TZRaceR6 said:
Z Custom hasn't been around the AMA paddock as of late, because they are having a difficult time matching the cheaper prices of other brands, so they are concentrating more on the local area and club racing. (And this info is direct from me talking with Adolph). They sell a lot of suits to many of the racers at Willow Springs for instance. Just because they don't sponsor AMA riders, doesn't mean they are not one of the best suits around. I'll vouch for their worthiness, as I have tested two of their suits in high speed crashes at Willow, one being in Turn 9..
No one stated anything about sponsoring AMA factory riders. I was referring to AMA Privateers who buy their stuff. Great they support riders near their home base, but overall, I don't see them.
Also didn't state they were piles, either. Point was that they aren't doing much as they don't have much marketing towards the racers out there. Vanson is suffering from the same deal that Z is compared to the "rack" suits.
TZRaceR6 said:
At the end of the day, it's your money. But like most people that wear $400 Joe Rocket garbage, these are usually the same people that buy take off tires and wonder why they crashed and broke their collarbone on lap 5. Going cheap on tires and safety gear only leads to one result... But that's just my humble opinion. Ciao.
You're lumping everyone who doesn't buy custom suits into a pretty general pool. I think that's totally unfair. What, because you buy $1500 custom suits, it makes you an AMA caliper rider? Ever heard of Jensen? He wears off the rack and is pretty much one of the top guys anywhere in the country he shows up at. Even out West for the Western WERA National rounds. But, he probably buys shit tires and bitches about gear.
That was such a BS statement. You listen too much to the hype the custom guys dish out. There are actually some decent off the rack suits out there. The way they cut corners is on where they have it built. The leather is very close to the same mil, the stitching is definitely decent - not as good as say, NJK and Vanson, but again, when talking a difference of $600 plus on a suit, you can easily sit and feel comfortable racing in an off the rack top line suit and know you're pretty damn safe.
You make it sound that if you buy a Spidi, SHIFT, AStar, and other top tier rack suits that you are wearing the equivalent to a Vega helmet out there. That's total BS and simply not true. You can buy two of these suits to one of yours almost and have plenty of protection.
You really ought to be more careful with your generalized statements...
