ALPINESTARS 2020 SUIT LINE UP
P100
Feature
Rennie at work
in the GP Tech
V3. The GP
Tech V3 is a big
improvement
over the 2019
edition.
GP
TECH V3
$1999.95
protection around the knee.
It's a DFS slider (Dynamic
Friction Shield), which is
designed to help slow down
the rider with these slides.
There's also reinforcement
on the inside of the knees,
the elbows, the shoulders and
the butt. And there's an extra bit
of aramid material to lessen heat
transfer to the body.
"The liner has also been
revised and is pre-curved just
like the suit itself, and the
calves are now utilizing the
stretch material rather
than the leather accor-
dion stretch panels,
which lightens suit
significantly."
Alpinestars premium consumer
track-day and race suit, designed
around the Tech-Air airbag sys-
tem. This is what club racers and
some MotoAmerica races across
the country are decked in. Here's
what's changed.
"The GP Tech gets more pre-
curving, which enables the rider
to be more comfortable in a racing
position. And the suit is now 30
percent kangaroo leather, with the
remainder made up from 1.3mm
premium bovine leather," says
Cofran. "There's also new perfora-
tion zones, more flexibility, and the
abrasion resistance zones have
changed.
"We have also increased the Vel-
cro area for the knee slider, giving
you more space to place the slider
and wear it evenly. The whole knee
cup has been lightened and rede-
signed, so there are more areas of
The aramid grid
paneling in the shoulders,
elbows and knees
increases abrasion and heat
resistance to the body.
The GP Tech
V3 gets a
much more
pronounced pre-
curve for 2020,
great news for
the race tuck.
