Klim Marrakesh pants in asphalt

The Marrakesh pant mirrors, as you might expect, the Marrakesh jacket; in particular, the 2023 version.

It is woven from a mix of 1000 denier Cordura and Elastane. The loose weave of the fabric means that every single panel of the pant flows air. The Elastane, by contrast, means that this is probably the most comfortable pant you will ever ride in.

Yet it would be wrong to think of the Marrakesh pant as just a regular mesh trouser. It is rated AA under EN 17092. And there are Rukka and Klim Gore-Tex trousers costing over a thousand pounds that don’t rate so highly, so when you wear a pair of Marrakesh pants you’re are not, despite the comfort, trading down in terms of protection. The armour is Level 1, D3O Ghost. Again, very comfortable, but you could upgrade to L2 if you so wished. You also get extra panels of Cordura 500 in the seat for added abrasion resistance.

Feature-wise, there’s not a huge amount to say about the pants. You get two zipped, hand pockets, and the mandatory, pocket  for a bear-hunting knife. You get panels of heat-resistant Kevlar up the insides of the legs to prevent the heat from a high exhaust burning the material. There’s more Cordura 500 at the hem of the pant. There’s some reflective detailing scattered about. You get belt loops, but no connecting zip; not surprising really because the Marrakesh jacket doesn’t have a connecting zip either. This having been said, we can sew a zip into the jacket; and by wearing a Halvarssons Waist Zip, you can connect the two halves. The trousers come in three different leg lengths.

A couple of weak points. 

First, whilst we love Ghost armour, we don’t think it’s the right stuff for wearing off-road, or in any pant with a loose fit. In extremis, we would go for a set of Ghost knee pockets from Endura, which will clamp the armour in place.

Second. The legs of the pant will not go over an adventure boot; and this we think is a mistake. You can wear a short adventure boot, or something like the Forma ADV Tourer, but nothing with a large, plastic shin protector will fit inside the leg of the pant. That’s a shame. In our view, at minimum, these pants should have come with some form of zip and gusset.