Leathers or Textiles?

[Dean12]

On a tight budget, Planning to ride in all weathers,

Leathers or Textiles? One Piece or Two?

Which and Why?!

[MaybeGuy]

textiles for all weathers.

i rode in leathers in all weathers last year and ended up stinking of ass. then spent £100 on dry cleaning and leather treatment.

plus textiles are generally cheaper.
i now ride in leathers in good weather and textiles in shit.
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[Dazbo666]

Textiles every time if you're going to be wearing them all year round. Waterproof, and more comfortable in my opinion.

Plus, you usually have a removeable thermal lining that you can take out when/if the weather ever gets warmer, so they're also more versatile too.

I commute to work and wear my textile jacket(s) daily. I only ever wear leather on occasional weekend blasts and more "spirited" riding
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[NewbRider15]

Textiles all the way.
Warm in winter.
Cool in Summer. (Thermal lining and venting(in some))
Dry in rain and sun (Obviously )
Generally cheaper as one of the chaps above said.
Win Win I would say.
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[Alexio]

Agreed. Even though they are now falling apart after two years of use, I love my textiles to bits. They are very comfortable and have seen me through blizzards, hail and rain storms - some that have lasted for many, many miles / hours and hours and I haven't had much issues apart from when I wasn't able to feel my hands at the time. They've been absolutely fine in the summer too as long as you're going above 30MPH, otherwise you get stupidly hot and start to sweat and stink but I imagine this is the same with leathers.
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[ThoughtContro...]

If it's boiling and traffic is at a crawl open the zip, the front vent all textile jackets have. You've still got elbow and shoulder padding, and protection to the arms. Zip it back up if necessary. Works for me.
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[Nai]

I got a set of Kevlar jeans for £40ish new, an Akito leather jacket £40ish new and a 1 piece weatherproof suit for £20ish new from ebay. Clothing done for Half my suit for about £100, does me good

[Paxovasa]

I have both, textiles for when it is cold and wet. Leathers for when dry and warm
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[metalangel]

Another vote for textiles - good for everything. Some allow you to zip the jacket with the pants to stop them riding up. Removable liners and such are a plus too.
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[defblade]

For all-year commuting, textiles are essential. I'm looking out for a leather jacket, but only for fun days in best weather.

I would just say that the textiles with a waterproof inner lining seem pointless to me - they get cold and heavy from the wet and take 2 days to dry out. Not to mention the sweatiness. I started wearing an old anorak outside the textile and things got better; then I found a half-price Gore-tex jacket at a show and things have been brilliant ever since.

If you're serious about rain, gore-tex all the way.
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[Grubby]

I've been riding since 1979 & after years of all weather riding I now use textiles for nearly all weather. I do have a set of leather jeans with sliders on but since I sold my Hayabusa & my Exup & got an FJR I don't seem to get my knee down anymore for some reason.
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[LeeR]

Yeah two piece GoreTex textiles are very versatile, usually with zip-out thermal liners, and not to sound like I'm flogging it, but 0% APR over 6 months at Hein Gericke (10% deposit on purchases > £200)
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[Grendel]

Another vote for textiles since i commute all year around and need something thats comfortable and waterproof. I do have some leather trousers but hardly ever wear them since they are extremely well vented making them too cold for day to day riding.
Also i can get a baggy set of textile trousers over my work trousers so dont need to change when i get to work which is a bonus.
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[Kal]

I have worn a leather jacket pretty much everyday, in all weathers since I was a teenager.

Shockingly they are waterproof, it is the stitching that eventually leaks if you are out for long enough and they are windproof. Bang a fleece on underneath and they are warm...



My current leather cost me £20 from a mate of my mechanic, the one before cost me £15 brand new as a slight second at Rock and Blues 2000.
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[Gazz]

Textiles FTW !!!!!

Leathers are only good if you want to look cool

[Kal]

[sk8wheeler]

Textiles. You can zip the jacket and trousers together and pretend you're wearing a one piece, if that's your bag

I do like the look of leather though, as a purely aesthetic thing, but if you're on a budget and you're buying from new, I'd say textiles.

[Clanger]

Both. Set of each. Sorted.
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[Alexio]

[Wahlberg]

I got a Weiss Psycho Leather/Textile jacket from here about 2 years ago. Awesome looking and waterproof.

https://www.sportsbikeshop.co.uk/

It was £140 on here and £280 in MTC in Reading.

They're always sending me email offers on various stuff.
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