Two piece leathers OK???

[motocrossmann]

Never done a track day before, and am going out to buy leathers... Do the tracks accept two piece leathers for track days??? (Alpinestars TZ1, 2 piece, is what I'm going to buy)

I don't plan to start racing, so I'd rather not buy a full 1 piece suit, but I'm not sure what the regulations are....

Thx.

 

[ApexTrackDays]

Make sure they zip at least 3/4 of the way around! A 360 degree zip is preferable.

 

[paroxysm]

Yeah. I've never heard of anyone being kicked off for a two piece with a 360 deg zipper. Hell, my dad has run a Ballistic suit (Novice group) w/ an 8in zipper w/ special permission. He bought a full suit now, so he's "golden" as he likes to say.

 

[Gixxer Boy]

You won't have any problems with that suit. It zips 360 around so your all good! Where are you going to but the suit at? If your from the bay, I suggest Motostrano. Pretty good prices, and nice people there

Pinky

 

[CaffeineMan]

Make sure they zip at least 3/4 of the way around! A 360 degree zip is preferable.

OK, so my inner engineering weenie just can't stand the suspense any longer: so what IS a 360-degree zip? I have one (Teknic Chicane 2-piece) that starts 2 inches from the vertical zipper on one side and zips to within 2 inches of the vertical zipper on the other side. Does this count as 360 degrees? Are there suits that actually zip closer than this? Inquiring minds want to know. :nerd

 

[Gixxer Boy]

My understanding on this is, that what you are talking about, is a 360 degree zip. Now... I could be wrong but that was my understanding on it...

 

[motocrossmann]

The TZ1 two piece zips all the way around, but leaves an opening of about 4" at the front. I haven't seen one that goes farther, but I'm a newbie when it comes to leathers....

 

[N23]

I have a TZ-1 jacket mated to the Astars track pants. It has the 360 degree zip, fits my fat butt pretty good, and hopefully will hold up well in the event of a get off.

You should be fine with that outfit....

 

[Slowmofo]

im going to track for the first time with my alpine 2pc as well they told me thats fine but if you get hooked on track look for a 1pc and if you cant fit into a 1pc go get customer leathers made for you