By the way, does anyone know if any company is still in the business of making custom-made touring leathers? At the Butler's Orchard Euro-bike day one year, a couple had a marquee there with samples of their work and was taking orders; they did some beautiful leathers but the next year when I went, they weren't there.
I've heard very good things about Langlitz Leathers in Portland (
http://www.langlitz.com/) for decades, but can't speak from experience. I wear an ugly yellow Darien and AD1 pants in pretty much all weather, and I just accept the fact that I look like some weird sports mascot when I'm off the bike.
I used to have Olympia mesh pants with zip-in rain liners, but I crashed in them. The kneepads rotated, and I ended up with a couple square inches of denim and cordura ground into my kneecaps. Not a great outcome, but it could've been worse.
