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Hey all, as the title says... Should new riders get all the protective gear? Pants, gloves, hardcore jacket??? What is the general thought?
This.Dress for the fall. Improves your chances of being an old rider.
Picked up my bike from storage beginning of last season which had new tires put on before I picked it up. Got overconfident making a hard left turn without scrubbing the tires first and went down after hitting some leftover winter debris; first time down in 5 yrs, 70 000 ish kms. Slid a solid 30 feet until I hit the curb. Was wearing boots, Drayko Jeans, leather jacket, gloves, and a helmet. Knee got some good rug burn on it from the jeans rubbing, but no actual road rash, leather jacket had abrasion marks on the elbow and shoulder. If not for the kevlar jeans, it would have been a lot of skin left on the road and tons of debris to pick out of the skin that was left. If not for the jacket my elbow and shoulder would have been in the same situation, and same for my ankle if I had not been wearing boots. I always wear a minimum of the above listed gear in the city, and add full armoured pants and and airbag jacket outside of the city. Don't know if this thread is just someone trolling, but about half the folks on this site will say all riders need gear, and the other half will say the opposite.
If you crash bad enough that parts of you will be smeared into the asphalt, I don't think any amount of gear can help you.
Hey all, as the title says... Should new riders get all the protective gear? Pants, gloves, hardcore jacket??? What is the general thought?
Has to be.troll thread?
Pfft. With the way some people talk on here, you would think they worked for the clothing manufacturers.
Logic OP. You only need gear once you get better and start doing 200+ on city roads.
Actually, scratch that. If you are 200+ on city roads you will probably die in an accident anyway. No gear is gonna save you there.
$500 buys a lot of lapdances. that's way better than sweating in a goofy power-ranger jacket.
Just get one of these and a hoody. FOr some reason, rocks only tend to hit you in the chest. It's like murphy's law or something.