IXON VORTEX 3

TRACK ARMOUR OR DESIGNER ONESIE?

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There's something mildly humiliating about trying to squeeze into a full leather race suit - especially with a dad-bod in your 40s, in 40-degree heat, with a film crew watching.

It's equal parts second skin, straightjacket and style statement, depending on your success at the gym.

But here we are, gearing up to ride a 216PS Ducati Panigale V4 S around Buriram Circuit, zipped into Ixon's top-drawer Vortex 3 race suit -courtesy of the folks at Reise Moto, who continue to make waves in the Indian market with their tyres and their riding gear launches.

And trust me, you want to trust your suit when you're hammering through Turn 1 at 150kmph with a litre-class superbike trying to high-five the sky beneath you. The Vortex 3, as it turns out, is built exactly for that sort of lunacy.

Fit and Finish