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I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing Boots
When Baketech-in-exile crashed at Putnam a few years ago, he broke his foot pretty severely and painfully. And I'm pretty sure he was wearing the same model of boot I have now, Alpinestars SM-X - or maybe it was the Sidi boot that's pretty damned close.
Since then, I've been investigating other boots of a higher caliber, like the Sidi Vertebra that saved maxib's reputation - After breaking his left ankle once, he never would have heard the end of it had he done so again- in exactly the same way. 
Of course, there is the paragon of foot-protection, The Imelda Marcos autograph model Daytona Security Evo, which wraps a replaceable kangaroo-hide boot around a carbon-kevlar shell.
daytona shell.JPG daytona outer.JPG
I've read nothing but great things about this boot, but it's so expensive that the reviewers almost never tell you exactly how much it costs- they refer to it as "a couple weeks worth of takehome pay" or something cute.
As it turns out, they list for about 950 US frickin' dollars. But that's for two boots. 
So I'm screwing around on ebay yesterday, idly searching for boots in my size, and up pops a set of these for $350.00. New. Black. The guy has a set for racing and got another pair for sport touring and decided they're not appropriate for walking around in. Also, the pair he has is never going to wear out, since every piece ( including the ceramic sliders) is replacable. So he's trying to sell them, but his feet are so small that he has a very limited market. 
So I just paypalled him for the 350 plus 15 for shipping. If they don't fit, he'll refund all but the shipping.
So we'll see in about a week if I got the deal of the century or not.
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DILLIGAF
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
No style points there. I hope they protect better than they look.
Just for info, I had the SMX+ boots on when I acrobatically jumped T7 and did fairly well in mine.....just some bruising on the heels of my feet.
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It's Who You Know That Counts
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Awesome, I own them and they are the best. Amazing deal, I paid $800! 
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
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Age of bike + rider = 78 !!
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
 Originally Posted by Hammer
No style points there. I hope they protect better than they look.
Just for info, I had the SMX+ boots on when I acrobatically jumped T7 and did fairly well in mine.....just some bruising on the heels of my feet.
Yeah, I'm such a well-known fashion plate...
These boots are reputed to be underneath the otherwise-branded coverings of many famous roadracers.
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Blending
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Come clean, they were his kids. The kid flunked out of third grade so dad took his bike away and the poor child doesn't need his boots now.
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Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Nice find CBRVFR! I looked into those as well, but just couldn't do the cost at retail. I'd like to hear more of your thoughts on these boots once you've had a chance to wear them.
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Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Great find, they are awesome boots. I don't have 'em, but HG has the less expensive version, the Evo Basics. They're made very similar, with the replaceable outer shell, but the inside hard boot is machine made plastic instead of the hand-made carbon fiber that the Securities have.
I have the Alpinestar Supertechs, and the hard boot in them seems to be almost as good, but not quite.
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~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by CBRVFR
I'm afraid somebody is wearing them as they walk slowly toward the border..
Welcome to the world of cross border shipping... NEVER a good thing.
See you at GRATTAN 
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It's Who You Know That Counts
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
No great deal seems to come without bullshit like this.
Hang in there, it'll be worth it. 
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
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See you at Grattan
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Anticipation makes it sweeter in the end ... right 
Besides, you couldn't wear them now anyway. Truck is probably stuck in the snow somewhere.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
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Obtuse Angler
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by CBRVFR
I'm tracking these boots through that international beau ideal of efficiency, the Canada Post -
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Don't even get me started about those overpaid unionized slack-ass incompetent socialist assholes. 
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
-Dark Helmet
Crime ain't sumfin you should do. It's sumfin you should don't.
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Obtuse Angler
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by Purpdust
I watch one of my packages from the states sit in the "Sorting Warehouse" for two weeks Then they call me to tell me because of the labour market they can not do residential deliveries and that I need to pick it up between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm Monday to Friday ( I leave for work at 5:30 am and get home at 6:30 pm) 
Ah yes the old "sortation plant" delay.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
-Dark Helmet
Crime ain't sumfin you should do. It's sumfin you should don't.
-Ali G
Lobster tail and Beer. Tree o' my favorite tings.
-Newfie Proverb
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Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by CBRVFR
I'm tracking these boots through that international beau ideal of efficiency, the Canada Post -
They were sent onn 3/30 "Expedited US"
It's now the 9th and they've made their way from Toronto to Mississauga
I'm afraid somebody is wearing them as they walk slowly toward the border..
C'mon guys, at least walk faster!
Proper break in takes time.
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For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return.
---Leonardo Da Vinci
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DILLIGAF
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by phobiaphobe
Don't even get me started about those overpaid unionized slack-ass incompetent socialist assholes.
Tell us how you really feel.
Amateurs practices until they get it right. A professional practices until they can't get it wrong.
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Age of bike + rider = 78 !!
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
April 16. They're STILL in Mississauga according to Canada Post. (mailed "expedited" on March 31 - with a supposed 5-6 working day lead time to the US. )
Think they're Calgary fans or something?
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See you at Grattan
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
They must be more comfortable than the government issued boots they make the mail people wear ... you may never get them
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein
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Blending
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by CBRVFR
April 16. They're STILL in Mississauga according to Canada Post. (mailed "expedited" on March 31 - with a supposed 5-6 working day lead time to the US. )
Think they're Calgary fans or something?
Invade Canada
If everything tastes like chicken..... what does chicken taste like
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Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Did you take into account the exchange rate when calculating shipping times?
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Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Also factor in the metric time conversion.
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Engineers say "Not so fast."
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Obtuse Angler
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Metric time is much slower.
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
-Dark Helmet
Crime ain't sumfin you should do. It's sumfin you should don't.
-Ali G
Lobster tail and Beer. Tree o' my favorite tings.
-Newfie Proverb
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It's Who You Know That Counts
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Originally Posted by CBRVFR
LTL- did that take some getting used to?
Awesome, glad they made it.
Yes, I looked like a dweeb missing shifts my first session or two, and I had to move my shift lever up a bit. But they're not as bad as dirtbike boots.
Also, if you go out and find the boot pinching you in the front of your foot when you get in a tuck, it is probably because you put the front plate on too low, move it up.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
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Age of bike + rider = 78 !!
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Cool - Thanks.
So when we ride on the street and see someone else in the ethereal brotherhood wearing them, are we supposed to wave our feet? The manual's in German and I can't quite make it out.
I'm pretty sure it says something about invading Poland, though. 
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It's Who You Know That Counts
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
I'm pretty sure they'd stop a bullet. 
They're actually really comfy once broken in, but they fitted me in a bit tight to them, so the first day, especially knowing I'd just dropped 8 bills on them, I was wondering if they didn't live up to the hype. They were pinching the hell out of my foot too, until I figured out the plate.
I broke them in, including crashing, and I am happy to say they are worth it.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
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Obtuse Angler
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Evil will always triumph, because good is dumb.
-Dark Helmet
Crime ain't sumfin you should do. It's sumfin you should don't.
-Ali G
Lobster tail and Beer. Tree o' my favorite tings.
-Newfie Proverb
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It's Who You Know That Counts
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
You mean because they don't have big scoops on the side to catch all that "cool" air coming off the hot engine and radiator?
I never noticed an issue, and the boot I had before were vented. Oh yeah...and I race(d) in the desert most of the time.
"It's not debt per se that overwhelms an individual, corporation, or country. Rather, it is the continuous increase in debt in relation to income that causes trouble." --Warren Buffett
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Blending
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Just in time to show some foot bling to Schwantz
If everything tastes like chicken..... what does chicken taste like
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March nor'easters bring April...flooding...
Re: I *might* have gotten a great deal on a pair of Daytona Security Evo Roadracing B
Great find! HG has the lower model, the Evo Basic, and they do look like they'd stop a bullet. If you need more room around the calves, you can insert another piece of velcro to connect the top of the boot, assuming the design is the same as the Evo Basics.
“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
~Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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