"Helmets dont really help you in a crash"

glhs837

glhs837

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Not too bad, really Flyod, just have to choose wisely. You dont need this....

Alpinestars 7-2 Leather Jacket - Street Bike - Men's Riding Gear - Motorcycle Superstore

at $400. You could work something like this....

Yoshimura Course Jacket - Street Bike - Men's Riding Gear - Motorcycle Superstore

For about $100.

I have an older version of this jacket, not much different, except that the orginal Intake was going out, and was clearanced at around $120

$160 for this newer version

Tour Master Intake Air Series 2 Motorcycle Jacket :: New Enough, LTD

Pants to match...

Tour Master Venture Air Mesh Motorcycle Pants :: New Enough, LTD

about another $160. We are under $350 so far. With the zip in liners (one for temp, one for water, attach the ones you need) your good for almost any riding your likely to do, barring temps below say 50 or so, lower for short commutes.
 
desertrat

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Floyd2004 said:
I for one know I dont have that kinda money. Some of that stuff is down right expensive for a pair of pants and a jacket. If I got the "good" stuff id spend more on gear for me than the bike would cost!
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Well, the bike is replaceable right? Or at least you could do without it. Not so much your ability to walk or think straight.

Look around for used stuff, us rich guys are always upgrading our gear.:lol:
 
glhs837

glhs837

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I would have a helmet for sale soon, but its getting handed down to the kids when I get my "new" one (from one of those rich guys:)) Not to mention ron says the purple color make you look gay:)
 
Dukesdad

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desertrat said:
Well, the bike is replaceable right? Or at least you could do without it. Not so much your ability to walk or think straight.

Look around for used stuff, us rich guys are always upgrading our gear.:lol:
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Do you still ride? Lost my number? :popcorn:
 
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citizen_fear

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luckystar said:
People who are stupid enough to ride motorcycles on normal traffic roads = natural selection.

Sure it's legal, but motorcycles don't have steel cages / roll bars / several thousand pounds or more behind them. I'm sorry, but I see more stupidity in the hobby than thrill. It's asking to be crushed by some motorist. Doesn't matter how safe of a driver you are. There's always someone out there who might be drunk, texting, tired, or any combination.

That being said, safe driving :howdy:
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This is just a stupid post all the way around... Your right, it's not how safe we are while riding it's how inconsiderate, wreckless and oblivious to their surroundings others are who think we shouldn't be on the same roads as them while they are in a car.
 
BeenSpur'd

BeenSpur'd

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Helmet saved me when I was a senior in high school. I had a nasty crash on my dirt bike. Bike landed in nice soft sand, I landed on a tree. One side of my face was all cut and swelled up but my brains were intact. I had to reschedule my senior picture appointment that week. My mom made me go to school looking like that, she hated my bike. Bought a full face helmet soon after that.
 
Floyd2004

Floyd2004

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Thanks for those links Bill. For some reason when I was looking for gear before I just remembered it being like 400 for a jacket and 300 or so for pants and maybe 300 for a helm. And then id need gloves and some boots.

Its been so long since ive ridden I need a new helmet. I went to go put mine on the other day and I dont think its fitting like it should anymore. Of course im no motorbike master or anything.
 
SoMDGirl42

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ylexot said:
That long sleeve shirt and jeans aren't going to protect you much more than a wifebeater and shorts :shrug: You should be wearing real gear.
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Many years ago when I was still running with the rescue squad, we were coming back from the hospital and pulled up behind a bike at a red light. The male driver was wearing a wife beater and shorts with flip flops and the girl on the back had a halter top and shorts on. I made the comment that I wouldn't want to be on that call if he dropped the bike. An hour later we got called out for a motorcycle accident. It was this couple. He died on the scene. It upset me that I had made that comment, but it upset me more when I saw how he looked an hour later.

Wear your gear for your safety.
 
desertrat

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Floyd2004 said:
Thanks for those links Bill. For some reason when I was looking for gear before I just remembered it being like 400 for a jacket and 300 or so for pants and maybe 300 for a helm. And then id need gloves and some boots.

Its been so long since ive ridden I need a new helmet. I went to go put mine on the other day and I dont think its fitting like it should anymore. Of course im no motorbike master or anything.
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Did you get this one?
New Enough Motorcycle Apparel sells motorcycle jackets, pants and suits, boots, gloves, helmets, etc :: New Enough, LTD
 
glhs837

glhs837

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The bottom two of my links were to newenough. As far as boots, Floyd, while you can get motorcycle boots, a cheaper alternative might be the surplus store up the road. Look for all leather, thick stuff. Not sure what kind of prices you'll find though.

Flyers Boots

Now, newer generation flight boots evidently cost between $150 or so. This kind, which Ive worn for over 20 years now, will offer great protection.
 
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GWguy

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Floyd2004 said:
Thanks for those links Bill. For some reason when I was looking for gear before I just remembered it being like 400 for a jacket and 300 or so for pants and maybe 300 for a helm. And then id need gloves and some boots.

Its been so long since ive ridden I need a new helmet. I went to go put mine on the other day and I dont think its fitting like it should anymore. Of course im no motorbike master or anything.
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Helmets should be replaced every few years anyway, like within 5. The poly shell gets old and brittle and doesn't absorb the impact as well.

http://www.msf-usa.org/downloads/helmet_CSI.pdf
 
RPMDAD

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glhs837 said:
Said to me, with a little less than full conviction by the nice lady in the eye doctors office. I stopped in to get a set reworked with updated lenses. As I took off my glasses and removed my helmet, she asked what I rode.

I hooked my thumb towards the door, where my Vstrom was visible outside, and mentioned that it was a pain to remove the glasses to put on or take off the helmet. She said she didnt have that problem, since she wore an open faced helmet. I said I was taught to draw an imaginary line from the forehead to the forward bottom edge. My instructor then asked me how okay I was with all of my face outside that line dragging across the pavement at 40-50mph. I have a vivid imagination, that was enough to convinve me its full face or no ride.

The title line was her response, but it was halfhearted, not really said with conviction, as if she was just repeating what she was told, but wasnt sure she believed it. I then told her one saved my friends life, as attested to the three fractures in the helmet, and his face, as shown by the visor that was completely opaque with abrasions suffered as he slid across the ground unconcious.
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Older than most on here have been down hard on 2 in bike accidents and 2 or 3 times in relatively minor ones Thankfull for the helmet in every accident. Had the one with intensive scapes on the helmet when i went down at approx 50 am still glad to this day they were not on my skull.
Other parts of me were hurt and for the most part have healed. I agree 100% with Larry Gude's siganature " Dress for the crash; not the ride. "
 
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forceofnature

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RPMDAD said:
Older than most on here have been down hard on 2 in bike accidents and 2 or 3 times in relatively minor ones Thankfull for the helmet in every accident. Had the one with intensive scapes on the helmet when i went down at approx 50 am still glad to this day they were not on my skull.
Other parts of me were hurt and for the most part have healed. I agree 100% with Larry Gude's siganature " Dress for the crash; not the ride. "
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I have been down hard 2 times many years ago. Both times in full gear. Nothing but minor injuries. Both were on race tracks and highest speed dropped was around 100-120 in a sweeper to the left. The gear had to be replaced of course. The slower crash I landed on my head and lost some hair but kept my head.
 
glhs837

glhs837

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Roger that. Just dont let it wait forever. Sometimes I went years between bikes, but always managed to scrape one up now and again. As handy as you are, and as willing to learn, bikes that need work will be an option. Just make sure its new enough that parts are available, and popular enough so the same holds true. Friend of mine has a Honda CB-1. Cool bike, but they were only imported one year, and that makes information and parts a bugger to get.
 
itsbob

itsbob

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glhs837 said:
Just make sure its new enough that parts are available, and popular enough so the same holds true.
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Just 2 cents..

BMW promises factory support (parts) for 15 years.

Aftermarket, I don't think there is a single model you can't find parts for back to 1923.
 
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