The Challenger Motorcycle Race Suit

January 28, 2012 / Lee / No comments

The Challenger Motorcycle Race Suit

Komodo Gear developed the Challenger Race Suit in response to the changing needs of amateur racers and “privateers” who, as a demographic, have been more adversely affected by the economic down turn than most other groups. A “products” cost now can make the difference between “racing” and staying home! As a result, we at Komodo Gear, have been saddened by the shift we have seen track side, from the interest in value to the preoccupation with price! Most of the time a racers’ ego will prevent them from buying cheap parts for their bikes because down deep we all know “you get what you pay for”, and to look “lame” at the track is the only thing worse than not being there. However, when it comes to race suits; now that’s a different story! All suits are really the same…right? I only paid $300.00 for my suit, because I got it on line and “they” can sell stuff cheaper on line…right? “They” wouldn’t put on Craig’s List if it weren’t good…right? And anyway, I’m not going to crash…right? Well, let me tell you something, “WRONG” on all counts!!
All suits are not created equal, especially from the “big names”. The “cheap models” are not built the same as the “premium models” nor are the same quality components or manufacturing processes used. A $300.00 “on-line” suit is junk whether you buy it on-line or out of the back of the trunk of a car in an alley. The suit was placed on eBay because someone didn’t want it, which should give you a clue as to how good it is! And YOU are going to crash; it is just a matter of time and how severe will be the crash!
Now let me ask a few questions. How valuable is your ability to be at work on Monday morning? How much is your top layer of skin worth? Do you have a week of sick leave at work you can use when the cheap suit fails to adequately protect you? Allow me to answer this way: the Challenger Race Suit costs $699.95!!

Motorcycle Race Suits and Christmas Wishes

January 25, 2012 / Lee / No comments

Motorcycle Race Suits and Christmas Wishes

The Komodo Gear Challenger motorcycle race suit is the result of the company’s commitment to the “people” who race! When Komodo Gear entered the motorcycle racing industry, it was not because the sport needed another company to manufacture leather motorcycle road racing suits, but because the industry did need a company that put a face on the racers that participated in the sport. From the very beginning, Komodo Gear has been “track side” getting to know the racers and their teams, listening to their ideas for suit design based on the needs they identified, soliciting feedback on the suit designs we manufactured. Because we are “trackside” so much, we have the opportunity to “be there” when a racer crashes, to get the first reactions, to see suits first hand after a crash, and to get a feel for what is working and what is not in our suits as well as others on the market.

Because Komodo Gear builds race suits for people not “markets” our products are dictated by function not form. Originally our race suits were designed and built for the amateur and privateer racer… to provide maximum protection at exceptional value. However, times have changed, and so have the needs of our sport. Unfortunately, “value” has been supplanted by “price” as the operative consideration in choosing a race suit. So, we at Komodo Gear created the Challenger Race Suit, priced at $700.00 on our web site. We tried to make it cost less but we could not do it and not make it cheap. “Cheap” and “protection” do not belong in the same sentence! But we did make a Komodo quality race suit that is affordable even in today’s environment.
Remember our “Christmas Wish” that your 2012 racing season would be safe and successful! The Challenger race suit will help you fulfill both parts of our wish! Check it out!!

Leather Race Suits and My Christmas Wish

December 23, 2011 / Lee / No comments

Leather Race Suits and My Christmas List

As I have “blogged” previously, the aspect of Komodo Gear (www.komodogear.com) and its production of leather road racing suits for which I am the most grateful are the people I have meet, and the friends I have made “track side”! This Christmas season, for some reason, has caused me to reflect on how Komodo Gear’s “defiantly different” approach to marketing has changed the way the company thinks about our motorcycle protective gear, such as the Challenger race suit, and the riders that use the products.
From the formation of the company, top management has been committed to a “track side” presence. Initially this was done to better understand the market, and get faster customer “feedback” as we introduced and perfected our products. But early on in the process, those of us involved in the track side activities, found that we anticipated the race weekends with a “glee” that was not present for any other “business” commitments. It became obvious that we looked forward to the weekends because of the “people” we would get to hang out with!
When you get to know, and more importantly really like, the people who use your products, it changes the way you look at “business”. This feeling of responsibility becomes especially keen when it comes to protecting their lives! Komodo Gear was formed as a company to put the racer first! Komodo Gear set out to produce the best value for the money. This “value driven” philosophy has always been fueled by the reality that our customers really are our friends! So, over the years, with the help of our “racer” friends and acquaintances, Komodo Gear perfected and improved our products with the real purpose of making them better, not just making them different so we could have the next year’s model.
So here is my Christmas wish as it relates to leather race suits. May this Christmas find you safe, well and with family and friends who are the same. I hope you are able to participate in the 2012 race season, and do so without serious injury; and may Komodo Gear continue to be a part of your racing experience!

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