These motorcycle trousers with a name like one of Elon Musk’s sons, is a GORE-TEX® one that moves in the better, sportier Italian circles. Adventurous – its visuals too – and with a healthy urge for discovering new things – in a laminated 2-in-1.
In any way, ALPINESTARS has delivered a top class product with this ST-7 2L GTX. The GTX refers to the GORE-TEX® that has been laminated to the wear-resistant exterior in two layers (2L). This is how laminated motorcycle trousers approximate perfection, keeping moisture on the outside. This accelerates the drying process after a rainstorm and it prevents – like is often the case with loose membranes – a soaked intermediate layer. In the other direction, the GORE-TEX® guarantees proper breathing properties and a healthy climate.
Completely in line with expectations, the specific construction delivers relatively light motorcycle trousers. Which it should, as the goal is to develop an adventurous companion, which strives to match the eponymous motorcycle jacket as closely as possible. The wear-resistant textile and the waterproof layer are one and the same, with a supplementing, heating effect created by the removable thermal lining underneath. This effect is not the same everywhere: the upper legs get 20 grams more padding than the lower legs.
Before you think ‘winter and autumn’, you open the wide, direct ventilation panels on the upper legs and the wind will cool you down. In short, an all-rounder, adventurous by design and appearance, that’s the best way to describe the ST-7 2L GTX by ALPINESTARS. Adventure lies more in the construction and the visual design with the coordinates than the rest of the design: it’s all pretty straight-forward, although the magnetic buckle in the waist is the surprise that keeps it interesting. The tilted position of the cargo also fits that idea.
Internally, the ST-7 2L GORE-TEX motorcycle trousers have the required impact protection on board: CE Level 2 EN 1621-1:2012 Nucleon Flex Pro knee protectors and CE Level 1 EN 1621-1:2012 Bioflex hip protection come standard.
The ST-7 2L GTX has a name that doesn’t immediately call for wild travel ideas or magnanimous trips, but then again, this pair of motorcycle trousers is a solid, versatile adventurer that can take a beating. The combination with the eponymous motorcycle jacket seems apparent, creating a unit that is more than the sum of its parts.
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