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| Newbie Joined: May 2008
Bike: 2005 m50
Location: Augusta, GA
Posts: 3
| I was debating protective gear, until my 14 y/o son had a bicycle accident that landed him in the burn center for two nights to treat road rash and $40,000, I had great insurance, I try to wear what I have (Tourmaster Flex 2, tour master pants, leater boots, fullface helmet and gloves.) all of the time but like everyone there are times saftety gets rationalized away especially in hot weather.
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| Wants Better Weather ![]() Joined: Jun 2008
Bike: 07 Suzuki M50 Black
Location: N30.1666 W93.2426
Posts: 665
| I have an Icon jacket w/ armor that I wear for highway riding in the summer along with a full face for year round highway riding. I typically ride around in town going to and from work, so I don't always wear the gear. I just wear jeans (no protective undies)and a shirt, and a half shell. I also have a leather jacket that will be hanging in the closet until the temp drops about 30 degrees. Almost forgot, I wear gloves all the time, since rocks and things of that nature like to aim at my hands.
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| Ditch Magnet ![]() Joined: May 2008
Bike: 2008 M50
Posts: 169
| I wear jacket, boots, gloves, full face helmet. Then either jeans or pants with chaps. I have some office-worthy kevlar lined pants on order. Even with the chaps or kevlar, if I really skipped down the road, I would be in bad shape. I keep meaning to get full leathers, at least for cool and cold weather, but my weight keeps going up and down. I'm working on lowering it now. Maybe once I reach my ideal weight, I'll get a full set of leathers to keep me motivated to keep the weight off!
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| Where Am I ? Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 37
| Anyone have a stubborn woman that doesn't want to wear riding gear? I visited RidetoDie.com and it convinced me that gear is a necessity. She doesn't want to look at the gorry pics but doesn't want to wear gear either. She isn't convinced that the discomfort is NOT worth it and if we go down that it won't protect enough anyway. I have Tourmaster Intake 2 jacket/pants/ Cortech gloves / 3/4 helmet, but she would ride in flip flops/shorts/and spagetti strap shirt if I let her. ![]() Any suggestions? |
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| U.B's LoveChild ![]() Joined: Jan 2008
Bike: 05 Black M50
Location: Milledgeville, GA
Posts: 1,260
| My girl is always in jeans, boots, helmet, glasses and jacket. She has a Joe Rocket jacket with the padding and actually really likes it. I told her from the first time she got on the bike that she has to be in gear, or she's following me in her car. If we're just running up the street for dinner then we'll go without the jacket, but any further and she's got it on.
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| In Training ![]() Joined: Aug 2007
Bike: 2007 Suzuki Boulevard M50
Location: Walled Lake, MI
Posts: 107
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| Just Won't Go Away ! ![]() Joined: Mar 2006
Bike: '06 M50 Black
Location: Winnipeg, Canada
Posts: 5,020
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| Clunked into first gear ![]() Joined: Feb 2008
Bike: 06 Suzuki Boulevard M50
Location: Houston Tx
Posts: 246
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| Where Am I ? Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 37
| we actually are married!! Which doesn't make it any easier. ![]() Good suggestions though!! She came from the boonies of Ohio on a farm riding without even a helmet for the first 21 years of her life and thinks since it hasn't happened yet that it will never will! |
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| TurtleWax Taster ![]() Joined: Sep 2007
Bike: '08 Suzuki Bandit S
Location: Barrie, Ont. Canada
Posts: 583
| Next time your walking around the house push her down the stairs, then tell her falling off a bike is 100 times worse.
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| Seat Tester Joined: Jul 2008
Bike: 2006 Suzuki M50
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 58
| I wear a full face Arai helmet, a pair of gloves (Icon or Olympia depending on weather) Shift & Tourmaster boots (again, D.O.W) and a Fieldsheer mesh jacket. Only thing I'm missing is protective pants, but the kind I do want are way too expensive |
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| TurtleWax Taster ![]() Joined: Sep 2007
Bike: '08 Suzuki Bandit S
Location: Barrie, Ont. Canada
Posts: 583
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