Men’s clothing is going to be boxy and ill-fitting (and thus unsafe) because it’s made for the male chest and broad shoulder shape. You want your gear to fit snugly so that if you were to hit the ground, the armor within it can’t roll off of you and let your body contact pavement.
It’s hard to answer your question without more specific info on your size and shape. Are you tall and thin? Or tall and ‘proportionate’? European cuts (such as Dainese) is going to be built for thinner folks and therefore height won’t matter so much. Also, if you’re wearing gauntlet gloves and boots that go over your pants, you will be able to have a bit more discrepancy in length. Motorcycle jackets and riding pants should not be as long as you would generally wear your civvies.
I’m so excited to announce the project that I’ve been working on for two years… a book all about badass motorcycling women! In the MotoLady’s Book of Women Who Ride you’ll meet 74 of the most influencial motorcyclists of the last century. Motorcycle heroes, trailblazers, and record-breakers like Jessi Combs, Shayna Texter, Laia Sanz, Gloria Tramontin-Struck, the Van Buren sisters, and more can be found inside the 184 pages of this hard cover book celebrating motorcycling women!
Posted on September 2, 2012 in Motorcycles by Alicia Mariah Elfving