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[carver]

LOL isnt that Carver ?

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[Owl]

Micro dredge!

[robboh]

Just to echo Frosty here. I remember when they made BPs compulsory, and it was an utter pain for me coz they weren't cheap and I was poor. Ended with a dainese armadillo looking thing which wouldn't bend too far in reverse coz of the plates hitting each other. Can't remember if that was already national req and had only come in at club level racing in manawatu, round '90 or '91.

Any way, I digress. Couple of months later, a mate was swinging on bucket chair at a bucket meeting in central Feilding. He borrowed my new BP as he hadn't gotten one yet. In an collision he was thrown off the chair and wrapped backwards around a power pole above the height of the two haybails in front. BP was screwed, actually broken, and had pulled some of the plates out of the backing. He had a very sore back and a couple of bruises. I'm convinced he wouldn't be walking if it weren't for that back protector.

By the way, at that point the 'gun' armor in leathers was a material similar to sorbathene!! I remember Tony teesdale at xl leathers showing me some and telling me how great it was compared to straight leather :-)

[baptist]

I've dropped one of these in instead:
http://motomail.co.nz/eStore/Style/RVARBKTP2.aspx

A fairly cheap way to upgrade (I think I got mine from motorrad for 40 or 50$). Obviously nowhere near the coverage of a strap on back protector, but for commuting I figure it's better than nothing - even if I owned a strap on back protector I doubt I'd put it on for the four or five minute ride to Uni every day.

me thinks me needs to buy