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I think of textiles as a use once item. You will get one crash out of them. They will do the job, but are farked afterwards.
With leathers in most cases you can crash over and over again. Of course it all depends on what you hit when you fall, but leathers usually only scuff when you go down in them.

Hit a tree or a car when you come off and i dont think youll be too worried about wether its leather or textile though. But for me, leather jacket is far better than the textile i used to wear.

gazza2008au wrote:went into MCAS today while my cousin was ordering a part and seen some nice leather Rjay jackets only $300 on special are they any good?

Brother in law got a set of R-Jays leathers - full set in fact. When he crashed at about 50 kph they exploded open like a bomb had gone off in them. I have crash tested 3 sets of Dainese leathers over the years i've been riding and all have survived - and or done their job as they should have.

As Marty said cheap shit is cheap shit. BUT you decide whats best for you. I have both and wear whats appropriate the the conditions and riding i'm doing. HTH

Maybe he just crapped his daks.....causing the leathers to explode open....

One name for me. Dainese. Textile or leather. Their gear is quality. Furthermore as I don't exceed 110 KMH, textiles are fine. Motorcycle police wear textiles the world over and their occupational health and safety are VERY strict. I've spoken to many and they all have accounts of fellow officers coming off at 110 KMH+ wearing "quality" textiles and walking away. "Quality" textile Cordura jackets/pants are absolutely fine for the road at the legal limit. DO NOT BUY CHEAP JUNK!!

Want to break the law and do 200 KMH? Use leathers!!!!!

erm - most bike cops I see are wearing normal pants and a shirt

My dririder textile jacket and draggin jeans have survived two accidents and held up with only some minor abrasions.
Depends on the accident you end up having I guess, but textiles have proven good enough to me.

Note also we've had this argument/discussion numerous times - you may want to do a search
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Go leather for shaw, My dririder textile at low 40km/h fall didnt look to good and left me with grazes, my alpinestars leather 2 piece offered me excellent protection on an off at Eastern creek. I only wear full leathers when i go for a ride, dont ride around town and to the shops, thats what my cars for.
Just bought a Joe Rocket 5.0 1pce for a great price at 'Bike Gear Warehouse' they got some good gear there at reasonable prices, check them out!

is someone pulling my leg leather all the way

In 2006 I crashed at 82 MPH, (120 kph), I was wearing a Joe Rocket jacket and pants, (not leather) with a back protector inside the jacket. An HJC helmet and some crappy boots and leather riding gloves with palm and knuckle protectors. I did an endo, (end over end) and landed right on my head, I don't know how far I slid, probably quite a ways. I ended up with a slight concusion and a broken ankle with no other injuries not even a scratch. The only reason I broke my ankle is my non-protected boot, (no ankle protection) got caught on the right foot peg. This all happened 300 meters from my house. This all happened because of a doctor perscribed steroid I was taking for a bad back made me black out when I twisted the throttle and naturally when I leaned forward unconcious I gave it full throttle until it hit the rev limiter and endoed. My point being full gear saved me from a serious injury or possibly death, as I previously stated I landed on my head. My whole point of this lenthy diatribe is nobody knows when you are going to crash. This was my forth crash in 45 years of riding.
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