Leathers....?

I have only been riding sport bikes for about 1 year now,and I am interested in getting a set of riding leathers.I know that they are intended for protection but I tend to see them on "better" riders.I feel that I am not good enough to be wearing them(which should be the reason that I do).

I don't want to feel like a "poser" wearing leathers and not riding as hard as most. Am I being stupid or does anyone feel like this too.

I wear a textile jacket now when I ride but thought about full leathers to wear when I plan on hitting the twisties and going at it a little harder.

Any thoughts?  

There's nothing "poser" about wearing full leathers for protection. "Posing" is when you're wearing leathers with scuffed kneepucks and your name on the back, and you've got number plates and slicks on your streetbike.  

You and I are on the same page for experience.  Leathers are the best thing to protect you in a crash.  I was wearing my Joe Rocket Blaster 2.0 jacket when I had my lowside.  It saved my elbow from becoming shreaded beef, and the jacket has almost no damage to it.  Buy the leathers!  Your not being a poser it is for your own personal saftey besides just style.  

i'd much rather like to have my skin after i take a spill, than be in fear of being called a poser.

safety first.  

What you wear is about protection....mainly anyways....if you can get full leather I'd say get it.  If I had to wear what I was good enough to wear I'd be the guy wearing shorts and t shirt but then I guess the more you have to learn the more protection you should have so I'd be the guy wearing the metal knight's suit!!  I think being a poser is more attitude than what you wear or ride.  Its trying to say you can ride better than what you can.  

Leather is good protection and in a crash you want all you can have, dress for the slide not the ride!  Ride safe.  

Having full leathers on (being protected) when you ride is not an issue of posing, unless you plan to put the suit on and sit down at the local cafe.  By all means, if you want to progress in your riding ability by pushing yourself (to a limit of course), wear all the gear you can.  If you can afford the leathers, buy them and wear them.  

Do not worry too much what others think about you as long as your not arrogant.  I think that riders with limited experience should be geared up.  Those are the riders that will probably try to test their abilities and perhaps go over the line.  You want to protect yourself as much as possible, who wants to be picking gravel out of their wounds all summer...?

Stay safe and ride within your perceived limits.  

I didn't know how much leather helped I knew it was good for safety. when I bought my bike I felt the same way especially when I wanted to drop my knees against the the pavement in turns. But the poser thing ate at me so I bought a simple power trip leather jacket and tecknic gloves with carbon fiber knuckles. I crashed at 90mph hit the curb flew off the bike rolled then slid for well over 100 feet and when I stooped sliding jumped to my feet ran over picked up my tlr strarted it up and went home to get yelled at by my wife then realized that simple leather jacket had not one rip in it and to top it off not one scratch on me. If that can protect you imagine a full suit will protect you. Your not poser if you want to learn your a poser if you have the best of everything suit bike and can't even take your hand off the bars to wave at a fellow rider because you think your gonna crash. If you ride hard your gonna crash you might as well try to save as much of you ass that you can.