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We done a 17 day tour of Europe where we took in Belgium, (twice) Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Switzerland Italy and France (twice). 4700 miles.
Both of us full leathers, full face helmets and we were on the Trophy with a full fairing.
Only the first day did the temp' dip much below 30 and that was in Scotland. After that the temp' ranged between 28 and 45, that was in Monza then 42 in Turin with 95% humidity. By the way if you like traffic lights you'll love Turin especially when it's 42 and full leathers.
I only wore my gloves on the first and last days. I had my jacket open but still attached to the trousers and the cuffs turned up it was just fine except for city driving.
We did go out one day without leathers, just jeans and T-shirt but just felt too vulnerable.
FWIW my choice would be leather every time, but also appreciate it might be too uncomfortable for some, so as they say, any protection is better than none.
By the way when we left Turin it was 42 and when we arrived in Val d'Isere that evening it was 9, I'm glad I had my leathers going over that pass.
[ This message was edited by: tango on 2005-07-16 10:49 ]
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