What protective gear do you wear?

[midnightcafe]

I bring this topic up is because I've seen a lot of pictures of DTT members riding about with a bare minimum of safety gear. Sure, flannel shirts look cool on cafe racers, but they don't have magical protective powers! What kind of gear do you wear?

 

[Maritime]

I voted AGATT but I do sometimes wear shoes instead of boots on my commute to work, But full face gloves armoured Joe rocket, all the time, most of the time boots and jeans, I don't yet have riding pants but I am planning to get some armoured pull over pants.

 

[hurley209]

helmet, leather or denim jacket , gloves, and boots. and jeans.
sometimes il wear chucks and dickies around town, but not very often.
guess it depends where im riding and for how long.

 

[Rocan]

Most days, helmet, leather jacket, gloves, jeans, boots. If I'm test riding around the block, helmet, leather jacket, gloves, jeans, normal shoes. any longer rides, I'll slip on some leather pants.

understand my riding is in new york city where you rarely get over 20mph. it takes just about 5 minutes to get on all that gear if im not in a rush... if i have to itll all be on in 3 minutes. for that reason, any less gear is simply stupidity. make it a habit and you won't ride without the gear. I would wear leather pants everyday if my commute was a little longer/at higher speeds. as it is, I can't justify having to change into a pair of jeans once I arrive at my destination.

 

[YogiBear]

I wear an Alpinestars jacket, a Scorpion Exo Full Face Helmet, Gloves and usually jeans.





Would a brain bucket be considered the same as a skid lid? lol ;D

 

[Rocan]

p.s. Fuck all of you num nuts who aren't wearing any gear... If you go down and get seriously injured, you learned your lesson and I hope you get back on a bike one day wearing all the gear. You don't look fucking cool when pieces of your flesh are scattered around the road, and I think we've all said enough prayers for our fallen friends who werent so lucky to be smart enough to urge your fellow riders to wear their damn gear.

Honestly... I will not let anyone who doesn't have a minimum of a protective jacket and a legal DOT helmet ride with me. I figure they'll realize "if you can't beat them, join them"

 

[chimp1]

for mine agatt in town..FF helmet, Draggin kevlar jeans, boots, jacket, gloves.
Country..same except leather / moto dry pants.
always FF helmet as my wife does Maxillo facial surgery and after seeing what happens to the lower"mandibulr" jaw bone in an open face...which can be reconstructed with steel or one of your ribs....Very fu#%n messy :'(

 

[warpedworm]

I always wear full face,leather jacket,gloves, boots and jeans, if I'm going 100 miles or 1/2 mile to the quick mart. Looking into getting some kevlar jeans. Hopefully before I crash

As one of my old racing friends used to say: "There's two kinds of riders, ones that have crashed and ones that are going
to crash.

 

[Redbird]

FF helmet, leather jacket, draggin jeans, reinforced gloves, sidi boots.
If I'm "just going around the corner", I sometimes replace the draggin jeans with regular denim, and the sidis with my "everyday" boots.
But nothing less than that.

I also have full leathers for trackdays.

 

[ProSimex]

Gloves, half helmet (couldnt find a FF that fit and could afford-bad excuse I know) bandanna on face to keep the bugs off, jeans, boots, leavther jacket,vest (punk not 1%er) perscription aviators.

Thinking of sewing some kevlar into my jeans at work.

Also I wonder why I see guys wearing sandals shorts a t-shirt and a helmet riding around. Clearly the helmet isnt protecting anything!

 

[Maritime]

Also I wonder why I see guys wearing sandals shorts a t-shirt and a helmet riding around. Clearly the helmet isnt protecting anything!
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;D

 

[teazer]

Full face, race leathers (they shrunk again over winter), boots and race gloves.

Or: Draggin jeans, textile bike jacket with armor or leather jacket, boots, gloves and FF helmet plus ear plugs of course

 

[DrJ]

Depends on weather. In the steaming hot summer, only gear I wear is an open face helmet. Last summer I got ticketed for wearing a 50s pudding bowl on the way to work. No jacket for me when it's hot, heat exhaustion is dangerous enough already.

 

[Big R]

FF but modular, armored mesh jacket, jeans, and boots for my ride back and forth to work. I have a hard time with gloves- little girl hands I guess. I do wear ear plugs if I'm going anywhere other than work.

I have ridden without my jacket and wearing tennis shoes around the block but it just doesn't feel right.

 

[kneedragger74]

Full face helmet, always a jacket and gloves. Even on the hottest days. I'd rather sweat for awhile than deal with road rash for weeks. My screen name used to be kneeslider74 until two years ago, my friends changed it to kneedragger74. I took a corner a little too fast and laid my Thruxton over and over. I am very thankful for good quality safety gear. My jacket and gloves saved my skin!

 

[ProSimex]

I rode to the gas station up the road from me with just helmet and denim vest to get gas once. I felt like such a idiot I never rode again without my jacket.

 

[johngofast]

I wear Trojan, but they haven't been protecting well lately (slipped a couple through)..

Seriously, full face helmet, boots above ankle, and gloves as a bare minimum.

"Burnin' oil and smellin' royal!"

 

[RockVegas]

I have a hard time with gloves- little girl hands I guess.

Granted they don't offer much protection but the Mechanic's gloves will *help* in a small spill. They're not going to keep from breaking knuckles or losing skin if you try to keep your face off the pavement, but they do help a bit. I went down sliding on a wet road with a pair on and they helped keep the skin on my palms. Not as good as legit gloves, but they're tougher than the skin on my hands, so it can only help.

 

[Slice]

Im with Dr.J - When its too hot, I sport just the lid.
-Slice

 

[SquadraCorse]

Icon Variant or Swomy Vandal full face, Alpinestars leather jacket for the cooler days, Shift Air Avenger jacket for the warmer ones. Shift Lowdown kevlar jeans, Sidi boots, Alpinestars Full Gauntlet Gloves.