Happy new year, Aerostich! Thanks for this video on the rationale behind the design and features of this amazing suit - VERY insightful. I hope to attend your roadshow when it comes around again to the San Francisco Bay Area.

Can you get hip armor in ad 1?

Real designers and business owners still exist ❤

What’s the name of the last one. All metal…

Painfully slow getting to the point. I lasted 3 min 😴

Can you do some zipper repair videos? Thanks in advance.

Does air volume really work ??? I guess when you think about it, a higher volume air insulation makes sense

Just ordered a R3 Light!

Are these pants you were over top of jeans or shorts? I'm looking for pants that I can wear over my clothes

One thing that I am primarily concerned about is the waterproofness or the water resistantness of a garment. I don't think that I heard any about that here.

It's not just produced, it's designed. Any mechanic that is constantly mad at the bad design of all the machines they work on can tell you how awesome it is when somebody designs something with not just function considerations but maintenance considerations. I'm not going to want to pay nearly two grand for a suit to not have it be repairable. Kudos to the Aerostitch crew for having a repair program. This video shows how much design consideration they have put into this suit over the years.

Nice!

So cool seeing Corey riding around Browns Point in Tacoma! We moved here too 3 years ago from Minnesota with our BMW GSAs and Aerostich suits. Must be some force of nature driving the migration. Lots of spring and fall riding here in that 45-55 temperature range with on and off light rain. Perfect Aerostich weather!

The instructions say to apply it to wet gloves. Your gloves look dry.

I’m a native Minnesotan who has been living in Seattle for a couple years commuting daily, year round, rain or shine, on my R1250GSA wearing my R3. This video hits home and I can fully endorse the R3! Plenty of rain and the suit has always been comfortable and dry. Top class product that I rely on daily.

my wife commutes on her honda crf300 rally and wears her roadcrafter, even when its 100deg. she loves it. only person at the hospital that uses full gear.

There is little more that I enjoy than ripping around in crappy, winter weather dressed in my R3 and observing the looks from all the cagers......Thank you Andy!!! I've several pieces of Stich gear for the variety of travels I take. As you well know, the R3 is the BEST bit of kit for my daily commutes!!!!

I tried to purchase a heated vest in 2020 during the Plandemic, but that was not possible. I had to purchase an imported brand.

Bought my ROADCRAFTER some 15 years ago !! STILL the BEST ...quality .... bar NONE ...and had all the top names over the years... Stay safe !!!

I have been riding all winter in wisconsin for about 48 years. I started because I didn't own a car. Now, I just do it for spite.🙂

my friend said she wants to buy it

Exact same thing happened to me in a moskomoto jacket, which was completely destroyed. Aerostitch for me next time!

Hello... I am currently shopping your "parcel" bag and the large size of the Timbuk2 messenger bag. Could you do me a favor and offer me something in the way of total capacity in liters? Also, along with "clown posse," I too am interested in the decipherment of your dimensions. I realize there is a set protocol, but would you be so kind as to specify exactly? Thanks...

You are definitely jumping the gun calling it "Minnesota's success." We'll see. My bet is the fallacy of "Minnesota nice" is going to meet, head on, with Minnesota's more violent passive aggressiveness. I believe it was a stupid idea to try to slip in lane-splitting without getting control of exhaust noise. So, we'll see.

so cool

More videos on the way you can use this board-- how tos and you'd generate more traffic..I love mine, but it took a lot of trial and error to figure out what I can do with it

You guys are clueless, FILTERING was legalized in MN. California is the only state that permits SPLITTING, on multiple lane freeways and highways, generally performed between the High Occupancy Vehicle Lane (HOV) and #1 fast lane, with a wider striped gap in the paint left between the 2 lanes you are SPLITTING. Splitting may be performed at any speed between moving cars or stopped cars, and motorcycles.. Filtering is generally in Controlled cross traffic lanes going the same directions on multiple lane streets or BLVDs with speed limits at or under 45 mph, between cars that are MOTIONLESS and stopped. You FILTER between the stationary objects. You SPLIT when you and the CAGERS ( or cars ) are in motion. Get it RIGHT.... from a Californian.

Thanks

Cool

Got to get one!

Around 2000 I bought a mountain bike thinking I would get into off-road riding, but I got into alternative transportation type riding. Then in 2004 I bought a road bicycle. And for a few years I did enjoy recreational riding. Then I lost interest and only used the bike as an alternative to driving whenever I felt like it. Fast forward to January 2024, I bought a motorcycle (CRF300 L Rally) to go moto camping. Hasn't happened much. Yet, I did start using the motorcycle to deliver food via an app and now I use the motorcycle when I don't feel like driving the car. By the way, I also frequently walk to run errands and still bike to do other things. End note, I'm glad Aerostich sees motorcycles as a social good.

Guys... can you please do both voices to both audio channels? One voice on left ear and the other in right ear is just... not great. Gonna just wait to watch episode 3.. and here I thought I found a new podcast to listen to...

Almost everyday, in San Antonio, Texas, I lane split on all interstate highways whenever there is start and stop traffic conditions. I'm actually a slow rider, yet as everything slows down I make my way to lane one, and ride the broken white line (between lanes one and two) until I get past the congestion. Then, I move back over to the right lane as everyone starts to speed up. Yes, it's not legal. But neither is driving over the speed limit, which lots of people do when the condition permits. And I lane split when conditions permit too.

I lane split (filtered or lane shared) albeit, illegally in the Philadelphia area for years when traffic was congested. While I am 100% for lane sharing, I understand it isn’t universally popular. So, it’s encouraging to hear that money was appropriated for the education needed to ensure successful adaptation to the new law. Unfortunately, most of our laws have been paid for in blood and sadly more blood will be spilled before all of the states adopt a similar statute. On a personal note, each and every time I decided to lane split it was with some trepidation. The sources of my trepidation were, am I a good enough rider, am I perceived as making a bad situation (traffic congestion) worse and am I going to get a traffic ticket. Having done my research, I believed in the safety benefit and I realized that I wasn’t negatively impacting the drivers of the other vehicles. However, I was fairly sure the drivers of the other vehicles felt a range of emotions as you might have expected. And the reality of the situation is, I definitely got better at lane splitting as I continued. Which is another way of saying, I started out a novice with novice level skills. It’s a skill that is foreign to most riders in the U.S. having never attempted to lane split. I do think, the law as written and as I practiced, is poised for success. I think you are right on the money, riders and other vehicle drivers are definitely going to need some time and training. Your estimate of a decade or more is realistic. Good luck Minnesotans and thank you for your time, patience and passion. Please, if you’re a rider and you haven’t tried it… don’t knock it without getting some education or responsibly trying it. As mentioned, it’s our responsibility to know our bike’s dimensions. Also, sharpen your low speed skills. If you’re not ready, feeling it or your bike’s too wide or your mirrors are positioned to smack other vehicles for Christ sakes… don’t do it. But please don’t rundown something you aren’t comfortable with without educating yourself first, thanks… This soap box is getting slippery, I’d better get down.

I've been rear ended twice while on my motorcycle stopped in traffic. I'm all for filtering/splitting. Lets catch up with the rest of the world.

I’m trying to understand the dimensions. Why are there four dimensions?

I watched the whole podcast. I am out here I Oregon. I cannot believe the previous Governor did not sign our lane splitting bill into law, when she had the opportunity. The law as explained in the pod, is very sensible. I would love to participate in getting that bill back in the Oregon Legislature.

In 2022 my Ducati riding friend and me (on a 1200rt) were riding back from one of the Normandy D Day beaches to our accommodation when we came across traffic. We were connected via intercom so I asked him how confident he was with filtering (lane splitting) OK he said. So I approached the queue with appropriate caution whereupon the lines of traffic just parted before us. We shot through at 50mph confident that we were being looked after. This is in contrast to the UK. Where mean minded and aggressive drivers block any motorcycle just because they can and they don’t like people “jumping the queue”. Lane splitting is completely legal in the UK. So I guess whether or not it works out in Minnesota is dependent on how mean people are. In small congested UK most car drivers are either focussed on their mobile or asleep. Very few pay any attention to what they are doing. BTW, I recently completed 5,000 miles around the Northern states. Including a stop in Duluth where I bought some AD1 pants because I had rather stupidly assumed the weather was fine for jeans.

Fun to have read it and then heard it in his own tone 🙂, thank you for doing these

Slick idea, I think I just found what my next Aerostich purchase will be

Weathermen can't tell you what the weather was yesterday no less tell you what its going to be tomorrow.

The cool thing about lane splitting laws is that it doesn’t “force” anyone to lane split or filter.

I didn't know that lane splitting was now legal in Minnesota. That being said, I won't do it.

No! You’re trying to place an idealistic assumption in drivers that don’t give a damn what around them. Legal or not, lane splitting is tempting death. Y’all go ahead. I’ll pass. Curious: what’s the harm of not lane splitting?

Hmm

You need to Educate the 4 wheeler drivers, because they are not used to it and they go into Road Rage..

Thanks folks. But evaporative cooling really only works well in desert environments. The hot humid heat waves that hit the country are persistently miserable, which is why you see people riding in t shirts and shorts (bad idea).

I tired to purchase a heated vest from Aerostich on 2020. I guess because of the Plandemic none were available. I bought other brands. I will say this much . I like the ones that have stretche panels on the sides so it fits snug to your body .

You’re cold weather riding tips are great, especially the puffy. What about for LD touring? I think heated gear is the way to go.

Which jacket is this