My daily commute is only 10km 1-way, so to and fro is around 20-25km. I ATGATT on my commute except for riding pants. I just wear my work cargo pants as it is too inconvenient to change pants.

I wear a Shoei Neotec 2 helmet, Furygan WB07 mesh jacket with D3O pads and upgraded with additional CE level 2 back D3O protector, Furygan Jet D3O gloves, recent addition is the Alpinestar CR-X Drystar riding shoes and on longer rides other than my work commute, I have a pair of Furygan Jeans with D3O as well. I love d3o as it is soft and I can fold my jacket with the full back protector and fit it in my top box with my helmet so I can ATGATT to anywhere and leave my gear secured on my bike.

For me helmet must be full face or modular, few years ago I jatuh bodoh from my VS125 scooter and faceplanted at 60kmh onto tarmac. If not because of my LS2 modular helmet, my face would've been a goner. And for that crash I was wearing my RS Taichi jacket with armour but did not wear my gloves as it was raining and I didn't want to wet my gloves(stupid me!). In the end my upper body had almost zero damage other than my palms.


Aftermath from my fall from a scooter


If anybody is interested with Furygan gear, you can go direct to the distributor at Balakong where they are having some very nice discount on older model gears. Also bought my rain suit there as well and had yet to use it but it is always in my top box.

Basically this is how I look like with my gear. Photo from when I was test-riding some Triumph bikes.

Yeah getting a motowolf strap on knee guard for work. Seems like they come with viscoelastic pads, at least in the photos.

https://shopee.com.my/product/132531093/211...60-1667732462.9

Yeah don't forget to match the surface you're mounting on, there's the curved or flat mount.

Gopro would be the gold standard, or any of Insta360's 360 cam offering is that is more your thing. Try to get at least a Gopro 8 and above. Ideally 9 and above.

Vaseline is a pretty good release agent for these epoxy btw. Put Vaseline on your helmet surface and the epoxy putty won't stick to it.

Still not as good as a Gopro to me. I use Gopro pretty often as I fly FPV drones.

So they had arrived. The pads feels similar to d3o I guess, but seems to be less 'nice' when compared to my d3o pads. I wish the velcro are longer, or my legs are just too huge as the straps at the thighs are just barely touching.



Guess I'll be getting some weird looks from my colleagues tomorrow

You'll get used to it. If you want lightweight then maybe can try an insta360 go 2, used gopro Session 5 or the latest gopro 11 mini, but all these cameras have the downside of having a fixed battery so you can't just swap the battery out when you've depleted it.

For mine,

Shoei Neotec 2 - RM3100
Cardo Freecom 4+ - RM950 i think
Furygan Jet Gloves - RM200 i think
Furygan WB07 Jacket - RM450
Fruygan Back Protector - RM221
Furygan Jeans - RM369
Alpinestars CR-X Drystar Shoes - RM820

Total - RM6,110

Yeap, my gear is worth half my bike

Haven't add in raincoat RM250, or if remove the Cardo also still RM5k+. Gloves and jacket all consider entry-level stuff only samore. Then again, Malaysia too hot for more protective gear :sad:

My riding jeans claims to be 10% Kevlar though it looks like any other regular jeans

Ahh makes sense now. Though mine is more white than yellow, and it doesn't cover as much of an area as the pictures you posted. But seems to be most of the higher risk areas covered I guess.

My RS Taichi textile/mesh jacket is 5 years old now and if not because of a small hole from my previous crash, I kid you not, is still in perfect condition, even the internal liner. I guess RS Taichi uses some very nice textile for their jacket to last this long with pretty regular use.

Which perforated leather jacket do you use though?

I had been using Musician's earplugs from shopee for 3 years already, reduced the total sound by quite a significant amount, but not as much as regular earplugs and also maintains the sound quality from my Cardo relatively well. The exact link I bought from had already long expired, but these are pretty much identical from what I bought.

https://shopee.com.my/Musician-Noise-Cancel...03-48a996323e44

Battery life is pretty crap though. Good for motovlogging, but not so good as a dashcam.

One time save up for a Cardo.

I'm using a Cardo Freecom 4+, 3 years still going strong. Commute to work and back daily, still lasts 2-4 weeks on a charge 30-45 minutes of use with music. Volume pretty loud too as I'm wearing musicians earplugs.

My experience with a cheap freedcon unit is that the volume is pretty soft, even without earplugs once you hit highway speed you struggle hearing what's coming out of the speakers. Call quality on the Cardo is extremely good too, people on the other end is completely oblivious that you're riding a bike.

If you don't mind used, I might want to sell my Freecom 4+ though, thinking of upgrading to the latest packtalk as my riding buddy just upgraded to that too.

Don't bother with sena, get Cardo instead. Waterproof and sound quality is much better than sena especially the higher end model.

AFAIK Malaysia didn't bring in the twin pack, but if you do find someone selling, do drop me a pm we share hehe

The old bold/black got twin pack, but the new edge apparently the local distributor never bring in twin pack

I only tested my friend's Sena SRL which is supposed to be on the same level as Sena's higher end offerings and wasn't impressed at all with the sound quality especially when compared side by side with a Cardo. Ended up purchasing a Freecom 4+ because it was slimmer and didn't really needed the extra features of the packtalk at that time. My friend who had the SRL on his shoei also ended up switching to the packtalk bold, then now the packtalk edge.

I already offered myself, or you can also purchase my current freecom 4+ used

Damn I thought the Cardo app was pretty barebones, and the sena is worse?

Regarding the loudness, I find myself hitting max volume at times with my musician's earplugs already, so if you're using a regular earplug, the Cardo might really not be loud enough.

Also can check fortnine reviews on comms, Cardo always comes out on top of sena if not mistaken.

Find some riders here who have it and belanja some drinks

What brand and model of helmets did you try and buy?

Wah like that need to find triple pack already

Yeah km actually considering waiting for neo also. Save like rm200-300 over the edge hopefully.

Go try other brands. Shoei, shark, or whatever else. Diff helmet got diff cutting. Just go try.

I'm using the Cardo Freecom 4+ and the regular clip base is pretty good and convenient already for me. Another difference is less 1yr warranty if not mistaken, at least for the US market. Not sure about our local units.

That's pretty much the most popular price range for entry level jackets, definitely should have. Can try out Furygan brand also, I'm using feels not bad.

Furygan CE Level 2 rated flexible d3o back protector rm2xx only cip cip.

Well my furygan d3o level 2 armour is pretty heavy too so I guess that's a good thing?

Packtalk edge duo promo guys, bila mau sapu?

Managed to grab the last unit of packtalk edge duo kit at Welly Shah Alam together with Jason, nice meeting you buddy . Helmet looking sexier now. No idea when can actually test the mesh though



This post has been edited by Nightstalker1993: Feb 14 2023, 06:34 PM