I have the Alpinestars andes v3. Has everything u need including waterproof except for the hip protector which u can buy separately.

Used it for long rides...a 9 day ride and a 15days ride with abt 8hrs on the road each day. No issue with heat and no issue with water leakage...note that my boots r waterproof as well. I also wear compression pants as inner pants.

Only thing is the hip.protector i couldnt find in Malaysia so had to buy from sportbikeshop.co.uk. not that expensive but once fitted, can barely tell its there.

Also have an rs taichi mesh pants....forgot model..also has everything u need..also very comfy n airy...but i have hung those as i prefer waterproof pants since i dont really stop rain unless its super heavy.

These 2 i think is more of touring pants rather than adventure touring.

Waterproof pants r fine for our weather...legs get abit warm its fine...body gets warm then it becomes a problem.

the whole AStars sizing thing...go to a shop and test urself.. those are usually talking mat salleh sizes where they tend to be bigger than us asians.

at RM200 i doubt u can get anything other than RS Taichi or Komine low end gloves. AStars are gonna be costlier. not sure about Five shorty gloves though....i do own a low end Five gauntlet and theyre much comfier than my mid range AStars gauntlet.

id highly recommend u look at RS Taichi if the touch screen thing is important to u. i find that Taichi is better than Komine's where the touch panel is at the tip of the finger vs Taichi's which are at the fingerprint area instead. i find that touch panels at the tip are annoying as hell.

plus side of the komine is they usually have the palm slider on even the lower end gloves.

also, those sub 200 textile RS Taichi gloves are some of the comfiest gloves ive ever worn...and ive owned about 4 of them over the years....still own a Taichi shorty but its leather n more expensive. also currently own a komine shorty leather. The Taichi is comfier.

id recommend u look at bikeworld kepong... check their FB page... they have some discounts pratically every weekend and all 4 brands of gloves are sold there. other branches of bikeworld also have weekend discounts but for diff items.

not really... ur better off buying those foam grips aka grip puppies...they can even be cheaper.

also try finding the heaviest bar end u can for ur bike if possible... heavier than stock

Touring boots for me..i wouldnt recommend steel toe safety boots. If they get crushed, itll crush ur toes.with it n can be difficult to remove. This happened to a friend on a low speed accident years ago.

Same as kaboku...Started with textile shorties and now onto gauntlets... Didnt like the wind blowing my jacket sleeve up and the sun causing a line near my wrist.

1/ yes...kastam CAN legally take the helmet from u as importing helmets require permits...if they take it away, there is now a somewhat simple process for you to get it back. Note that the helmet MUST have at least ECE tags to be able to get it back...n japan doesnt bother with ece tags for helmets sold there. A friend bought a shoei neotec 1 and a neotec 3 in japan....no ece tags on both but the same model has ece everywhere else

Indonesia has some with ece...but alot doesnt.

2/ yes, throw away the box and pack the helmet in your luggage... Basically dont la show them u bought a helmet when walking thru customs.... I went to bali n bought a helmet n packed in my luggage...just threw the box away je..all other tags, stickers etc still on the helmet...its ece certified so if kena rampas i know i can get it back

3/ legal requirement in malaysia is sirim and/or ece. Must have at least one of these. Can be sirim+ece or sirim+snell or ece+sni..bla bla bla...janji ada sirim or ece, itll be street legal. Sirim is mostly for helmets manufactured in malaysia.

4/ u think japan or indonesia not trying to sell stuff oso? I went to naps in japan tgk2 helmet, nobody cares...bali tgk helmet, the feller just stand next to me je... Dont trust the shops to get proper fitting? Do ur own research n help urself....in the end the sales staff cant feel if ur getting a headache or not...its ur responsibility to go n test the helmets..no matter which country the shop is in. Unless u buy something like a shoei which has personal fitting services, then diff story....thats also available here.

5/ practically all shops sell multi branded helmets, those that dont are specialty shops like shoei. Theres welly bt caves as well... Dont worry abt leaving empty handed, u wont be the first to do that n they also understand.

Honestly, if the exact helmet u wanna buy is available here, just buy here n save urself the worry n hassle. Only reasons its ok to buy overseas...

- SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper...if only rm50 or 100 diff dont bother.
- exact helmet not available here
- diff specs for our market vs there


Ive bought 2 helmets from outside the country...

1st was rm1.2k here n rm800 in sg...someone helped me bring it in..he had lubang though.
2nd was from bali...a kyt ttr-jet. its actually rm50 more expensive in bali than malaysia but i bought it coz malaysia uses double d n i wanted micrometric strap which is indo market specs.

I saw a very nice full carbon fiber helmet in japan that i wanted badly but it didnt have ece...so not street legal...so didnt bother.

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Mar 13 2025, 12:51 PM

Other gears no problem..just helmets.

Hjc had a fitting program a while back..not sure still have or not.

What system? U can measure ur own head to see ur headshape n then check out reviews n see what kinda head shape the helmet has

got such a thing meh for motorcycle helmets? never heard of this....never seen in on youtube.. or online articles... or anywhere... i wear glasses too and oso never had anything like that... just go n test je.

which shops have u gone too so far? what helmets have u tested n whats ur budget for helmets? what kinda helmet ur looking for? what kinda features u want in a helmet?

somehow i feel ur just overcomplicating things for urself. most helmets fit the headshape pretty well. u just need to make the effort to go and test it out... most dont even need those personal fitting for the helmet to fit well. the personal fitting is more to making the helmet fit better.

full carbon is good even for daily (which i used to do). the lightweight helps with neck fatigue especially on long rides. my full carbon helmet is one of the reasons i now am very concious of buying heavy weighted helmets.

I do...even bought mine separately from the uk coz i couldnt find it in malaysia online for my pants.

Mine js the Alpinestars dunno wat edi...its super thin n comfy n barely notice it while riding. Thankfully its also cheap enough.

My previous rs taichi oants csme with the soft ones...again, dont feel it while riding.

What pants were u wearing when it rained? Waterproof boots will only be effective if ur wearing waterproof, over the boot pants as water can still get in the top. N the pants will need to go low enough so that even if its flapping in the wind, the top of the boot wont be exposed....so the boot also needs to go high enough lol

Learned this the hard way n still suffering the consequences years later.

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Aug 20 2025, 05:21 PM