Neckbraces

[laserracer]

Just a note to say that on sat we went to get some practise in at Patetonga mx track as we had changed tims rear gearing and we wanted to test it out ...well while we were there we witnessed the most horrible accident....that resulted in a young guy being flown out by chopper in a very serious condition
...BUT he was wearing a EVS neck brace and i have no dought in my mind WHATSOEVER if he had not been wearing it ..it would have been fatal...So the first purchase for us this week is a neck brace..i was kinda in two minds about them but after seeing this ..i wouldnt let my son ride without one
P.S I dont really want to go into details of the crash as i think the young guy concerned is still critically ill...its more a fact that i have seen a neck brace in action first hand and in this case it seemed to work

[Jinxycat]

yeh, i'd like one but not sure if it will fit with a pressure suit, my thoughts go out to the guy involved, always sucks to here this suuff even though you know it happens.

[raglanash]

Shit sounds nasty, I have the EVS but if and when I buy another one I'd get the A-stars one from Scott. $550 from memory. Cheap insurance.
Hope the young guy heals up quick. Its all fun and games till you hit the deck hard.

[BoristheBiter]

I hope the guy will be alright and back on his bike in no time.

The neck brace, and other braces, are excellent things to have but it comes down to what you can afford. If i had kids they would go nowhere without full protection.
It has taken me 2 years to get very good knee braces as i just couldn't afford them and the same goes for a neck brace but as i am not that fast (I know its not the speed) i have chose to leave it untill next year.
There seems to be a big differance between what is good and what is affordable and also what shop sells what brand.
Also we tend to look at if things are cheap then they are not that good, myself inculded.

Again hope the guy gets better soon.

[CRF119]

Shit sounds nasty, I have the EVS but if and when I buy another one I'd get the A-stars one from Scott. $550 from memory. Cheap insurance.

I also wanted the Alpine stars one my selft being a Alpine stars fan but iwas told from many poeple that the leatbrace was far better.

Ive been using it for over half a year and its been great.

[little.whittle]

Leatt brace is my preference. u can modify the presure suits to fit with braces. Alpine star neck braces are quiet pricy but they look good to. They dont take much time to get used to. i dont even notice mine anymore. Its been great.

http://www.leatt-brace.com/

[krad_nz]

I had to cut the shoulder protection out of my pressure suit so that the my EVS neck brace would fit on my shoulders properly. No biggy.

[SpikedPunch]

Me and krad have EVS braces. They're pretty good, took me a couple of rides to figure out how to wear it comfortably for me. I'm a bit prone to coming off and hitting my head :blink: I've done it a few times pre-brace and it always resulted in seeing stars, a bit of a sit down, and in one case, neck pain for a week. I've hit my head coming off the bike once since having the brace and I didn't even notice I'd done it until I saw my visor was all smashed. I reckon it's cause the brace stopped my head from snapping around like it normally would. So I'd recommend them for sure.

[little.whittle]

Heres a realy good fittin presure suit. its got great saftly ratin to one protector thats not just a dirt defletor haha

They sell them here in NZ to theres some one here who does them... ill put name up soon when i find.

http://www.dirtbikebitz.com/2009-knox-warrior-bc9-leatt-compatible-body-armour-p-7491.html

[Rupe]

yeh, i'd like one but not sure if it will fit with a pressure suit, my thoughts go out to the guy involved, always sucks to here this suuff even though you know it happens.

The leatt adventure fits with them

[meteor]

My son has the leatt adventure ($435) and it fits perfectly with the fly armour. He did have a Oneil Underdog pressure suit but it just didn't seem to fit.

[ifuktitupagaindude]

that crash was so bad to see.....ive seen some bad crashes but damnnnnn........

[laserracer]

that crash was so bad to see.....ive seen some bad crashes but damnnnnn........

exactly so ya better get ya A into G and get yourself a neckbrace..what type i hear you say..thats up to you but any neckbrace is better than nothing

[ifuktitupagaindude]

its too hard to decide.....waikato yamy does the leatt adventure for 435.........but the evs is 259.

[Rupe]

its too hard to decide.....waikato yamy does the leatt adventure for 435.........but the evs is 259.

Barty5 on here sorted me out a leatt at a good price, pm him

[Reckless]

Previous thread here. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/119574-Neck-protection Good info there, I won't rewrite what I had already written but I had a Evs adventure found it really good but went to the Leatt Adventure for the reasons stated in the other thread and the fact that torpedo7 had an offer I couldn't resisit. I find it better than the EVS not so much from the protection angle but from ease of use and its not so restrictive and hot to wear.
Had to do a small $50 mod to my Armour but its all in the previous thread.

Probably sell the EVS for a couple of hundred if anyone is interested its in really good nick, Straps unused and packers unused.

[tommorth]

have to be more worth spending money on than any of the other gear except your helmet
came pretty close to doing somthing bad to my head or earlyer this year and was only in first gear locked the rear going down a slippery clay thing bike spun around and came off backwards downhill landed on back of my head in a ditch probably wouldnt have taken much more to have been a serious injury rather than being a bit stunned and sore

[Jinxycat]

anyone fitted one to a 661 suit?

[motor_mayhem]

anyone fitted one to a 661 suit?

Was just about to ask the same exact same question

[scott411]

i have said some peices before about neck braces, some braces fit different people better, make sure you get one fitted properly, or at least take the time to read the instructions and fit it properly yourself, we stock and sell the leatt, a stars and evs, they have different features and pros/cons, find the one that fits you properly,