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I bought Alpinestars Supertech R riding boots at massive discount

9th May 2025, 19:00 by R Patil

A random search through landed me in Planet Dsg website where Alpinestars Supertech R is retailing at a whopping 56% discount (35k INR)

BHPian Thamps recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

I had posted here about how UPS was quoting 40k duty for a 12k boots.

After a lot of mail exchanges between FC Moto and UPS, FC Moto has agreed to refund the amount after deduction of all handling charges once the shipment reaches back to them.

Also, UPS has shared the govt notification which was released in 2019 stating all products with country of origin/shipped from Pakistan will attract a duty of 200%. Unfortunately most of the RST products are from Pakistan and I unknowingly ordered one.

FC MOTO has stated that they have asked UPS to ship them the product back .This was 10 days back .The shipment is still showing that its with UPS in their warehouse. Will update about the final outcome once its sorted

Since my order was stuck with all this and I was in need of a boot pretty soon due to my TCX Speed boots damaged beyond repair from age, I again scoured the internet and saw some good deals from some international sites like Motardinn and Motocard etc, but I was skeptical about ordering from abroad after my recent ordeal. All the Indian websites had either too big a size or didn't have anything with lateral and torsional protection, except Forma Ice Pro which retails around 20 k in international sites and around 33-35 k here. There was also a TBG boots which retails for around 15k.

Ice pro has good review in track circles but I have not worn one till date and was unsure about sizing. TBG and other ones like Axor didnt fetch any solid user reviews too. Since i need a boot soon and my FC moto order didnt pan out as planned, i was about to buy the Forma Ice Pro.

A random search through all bookmarked Indian sites just before ordering those landed me in Planet Dsg website where Alpinestars Supertech R is retailing at a whopping 56% discount (35k INR). Since I had an Alpinestars SMX 1R and their Faster 3 model, I was pretty sure about Alpinestars sizing. Most of the reviews said the boots fit true to size and I am a size 41 in faster 3 and had SMX 1r at 42 which was a tad loose.

Planet dsg didn't have 41 and I figured that since my usage would also include track riding where the racesuit goes under the boots, I ordered one in size 42. As expected, the boots are a tad loose, but it is not a deal breaker.

The boots are comfortable but a bit heavy and a lot more hotter when compared to my previous TCX Speed ones, which served me through a couple of crashes.(maybe because of the inner boots)

The import date is shown as Dec 2021 , and from a quick research online and comparing the different models year wise, my guess is that it might be manufactured anywhere between 2018-2020. (I cannot find the date of manufacture on the package or boots. So ya it's old stock.)

Anyways, considering all this, I think 35K is a fair price since sites like FC moto has the newer version of the same boot retailing for 35k without adding shipping or taxes. Will see how the boots hold up in future.