“It’s the economy, stupid!” Wrong…..it’s your skin!! The Komodo Gear Challenger Race Suit costs $700.00, and you are right; you can get an on-line “smoking deal” for $300.00; BUT, how is the “smoking deal” put together and out of what is it made. And one more question: have you ever seen an AMA pro wearing one?
The Challenger Race Suit is constructed of premium grade, full grain cow leather. Full grain means that Komodo Gear uses the full thickness of the pelt to construct the suit, not the “pretty” part that has been shaved off to remove the blemishes. This, by the way also makes such leather thinner. All seams are folded, glued and then triple stitched. Impact areas are reinforced, and where they use accordion stretch there is a separate layer of 1.3mm full grain leather beneath. All armor is genuine C.E. rated materials.
So, you do the numbers…if you hit the pavement doing 100+MPH what do you want between you and the asphalt; a Komodo Gear quality Challenger Race Suit or the $400.00 you saved? Remember “it’s the economy stupid”, but, can you survive it without your job?
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Why Choose the Challenger Race Suit over a $300.00 Deal?
The Challenger Motorcycle Race Suit
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
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!!
