SCTA leathers

[Seldom Seen Slim]

You've got a point about the leathers getting a bit snug with undergarments -- but it isn't necessarily undoable.  Many riders in LSR wear some sort of cool shirt/pants -- and they're usually slinky silk-like shirts/shorts with basically no thickness.  They help absorb sweat, I assume, and also allow better moving around in the stiffer leather. 

Nancy and I wear pretty bulky outfits under the leathers, but we took the undies into account when having the leathers made for us.  We wear long sleeve and long pants 100% Kevlar clothes.  Surprisingly, even though they're quite thick -- they're coarse weave and surprisingly cool.  They wick the sweat away and provide quite a cool feeling.

[saltwheels262]

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safety is paramount. imo scta rules on rider wear (including all cow leathers )
are at the pinnacle of safety.



franey
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lta, ecta and bub also have safety as their #1 priority.

i'm sure the other orgs. i am not so familiar with
are on top of safety too.

franey

[salt27]

I recently "won" a set of leathers on EBay.
I was hoping they would be SCTA legal.

[salt27]

I may have a perforation issue behind the knee.

[salt27]

I sent them to the local boot shop and told them that the area of perforations could be no larger than the palm of a hand.
This is what I got back.

Don

[John Noonan]

Nice coloring..

[BIGHORN]

Vanson makes Bville compliant leathers, but they aint cheap. Tell them they are for Bville

[Nortonist 592]

Barnacle Bill makes affordable all leather leathers.

[hd55]

NJK also does leathers for around a thousand bucks.

[gfisher]

Check out some of the flat track racing websites.  I got a clean set of Bonneville legal leathers for $140 from the classifieds section of www.vft.org.   Just can't be too picky about the colors..

[jeffb]

I know that money shouldn't be the main deciding factor in buying SCTA legal leathers, but sometimes that is the reality.  I want a set of Vansons really bad, but can't afford them.

I bought a set of 2 piece cheap leathers off Ebay.  The cheap Import ones are actually mostly solid leather with very little in the way of stretch pieces.  I think I paid $250 buy it now.  Then I took them to a local person and for $100, she took them a part and replaced all the perf areas with new leather for another $100.  I have seen several other people with the same style suit out there who must have done the same.

I hope I never go down in these because they are kind of thin.  I have other Vanson stuff and it is awesome, but I just can't swing $1200 or more for a custom suit.

Again, I hate to say this is the way to go, but it is possible to get a set of SCTA leathers for under $500.

Jeff

[saltwheels262]

I hope I never go down in these because they are kind of thin. 

some organizations require minimum thickness in the leather.

franey

[John Noonan]

Check out some of the flat track racing websites.  I got a clean set of Bonneville legal leathers for $140 from the classifieds section of www.vft.org.   Just can't be too picky about the colors..

As they say, 140 dollar leathers for a 140 dollar body....

[fredvance]

My Vanson's cost 400$, 33 years ago. They held up very well,on my 210+ get off last year.

[RidgeRunner]

John
     I agree with you and will always go for the best protection I can afford.  However the original Hurt Report [on street incidents] back in the day did come up with data to contradict the old "$10 dollar helmet for a $10 dollar head"........  The big difference was between helmet/no helmet, not much between different price helmets.  Don't remember what they came up with regarding clothing.

Fred
     I envy you.  Not that I want to test them but sure would like to be able to get into my Bates stuff from 40 years ago