Wednesday, March 07, 2007


First, the picture I've got here is of Randy Glaze of Bulldog Racing. He's wearing his custom made suit I had made for him. Randy's been posting lots of stuff on various motorcycle forums about the suit and thankfully it's all been positive. If you want to check out what he's been saying, see http://www.kneeriders.com/forums/showthread.php?p=43726&posted=1#post43726 and http://www.cbr1100xx.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=43475 and http://www.cbr1100xx.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=42000 .


I've also seen a couple posts from other folks on different forums wanting to know if a custom made suit at this price is too good to be true. See http://forum.svrider.com/index.php?topic=84410.0 . Here is what I found out: I've done a terrible job of describing the suit on the web site. First: YES it does have hard armor in the suit. The Armor is CE hard plastic armor with dual density foam on the inners. Yes, my measurements need to be improved to give bicep size, calf size, crotch to knee and underarm to elbow measurements.


I have a customer, Tony who wanted to see the suit before he bought so he dropped by the store to see samples. His comments. "Your pictures on the site are terrible. I wouldn't buy a suit based on those pictures but after seeing the suit and talking to you, it was no problem. You just can't tell the quality or thickness of the leather or all the other little things about the suit without seeing one for yourself."


Okay, so I have work to do on the measurements, pictures, descriptions, etc. for the suit on the site. I'll get cracking on that soon.
I also forgot, a lot of people are giving me crap about the warranty I put on the site for the suits. Hey, it's standard warranty/liability stuff. Nobody that makes motorcycle suits, helmets or whatever is going to ensure a no injury policy if you fall or get in an accident. I spent about an hour on line yesterday trying to find warranties and disclaimers on Joe Rocket, Alpinestars and Icon Racing suits or even jackets. Guess what? None of these guys lists a warranty on either their site and their dealers do not either. My guess is, the warranty and lack of responsibility could scare off customers so they just don't list it. Also, most of their dealers won't even deal with a customer who has a problem....they say the warranty is the manufacturers, take it up with them. So I list a warranty and limits of liability statement and get reamed for being honest. It just goes to show you, perhaps being honest isn't the best policy, however I sleep better knowing I put it out for John Q Public to decide.


Enjoy


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