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Motorcycle Protective Clothing That Works!

There is some great looking motorcyclethey are hardwearing, if they are leather
clothing on the market these days, butmake sure it is thick leather not fashion
believe me not all of the motorcycle clothingleather like some jackets. Stitching should
offers as much protection as you think. Inbe uniform with no dropped stitches, and all
Europe, for motorcycle clothing to beyour "sharp bits", your elbows and shoulders
lawfully sold as "safety" clothing, it has toshould be reinforced, ideally with some
pass a series of European standards, whichimpact  protection  included.
are pretty lengthy but are available on my
website. The standards cover the clothing'sA decent pair of gloves is a must; your palms
performance in abrasion, tearing and impactwill be at risk in an accident; you
tests, and when they have passed; they areinstinctively put out your hands palm side
sold with the CE mark. However, no suchdown to stop yourself in a slide, so the
regulation is available in the USA, so whatpalms of your gloves should be reinforced
should  you  look  for?with patches. Knitted Kevlar is especially
good for this kind of abrasion resistance,
Protection  in  the  right  places...but  reinforced  leather  works  well  too.
Not many people realise that most motorcycleImpact protection can be bought separately
injuries occur below the belt. Your legs andlike back protectors and so on, but remember
feet are extremely vulnerable, so make surewhere your most vulnerable areas are. And
that you wear a decent pair of high boots andmake sure if you buy impact protection you
some protective pants. The pants should beactually wear it! If you have any doubts it
reinforced at the knees and hips; ideallymay be better to go for motorcycle clothing
they should attach to your jacket by awith a degree of impact protection included
zipper. Boots should be thick leather, with aso that you know when you put on your jacket
sole that can flex with the foot but has aand pants, the protection is always going to
resistance  to  crushing  across  the  foot.be  there.
Traditional material for motorcycle clothingLast but not least, pick out a helmet you can
is leather, but thick nylon and otherwear and wear it always. You may have a
synthetic materials work well too. Kevlargreater chance of getting injured below the
reinforced jeans are better than normal jeanswaist in a motorcycle accident, but the
.Normal jeans last 0.6 seconds in theconsequences of being involved in an accident
European standard abrasion test, whilewithout a helmet just don't bear thinking
protective motorcycle pants will last 5about....
seconds or more. You don't really want to be
ripping your skin open within less than halfSo, next time you are shopping for motorcycle
a second of falling of your bike do you?clothing, give a bit of thought to the level
Thought  not.of protection it offers before you buy it.
You never know it could save you a lot of
Same principles apply to jackets. Make sureunnecessary pain!



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