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If the image still vivid in mind? A group of motorcyclists who zusammenrottet in the spray under the highway bridge and is more or less elegant hineinzappelt in rain gear? Now you think, but sometimes after quite sharp, and tell when you’ve seen this scene for the last time? You are right, this is damn long ago. For the professional tour is now almost without exception in all-weather fabric move. Threatens to rain, he must stop up to close the ventilation zippers.


That is now not to say that hardly a biker buys the classic rain suit. The menu is large, the paragraph is true especially in the lower price segment to 50 €. Furthermore, it is difficult enough for someone rather sparingly furnished rain cap to inspire. Especially high-price products such as IXS combination Niagara for almost 100 € in this field already have to compete with cheap textile combinations. Accordingly, one tries to give the more expensive rain suits one or the other treats on their way. When you have Difi Sirocco, for example, thinking about possible match started: The pants legs can be fixed by Velcro thigh, so that one without offending large may itself increase with chunky boots. At the same time we have considered the storage options and integrated the same carrying case in the form of an oversized insert pocket in the combination – a Umschnallgurt included.

The same also offers the Hein Gericke Competition. Other features include here: the extremely high, well below the helmet reaching collar. The developer must have been a practical man, which is probably more common, the wet soup poured in from behind the collar. For the FLM combinations of polo you go one step further and has a tight-fitting helmet hood stowed in collar. In addition, an attempt is the kind of the rain gear with the model FLM Stormchaser to crown by an air membrane is integrated here. This luxury one seeks in vain for rest of the test field. To use this Ausstattungsgimmick really useful (and actually feel), can be worn underneath the perforated leather combinations are as large as possible. However, can the nearly one kilograms, Stormchaser take much more comfortable than twice as heavy Tornado model from the same manufacturer. A view of the field test shows anyway: The genus “heavy oil stuff” is out. No matter how large or sparingly now the rain suit is equipped.

The bottom line is ultimately only one thing matters, and that is the water density. should lower the shower was a strong continuous rain simulated, all the suits stand up to ten minutes. The whole thing is not standing, but in typical motorcycle riding position. The loss stayed with 30 percent for one-splitters in the frame, with the two-piece suits, there were fortunately no failures. The weak point at which threatens the rule of flooding, the manhole.

For comfort reasons, a far-reaching across the leg diagonal entry is now common practice. The problem is when the zipper is not deposited on the inside with a correspondingly raised bibs. In the seat fold water collects and seeps despite metal cover with continuous Velcro strip through the zipper. When tightening so absolute care is the word: bib near the top fix (for some sellers it can even be fixed with a button) to close zipper and cover with the Velcro strip as wrinkle-free. Anyone who has deliberately chosen to contrast the two-part form of rain gear, this nerve weakness bypasses elegant. The pants have is usually an extremely drawn-collar (à la Obelix model), and the overlap with the jacket correspondingly wide.

That may be so much more relaxed on a humid merry-go exit the test with zero percent failure rate in this segment shows more than impressive. Addition, as the two-piece dress more relaxed and can – such as the IXS Horton combination – with an extremely compact pack size shine that can be easily stored in a tank bag. An argument that should not be neglected. The fact is that the rain gear is the principle: taking part that counts.