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Wow! I'm really surprised to here this about BMW Gear. I've always used, and currently on a Savennah2 jacket, ralleigh2 pants and the Savennah2 (AKA Oxtar) boots. All have preformen outstandingly. I guess BMW is taking the Short Way Down in the gear catagory. This thread should be sent directly to their head office. I won't buy anything new from them. I never have actually! I can't tell you how disapointed i am with the direction this once great company is going! This goes for their failing final drives and leaking seals also. I wish Ducati made adventure bikes
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For those that don't yet know I had a small off the other day, slide for a bit before coming to a stop flipping dog with small child chasing it into the road from between two cars so no choice but to drop the bike or smack the kid. I'm fine the bikes a little scatched up and nothings to broken to fix, but my nice HG Voyager Gore-Tex Suit is killed the armour didn't move and really did it's job well but the suits a right off, legs a little bruised, No Stupid Children or Small Furry Animals were harmed during the crash.
So now I'm in the Market for a new suit, BMW have offered me one for £607.75 inc vat, which isn't to bad (15% off current price), and I was just about to get my Mum to go buy it and ship it to me with my TT kit (when it finally arrives) when I read this thread. And now I'm right the way back to square one choosing a new suit.
Water proof, Wind Proof, Warm, Cool, Must be Crash Survivable and not a Bank killer, any thoughts will be gladly excepted.
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Rallye Suit
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Originally Posted by juddadredd
I was just about to get my Mum to go buy it and ship it to me with my TT kit (when it finally arrives) when I read this thread. And now I'm right the way back to square one choosing a new suit.
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Well, Lee, I did warn you that the Velcro on my 2002 Rallye suit wasn't sticky anymore, didn't I?
Other than that, my newer suit is a good as my 2002 one (so far).
Sorry to hear the Santiagos aren't up to much.
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1 Nov 2007
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BMW Tourance
Unfortunately, I have the same experience with my "Tourance" BMW clothing.
I bought an expensive BMW jacket and pants and then, when I was riding in Norway in the rain, even my underwear was wet.
Now I bought a cheap rain overall and that does the job.
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Quote:
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I wish Ducati made adventure bikes 
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Oh, they have. The Elefant 650 would be fun, but I'm only 5'6". Sure, there's shorter people that ride them but I like getting one foot planted instead of touching the ground.
My 250cc bitsa does well (except when I grenaded the piston and crank). I'll have to see what happens when I go completely crazy and get myself a Ducati Cucciolo for a long trip.
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4 Nov 2007
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Originally Posted by Dave_Smith
Oh, they have. The Elefant 650 would be fun, but I'm only 5'6". Sure, there's shorter people that ride them but I like getting one foot planted instead of touching the ground.
My 250cc bitsa does well (except when I grenaded the piston and crank). I'll have to see what happens when I go completely crazy and get myself a Ducati Cucciolo for a long trip.
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Thanx for reminding me of the Elephant, Dave! Almost forgot about that one.
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4 Nov 2007
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Actuallly, it's the first time I hear complaints about the BMW gear. I have been using a BMW Tourance jacket for over a year and it has served me well and it keeps water out great.
Maria - I hope BMW come through for you - I do not know how well they deal with customers in these cases.
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Rebaseonu wrote: I bought Rukka Allroad jacket this year and stitching inside one pocket was broken when new. After 1 week of use stitching at the end of sleeve broke loose from rubbing against glove. The thread used there is very thin compared to rest of the suit, so I'm pretty sure this will happen to other sleeve as well.
The suit itself is generally very well made and very expensive but on some reason things like that still happen.
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Also - when you run a large production line, I do think you occasionaly come across an item that fails the normal quality standards, but naturally this does not mean Rukka make poor quality gear. If the company is any good they have a great warranty in place and will replace the item immediately without an argument. Rukka have a 5 year manufacturer guarantee on much of their gear I think, which speaks volume. Ahh yes and my next jacket will be a Rukka.
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