Crashed Leathers

[olionel]

Hello;

Are crashed leathers still good to use after repair? And how much do leather repair people charge hourly roughly for alterations and repairs??
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1998 ZXR400 - Teenage Love (lasted three years, then she turned lesbian and left me)
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[G]

You should ideally replace the armour, however after my rather nasty recently racing-crash I didn't suffer any external bruising, despite having crashed in them quite a lot of times.

Leather repair people will probably charge per bit they are repairing.
Expect about £15-£30 per repaired section for a good person to do it.

[holyman]

Depends (of course). There's a few factors.......quality of the original clothing, quality of the repair, any unnoticed damage...... and more I expect.

Long story short. A few years back I had some Alpinestars leathers and crashed in them. Got them repaired by someone recommended by the local bike shop. They then fell to bits over the next few weeks.

Took them to Hideout who had a look at them. Needless to say the leathers weren't that good originally, were poorly repaired and then some damage had gone unnoticed and not been repaired.

On the other hand I've crashed heavily 3 times in my MJK leathers and they don't even need repairing.

So...could be false economy.

[NSR Mick]

If your leathers are really good a crash will only scuff them.
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[Itchy]

Depends on the leathers TBH



depends on the place,

I know 3 places that do repairs,

one charges by number of sides to a panel that needs replacement
£5 for each line of stitching , thus my knackered dainese shoulder has 5 stitches but she'll merge the top into one ie 4 stitches and its £20, add in the elbow bit and its £25.
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[olionel]

Cheers for the replies; there are some for sale, which Im considering buying, it says:
Leathers in Need of repair. Holes in both knee areas and on one side of the chest. Also requires 2 new velcro patches for the knees. All this can be seen on the pictures.
https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/mr-scientist/debc_1.jpg
https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/mr-scientist/e753_1.jpg
https://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/mr-scientist/cfa0_1.jpg

just trying to find out the proper size, and see if I can get it altered and repaired...
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1989 CG125 - Childhood Sweetheart (she got kidnapped by baddies)
1998 ZXR400 - Teenage Love (lasted three years, then she turned lesbian and left me)
2001 XRV750 - Wife Material (still getting to know her but head over heels in love)

[NSR Mick]

I wouldnt bother. Even if they are free it's going to cost too much to repair them.
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[Itchy]

Too badly mangled and probably need panel replacements , which = lots of stitches and lots of work,

worthy if they are free though ,

you can say to people I had this 100mph off and these are me leathers,

though I did it for real a few weeks ago.
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[olionel]

nah they were 2 quid.. gone up to 18now though.. so Im not going to bother
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1989 CG125 - Childhood Sweetheart (she got kidnapped by baddies)
1998 ZXR400 - Teenage Love (lasted three years, then she turned lesbian and left me)
2001 XRV750 - Wife Material (still getting to know her but head over heels in love)

[MattHirst]

Would you really want to wear something that someone elses sweaty balls and man tits have been in?

Itchy, hows the cbr going? Back on the road yet?
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[olionel]

[Itchy]

what are your sizes? , I might have something you can have for beer money, (all are 2nd hand from ex wingmen though).
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[olionel]

Im 5 8", got 32/34 jean waist and 32leg(ideally would be 31 but not common).. and my chest is god knows, havent measured it in a while I dont have moobs or anything, or massive muscles so Ive got the chest of a 5 8" average dude methinks
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1989 CG125 - Childhood Sweetheart (she got kidnapped by baddies)
1998 ZXR400 - Teenage Love (lasted three years, then she turned lesbian and left me)
2001 XRV750 - Wife Material (still getting to know her but head over heels in love)