Halvarssons
 

Halvarssons Technical Fabric Glossary
And Sizing Guide

 
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HI-ART Outlast Dryway Plus TFL Cool System Triple Stitch
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Halvarssons - A Brief History

If it works in Scandinavia…

The Nordic climate has gone a long way to helping Halvarssons create their motorcycle clothing. The constant climactic changes that are found in their native Sweden are a source for creating clothing that can change as easily as the weather does. And if it works in Scandinavia, it will work anywhere.

Safety is the most important aspect throughout the Halvarssons range. Everybody knows that accidents do happen, and this is when their clothing meets its biggest challenge. Real life accidents have been researched into to develop some of the safest motorcycle clothing available today, using fabrics with almost unparalleled abrasion resistance.

Halvarssons philosophy is that a comfortable rider is a safe rider. If you get too cold, too hot or too wet whilst on the road, you are more likely to lose concentration and have an accident. This is why they use state of the art fabrics to keep you comfortable and dry, whatever the weather.

The range has been designed primarily with safety and comfort in mind, but the clothing designs are put together to make you look good on the road as well. Combining safety, comfort and style is not an easy task in motorcycle clothing, but Halvarssons have certainly pulled it of.

You know it but you don’t want to talk about it. When the bike has lost contact with the road surface and you have just managed the first contact with the ground, it is still only the beginning. If you were traveling at 110kph before the accident there are still 5-7 seconds to go. Do you know how long it takes for friction to wear through your clothes?

HI-ART is, simply expressed, a terry cloth type polyester. By turning the textile fibres outside in the form of small loops, friction will work against the small end of the fibres. Its like working a piece of wood, easier to sand down along the fibres than at the end stub.

By turning the textile fibres, abrasion resistance is improved. Of course we recommend you to stay on your wheels, but if an accident happens HI-ART will reduce the risk of injury. Back To Top

Outlast was originally developed to protect astronauts against extreme changes in temperature. Today this technology has been awarded the prestigious prize ‘Certified Space Technology’ and found use in various civilian fields as well.

Cloths, fabrics and other materials can, with the technology behind Outlast Adaptiv Comfort, regulate temperature according to ambient temperatures. Outlast is comfortable to wear, regardless of the weather.

What it is, are millions of minute capsules with paraffin within. The paraffin changes between a solid and a fluid state, according to whether we give off heat or need heat. When the temperature increases, the excess energy is taken up by these capsules and they melt, storing the energy. When the body temperature then sinks, the paraffin turns solid and will give off the energy stored in them.

Motorcyclists will often meet dramatic changes in temperature. The difference between sunny bits and stretches where the road lies in deep shadow will be noticed. Even before you ride off, the simplest preparations will raise the body temperature and produce transpiration. With an Outlast liner this effect is reduced. Back To Top

Functional membranes that provided a waterproof and windproof barrier, whilst allowing perspiration to escape were nothing short of revolutionary. Today, this technology has continued to develop to provide even more effective systems.
Dryway Plus has taken the original concept of waterproofing membranes and reduced the thickness to provide the most comfortable and flexible membrane available. Dryway provides a waterproof and windproof barrier that is light and comfortable to wear, whilst delivering the highest level of breathability. Back To Top

TFL Cool Leather is a revolutionary innovation in motorcycle leathers. Leather clothes that don’t accept heat, almost sounds too good to be true.

Light is electromagnetic radiation of various wavelengths. There are light particles, or photons, moving in different frequencies. Man will only see a certain spectrum of these frequencies, and some of them we see as different colours.

The high-energy light that generates heat is found on a certain frequency. Now there are methods to treat a garment so that this warm light is not accepted by its surface. This means that Black leather will not be any warmer than White leather. This means a temperature reduction of about 20 degrees C.

The treatment is applied when the hide is dyed. Light rays in the heat-intensive range of frequencies will be reflected off the surface. It may sound like magic, but the garment will never be really warm, not even on a really hot summers day.

A comfortable rider is a safe rider, and wearing leathers treated with the TFL system will make you a more comfortable rider, and less likely to have an accident. Back To Top

Halvarssons understand that with as much technology and safety features as you put into a garment, if the basic stitching isn’t of a high standard, you are exposing yourself to injury.

If there are too few stitches holding a garment together, then the joins will be weak. If there are too many, then the fabric itself is put under pressure from the sheer weight of thread.

After many months of testing and research, they have come up with Triple Stitch, which has proved to be the optimum level of stitching, and is seamed using only the highest quality, heavy weight thread for maximum safety. Back To Top
Halvarssons Sizing Guide
 
Men's Jackets
 
Chest Size UK (Inches)
Chest Size (Euro)
XS
38
48
S
40
50
M
42
52
L
44
54
XL
46
56
XXL
48
58
XXXL
50
60
 
Men's Trousers
 
Waist Size UK (Inches)
Waist Size (Euro)
XS
30
48
S
32
50
M
34
52
L
36
54
XL
38
56
XXL
40
58
N/A
42
60
N/A
44
62
 
Ladies Jackets
Jacket Size UK
Jacket Size Euro
8
36
10
38
12
40
14
42
16
44
18
46
 
Ladies Trousers
Trouser Size UK
Trouser Size Euro
8
36
10
38
12
40
14
42
16
44
18
46
Men's Gloves
Size (Inches)
Size
8
S
9
M
10
L
11
XL
12
XXL
13
XXXL
 
Ladies Gloves
Size (Inches)
Size
5
S
6
M
7
L
 

   

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