Hahaha, just got back from Casey Cycle City in NN. THose gloves are 200 bucks for the pro's out of the catelog, and the other ones were maybe 35 bucks cheaper. I went with SP-1's and they ran me a buck ($100) and had to be ordered cause casey is kinda gay and didnt carry them in the store (bastards). I picked up a Joe Rocket Balistic jacket. Its not the leather one, this way if i get caught in the rain i dont have to worry about the jacket gettin nasty (well not too much anyhow). It reinforced everywhere, and i feel pretty niffty in it. Now all i lack are bike and license. The license i plan on getting within the next 3 weeks, followed soon after by the bike, i hope. Hopefully the bank will finance me on a used one. Im excited though, no backing out at this point

Oh yeah, forgot about the helmet, HJC DOT AND SNELL APPROVED CL-14. Im pretty satisfied, so let me know what u all think. I am a beginner, so im not too concerned with top of the line stuff right now.