What happened to veloce gear?

[beefsalad]

Aquila-RC51 hasn't been active in almost a year, the web page leads to a go-daddy parking page (WEAK!) and here I am ready to purchase a custom 1-piece suit

[HondaJim]

Out of business quite some time ago.

[dadogs]

Originally Posted by HondaJim

Out of business quite some time ago.

Yeah it's a shame....it was Michaels dream to make it work and he came up with some quality products at excellent prices.

[The Shadow]

His stuff was really great. Its a shame it didnt take off. I hope Michael's doing ok these days

[Mayday]

I still wear the gloves I bought from him during the first group buy many moons ago. I think they were the legionnaires. I crash tested them too and they held up great and no doubt saved me some skin. Shame he couldn't keep it going.

[dadogs]

Originally Posted by The Shadow

His stuff was really great. Its a shame it didnt take off. I hope Michael's doing ok these days

Yeah, last time I spoke to him as back in April and haven't heard from him since

[firedave]

Originally Posted by Mayday

I still wear the gloves I bought from him during the first group buy many moons ago. I think they were the legionnaires. I crash tested them too and they held up great and no doubt saved me some skin. Shame he couldn't keep it going.

+1, still wear mine.

[boogunoogun]

any pics of this custom gear?

[jay313]

Back when I had my SV650 and was active on SVRider.com, a guy there started doing custom leathers. Got good reviews on that board. Looked for him, and he's still active. Reasonably priced. Custom-fitted suits starting at $700. Here's a link:

Spartan Leathers - Premium Custom Motorcycle Leathers, Jackets, Gloves, and more!

[ideajones]

Christmass is near and I thought I'd get some gloves for my brother. The Veloce gloves are my favorite so I have recently thought about Michael also.

[Pegjumpflyer]

With the boot snaffu I can't say I'm at all surprised..........

[scrat]

Nuts... I was going to talk to Aquila about a suit. Part of the reason i found my way back to WT after a hiatus. I'm still lovin my Legionaire gloves. Lots of miles on them, and they are holding up great.

[Mayday]

He's still around but veloce is out of business. He posted up on moto-rush a couple weeks ago.

[TexasTraffic]

Originally Posted by Pegjumpflyer

With the boot snaffu I can't say I'm at all surprised..........

I still sear the group-buy gloves and like 'em.

The boot buy turned sour on him... as I recall, his supplier made his boot design available to other buyers. One of those other buyers bought ALL of their production, leaving Veloce (and us) swinging in the breeze.

[Mayday]

Originally Posted by TexasTraffic

I still sear the group-buy gloves and like 'em.

The boot buy turned sour on him... as I recall, his supplier made his boot design available to other buyers. One of those other buyers bought ALL of their production, leaving Veloce (and us) swinging in the breeze.

I recently lost the gloves, left em on the trunk of the car the other day. The wife never saw them and off to work she went. Some homeless dude is probably wearing them now.

Michael had sent me and a couple other members a pair of the boots to test out before the final production run. They were ok but not as well made as the gloves. I loved my gloves dammit!

[firedave]

Still rocking my gloves. Only thing wrong with them is the velcro on the gauntlet part is wore out but there getting repaired as we speak.

[Jeef]

yeah, I had two pairs of his gloves and still rock a pair of the boots, I think I got the first actual production pair and then it all went down hill

[sbeau1960]

I've got Veloce armored long underwear, and padded shorts. Just sayin.