| How are you voting? Styling or safeguard? What | | | | shoes? Well that is not a bad ideal for when you |
| do you need to mull over about the type of | | | | are riding. |
| garments to wear when riding your motorcycle? | | | | In times past of material normally used for |
| First and primary, repeat, you require protection | | | | motorcycle protective clothing has been leather. |
| from injury. However, you can still be styling while | | | | The thick nylon and other synthetic materials will |
| riding your bike! | | | | work well too. Look into Kevlar toughened jeans |
| There not anything like laying your bike down on | | | | which hold up much better than normal jeans |
| asphalt, quickly skidding down the black agony | | | | while skidding across asphalt at 70 m.p.h. Here is |
| with mental pictures of I am going to die in your | | | | an interesting fact. According to the European |
| head, in addition leaving lots of your skin on the | | | | standard abrasion test, normal jeans last 0.6 |
| street to get you to consider wearing defensive | | | | seconds, while protective motorcycle pants will |
| clothing while riding your motorcycle. If you are | | | | last 5 seconds or more. Imagine about 5 seconds |
| like most people, you reflect about injuries from | | | | of protection versus about 0.5 seconds. If this is a |
| falling (impact) or abrasions from skidding. Both of | | | | not a no-brainer, then maybe you have been |
| these types of injuries can be very excruciating | | | | riding your motorcycle without a helmet again. Go |
| especially if you survive them. Good news, | | | | with the Kevlar protected, re-enforced jeans. |
| clothing can play an vital part in reducing the injury | | | | You apply the similar principles to jackets. You are |
| level in both types of these injuries. | | | | looking for solid wearing jackets, preferably thick |
| Do you know that 30% (50% at night) of drivers | | | | leather not the fancy thin fashion leather like |
| caught up in accidents with motorcycles claim | | | | some jackets. Pay attention to the stitching which |
| they didn't see the biker? I can't calculate the | | | | should be identical with no dropped stitches. All the |
| times I have had to dart cars who I know just | | | | stress areas, elbows and shoulders should be |
| didn't see me. If they had been watching for cars, | | | | reinforced, preferably with some impact |
| it would not have been an issue. How many times | | | | protection included. This means, not a bad ideal to |
| have you not seen a motorcyclist and you are | | | | have some protective padding in your jacket. |
| even more aware of them than the average | | | | Desire to keep those fingers looking good and |
| driver? Driving in your neighborhood on your bike | | | | attached? You must have a respectable pair of |
| can be highly dangerous. Approximately 90% of | | | | gloves. When you fall, you impulsively put out |
| metropolitan motorcycle accidents are caused by | | | | your hands palm side down to stop yourself in a |
| the car driver not by the motorcyclist. Riding with | | | | slide, so the palms of your gloves should made of |
| your headlights on is very important to being | | | | thick leather or knitted Kevlar and reinforced with |
| seen. Intense colors or reflective stripes can lend | | | | patches. Knitted Kevlar is particularly good for this |
| a hand a lot. | | | | kind of abrasion resistance, but reinforced leather |
| Not many people comprehend most motorcycle | | | | works well too. |
| injuries occur beneath the belt. You love your legs | | | | I know this is a cliche but helmets in fact do save |
| and feet but when you are riding a motorcycle, | | | | lives. Your head is not as unbreakable as you |
| they are tremendously susceptible to injuries. | | | | think. Head injuries are not easy to recuperate |
| Make sure you wear a honest pair of high boots | | | | from and in a motorcycle accident; they tend to |
| and protective pants. Leather, substantial leather is | | | | be really severe. A helmet may not stop the |
| a good choice. Check the pants for reinforcement | | | | injury but it is very potential it might reduce the |
| at the knees and hips. The better safety pants | | | | bang of an injury. |
| should connect to your jacket by a zipper. Boots | | | | Most people try to avoid pain. Give some serious |
| should be thick leather, with a sole that can flex | | | | thought to your protective motorcycle clothing |
| with the foot but has a struggle to crushing | | | | the next time you go shopping. Enjoy the open |
| across the foot. Have you heard of steel toe | | | | road. |