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Safety Gear Reminder!
alan:
Keep on riding!
I hope this doesn't sound like I am preaching! I have seen more of my buddies get hurt really bad just messing around before the get suited up to ride or after they have taken the riding gear off just goofing around before the load up! I am 59 and I still ride my V Force & my KX500 in the desert and dunes. I still can give the jack rabbits a hell of a run for there money!
Back in 1965 I toured Europe on a Triumph Bonneville, early one morning I laid it down in the south of France at over 100 mph! I had I had boots, gloves, full leathers and helmet! I came out of the crash with a scratch where the leather burned through on the pavement! That made me a believer in safety gear and I wear it all today! I even wear Asterisk Knee braces at $550 and I just added a motocross foam roll for neck protection! The bottom line is I love riding and I want to do it as long as possible and so I wear the best protection I can find! So come on guys make safety gear part of your riding so you can keep on riding even when you are and old fart like me!
Alan
ebers17:
Good advise Alan, its not worth injury to ride without equipment. I cant afford knee braces, but i do wear shin gaurds. I wont ride without them and I know alot of guys who dont and get hurt from branches and what not. There very affordable too!
Arigato:
I love my asterisks'! They are the best investment I've ever made when it comes to riding.
alan:
--- Quote from: Arigato ---I love my asterisks'! They are the best investment I've ever made when it comes to riding.
--- End quote ---
Yep after not walking for a year back in my 20's from a knee injury! They are the best! :D
KXcam22:
Alan,
I couldn't agree more. As with most of us, I too have survived some pretty horrendous crashes with barely a scratch, thanks to lots of protective gear. My rule of thumb is "don't dress for the ride, dress for the crash". Cam.
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