Is GoGo Gear still in business? Hope so.

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 10:42 pm

Channel surfing for something watchable I came across the GoGo Gear visit to Shark Tank. So I looked up GoGo Gear online an saw just the 2011 -2012 line and a blog entry from back in October '12.. Hope they are still around. Lately my style tends towards H-Viz Yellow, but I hate to see a good idea fade away.

Anybody know (read:Eric -

)?

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Sun Jun 09, 2013 11:41 pm

I just got a Cafe mesh jacket from GoGo two weeks ago.

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 12:51 am

The web site is up so I guess they are still in business.
however I never got past the lady models face to look
at the clothing line. I am old, not dead!!!

And
Ravenlore just got an order so I would asume that they
that they are in business.

slotrod65 · Post by **slotrod65** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 2:00 am

Yep, still in business. I send an email bugging them about a future product they announced on Facebook a few months ago: An ARMOURED Harrington jacket! They say it is still on track, but not quite ready to be released.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:11 am

oh yeah. Arlene updates frequently on the GoGoGear facebook, which probably gets more press than the actual website.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 4:46 am

looks to me like they have two sites, or at least one old page up and an updated site, as well

old

http://www.scooter-girls.com/

new, with $25 shipping to Europe. which is the market the owners said they wanted to crack when they went on shark tank

http://www.gogogearla.com/

then there is this

http://gogogear.com/

do i smell some sort of lawsuit, here? more like "nonogear" if you ask me

Syd · Post by **Syd** » Mon Jun 10, 2013 5:21 am

Thanks for the verification, folks. Glad they are still go go going.

Post by **ericalm** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:03 am

They even have new product coming out soon (I hope), with a new men's jacket that I very much want.

cdwise · Post by **cdwise** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 8:03 pm

I was really hoping Arlene and crew would be at Amerivespa this year. I enjoyed meeting them and seeing their jackets in person at Amerivespa San Antonio. I've bought 2 jackets, gloves and some other stuff since as a result.

They will also do custom hoodies for clubs and I think they'd have done a good deal of business if they had brought Amerivespa hoodies to San Diego. Even though I already have a GoGo Gear hoodie if they had been there with an Amerivespa logo'd one I'd have bought another.

gar1013 · Post by **gar1013** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 10:13 pm

ericalm wrote:They even have new product coming out soon (I hope), with a new men's jacket that I very much want.

I actually just pinged them with a suggestion for a jacket style that I'd very much like to purchase. Seems to me that there has to be demand for a good M-51 fishtail parka reproduction with kevlar reinforcement and body armor that comes in a nice OD.

kooky scientist · Post by **kooky scientist** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:06 pm

Yes, they are still going. I recently bought a men's military style jacket. A back seam ripped on it and they promptly replaced. Great looking stuff !

Stilts · Post by **Stilts** » Tue Jun 11, 2013 11:40 pm

slotrod65 wrote:Yep, still in business. I send an email bugging them about a future product they announced on Facebook a few months ago: An ARMOURED Harrington jacket! They say it is still on track, but not quite ready to be released.

Great googly moogly, I can't wait for this to be a reality. I predict that will be a big seller if marketed properly.

slotrod65 · Post by **slotrod65** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 1:30 am

OK, I knew I saw something on Facebook about this: GoGo Gear, Feb 6th entry:

https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos- ... 1300_n.jpg

An Armoured Harrington jacket, with mention of an Armored Fishtail Parka in development.

When I emailed Arlene about the Harrington a few weeks ago, she mentioned that they needed to gather a certain amount of minimum orders from a few of their dealers to get the ball rolling. I would love to have one of each!

BTW: I have one of their Armoured Hoodies, and absolutely love it.

https://www.facebook.com/GoGoGearLA?fref=ts

Stilts · Post by **Stilts** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:55 pm

I'm certainly getting one once they're available.

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 3:58 pm

slotrod65 wrote:
BTW: I have one of their Armoured Hoodies, and absolutely love it.

https://www.facebook.com/GoGoGearLA?fref=ts

I 2nd, or 3rd, or whatever that. I love my armored hoodie. it's been great for these 90-100 degree days.

ravenlore · Post by **ravenlore** » Wed Jun 12, 2013 4:29 pm

skully93 wrote:
slotrod65 wrote:
BTW: I have one of their Armoured Hoodies, and absolutely love it.

https://www.facebook.com/GoGoGearLA?fref=ts
I 2nd, or 3rd, or whatever that. I love my armored hoodie. it's been great for these 90-100 degree days.

i will 4th AND 5th that. I <3 my hoodie, and my sister is getting by with hers in the same heat skully's describing.

KeLynn · Post by **KeLynn** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 2:31 am

Holy moly, I'm a lady and I want that Harrington - hope they make it small enough for us too!

I have the black trench right now and I love it.

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:13 am

knew it was only a matter of time for Fashionista KeLynn to show up here

Post by **ericalm** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 6:20 am

gar1013 wrote:
ericalm wrote:They even have new product coming out soon (I hope), with a new men's jacket that I very much want.
I actually just pinged them with a suggestion for a jacket style that I'd very much like to purchase. Seems to me that there has to be demand for a good M-51 fishtail parka reproduction with kevlar reinforcement and body armor that comes in a nice OD.

There's really not much demand for that. The Mods are in the far minority of scooterists around the world and most of them wouldn't pony up $200+ for an armored, kevlar lined fishtail.

Armadillo makes one that's closer to a N3-B: http://armadilloscooterwear.com/collect ... immy-parka

Not cheap at all at £199.00!

They lost their US distributor a few years ago and no one's picked up the line again because it sold so poorly here. I think they do okay in the UK, but you'd be surprised at how small the scooter market is there all things considered. Both the new Vespa PX and the Stella 4T sold in fairly small numbers there. The market favors the modern commuter scooters.

Christophers · Post by **Christophers** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 8:47 am

ericalm wrote:There's really not much demand for that. The Mods are in the far minority of scooterists around the world and most of them wouldn't pony up $200+ for an armored, kevlar lined fishtail.

I happily have no idea what you're talking about.

gar1013 · Post by **gar1013** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:23 pm

ericalm wrote:There's really not much demand for that. The Mods are in the far minority of scooterists around the world and most of them wouldn't pony up $200+ for an armored, kevlar lined fishtail.

Armadillo makes one that's closer to a N3-B: http://armadilloscooterwear.com/collect ... immy-parka

Unfortunately, the Armadillo isn't a fishtail, and I can only seem to find black. Ugh.

At any rate, I did have an interesting email exchange with Arlene that indicates that such a product is closer to reality than I had previously hoped for.

I'd say also that a fishtail is a good design for sitting upon a scooter. Sort of like how suits have a single or double vent.

KeLynn · Post by **KeLynn** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:13 am

JHScoot wrote:knew it was only a matter of time for Fashionista KeLynn to show up here

Haha! I'm perfectly alright with that being my title.