CE certification is the European standard for motorcycle protective clothing — the benchmark race suits are measured against worldwide. Every AT1 suit is engineered to meet or exceed EN 13595, the standard covering the garment itself: abrasion resistance, tear strength, seam strength and impact cut resistance.
What the certification actually tests
- Abrasion — how long the material survives a slide at speed before failing
- Tear strength — resistance to the suit ripping open under crash loads
- Seam strength — whether the stitching holds the panels together through a slide
- Impact cut — resistance to sharp-edge penetration on impact
Construction that backs it up
Certification is earned at the seams. AT1 suits use double and triple high-tensile safety stitching set in recessed channels — the thread sits below the surface of the leather, so a slide grinds leather, not stitching. It's the difference between a suit that scuffs and a suit that opens.
External sliders are low-friction alloy: they're sacrificial contact points that take the abrasion and help the suit slide predictably instead of gripping and tumbling you.
CE Level 2 armour
The suit's job is abrasion and slide; the armour's job is impact. AT1 suits carry precision-engineered internal pockets for CE Level 2 back, chest and hip protectors — Level 2 transmits roughly half the force of Level 1 in the standard drop test. Pockets hold the protectors over the joint where they belong, which is why fit matters: armour that rotates is armour that misses.
What certification doesn't cover
Fit, stretch panels and airbag integration are engineering choices outside the standard's scope — and they're where custom construction pulls ahead. EN 13595 is the floor, not the ceiling: it's what a suit must survive, not how well it must fit or move.