What Products Do We Use When We Go Riding?

Cool/Cold Weather:

We layer up. Below 50°: Thermal underwear bottoms under our leathers and tee shirt then a turtleneck top with a Gerbing Heated coat on top of that with a riding jacket with its liner in place. Before we put on our coats we put on a neck warmer to cut out drafts. Put on our helmet and add our Brosh Winter Gloves. Dressed like this we have been comfy down to the upper 20’s. Above 50°: all of above with out the Gerbing. The Gerbing coat is like a windbreaker in thickness but has an electric grid inside that extends up into the collar. It plugs into the same lead used by our battery tenders.

Shoei Helmets with Chatterbox Radio Communicators and Echo Quick Release Fasteners

We own many helmets including AGV, HJC, Lazer and Nolan have found Shoei to be the quietest, most comfortable and best constructed. We replace helmets every five years or after an “incident” in the interest of safety.

We equip our helmets with Chatterbox Intercoms HJC-50 when it’s just rider and passenger and with HJC FRS 2 Way Radios when riding in groups. We have used these radios in group riding for several years now and find that being able to talk to the other riders is invaluable. The lead rider can communicate road conditions and other potential hazards to the group behind him. Riders can speak to each other and carry on conversations or simply communicate their needs for a food, fuel or rest stop. Makes riding more fun! Click here for more details.

We also equip our helmets with Echo Quick Release strap fasteners because they make it so easy to fasten the strap on your helmet. The instructions with the Echo strap are easy to follow and we take the excess helmet strap and mate it up to the other strap and use black duct tape to secure it there so it doesn’t flap in the breeze. If you’re concerned about safety, we have witnessed several accidents that involved head impacts on helmets with Echo fasteners on them and the fasteners held just fine.

Final item is the smallest but may be the most important: Ear Plugs. We don’t ride without them for two reasons.

First, they enhance the pleasure of the ride by greatly diminishing the wind noise and second, it has been shown in studies that hearing loss does occur when one is exposed to loud noise over long periods of time. Ear plugs really do make the ride more enjoyable and we recommend them on that basis alone! We wear the simple yellow ones.

Boots

We use Bates Boots made in California under normal conditions and put on our Brosh Rain Overshoes if it rains. We recommend Bates boots because the heel and sole can be replaced by a shoemaker. We just retired a pair purchased in ’91 that had been re-soled and heeled quite a few times and in several “incidents” along the way. They gave us great service. We highly recommend these high quality American made boots. www.batesleathers.com

Pants

We wear everything from leather to textile depending on what the weather is. Leathers like First Gear or AGV Universals are a good value. Don’t need to spend more than $200 for these. Shop around. We also endorse the synthetics from people like TourMaster and First Gear and long as they contain body armor. When it gets hot we go to either Brosh Power Jeans or Brosh Cool pants. These pants have Kevlar in the knees and hips and can be equipped with T-Pro armor in the knees. We always add the armor for extra protection.

Jackets

Until a few years ago leather was the only way to get proper protection while riding. Then manufacturers like TourMaster and Joe Rocket entered the market with textile coats made from Cordura and other tough fabrics. These coats contained padding in the elbows shoulders and spine area and were a real breakthrough as a lower price effective alternative to leather. We wear Brosh coats in the summer and winter now because they offer the comfort and protection we want.

Brosh Summer Jackets

Ultra Cool K Summer Jacket

This new and advanced development by Brosh uses both Dupont technologies: Kevlar®, for safety and the high technology: Cool Max® - a certified Dupont fabric for maximum air flow and cooling of the body and moisture management.

Super light and airy, Cool Max ® breathing material is used throughout the coat. When combined with the wide open-mesh material under the arms, on the sleeve cuffs and across the back, the fabric provides great ventilation and a cool ride in hot weather. If it gets a little chilly you can zip the sleeve and back vents closed. In our experience is that this is all that’s necessary down to stay comfortable down to about 60F. When the temperature rises above 70F open the vents and enjoy the safety and comfort of the Ultra Cool K coat!

Safety Features: Anti-abrasion aramid fiber KEVLAR® in the elbows and shoulders, and lightweight T-Pro Body dual density armor from Davies Odell in England in the elbows shoulders and back. This armor is high performance shock-absorbing foam rubber shields and is the most advanced product of its type in the world. It meets CE (Certificate of European Conformity) Standard EN1621-1.

Available in: Black/Gray or Gray/Red in sizes XS thru XXXL

All Brosh Jackets sold by cbxman.com come equipped with full body armor as described above. This armor is also sold separately and can be inserted in our Brosh Sportex Rain Jackets.

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Brosh Year Round Jackets

Power Cool Year Round Jacket

A combination of four technologies: Du-Pont™ KEVLAR®, Cool Max® and CORDURA® and T-Pro Body Armor
The Power Cool is a high quality year-round, Du-Pont™ CORDURA® jacket reinforced with Kevlar® lined with Cool Max® and a zip out liner. This jacket is designed specifically for hot and cold weather environments! Here’s a list of all the great features it contains:

Excellent ventilation: Seven zippered air vents for better ventilation in warmer weather. One under each arm, one on each sleeve in the cuff area, one on each breast and one across the upper back.

Removable quilt liner: Stay warm in the cold weather with this liner. It attaches in the front with two zippers and four snaps at sleeve cuff area. The liner also features a positive seal front flap to prevent cold air infiltration.

Cool Max® summer mesh inner layer: Absorbs sweat by wicking it away from your body and then dries quickly because of its light weight.

Light reflectors on sleeves and at the back.

5 Pockets: One at the base of the back, four in the front of the jacket.

CORDURA® Jacket shell is made from tough material.

KEVLAR® is sewn in beneath the CORDURA® in the shoulders and elbows for protection in a slide.

T-Pro Body Armor by Davies Odell in the elbows, shoulders and back for impact protection. This sophisticated armor meets the requirements of the EN1621-1 standard. This far surpasses the padding used by our competitors!

Sealed seams on the inside of the jacket make it water-repellent if not at least partially waterproof.

Power Cool jackets are available in Black/Gray, Black/Red and Red/Gray in sizes XS thru XXXXL. See our size chart for further information.

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T-Pro Body Armor

Elbow and Shoulder Set and Spine Pad

This armor is made by Davies Odell in England and is for impact protection. This sophisticated dual density armor meets the requirements of the EN1621-1 standard. This far surpasses the padding used by our competitors which they call armor. More Info

Gloves

Probably the most important item you should wear when riding. What we wear depends on the temperature outside.

In the winter or when the temp is below 55° we wear either Brosh Waterproof Winter Gloves or the Chiba Sports Sub Zero gloves. This isn’t as critical as it used to be with the advent of heated grips. in temps from 55° to about 80° we wear leather gloves with carbon fiber inserts and double layers in the palm area or Chiba sports Voyager Gloves. From 80° up we go to Chiba Maverick gloves for the great ventilation and protection they offer. Click here for more info on gloves