Full body armour - overkill? - General

Tea and Medals

04/08/2005 at 07:36

Just reading the article in MCN about rider health. Does anyone actually wear full body armour for road riding? Seems a bit overkill.

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silentmemory

04/08/2005 at 07:40

Define full body armour.

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jdvtr

04/08/2005 at 07:53

I saw someone walking around the Yorkshire Bike Show wearing full body armour last Sunday. Back protector and arm pads over leathers mainly. Perhaps he thought a toddler might run into him while he was wandering around the displays and trade stands..?

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Gibbo

04/08/2005 at 07:54

jdvtr wrote

Back protector and arm pads over leathers

over leathers?

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04/08/2005 at 07:56

Tea and Medals wrote

Seems a bit overkill.

It is.

Judge

04/08/2005 at 07:56

depends doesn't it, I used to feel safe with standard pads (back,knee, shoulders and arms) that came with the gear I wear, but after the father in law hit a curb and punctured both lungs I've been thinking of getting one of those knox undershirts with the chest armour in.

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04/08/2005 at 07:57

Littlemissroadrage

04/08/2005 at 08:03

I wear full knox body armour under my fleece rather than my leather jacket (bad I know) but I can't reach the bars with the leather jacket on. I can't turn my head at a junction due to the helmet hitting the shoulder armour cos I'm leant so far forward

Oh and I've had to take the chest protection out cos then I definatly wouldn't be able to reach the bars due to the tank being in the way. Just hope I don't get knocked off front facing down

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Olly

04/08/2005 at 08:09

I wear full armour every time I ride

But never on the road.

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04/08/2005 at 08:11

Tea and Medals wrote

Just reading the article in MCN about rider health. Does anyone actually wear full body armour for road riding? Seems a bit overkill.

on my nsr125 i wear...

alpinestars gp tech gloves
alpinestars smx-plus racing boots
rst spectre 1 piece leathers
knox race back protector
agv xr-2 helmet

soon to replace the lid with an agv ti-tech, the leathers with alpilestars 1 piece and the boots with supertech

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scottland

04/08/2005 at 08:16

NSR125-Kid-UK wrote

on my nsr125 i wear...

alpinestars gp tech gloves
alpinestars smx-plus racing boots
rst spectre 1 piece leathers
knox race back protector
agv xr-2 helmet

soon to replace the lid with an agv ti-tech, the leathers with alpilestars 1 piece and the boots with supertech .

Now THAT'S overkill!!

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quickshift

04/08/2005 at 08:21

It's built into my leathers so it I wear them, yes. That's only if I'm going to a trackday or rideout / somewhere to be silly on the bike though.

I usually just wear jeans, boots, gloves and a jacket of some sort - all my jackets have back, shoulder and elbow armour.

I don't think full leathers is / armour is overkill but I can't be bothered to wear them TBH.

Tea and Medals

04/08/2005 at 08:35

NSR125-Kid-UK wrote

soon to replace the lid with an agv ti-tech, the leathers with alpilestars 1 piece and the boots with supertech .

And the bike with an RS250

silentmemory

04/08/2005 at 08:45

quickshift wrote

It's built into my leathers so it I wear them, yes.

The armour in leathers doesn't match up to my definition of full body armour, you never see the bomb squad approaching a suspect package dressed only in motorcycle gear do you?

Still, if T&M can't be arsed to clarify his terms he's not going to get a meaningful answer.

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quickshift

04/08/2005 at 08:50

silentmemory wrote

The armour in leathers doesn't match up to my definition of full body armour, you never see the bomb squad approaching a suspect package dressed only in motorcycle gear do you?

Still, if T&M can't be arsed to clarify his terms he's not going to get a meaningful answer.

A fair point. The armour in my leathers doesn't even come close to motox body armour let alone bomb squad kit.

Count Steer

04/08/2005 at 08:53

Interesting link on helmets in Survival Skills - which, IIRC, suggests that statistically, if you suffer a severe enough impact to trouble the protection provided by the helmet you are like to have a collection of other life threatening injuries. Could suggest that if you bother wearing a helmet in the expectation that it will save your life at some point - then you may as well have the armour too.

FJSRiDER.

04/08/2005 at 08:57

Count Steer wrote

Could suggest that if you bother wearing a helmet in the expectation that it will save your life at some point - then you may as well have the armour too.

I mostly wear a helmet because I have to.

Severen

04/08/2005 at 09:00

FJSRiDER wrote

I mostly wear a helmet because I have to.

I mostly wear a helmet so my hair doesn't get messed up.

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Gibbo

04/08/2005 at 09:01

Count Steer wrote

if you suffer a severe enough impact to trouble the protection provided by the helmet you are like to have a collection of other life threatening injuries. Could suggest that if you bother wearing a helmet in the expectation that it will save your life at some point - then you may as well have the armour too.

or you may as well not wear a helmet as death is probably a more inviting prospect than decades in a wheel chair sucking blended food through a straw

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04/08/2005 at 09:01

Severen wrote

I mostly wear a helmet so my hair doesn't get messed up.

I wear it to stay dry(er) in the rain too!

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