scootac
Will Ride for Food
With 'superior bulk'......Great thread!
"Asian" Cordura must be the extra special stuff. 20 bucks
I'm buying a pair just to get in the fun game of pants roulette.
Uh.....what???
I resemble that remark!!!!
Pants Quality Motorcycle Pants Waterproof and CE hips and knees for only $30!
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Uh.....what???
I resemble that remark!!!!
Don't need any more bulk.... I already have enough!
Does that mean more or less bulk?
Way to go Jeff, you risk taker you. I've wimped out so far. So confused
C'mon. Check the label. These things are "Power Skin" with "Stylish Good Looks".
How could you possibly go wrong?
Get on it!
How could you possibly go wrong?
Get on it!
scootac
Will Ride for Food
Why am I thinking these are the 'Ronco Pocket Fisherman'
of motorcycle pants???
of motorcycle pants???
At least they're not Chia Pants.
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Jeff,Great thread!
"Asian" Cordura must be the extra special stuff. 20 bucks
I'm buying a pair just to get in the fun game of pants roulette.
Enter the excitement
Why buy one when you can get 3 for $59.97
I stepped up the waist size a notch as I don't want the dingle balls suffering ..
Might need to buy a pair of stupid spenders to boot!
Tight pants are like a cheap hotel, no BallroomJeff,
Enter the excitement
Why buy one when you can get 3 for $59.97
I stepped up the waist size a notch as I don't want the dingle balls suffering ..
Might need to buy a pair of stupid spenders to boot!
Thanks, I ordered some.
Good thinking .... wear them all at once and they're bound to be waterproof. LolJeff,
Enter the excitement
Why buy one when you can get 3 for $59.97
I stepped up the waist size a notch as I don't want the dingle balls suffering ..
Might need to buy a pair of stupid spenders to boot!
Mine showed up today. I really like them. Look good, fit great. I havent yet gave them a ...slide test. yet..lol
drrod
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Fun fact.....virtually all the gear is made in Asia. Check the label of high end stuff like Klim. Label says "made in Vietnam".
I expect we will start seeing more and more bike gear coming out of there labelled differently than what they are making for the regular market.
eg. Rhinowalk luggage
I got one of these to try out. For the life of me, I cannot see the $150 + more for the "name' brands.
I have had a pair of the HWK pants for a couple of years and they work as good as pants 2-3X the price.
I found it funny because I know Cordura is made in the USA.
So what is "Asian Corudra" then? I assume its not legit but not trying to hide it, or possibly even aware that they should ... could be wrong, of course.
drrod
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Look at a Klim label. If it has Cordura and Made in Vietnam.......what do you think?
From Klim's own site
Tiong Liong is one of the authorized suppliers to weave and supply CORDURA® fabric to the market.
www.tiongliong.com
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Tiong Liong is a Taiwanese company
www.tiongliong.com
I toured the Klim headquarters a couple of years ago. Great place. However, at that time, they said that virtually all manufacturing was off shore.
From Klim's own site
Tiong Liong is one of the authorized suppliers to weave and supply CORDURA® fabric to the market.
Tiong Liong - A professional functional textile supplier. | Tiong Liong Industrial Co., Ltd.
Our core textile techniques include weaving, dyeing and finishing, functional treatment and coating, and lamination technology. TLC is licensed distributor for numerous global functional material brands, and also operates self brand textile and materials to provide brand customers with versatile...
Tiong Liong is a Taiwanese company
Tiong Liong Industrial Co., Ltd. | Tiong Liong - A professional functional textile supplier.
Tiong Liong complies the spirit "Sustainability, Innovation, Performance" to innovate and develop textile and materials with functionality yet sustainability to the market. Our core textile techniques include weaving, dyeing and finishing, functional treatment and coating, and lamination...
I toured the Klim headquarters a couple of years ago. Great place. However, at that time, they said that virtually all manufacturing was off shore.
scootac
Will Ride for Food
Or they just don't care......that's my bet.
Any effort to control it would be as useless as playing Whack-A-Mole.
drrod
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My Klim gears' labels say "made in Vietnam". I suppose there is Thailand Klim, Indian Klim, China Klim, etc. as well. To save time, and avoid confusion, I guess it all could be called "Asian Klim" but what would that accomplish. Like I said, according to the guy that toured us around the Klim facility in ID, none of their gear is domestically made anymore. According to him, they have good control over the QC at their offshore manufacturers.Rod
Are you saying you call your Klim gear "Asian Klim"?
I wonder where Aerostitch sources their materials? They still claim it is all "hand made in America" but what does that mean anymore?
Cordura is owned my Koch Industries and the manufacture of Cordura has been licensed out to several off shore entities. The "Asian" entities that use the name could very well be legitimate users. Not everything falls under the "stealing our jobs" banner. A lot of is falls under "we hired them to do our jobs" banner.
eg.
scootac
Will Ride for Food
I'm sure they think they do. Do they have on-site QC people at all the facilities all the time? Or just from what they see when they have a pre-arranged visit??? A bit hard to just 'pop in' when the plant is 5000 miles away and tight govt restrictions.
2nd part.....Yes, it could all be very legitimate.
Until somebody wants to cut another dime off the cost. Or increase their profit by a dime.