MXGP's are being taken over by US gear companies?

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Rupert X 2/26/2017 5:20pm
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We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ?

tmracinggeorgia 2/26/2017 6:43pm
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crowe176 wrote:
Fox, Shift, Answer and Thor everywhere. What happened to Oxbow and Wulf?
Bramlett321 wrote:
I think I saw one of the guys in Acerbis gear which really isn't an off brand but not something we see everyday. TM rider had...
I think I saw one of the guys in Acerbis gear which really isn't an off brand but not something we see everyday. TM rider had some interesting gear as well.
crusty_xx wrote:
Bernardini is using Circuit gear. I believe it's italian.
The guy with Acerbis you're talking about is probably Julien Lieber
Correct. We are a Circuit84 dealer. They have a lot more products other than gear as well (mats, stands, tents, grips, bars, and a vast assortment of universal plastic). Here's some more color-ways from the catalog.


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loftyair 2/26/2017 6:44pm
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Pretty sure Jeff ward would only wear sinisalo gloves there for a while.
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Rupert X wrote:
We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/02/26/178623/s1200_IMG_6889.jpg[/img]
We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ?

Laughing Laughing Laughing

Go The Rat! Love it! Old school Aussie gear at its finest! Cool Good one Rup!

Quite possibly the coolest/most "Aussie sounding" gear ever! lol

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mxjon454 2/26/2017 7:54pm
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line-up wrote:
Cairoli is wearing Pro Grip goggles
Fat Fingers wrote:
Yeah but I think at some stage, he used to have Pro Grip gear as well. Now it looks like they only do goggles, and grips.
ML512 wrote:
He hasn't worn Pro Grip goggles for quite a few years, he went to Spy for a year...maybe two, then started running his own goggle called...
He hasn't worn Pro Grip goggles for quite a few years, he went to Spy for a year...maybe two, then started running his own goggle called Neox.
Did AC discontinue his Neox goggle company? I liked his goggles, they looked really nice.
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mxjon454 2/26/2017 7:56pm
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What about Wind gear? I remember joel smets wore it. I had 2 sets of wind gear back in the day when i was on a kx 60. Probably around 97 or 98. Thought i was pretty damn factory with 2 sets of gear haha
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ML512 2/26/2017 8:26pm
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Fat Fingers wrote:
Yeah but I think at some stage, he used to have Pro Grip gear as well. Now it looks like they only do goggles, and grips.
ML512 wrote:
He hasn't worn Pro Grip goggles for quite a few years, he went to Spy for a year...maybe two, then started running his own goggle called...
He hasn't worn Pro Grip goggles for quite a few years, he went to Spy for a year...maybe two, then started running his own goggle called Neox.
mxjon454 wrote:
Did AC discontinue his Neox goggle company? I liked his goggles, they looked really nice.
He did his pre-season photoshoot and the opening Italian rounds in Neox, but it does appear that he was back in Pro Grip for Qatar...now that I looked.
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jemcee 2/26/2017 8:32pm
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Rupert X wrote:
We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/02/26/178623/s1200_IMG_6889.jpg[/img]
We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ?

Haha man that Rat gear was everywhere over here you could order it completely custom with whatever colour combos you wanted! Even screen printed it for you or put your sponsor logos on the pants like the Brian Collins on Dacka's pants above..
Another cool brand that seemed to be run by every team over here was MC mart but I can't find any old ads
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ML512 wrote:
He hasn't worn Pro Grip goggles for quite a few years, he went to Spy for a year...maybe two, then started running his own goggle called...
He hasn't worn Pro Grip goggles for quite a few years, he went to Spy for a year...maybe two, then started running his own goggle called Neox.
mxjon454 wrote:
Did AC discontinue his Neox goggle company? I liked his goggles, they looked really nice.
ML512 wrote:
He did his pre-season photoshoot and the opening Italian rounds in Neox, but it does appear that he was back in Pro Grip for Qatar...now that...
He did his pre-season photoshoot and the opening Italian rounds in Neox, but it does appear that he was back in Pro Grip for Qatar...now that I looked.
Ya i noticed that at Qatar the side of his goggle said pro on it so it made me wonder. Saw that he had go pro on the back of it like he did with his own brand. Just wondered why he would call it quits with Neox besides just not having much success in sales with it
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Bearuno 2/26/2017 9:10pm
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jemcee wrote:
Haha man that Rat gear was everywhere over here you could order it completely custom with whatever colour combos you wanted! Even screen printed it for...
Haha man that Rat gear was everywhere over here you could order it completely custom with whatever colour combos you wanted! Even screen printed it for you or put your sponsor logos on the pants like the Brian Collins on Dacka's pants above..
Another cool brand that seemed to be run by every team over here was MC mart but I can't find any old ads
MC Mart was never cool.

For others here to have an idea, it was about as 'cool' Ocelot gear is.......
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Tonynz 2/26/2017 9:12pm
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Rupert X wrote:
We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ? [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/02/26/178623/s1200_IMG_6889.jpg[/img]
We still rocking the sporty Go The Rat, or naaaaw ?



Still have the sticker, not sure where the 2 jerseys I had are. I'm sure the would not fit anymore.
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jemcee 2/26/2017 9:28pm
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Bearuno wrote:
MC Mart was never cool.

For others here to have an idea, it was about as 'cool' Ocelot gear is.......
fucken says you.. My black stuff ruled

Also just checked.. absolutely nothing like Ocelot!
Moens_Andy 2/26/2017 9:36pm
2/26/2017 9:36pm
Who remembers the KINGS gear that made the Chesterfield race gear that stuff was awesome and have owned a couple of sets of them probably have some laying around. I'm Talking about the Black gear with flo yellow and red, Donnie Schmidt raced in it, The white Chesterfield gear was Axo i believe and the red and yellow chesterfield was UFO f i'm not mistaken
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JeepnMike 2/26/2017 10:08pm
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F150Motocrosser wrote:
Looks like Sinisalo is still in the game.. Haven't seen their stuff in years, so not sure what happened to their business model / distribution network...
Looks like Sinisalo is still in the game.. Haven't seen their stuff in years, so not sure what happened to their business model / distribution network. I also had no idea they are based out of Finland. Perhaps one of our resident Finnish members can elaborate



http://www.sinisalo.com/mxl-fashion/sinisalowww.nsf/pages/products-cate…
I believe Sinisalo was owned by the same company as AXO. I have no idea how that pertains to where they are today, but Sinisalo died about the same time or just before AXO. I do realize AXO is still around, but sadly less popular. I always loved and had several sets of both brands, they were "cool", well made, and fit well.
Edge-Of-Adhesion 2/26/2017 10:28pm
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loftyair wrote:
Pretty sure Jeff ward would only wear sinisalo gloves there for a while.
Who could blame him? Sinisalo always made the best gloves, I wouldn't wear anything else.
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Bearuno 2/26/2017 10:49pm
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jemcee wrote:
fucken says you.. My black stuff ruled

Also just checked.. absolutely nothing like Ocelot!
Oh , didumms......

Just like Ocelot, in being distinctly 'uncool'. Triple C stuff was just as cringe worthy. But that was probably before your time. I think that bloke , Andy 'someone', was one of, if not the first one to advertise mail order in OZ, way , way back in Trail and Track days.

Best thing about Rat, was their quality became very, very high, and, I think for a while, they made JT stuff here under license, as some types of clothing attracted a fair hit of duties and taxes. As you said, you could get things custom, and I'd just get blue and white JT spec stuff, with no branding at all, other than the side expansion panels that had to have the JT logo on them, with just 'Bear' across the back. I've always tried to not have / minimize any branding on my clothes. Unless I was paid / got free clothing, like I / my DH Team being sponsored by Acerbis / Pro Grip for quite a few years. Mind you, it did help that I worked with Rosco at Off Road Imports for quite a few years, on and off. I / We won quite a few State and National Titles and competed in several World DH Championships, World Cup events, and, even a few XC Championships and World Cup XCs . I think I've still got some Rat made 'JT' , somewhere, but it sure as hell wouldn't fit me. I think Vince Tesoriero (sp?) was part of the whole Rat thing - a man responsible for so much Motorcycle Racing history in OZ. And Rat / JT licensed stuff was made in Bathurst / Orange?
JustPuttinAround 2/26/2017 11:52pm
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Taken over...?
I didn't see anybody out there in BiLT gear.
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kzizok wrote:
I think Scott is as American as it gets. Gearne is European, right? Hallman originated in Europe, but probably considered American as Thor?
Scott was Swiss since the late 90's. Global HQ and R&D is still in Switzerland but a South Korean company now owns 51% of the shares so it is actually South Korean. Laughing

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F.B 2/27/2017 12:22am
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Go the rat?!?! Best/worst name ever, that's awesome. Fucken Aussies! Laughing
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125mx.fi 2/27/2017 12:48am
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Sinisalo is still, and has always been Finnish company. Owned by a Luhta, who also owns Rukka which is big in streetbike market.
Sad news is Luhta sees motocross too small market, this year is the last for Sinisalos MX and enduro gear, they are concentrating on snowcross and street market from now on.
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NVA57 2/27/2017 1:04am
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A lot of Frencies run Kenny. Has Kenny ever been in the US?



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Slosh 112 2/27/2017 2:28am
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jemcee wrote:
fucken says you.. My black stuff ruled

Also just checked.. absolutely nothing like Ocelot!
That the most Aussie reply I've ever seen on any forum...
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Slosh 112 2/27/2017 2:41am
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Man I remember the first GP race I ever watched, I remembered thinking what the hell are these guys even wearing! Axo? Acerbis? UFO? It was so different to what we had, everything was different! number plates were the same colour as the rest of the bike etc... I got to like it in the end though, Josh Coppins' and Steve Ramon's UFO gear in 2004 was cool as F*&^K!
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Motofinne 2/27/2017 2:42am
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Is First racing still around? French company if i remember right.

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ML512 wrote:
KYT's main building is in Italian, but I believe everything is made in Taiwan and I think the owner is of Asian descent.
Well, that goes for a majority of companies in the industry (having a headquarters somewhere, US, Italy etc..) and having the products made over seas (China, Taiwan etc..).
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nascarnate326 2/27/2017 3:29am
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I had no idea there were so many gear companies around. Honestly I kind of forget about Europe as a whole. Seems like everything we are exposed to is American, Japanese, or KTM.

Can we get a Chinese manufacture to remake No Fear and mid 90's Fox like MC wore?
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nascarnate326 wrote:
I had no idea there were so many gear companies around. Honestly I kind of forget about Europe as a whole. Seems like everything we are...
I had no idea there were so many gear companies around. Honestly I kind of forget about Europe as a whole. Seems like everything we are exposed to is American, Japanese, or KTM.

Can we get a Chinese manufacture to remake No Fear and mid 90's Fox like MC wore?
^ This

Apart from I'd prefer Fox replica gear from 05. The best year of Fox gear IMHO.
If someone were to actually do this I think it would sell really well, I know I'd buy a few sets!

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