Freelance Writer & Photographer Martin ‘Sticky’ Round has just
completed what he describes as a “silly scooter trip to Istanbul”,
covering 4,350km [2700 miles] on 3 vintage scooters carrying three
adults and two children. Here’s his verdict on the
Weise Jackets that they used.
Our ‘raid’ visited 9 countries by scooter including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and a very brief visit to Albania. The highlights were probably riding the Transfagarasan Pass in Romania (one of the world’s greatest roads according to Top Gear) and a 5am sprint across the Bosphorous bridge from Europe into Asia to avoid the worst of Istanbul’s nightmare traffic.
The Weise Air-spin and Air-spin Evo jackets
we had made all the difference, enabling us to ride in blistering
temperatures in Greece and Turkey while still maintaining a sensible
core temperature due to the air-flow through the mesh panels. It
threatened rain twice but never delivered more than a few spots (what a
shame 
so never got a chance to properly test the waterproofing liners though
we did use them occasionally in the mountains just to stave off the
wind-chill. The only problem with the Air-Spin is that Sam managed to
melt holes in the arm of his by letting it rest on Tracy’s hot exhaust
pipe when he took it off but this was quickly cured with some sew-on
patches. Kids – you can’t trust ‘em…
Their trip will be featured in Scootering Magazine if you want to read more about it – available from all good newsagents.
Our ‘raid’ visited 9 countries by scooter including Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey and a very brief visit to Albania. The highlights were probably riding the Transfagarasan Pass in Romania (one of the world’s greatest roads according to Top Gear) and a 5am sprint across the Bosphorous bridge from Europe into Asia to avoid the worst of Istanbul’s nightmare traffic.
so never got a chance to properly test the waterproofing liners though
we did use them occasionally in the mountains just to stave off the
wind-chill. The only problem with the Air-Spin is that Sam managed to
melt holes in the arm of his by letting it rest on Tracy’s hot exhaust
pipe when he took it off but this was quickly cured with some sew-on
patches. Kids – you can’t trust ‘em…Their trip will be featured in Scootering Magazine if you want to read more about it – available from all good newsagents.
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