01-01-2015, 12:18 PM
It depends on what kind of rain riding you are going to do. If your like me, rain be darned just keep on trucking, get something really good. I currently wear Tourmaster Sentinel gear. I paid around $200 for the pants and jacket at the local BMW dealer. Its great gear that keeps me relatively dry.
Nothing will keep you perfectly dry in a driving rain though. Seams do leak no matter how well they are made. Rain will find it's way up that wrist or ankle cuff or waist eventually in heavy rain no matter how tight you cinch them up. I have never had a one piece suit as I have a hard enough time getting into my gear at the side of the road in the dark. I can imagine what its like trying to pull on a one piece over my boots and jacket.
I wore a very inexpensive Nelson Riggs outfit for ten years that for $40 was unbelievably good. When they finally wore out I bought another Nelson Riggs set that I ended up tossing in the trash after two months because they were so bad.
I ride in the rain a lot. Waterproof boots, pants that have stirrups to keep the water out of the tops of the boots and warm gloves are a must.
Nothing will keep you perfectly dry in a driving rain though. Seams do leak no matter how well they are made. Rain will find it's way up that wrist or ankle cuff or waist eventually in heavy rain no matter how tight you cinch them up. I have never had a one piece suit as I have a hard enough time getting into my gear at the side of the road in the dark. I can imagine what its like trying to pull on a one piece over my boots and jacket.
I wore a very inexpensive Nelson Riggs outfit for ten years that for $40 was unbelievably good. When they finally wore out I bought another Nelson Riggs set that I ended up tossing in the trash after two months because they were so bad.
I ride in the rain a lot. Waterproof boots, pants that have stirrups to keep the water out of the tops of the boots and warm gloves are a must.