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14

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My 2-pc Aerostich dates back to the 2nd year of their production, late 1980's. It's a wonderful thing for long distance travel. However, I rarely use it for one day / afternoon rides or trips where I might get stuck in traffic during hot and humid weather.

That said, the quality of construction is really high.

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Some years ago, mid 90s (My R1100RT era) I was convinced by several others to try Areostich. I had a Heine-Gerik(sp) 3/4 leather which was great but heavy and no good in rain, a synthetic Belstaff which was warm but ok in short rain and a whole series of Rainsuits which were hot, did not breath ..a pain in the ass.

So on a trip out west I stopped in Duluth and had a custom Darien suit made for me. My stubby no neck body shape require the custom version. It was a vast improvement of anything I've ever had. Used for about 20 years, 3 continents...many miles. Never let me down.

About 5 years ago I notice more and more soft materials that were being used by other manufactures. I bought a Olympic mesh summer jack with water proof liner. I hate waterproof liners when wet...The mesh jacket by itself is fine! A Friend bought a KLIM and I liked it. The KLIM has a big advantage over Aerostich, they have stocking dealers.
I went to one a spent a couple of hours with a very helpful sales person. I ended up buying a KLIM Latitude Hi Vis Jacket and Torent pants. These two are totally different sizes to fit my odd body...but they work well.

The KLIM use Gore tex (a must for me) and other nylon softer/lighter materials. These are not as crash resistant as Aerostich. The back protector, shoulder, elbow, knee, hip etc etc protectors are molded to shape )vs the bulky square chunks that aerostich uses. Are their materials as good shock absorbers as Aerostich, likely not. But the KLIM suit fits me better than the bulky custom suit from Aerostich. It is lighter to. Both keep me dry in all day rain.

KLIM is cheaper, seems to be made in China/Tiawan but they hide that fact well. KLIM is part of the Polaris Industries (snowmobiles, ATV, Trikes and Indian motorcycles) group.

If Aerstich allowed itself to take advantage of some of the design innovations of KLIMs, and had stocking dealer where i could try stuff on.....I would pay a few bucks for for their higher quality.

PS I can not use a R3 or clone because of my body shape.

Zitat von soch im Beitrag #18

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Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14

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My 2-pc Aerostich dates back to the 2nd year of their production, late 1980's. It's a wonderful thing for long distance travel. However, I rarely use it for one day / afternoon rides or trips where I might get stuck in traffic during hot and humid weather.

That said, the quality of construction is really high.

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Stuck in traffic? I take it lane sharing is not a thing in PA?

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Well now, that really does suck!

Zitat von soch im Beitrag #18

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Stuck in traffic? I take it lane sharing is not a thing in PA?

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Dunno how those motorcyclist in other states deal with sitting in traffic -- it's just mind numbing.

Zitat von soch im Beitrag #23

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Dunno how those motorcyclist in other states deal with sitting in traffic -- it's just mind numbing.

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Zitat von soch im Beitrag #23

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Dunno how those motorcyclist in other states deal with sitting in traffic -- it's just mind numbing.

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