Everytime, I would never ride without it....
Some times just Jeans and a Simple Jacket for short trips etc
I just use a protective Jacket, not pants....
I dont use any protective gear apart from a Helmet...
Bikes are like sluts; always wear protection.
Always wear my jacket, gloves, boots and helmet. On hot days/around town/days out/nights out I wear my kevlar jeans. On long trips, and especially anything on the motorway I wear my leather or cordura pants.
"I took the GPZ out for a ride,
the engine felt so good between my thighs.
Yeah it was cool, 40 degrees outside..."
I read in a thread a while back,that people who wear full race leathers on the road look like dicks.
Well if there were any better protection,racers would be wearing it.
Some people tend to forget,that it's not about how cool you look,but how protective your clothing is.I know what i'd rather be wearing in an off.
I wear my Teknic Chicane 2 piece all the time.
Not to mention that race style leathers whether one or two piece offer less wind resitance...like a lot less. PLus, I dont htink they make you look like a dick at all...I mean you aren't going to wear them to a tea party are you?
It IS worth backing up the point that you can wear every piece of top of the line safety gear around and if you land in a bad way or have a particlularly rough crash, then you will just as easily die. It is one of the risks we take.
That said, good gear can also save you from bad injury or death in a crash. Crashes are like russian roulette, you can die from crashes you should have walked away from and you can walkaway from crashes that should have killed you. The main differing factor is the 'luck' involved. The only way to guarantee your survival is to NOT CRASH.
Nail your colours to the mast that all may look upon them and know who you are.
It takes a big man to cry...and an even bigger man to laugh at that man.
Jacket @ draggins on the road. On-piece on the track (and it's already earned it's weight in gold...)
I crash like it's going out of style and I've never lost more than about a 1 inch square of skin. Actually my biggest injuries happened when I was wearing the 1-piece (though that may have had something to do with the speed of impact...)
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Don't ever argue with an idiot.... they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
When I was shopping round for my gear, the shop owners told me that it's normal for the knee amour to sit on your shins...but I didn't want to belive them, as I thought the same as you..."what happens if I come off?"
Anyway, I got myself some rev'it pants, and the knee amour sits perfectly both while standing and sitting on my bike.
I wear full gear, always. I think: "what would I want to be wearing if I came off?" Also, depending on the weather, I'll wear the gear with or without the liners etc. (Shark s800, rev'it jacket and pants, Gaerne boots, and some comfortable quality leather gloves)
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