L-Plate Rider
I was lucky getting set up:
$250 for second hand cordura jacket and pants - seems good, stood up to a low speed gravel slide no problems
$250 for a new HKC helmet
$80 for new gloves
$0 old tramping boots
So for $580 all up I'm covered, and waterproof - so much so that I feel like a complete tool putting it all on just to ride my little 150If money is an issue, definitely go 2nd hand for everything bar the helmet.
I blame the Labour Government
is that what your mum told you ? ptOriginally Posted by Coyote
but to clarify, nothing wrong with cordura just that leathers are MORE stylish.
From American dad :
American dads dad: Breaking into a safe is like making love to a woman
American dad: So you just pound on it for two minutes until your done?
Forum whore
Shit you guys have a lot of money.
My round town kit has been the same for years, just replacing stuff as it wears out
Currently:
Boots new, $35, The Warehouse
Gloves new, Neo brand $35
Jacket, leather, black, secondhand from Trademe , no brand $45
Leggings new RJays, $250 I think, very dear anyway. Waste of money, I don't recommend them. There are cheaper alternatives. My great grandfather Ikey McTavish would disown me.
Helmet new HJC-14 $150
If you're hung up on armour, get the separate motox stuff. Fraction of the price works better, and more convenient. About $65.
I don't do style . I AM style. My style.
Moped rider
Got a 2nd hand skid lid with first bike but bought a new Shoei a week later $180. Walked into cashies looking for a jacket and picked up a pair of perfectly sized leather pants $100. 2nd hand Technic jacket $150. New boots $150, gloves (with kevlar knuckles) $50.
Hardcore Biker
How about
Helmets from $130 New Fullface
Jackets from $190
Pants from $160
boots from $190
Gloves from $45
But if you buy it all from me i will do you a deal.
Regards
Ian
Scotsman on a German
2 words:
Motomail Kingsland
'nuff said.
In space, no one can smell your fart.
Somedays rider
You should always replace a helmet if it has been in an accident, the reson being that damage can occur to the shell and padding which is designed to take the impact which you are unable to see.I was a learner like you only 2 years ago. This is what I know and it should be a help
I stand by the HJC CS-10 as being the best cheap helmet around. Mine has survived 5 crashes when all helmets are meant to only last one. I got mine for $160. They're also rebranded as Cirus. I suggest go for one of them. Only downside, hasn't got a fog-free visor. My next helmet (this christmas) will have to have one, prefurably tinted as well
This becomes expensive but the alternative may be a lifetime.
If you are involved in a high speed accident you may then discover why they say to replace the helmet every time
Hopefully you won't have this problem
If you can't be good, be good at it
Somedays rider
Just don't skip on the gear, it can save a lot,
A good helmet is a must, my wife was recently involved in an open road accident but did not recieve any head injuries even though the helmet has scrape marks all the way round, she ended up with 12 fractures, was in hospital for almost 16 weeks and still requires crutches to walk, she now has 7 steel plates and 30 odd scews and bolts holding her together
Her jacket included a back shell as well as shoulder and elbow armour. She is recobering slowly but we have her gear to thank for things not being alot worse,
total cost of the gear? $1650,
the value of being in one peice? you can answer that one
If you can't be good, be good at it
\<\------look a bike
You forgot:
Bike
Insurance
The sky's the limit, though there is a point where the price increase becomes more one of style than function.
Beware cheap nasty jackets etc with lots of panelling and cheap stitching....
Here for the arcade.
I don't value my life. Putting a price on my own life seems a bit egotistic
However my mum is worried by the state of my helmet, that's why I'm getting a new one this Christmas
Somedays rider
Nice to be young, I used to believe myself bullet proof a few decades ago, the value of your life goes up as others become involved in it, wife and kids tend to put things in perspective
If you can't be good, be good at it
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Gaiters???
Damn right! Do NOT go past a visit to this shop if you are starting out!!!!!!
Also factor in:
Radar detector.
Laser jammer.
(p/t).... perhaps
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Here for the arcade.
Haha, I make my helmet sound more extreme than the reality really is. One of the crashes I did suffer a mild concussion from, but the other 4 weren't that severe to my head. It still did get knocked around a bit
Here for the arcade.
Yeah, I currently only live to ride, and keep my parents happy that I'm not dead or a druggie. I don't believe I'm bulletproff. Punch me, I bleedNice to be young, I used to believe myself bullet proof a few decades ago, the value of your life goes up as others become involved in it, wife and kids tend to put things in perspective
Forum whore
Anyone mentioned maintenace? Change of fluids, filters, tyres, chain, sprockets... Best to put some aside for those costs (regularly)
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the evening,
we will remember them
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