USED & ABUSED
SUITING A BULL
Berik Volante one-piece leather suit Price - $999.95
BEING SUCH A TALL giraffe I need many cows to donate their protective goodness to me for a one-piece leather racing suit and Berik has always served me perfectly over the many years I’ve been wearing their products (just over ten years now). I’ve crashed in them, worn them in the rain and to the other extreme, roared around racetracks in 40 degree heat and mega humidity in Malaysia!
Why have I always chosen Berik you might ask? Sizing is the big one and comfort is the next. There’s nothing worse than having an ill-fitting one-piece suit on a racetrack. It impacts how fast you can ride a bike.
So, onto the new Berik to hang proudly on my shoulders – the Volante. It is not the top level Berik suit in their lineup but you wouldn’t know it when you put it on. Fit is bang on the money – all the protectors are in the right places, knee sliders in the right spot and there’s enough room to fit a back protector (required for racing) and plenty of flexibility in the suit so that I’m 101% comfortable to move around on the bike. The Volante also features elbow sliders but the only time they’ll be getting used is if I’m sliding down the road on my butt and my wallet is burning huge holes in it watching the bike destroy itself! Features of the Volante suit are a 1.1-1.3mm premium full-grain cow leather constructioncuff and hem to reduce thickness and give greater comfort, double layer leather reinforcement on the elbow, shoulder and seat, Velcro inside the front panel to facilitate a chest protector if needed, wrist belt on the cuff to offer better convenience, tail bone padding and of course removable plastic knee sliders. I prefer leather knee sliders so fitted my own to this suit.
