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JUst a heads up. Beware of asian knockoff gear !

This is a discussion on JUst a heads up. Beware of asian knockoff gear ! within the Safety Equipment forums, part of the Sportbike Operation category; just a heads up for my fellow riders. be extra careful on places like ebay and private sellers. Most of ...

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    just a heads up for my fellow riders. be extra careful on places like ebay and private sellers. Most of the ebay feedback are from people who don't even know they got ripped off. there are a ton of illegal knockoffs from china & korea on dainese, alpinestar and other motorcycle apparel.

    for example dainese full metal racer gloves (msrp $329) for as low as $75 - DAINESE Full Metal Pro Glove motorcycle carbon fiber long pa...USD75.24 Wholesale Price at DHgate.com. FYI there are no dainese products made in asia, its consumer line is now all made in Africa, while performance suits remain made in Italy

    use DHGATE as a reference knockoff catalog....... http://www.dhgate.com/wholesale/moto...rel/c2112.html

    so buy from a rep dealer or ask for the receipt to see where they got it from. if its too good to be true, it probably is......
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    Default Re: JUst a heads up. Beware of asian knockoff gear !

    Most of that shit is made in China anyways.

    A lot of the knockoffs are made by the same people that make the originals.
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    ^ FYI there are no dainese products made in asia, its consumer line is now all made in Africa, while performance suits remain made in Italy

    Tuesday 19 January 2010 Dainese S.p.A. has started reorganization of the Molvena plant, the historical premise of the company, which will now focus its operations increasingly on technological aspects linked to design and innovation.

    Molvena is and remains the “heart” of Dainese which increasingly is the lynchpin around phases linked with research and development for products of future revolve through, for example, the creation of “pre-series” of innovative products.

    However, this process requires transformations from a simple production plant to a design facility, as part of a strategy which has seen the group change over recent years from a simple manufacturing company to a company which has made research and innovation its guiding philosophy.

    The company has dealt with the reduction in the workload of several departments at Molvena linked with sewing and tailoring and cutting of leathers (as a result of a fall in consumption and market demand) over the last three years without affecting employment levels: these losses have been reabsorbed by the company by cutting its profit margins and, since last May, also using the Redundancy Fund for employees.

    This process, conducted in total agreement with the trade union organizations, is no longer sufficient for market conditions and the company unfortunately now finds itself forced to cut the workforce, which will affect around 80 employees.

    The methods have been defined with the trade union organizations and the Vicenza Industrialists’ Association. All possible social mechanisms will be used. The program will start on January 16th, with use of the extraordinary redundancy fund for one year.

    For the personnel remaining at Molvena, investment in training is planned, in order, as said, to change the face of operations at the plant.

    The two production units opened by the company over the last two years in Tunisia, which are subsidiaries of the parent company, are responsible for performing the work previously assigned to third parties in other areas in Europe and Asia.

    It is important to emphasize that production of competition leather suits will remain in Molvena and that all Research and Development activities will remain there as well.
    In other words, the production lines at Molvena dedicated to products for which, due to the general crisis, there is no longer market demand, will be closed and not moved elsewhere.

    The objective remains to confirm "Dainese" a role as leader in research in the sector of protective clothes for dynamic sports and of guaranteeing an appropriate level of competitiveness for a company which remains profitable, despite the demanding program of investments in technologies. In 2007, the acquisition of AGV completed the range of action and returned the production of a historical brand name in the world of motorcycling to Italy.
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    held gloves are better anyways lol
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    Chinese pazzo knock offs are nice
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    they actually look pretty good. but i know they are not the same.


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    Thanks! I'll keep my eyes peeled.

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    There are all kinds of products coming out like this. There are Alpinestars gp pro, and tech gloves on alibaba made in China. They are so popular in Brazil that people aren't buying the real thing anymore there. They even come with the alpinestars tags and everything. Alpinestars is made in China too. Its scary to think that they can be that close looking to the real thing.


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    Quote Originally Posted by TRAVR6 View Post
    A lot of the knockoffs are made by the same people that make the originals.
    Actually they are not. Some companies have luxury brands and lower brands ( think Lexus and Toyota) but none of them have the same brand for cheaper. It would cannibalize current sales, even with price conscious customers.

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