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Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Nosferatu » Thu Jun 09, 2011 2:30 pm

Found this mob, RELTEX, while hunting around on fleabay today.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MOTORCYCLE-L ... 3cb8909799

Has anyone heard of them before or knows of their gear? For the price, its kind of hard to go past if the quality is good.
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby zxsixr03 » Thu Jun 09, 2011 3:17 pm

With shipping you are already paying more than something you could get in OZ that reputable, imo i would touch them...

http://www.bikebiz.com.au/products/Madi ... -Suit.html

or OS

http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=4313
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Sulli » Thu Jun 09, 2011 7:09 pm

Nostradamus probably got it right
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Nosferatu » Thu Jun 09, 2011 11:22 pm

Thanks for the links, but I was actually asking if anyone had heard anything about this brand.

For the price, they can't be any worse than the budget brands listed above, and it actually works out cheaper even with postage. At least they aren't chinese.
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby zxsixr03 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:28 am

Have u ever seen any of the shit leather deals from ebay before some are vynal with single stitch would last all of 2sec on the rd in a crash...

Looks to shinny for leather with there so called water proof coating...

Your money but i would say you are prob better off buy a cheaper brand you can at least go look at and check the quality...
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Sulli » Sun Jun 12, 2011 8:17 pm

I f you are looking for reasonable quality my preference is to buy from Pakistan from the manufacturer but they like to sell in bulk :cry:
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby s man » Mon Jun 13, 2011 9:58 am

A mate of mine orded a set of these>>> http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Perrini-Torn ... 3cb730c3f9

Custom made & got them within a few weeks. We had a good look over them & they are pretty damn good !
Really good fit & finish, cant really fault them...Worth a look, he races with them & is happy.
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Gosling1 » Mon Jun 13, 2011 7:34 pm

nice lookin' leathers those ......and they do a green as well................hmmmmm time to break out the tape measure :shock: :oops:
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby redzedx7r » Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:07 pm

I have reservations about cheap leathers, I bought a MZR 1-pc suit in Malaysia. Fitted nice I looked the part with speed hump and all.
The true test came when I had a 120kph low side at the track in Dubai and blew out the arse and right sleave. I had them properly repaired at Highside leathers in Brisvegas. The guy fixed the stitching and added another layer of leather in the arse (which it was supposed to have as per Aus track regs).
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby fezzick » Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:23 pm

I always think that it's problematical buying anything online that you can't actually try on and make sure it fits properly.
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby s man » Thu Jun 16, 2011 5:24 pm

Gosling1 wrote:nice lookin' leathers those ......and they do a green as well................hmmmmm time to break out the tape measure :shock: :oops:

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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Nosferatu » Thu Jun 16, 2011 6:26 pm

So the gist I'm getting is it's ok to buy cheap leathers from Australia, but it's not ok to buy cheap leathers from anywhere else? I don't see the difference between buying a $400 set of leathers from the UK and getting the same quality from here for an extra $100. This mob have a website too, if anyone bothered to have a look. http://reltex.co.uk/index.php

I bought my leather pants from Bikers Gear Australia about 3 years ago for $150. They survived one off already, slow speed, but from what I'm hearing, low speed offs seem to create the most damage with burst seams etc. Because I didn't pay $400 for the pants, does that mean they are shit? For someone on a tight budget, value for money is something that is looked at quite closely. My original question was "Has anyone had any experience with these?", not "Tell me where I can get other cheap arse leathers that are probably the same quality and come from the same factory as these." According to their website, they don't appear to be bad for the money, and for the price of a carton extra, you can even upgrade them.

Unfortunately not all of us have $1000+ spare to buy a "recognised brand".
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby zxsixr03 » Thu Jun 16, 2011 8:39 pm

We are just warning u of dodgy leathers being sold on ebay, they might be ok they might not but being on a tight budget i would prefer to look at what i'm buying first so to not dust your $400 on shit leathers, there is no quality control with shit on ebay... No one is saying spend $1k or $3k on leathers but buying from the lower end of the market its slightly more risky on quality of the unknown.
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Sulli » Thu Jun 16, 2011 9:03 pm

"My original question was "Has anyone had any experience with these?",
"NO" my preferences lie elsewhere
but hay knock yourself out :roll:
The places I was suggesting were available to touch and feel for proper fit sorry if the extra info is overwhelming ;)
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Re: Another ebay leathers question.

Postby Nosferatu » Thu Jun 16, 2011 10:18 pm

Sulli wrote:"My original question was "Has anyone had any experience with these?",
"NO" my preferences lie elsewhere
but hay knock yourself out :roll:
The places I was suggesting were available to touch and feel for proper fit sorry if the extra info is overwhelming ;)


I did say thanks for the links, and its far from overwhelming :roll:

Sulli wrote:I f you are looking for reasonable quality my preference is to buy from Pakistan from the manufacturer but they like to sell in bulk :cry:


I take it you have bought from a manufacturer before, do you have any links to them?
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