Trackside Review: RST Race Dept V4.1 Kangaroo Airbag Suit

Took my new RST Race Dept V4.1 Kangaroo Airbag One Piece Leathers to a Race weekend in North Carolina of a review ON THE TRACK!
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[@inmotion1661]

Hi there! Thank you for sharing your experience with In&motion technology and trusting us to keep you safe on your adventures ;) We'd like to clarify that "Street" and "Adventure" are the only officially supported riding modes in the United States. "Track Mode" is slated to be officially released and supported, for the U.S., in early 2022. We strongly encourage all our riders to follow the guidelines we've set forth for their protection and safety. Any use outside of what is officially available is at the risk of the rider.

[@FergFactoryRacing]

Of course! I love the product. And thank you for the clarification! Keep doing great things and give your United States reps in New York an award for great customer service because they knocked it out of the park helping me!

[@AZAdventureInc]

In&motion, what’s gating the US release of track mode? Is it technical or legal issues?

[@TheDriversPerspective]

Would supermoto track days be able to use the adventure mode? The small jumps and dirt sections make other systems a little difficult to use.

[@richardsykes6762]

Great video man, i plan to start racing Moto Gladiator next year in the amatuer 600s class. See you out there.

[@pnoyryder68]

Hey Wyatt, great video and congrats on the win! Ran into this on another review by STG but it was the non airbag version (half the price). Looks like an awesome suit for sure. You didn't mention the fact that this is partially made of kangaroo and for that price, you can't even get close to that in any other brand name suit. I just purchased a Kushitani recently and If you've heard of them then you know they're on of the best out there but I would've considered this for sure. Good luck on your next race!

[@FergFactoryRacing]

Youre right, I shoulda said that! But yeah it's a steal for sure. They just need track mode support in the US

[@davidpierce7318]

Just bought the same suit I’m at silverstone on Tuesday can’t wait

[@FergFactoryRacing]

Sweet, Lemme know if you notice anything good or bad man, I'm still feeling mine out. Thinking of taking it to change the Velcro on the knees so more pucks fit it.

[@davidpierce7318]

@@FergFactoryRacing will do must be able to get harder pucks to fit

[@davidpierce7318]

Have a look at sportsbikeshop

[@christopher2818]

@@FergFactoryRacing Wiz knee sliders do both hook and loop options. I use them for my A*suit :)

[@FergFactoryRacing]

@@christopher2818 I mention this in the video :) I have a set! lol, the vendor at my races doesn't carry them unfortunately so I just think its worth noting that its not the standard arrangement for most puck brands!

[@sirlambo]

Thank you for this review. I'm in the process of buying a new suit and looking for an air-bag one and the local shop nearby has one of these (I live in Ireland). I've a track day next Saturday so I'm almost definitely going for this option and see how it goes.

[@FergFactoryRacing]

You will not be disappointed! I've now raced 5 races in the suit! I've went off track, bumped another rider, had a speed wobble at 100mph hitting water, and to my amazement no false deployments on any occasion. Great system so far!

[@sirlambo]

@@FergFactoryRacing Thank you! I hope we never have to find out how good is the airbag :D

[@Motosapien46]

New subscriber here! As I sit at home recovering from a shoulder separation after going down at UMC while wearing an old Joe Rocket suit from the mid 2000s I've been researching airbag suits and was excited about this one but it doesn't look like it offers the same shoulder and clavicle protection that the Alpinestars race vest and suit setup does. Can you speak to this at all? Their website is not very forthcoming with actual data about what it does compared to what Alpinestars gives... But when you can boast about the data showing a 90% shoulder impact reduction from Marquez's Mugelo crash a few years back, I guess you lead with that!

[@FergFactoryRacing]

Well I haven't crashed in it... But I can tell you that the inmotion airbag system is in so many vests/suits that I'm sure if you cross research the other brands that it is in you will find people who have first hand experience... I can say that the RST suit itself has snug shoulders with hard and soft armor under the leather. And the airbag does go over the collar bone... Hope this helps a bit. I figure you have plenty of time to research soo... I'd start with looking for crash tests of the Klim vest. Its used by adventure bike guys off road so I'm sure they have crash tested it! lol

[@TheSlowSteve]

So, you're 2 years into owning the suit. Would you buy it again?

[@Parks_21]

A nod to Maryland

[@CrusaderGeneral]

what do you think about using this suit for streets and cold weather?

[@thadcox5298]

The race dept version has a lot more perforation than their other suits

[@rytacarms]

Who did you get this suit through. I see sport bike track gear has it for 800$ but doesn’t mention the airbag.

[@low-costgearbudgettour714]

I believe there’s a version of the same suit without the airbag. The price difference is £250 more for the airbag version, in the UK. (MULTIPLY by 1.38 for USD).

[@rytacarms]

@@low-costgearbudgettour714 thank you very much.

[@low-costgearbudgettour714]

@@rytacarms So, I think SBTG is selling a non-airbag version for $800. $1300-1400 is the price for the airbag version, as the video says. He said he imported it. In the UK it’s £900-1000 retail with airbag. I don’t think you can buy this suit without an airbag in the UK. It’s not on RST’s website, as far as I can see. SBTG (USA) may have a special arrangement for that suit without airbag.

[@FergFactoryRacing]

Thank for replying! I'm busy driving from Virginia to Arizona right now, sorry for not getting back to you Ryan!

[@motorjack141]

I’m getting the non airbag version, how good is the airflow on these? Living in the hot and humid Philippines I need all the airflow i can get. The rs taichi was very very good but it was too short for me so i had to sell it.

[@FergFactoryRacing]

airflow is good even with the airbag. so it is probably even better without. I use it in 105 plus temps in Arizona and California

[@motorjack141]

@@FergFactoryRacing that’s reassuring. I was going to get another rs taichi because of the perforations(size of the holes and quantity is a lot more than any other brand out there), but saw these RSTs with kangaroo and couldn’t pass it up. Haha

[@Cmsant]

Strange I’m in NC and I emailed in&motion and they cannot do track mode for Las Vegas International Speedway!

[@FergFactoryRacing]

google the NY office number for inmotion, they helped me!

[@Cmsant]

@@FergFactoryRacing damn I guess it’s too late! I’m already taking California superbike school tomorrow I hope it will inflate if I fall off lol. Even if it doesn’t the track has a lot of run off and no walls.

[@alissonmelo1709]

I have a race tech air, is it compatible?

[@FergFactoryRacing]

No, this suit's airbag is built into the liner. So no extra purchases other than the suit/subscription

[@richardwoodhouse8397]

42" what size does your chest measure please

[@senor-fa-von-dia]

Does the suit have any pockets inside ?

[@FergFactoryRacing]

negative sir, it has a pouch for the air bag you could fit a cell phone in... but if the bag goes off it might be a bad day

[@senor-fa-von-dia]

@@FergFactoryRacing yeah wouldn't want a phone lodged in my rectum after a highside, ok cheers thinking of buying it.

[@davelindsay5]

They are crap

[@giridhar_ad]

Why do you say so?