Speedwear Wax Cotton

[Irish in Oz]

https://www.speedwear.co.uk/collections/waxed-cotton-motorcycle-jackets

Anyone seen or worn one of these. My Dririder Nordic is getting a little worn.

[seth]

I've not heard of this company but thier stuff looks great at a fantastic price and pads cheaper than it's more famous cousin (belstaff).
I'll be interested how you get in as Emma would love a jacket like these.

[Mick_J]

They look good.  We used to have the full suit of belstaff gear in the 80's (wife hated them), but we sold them off for non greasy waterproofs.  Now I cant afford belstaff as they have gone silly with their prices (a bit like Doc Martin) so that gear looks sensibly priced.

[Notty]

They look good.  We used to have the full suit of belstaff gear in the 80's (wife hated them), but we sold them off for non greasy waterproofs.  Now I cant afford belstaff as they have gone silly with their prices (a bit like Doc Martin) so that gear looks sensibly priced.

I like Doc Martin - he is very funny 

[Mick_J]

Clown 

[Irish in Oz]

When I left for Australia in 1986 I gave all my Belstaff gear away, only took my Mascot leather jacket with me, still have it today unfortunately it shrunk over the years.
Since then used the nylon varieties like Dririder, however they don't work as good as the wax cotton, I do carry a nylon over jacket on my longer trips.
When I stumbled across this on the web I thought it was good value.

[Taniwha]

Clown 

Nah nah, it's  "Clunes"

[Mick_J]

Don't you start. 

[ARH]

Used to wear Belstaff jackets/trousers years ago..... after the advent of Goretex there is no way on gods earth could anyone persuade me to go back to using that stinky smelly and heavy waxed cotton stuff! 

[GSXKING]

I think we all had Belstaff or a variant of waxed cotton gear, way back, before "Modern" fabrics that are warm, water resistant and offer good protection from the weather and collision, were invented and became reasonably priced.

I'm a big fan of RST gear as they are designed for the more stout rider. Not sure if that is intentional. 

[grog]

Yeah also rem Belstaff. Stagg i think was another brand. Much better stuff now.