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Does your motorcycle armor have what it takes?
D30, have you heard of this remarkable substance?
Kyle Bradshaw from Cruiser Customizing here with Greg Beck our Tucker Rocky and First
Gear rep. The TPG line has been out for two years now and it is one of the premier motorcycle
apparel lines that you can possibly put on your body. And this year they’ve taken the
line to a completely new level. They’ve got all of the features and benefits that
you’re going to want in motorcycle riding apparel.
Now, last year, CE-approved armor. Basically rubber or foam that met certain standards.
Now we’ve got what’s called D30. This D3o armor doesn’t look that much different
than a standard piece of CE armor other than the fact that it’s thinner--
[Greg] More comfortable, harder to detect--
[Kyle] And a little more flexible. The thinness and flexibility of this D30 material makes
it extremely comfortable, it makes it flexible--you almost don’t know it’s there.
But, how protective is this material?
[Greg] I brought a sample today and a test kit to show you exactly why D30 is such an
important feature in the new TPG jackets.
Alright, so here’s the test kit. We got a hammer, we got some samples, we have the
D30 in the raw form.
[Kyle] Okay, you brought some silly puddy for us to play with?
[Greg] Actually, when the molecules are relaxed, so it’s easy to penetrate, but if you impact
it, the molecules line up and become a different item. Example: you’ll like this one, Kyle,
I normally don’t do this. Pretty impressive. That didn’t hurt at all.
[Kyle] That’s pretty cool. I mean this hammer is not that impressive to me--
[Greg] Hey, it’s the one they sent with the kit.
[Kyle] I think back here I’ve got a five-pound sledge and I think this will be a really interesting
way to test this product.
[Greg] Go for it, Kyle.
[Kyle] So, this hammer, at a dead drop, probably would make quite an impact. So you’re saying
that if I wrap this around my fingers, that that dead drop with the hammer is not going
to affect me?
[Greg] You’ll know it landed on your finger, but it won’t hurt.
[Kyle] Hmm. Okay. Let’s give this a shot. So here we have D30 that I am mounding up
over my fingers so as to protect them from this five pound sledge that Greg is going
to drop on my hand. And we are going to wrap D30 around my finger.
[Greg] Are we still going to be friends?
[Kyle] Probably.
[Greg] Okay. Dead drop. Five pound hammer.
[Kyle] Dude, how lame was that hit, Greg? Come on, hit it like a man.
Let me dead drop the hammer on my own hand.
[Greg] Yeah, yeah.
[Kyle] Ready?
[Greg] Yeah.
[Kyle] Haha, that’s awesome. Dude, that’s a lot of pressure.
[Greg] D3o in action.
[Kyle] Check out the end of this video clip where we show the five-pound sledge demonstration
close up.
[Greg] Tucker Rocky has brought this to you for the first time in TPG by First Gear.
[Kyle] So TPG has been the leader in technical performance gear for the motorcycling market.
This year it is new and improved including D30 armor. D30 armor can be identified on
the jacket by the pretty little orange tag on the sleeve or the D30 logos throughout.
[Greg] This is the first gear in motorcycling to have D3o.
[Kyle] So here we’ve been playing with the D30 looking at the awesome properties that
this protective material has. And it’s in all of the brand-new TPG gear.
[Greg] It’s in the sleeves, the shoulders, it’s almost invisibile, it’s hardly detectable,
but when you need it’s there.
[Kyle] So the veneer. It’s fully waterproof, you’ve got waterproof zippers, you’ve
got a waterproof windproof internal liner, it’s full length, so this is like the Mecca
of motorcycle jackets.
[Greg] The best. It even has interior vents so that when you open the outside vent, you
can open the inside vent and you have a much more controllable atmosphere in your jacket.
[Kyle] So this is veneer jacket, full length, full feature. You’ve also got a couple other
jackets here that have a couple different features. What features are different from
these jackets?
[Greg] The T-time is a shorter version of the Veneer really.
[Kyle] What about this one?
[Greg] Ah, the Monarch. That’s for the lady of the house.
[Kyle] The new TPG gear from First Gear, D3o armor, women’s, men’s, full-length, short-length,
you’ve got the gambit for the motorcycle rider here with TPG.
[Greg] The perfect ride with the perfect gear.
[Kyle] Check out this close-up demonstration of D30 armor against a five-pound sledge.
Look what I’m doing to my finger--and there is no damage. D3o is pretty awesome.
[Greg] It is pretty cool.
[Kyle] Thank you for watching this week’s Cruiser Customizing tip of the week. Until
next week, take care and ride safe.