In a BAD accident (as many know). Gear review!

[alanzs]

OUCH! Glad you are well enough to post. Another American down here in NZ! Cheers Bro!

[Grub]

The helmet visor thing puzzles me.

How did the sign post get past the chin guard is what I can't figure. Clearly your face and bone structure took an incredible whack but it sounds as if the chin guard disappeared along with the visor. Had the visor only gone then it just sounds incredibly bad luck that the road sign got itself inside your helmet to beat your face up.

Do you have any rrecollection or knowledge of that part of the crash?

[FkNAmerican]

because I slid on my side facing forward exactly into the street sign. So it basically fit right in the gap created when my visor popped off. Trust me, if it werent for the full face helmet the street sign would have taken off my head from the jaw up.........basically the side of the helmet kept the post from going all the way through my head.

The helmet was not damaged much because my FACE too the impact. Go figure. But yeah, the docs were surprised I had on a full face helmet because of the extent of my head injuries.......bad luck I guess.......but I still feel damn lucky as I came within an inch of breaking my neck. For awhile they thought I had a broken neck so I know what it feels like to deal with the thought of being paralyzed for life. NOT GOOD.

I posted pics of my gear in the main thread by the way:


http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...=73213&page=14

[CHOPPA]

My mate is the accessories manager in 1 of australias largest chain of shops and just last week he was telling me that even the best helmets will only protect your face on an exact square on front impact of up to 10kph! you seldom ever hit square on as its on a slight angle or something but that .01% of the time its gonna hurt....

[Ripperjon]

Hey, glad ur ok.

Don't worry about your pants - the "Stella" range of Alpinestars is women specific