Hi everyone,

I'm leaving with my wife for a RTW trip next year in May. Route: Europe - Asia - Australia - South America - Central America - North America. The bike is Suzuki DL 650 V-Strom and the trip is planned for 3 years. I'm looking into getting some good gear for the both of us. We're plannig to stay as much on the tarmac as possible but will definitely end up somewhere off the beaten track anyway.

I've done some reading and I think I've narrowed the choices down to:

1. Aerostich - Darien or Roadcrafter - I woudl be interested if anyone used these in similar climates and how did they perform? Price is reasonable approx. £600 for a set (trousers and jacket). Which one would you recommend?

2. Rev'it - Off Track Jacket + Dakar trousers - I've read the review made by XT Girl http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...879#post172951. Very good review btw. I understand you came back from the trip by now? Did the jackets perform well? Has anybody else used these? Quite a good price: £450 for a set.

3. Stadler-Bekleidung - Stadler-Bekleidung: Material. Looked at the traveller but it seems to be a little pricy - £1300 for a set (trousers and jacket).

4. Rukka - looked briefly at their products- quite a lot of jackets to choose from - anyone would recommend one that would suit our needs for RTW trip? Maybe Rukka AllRoad jacket beige this one? Again quite pricy: £1100 for a set.

5. BMW Rallye Pro 2 Jacket - BMW Rallye Pro 2 Jacket Blue/Grey - - A&S BMW Motorcycle Parts and Accessories. Approx £900 for a set (trousers and jacket).

All in all I know that we should get something really good and don't look at the money as a issues because this is what we're gonna be wearing for 3 years straight but then I don't want to go over the top if that's not required. We would like something that would keep us comfy and dry (warmth can be dealt with otherwise so not a big issue - you can always wear something more under the jacket), but also something that would have enough venting to keep us cool through the warmer parts of the trip. We want to be travelling mostly in the dry conditions that's how we're trying to plan the trip anyway so venting would be more important. I know that there are no perfect jackets out there and it's always a compromise between the two weather conditions. If you want a great waterproof jacket be able to sacrifice some of it's venting capabilities and the same the other way around.

Anyway after reading a lot of threads on the subject I kinda narrowed it down to these 5 above. I was initially looking at Aerostich but some people seem to be unhappy with it.

All comments would be appreciated as we will be buying our gear shortly.

Thakns a lot in advance!
Andy and Gosia

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