Body Armour/Protection - a word of warning

Dirtlover2005 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:37 pm

Mag wrote:

If the weather is good and I don't need a jacket I wear an Acerbis Koerta "pressure" suit like this under a race shirt

I also wear EVS Vision knee braces which protect against impact and hyper-extension

I wear gloves with a carbon fibre cover over the knuckles and Alpinestar Tech 3 Enduro boots and my motocross trousers have padding on the hips.

In colder weather I wear a jacket with built in armour on the shoulders,elbows & back instead of the pressure suit.

I fall off a lot!

same here but cheaper knee pads :lol:

The choice is yours but always protect your spine. If you need proof look on TBM forum and see what happened to Fenty in a fairly low speed spill. He will not walk again although his outlook is inspirational.

Mick Annick · **Joined:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:20 pm **Posts:** 16

OK, I'm sold on the idea of decent protection; a friend had a low speed off and spent two years on crutches with a wrecked knee.

Interesting though that trials riders wear little more than helmet, gloves and boots yet serious injuries are rare?

Mike

davidscott · **Posted:** Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:34 pm

I've just ordered a No Fear Empire body armour suit for £70 from DirtbikeXpress - seems a very good price as very little if anything out there is less than £100 normally.

http://www.dirtbikexpress.co.uk/images/ ... 1449_s.jpg

Mag · **Posted:** Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:48 pm

Mick Annick wrote:

OK, I'm sold on the idea of decent protection; a friend had a low speed off and spent two years on crutches with a wrecked knee.

Interesting though that trials riders wear little more than helmet, gloves and boots yet serious injuries are rare?

Mike

They rarely get cross-rutted at 30 mph either!

jonpaul1st · **Posted:** Wed Nov 18, 2009 5:00 pm

After 15 years of working in A+E I can confirm the obvious -

The more protection you wear the less likely you are to get hurt when you have an accident.

I'm still amazed that it's illegal to ride a 29mph moped without a helmet but you can ride a pushbike downhill at 40mph or gallop a horse with no protection whatsoever.

I've seen far to many examples of cyclists and equestrians falling off at slow speed and sustaining permanent brain injuries or worse.

Richard Simpson · **Joined:** Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:08 pm **Posts:** 4440

After breaking my elbow on Salisbury Plane3 and having to ride my Husky 610 back to Gloucester I decided to invest in some elbow guards.

Money well spent

jewikey · **Posted:** Wed Nov 18, 2009 6:46 pm

i done gatesgarth at the lakes a couple of weeks ago and had quite a heavy off,

i think that i would have broken my arm if it had not been for my body armour as it took most of the force, i was quite lucky as i only had cuts and bruses.

i always wear armour, boots, gloves, knee pads and helmet even if i am only out for a 'quick' ride out.

keep it between the bushes.

paul

Mick Annick · **Joined:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:20 pm **Posts:** 16

They rarely get cross-rutted at 30 mph either!

Mmm, that's how my mate wrecked his knee. The paramedics weren't too impressed with having to drive miles across the fields to get to him either, it was nearly an air ambulance job.

Mike

davidscott · **Posted:** Thu Nov 19, 2009 1:46 pm

davidscott wrote:

I've just ordered a No Fear Empire body armour suit for £70 from DirtbikeXpress - seems a very good price as very little if anything out there is less than £100 normally.

http://www.dirtbikexpress.co.uk/images/ ... 1449_s.jpg

Arrived at 9.00am this morning - impressive service.

Just tried it on for size and seems as though it will be pretty comfortable.

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