Motoport Pants - extra junk in the trunk?

Joined
Jul 28, 2007
Messages
3,120
Location
finger lakes ny
Bike
1999 ST1100
STOC #
7959
I've had my Motoport Street Jeans (not interested in an overpant) for many years and many thousands of miles. Stretch Kevlar, which I think is a wonderful material. Not the mesh stuff. They still seem darn near new, fit perfectly on or off the bike. ( I had sent a pair of Wrangler jeans in and they duplicated them perfectly, with a little extra length for the bike). Armor all over the place and still stupid comfy.
Would buy again in a heartbeat except for the fact that these never wear out.
 
Joined
Oct 6, 2007
Messages
523
Location
Kenly NC
Bike
07 ST1300A(P)
STOC #
7649
I bought a suit by Intersport many moons ago. As time progressed my gear changed and the suit ended up spending more time hanging in the closet. As I now am down to just the bike as transportation, I pulled it back out, wouldn't you know, it shrunk in the closet, mainly around the middle....... My commute is about 15 minutes, and involves 3 turns, one of which is out of the driveway, most of which is 4 lanes. Recently I've taken to just throwing on my jacket, gloves and helmet, wearing my shorts and work shoes. Not the best gear for riding, but considered the distance/time involved, versus fighting my way in and out of the suit, I'll take my chances. When school starts again I'll probably switch back to full gear, too many kids getting their licenses over the summer...... But I digress......
My intersport was always tight in the butt, always long in the leg, when I switched to the ST the butt area seemed to have more room, probably because of the different sitting position(cruiser to tourer) but the legs seemed longer. Pulling the kidney pads out helped with the middle, still tight, but better. Intersport suits were along the same lines as the Aerostitch, but using two zippers instead of one long one, and having a waist belt to cinch in the middle(which is currently at it's maximum setting)I've never found off the shelf suits that fit me right, and dream of a tailored suit one day. Jackets fit me fine, it's just the stumps I call legs that cause me issues. I remember when my waist was the same measurement as my inseam, I was basically square, now I'm more of a rectangle.
Try pinching in the seat area with clips until it fits where you want it, then sit on the bike, clips that pop off show tight areas, where the clips stay shows where the suit needs to be tighter.
 
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