Riding habit...tally ho!!!

Helmet:
Airoh S4
We ended up going for the Airoh S4 and are very happy with them. Bit noisy and am sure the Arai would be quieter but then we wont be going much over 60mph anyway. Really comfi and the visor seals well enough. The lightest helmet we've felt. Only £100 for the plain colour or £120 for the slightly more colourful one. We got his and hers blue and red ones.

So final verdict:
Airoh S4 - Good value for money and will do the job
Arai Tour X - too expensive for what you get. If I had no option I would rather take my Shoei XR1000 than pay for the Tour X
BMW Enduro - Still not in shops at the time we bougth the S4...you snooze you loose.
HJC CL-XS - Good fit but RUBBISH screen

http://www.dirtbikexpress.co.uk/view_product.php?c_id=1&sc_id=1&p_id=303&PHPSESSID=a2e2cb089d2d33563a79d1ede5c78761

Jacket:
Hein Gericke Taureg Trail jacket. Loads of vents in chest, arms and back. No inner layers or gortex etc.
http://www.hein-gericke.com/uk/product_info.php/cPath/1_15_7/products_id/1797

Trousers:
BMW Summer trousers Khaki with zip-off legs. As per the HG jacket it doesn't have any additonal gotex or thermal layers. Have tried them for a while now and as the material is not very dense they are very well ventilated. We tried out the Hein Gericke Taureg trousers on our Spanish trip and found them uncomfortable and scratchy and too flashy.

Waterproof coveralls:
We got a set of waterproof coverall lining jacket and trousers which you can get at any camping store. These are very light weight and roll up into a small bundle. They have been tested in a decent downpour or two and they do work.

Boots:
Altberg Hogg lites Original. Fantastically comfortable boots. based on hiking boots but with additional reinforcement in the important places to suite bike riders. Coming up to the lower shin it gives adequate ankle support. With these we can use them for everyday use and only have to take along a pair of flip-flops. We thougth of taking full-on motox boots but this would mean we would have to drag along an extra pair of shoes. The other problem was that with the motox boots the ankle was so stiff that Rensche couldn't point her toes and therefore couldn't get her feet on the ground. They only come in black although we would have preferred brown.
http://www.altberg.co.uk/Web/motorcycle1.jsp

Gloves:
BMW Rallye 2 Gloves. I looked around for a while to find a good pair of hot weather gloves with decent protection. These BMW gloves have leather palms and textile uppers but with a hard knuckle protection. And are cheaper and of better quality that the similar Fox motox gloves. BMW size 6 fits Rensche's small hands perfectly.

Knee Guards:

Both occasions where we came off in the past our knees were the points that got damaged. This mainly due to the knee padding in the trousers moving around and not being in the correct position at impact. We have therefore decided to take stra- on Motocross knee guards and after initial tests have found them very comfortable. They also provide additonal protection to the shin. We went with the EVS Option knee and shin guards.

We have considered taking along full body armour but both feel that it will be the first things we discard even before we reach Africa. Our jackets are well fitted, well padded and well ventilated enough to serve the same function.