Motorcycle Base Layers
Wearing the correct base layers is one of the most important things to do when you are motorcycling. Too often customers spend a lot of money on a decent suit and then ruin it by wearing a cotton T-shirt!
Base layers need to be a proper breathable material so they help you regulate your body temperature. It is about keeping warm in winter, keeping cool in summer, allowing your body sweat to evaporate effectively and allowing your expensive suit to do its job properly. Even in winter sweat needs to escape to keep the body dry. And this is crucial because if you are wet on the inside, and the temperature drops further our bodies will lose heat 20 times faster through a wet environment than a dry one. The base layer is a building block in winter on top of which you need a technical mid layer.
We stock base layers from motorcycling brands like Halvarssons, Rukka and Klim but also specialist merino layers from Icebreaker.
Verified customer reviews for Motorcycle Base Layers
Klim Zephyr Wind shirt in blue
I recently used this Klim wind shirt on a long rode trip around Europe. The shirt is really thin and light and packs up nice and small, ideal when you have limited storage. The shirt really did what it was designed to do and stopped the wind really affectively. I wore it over a Merino base layer and under my textile jacket. As it folds down to nothing it is easy to take off and stow away and put back on when needed.
Rukka Wiima jacket in black
I was lucky enough to get the Wiima just before a week in the Alps in early September. I took it with me across the sunny plains of France to the storm lashed Route des Grand Alps and I have to say it performed brilliantly, both under my Navix outer and also on its own as a camp jacket. The magic wax does its job and I was never too hot nor too cold. It wears and washes really well and it looks great as a jacket too. I cant praise this thing highly enough, I love it and it will doubtless be my go-to coat for most of the winter. Motolegends, as always, were perfect in handling the sale and delivery. One last thing - even at full price, Id be delighted with this piece. Getting it on a sale was a bonus!
Halvarssons Dry T-shirt base layer in black
I hate heat and this make rides at 32C bearable- recommended