Help with my gear?

[Owl]

Some awesome advice here.

I used to be a leather jacket, jeans rider until I joined this site. After plenty of reading, my attitude started to change and I began upgrading gear as and when I could afford to. I now have a full set of armoured cordura, mesh jacket for really hot days and quality leather jacket. I had a pair of Quasi leather pants, but destroyed them when I binned. Gouged leather pants were an eye opener to what could have been my flesh had I been wearing anything less, yet I was left unmarked.
Good gear is a must!

[Rob Taylor]

The day they let you race in Cordura is the day i will wear it.Dont fuck around with that shit,only wear leather,good quality natural wear from Christchurch is the best.It will last you for years, and please buy a good quality helmit like Shoei or similar.Go see Kerry Jeffs at KTL motorcycles.He is in the Motorhaus tyres building in western springs road and can supply you with all you need at a bloody good price...Forget about falling off,get it out of your head bro.Stay in the middle of your lane and look for eye contact in rear vision mirrors of cars you are following and watch out for cars pulling out of side streets.DO NOT FOLLOW TO CLOSE. Good luck

[Bonmaklad]

thanks guys, some cool advice.

got me boots so it's just leather pants now but.. i'm having to risk it in my jeans for now until i can get some money up.

but omg there is a guy riding around titirangi in a singlet and shorts with sandals like WTF.

I really want the tinted visor that has the death scull on it but I don't knwo where you buy them!

[Irontusk]

sandals

AHH TOES! Sure he's going to lose every inch of skin too, but his toes will be gone.

And what visor is that? Sounds amusing.

[gunrunner]

Ok So i'm a noobie biker just bought myself a hyon GT250r, passed my test on saturday, love the bike but oh cause I love myself as well.

So my theory was to get full leathers. *cough* saw the price and thought what the hell thats stupid, so my new plan was to get draggin jeans and wear my leather jacket (isn't armoured) but under my jacket i've bought a full exo skeleton Motocross armour thing it's got a hard core back plate shoulder, chest and elbow plates.

Now is this good or should I just stay off of my bike until I get a 2 peice leather set?

If so can someone explain to me the reasons why they are better?

Please be gente i'm a noobie and even though i've wanted a bike for 6 years i've still got my family saying your going to die die you will! so.. umm I love bikes I know i'll come off so whats going to save my life?

Have to agree on the price but what price are you worth , im sure if you got in trouble would you be happy with good expensive gear or cheap stuff

[OutForADuck]

Now I did this all the wrong way around????? or maybe not. But you might get something from this. When I was young I rode with alot more skill than I currently possess and raced a lot, I also rode way way to fast everywhere!!

But I refused to even go down to the corner store without full leathers, gloves, etc etc. I trusted and relied on my kit and hated riding around town on hot sunny days or short rides where the hassle outweighted the joy.

As I got older and realised alot of things are going to kill me and life is a risk just breathing and its about management of that risk not elimination of that risk I have got a whole lot more practical and as such enjoy my riding a lot more.

Round town and at lower speeds I often wear draggin jeans and a exoskel suit under a normal leather jacket (sometimes on the scooter just the jacket) with a flip up helmet and light gloves.

On a faster ride I wear expensive boots, fulll leathers, expensive helmet and kevlar gloves.

The balance is skill vs risk vs exposure and its the impact you need to reduce. So I figure round town at slow speeds the risk of an accident is higher but the impact is lower and better gear will mostly make me more uncomfortable and the extra protection will not help that much.

On the track (in reality or in my mind) the risk might be lower of binning (greater focus, less traffic etc) but the impact much greater and I dress accordingly.

My two cents... make a concious decision about what your worth, what the risk is and adjust gear and riding accordingly.

[racefactory]

just wanted to further add- don't drive to that 70 law. You've got to be stupid to. i never did from day 1 as it is completely not needed and draws so much attention thus putting you under pressure and increasing danger, to everyone on road in fact as well as yourself. I suggest leaving your L plates off for this reason, not to mention that L plates in their own right draw attention from boy racers and small cocks who love to treat you like shit and think of themselves as superior- it's true. Like others have pointed out- put yourself before the law dude. Don't worry mate no one put's their plates on anyway. Have fun and take care bro...

[Irontusk]

I've seen quite a few people on here post about being let off for going over 70 (usually cause the cop thinks it's safer to flow with the traffic) but just as many people have been ticketed for not having the L plate on. I have mine on at the moment, just 4 months to go..