Online quote vs In store quote

[Water Warrior 2]

Originally Posted by peanut

Thanks all for the kind words and insight. I'll worry less about OTD and instead turn my mind to gear. :-p

Oh yeah! Gear and more gear. Putter about a few bike shops and try on gear. Any and all gear is fun and educational. If you find something that you like but the shop has an out of sight price then look at online sales. Gonna repeat myself here. MotorcycleGear.com has some good stuff on closeout and they do have a great exchange policy if something doesn't fit. A helmet is the primary concern for gear so try on as many as possible, wear them in the shop for 10 minutes to judge fit, feel, weight and balance. A helmet must be DOT approved before sale but not Snell approved so don't get into a tizzy if the salesperson pushes a Snell approved helmet and says they are the best. Dot is good enough and many believe better than both DOT and Snell combined. Full face is the way to go with a helmet in my opinion. Modular is even better, I have one of each.