knee pads & chest protection

 

been away from dirt bikes for 35yrs want to get a on & off road bike,
looking for opinions on knee & shin protection, what are some
comfortable pads out there today. not going to do any racing at 65yrs of
age. also any good recommendations on a chest protector

     thanks
       Chet

 

On 06/22/10 19:04, Chet wrote:


Way cheaper and easier to just disparage the masculinity of people who feel
they need such things for trail riding.  Helmet, glasses/goggles, gloves and
boots plus whatever else you need to protect you from the weather and law
enforcement are all you really need even if you spend a LOT of time
falling...like me...  Leather for road riding, of course.  No sense in being
foolhardy!

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Cheers, Bev
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"History I believe furnishes no example of a priest-ridden people
  maintaining a free civil government."
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Feeling a little subversive this evening, are we...?

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Charles
'99 YZ250

"It's bad luck just SEEin' a thing like that..."

 

On 06/22/10 22:51, HardWorkingDog wrote:


No, just lazy.  I would never dream of calling anyone here a wuss.

Based on the number and nature of the falls I took (lots), my rather minimal
safety equipment worked just fine.  I have a collarbone dislocation due to
falling on my shoulder from 6 feet straight down (distraction due to looking at
my neat new genuine Fox Moto-X boots to find the shifter), and I doubt that any
protection short of Robocop level would have prevented that.  I also have a
destroyed big toe joint from accidentally kicking a rock -- my Redwing engineer
boots were NOT steel-toed.  If I'd had the Moto-X boots then I'd be a lot
happier today.

Worst sporting injury was breaking two ribs skiing -- I think I fell on a
binding at roughly 45 mph.  Worst (and only) surgically-repaired injury was the
torn labrum <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetabular_labrum>  I got when I fell
off the truck after washing its windshield.  I start PT for that next week.

My kids rode in the front seat without seat-belted baby seats (which hadn't
been invented yet) most of the time.  They had the kind that Maggie Simpson
uses -- just hung over the back of the seat.  Sometimes on the passenger seat
of a 55 Chevy BelAir, which had nothing whatsoever restraining the seat back
from slamming forward in the event of a sudden stop.  I remember standing up in
the front seat when I was a kid so I could look out the windows.

People worry too much.  If the odds weren't in our favor we'd never have been
born!

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Cheers, Bev
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"I don't care who your father is! Drop that cross
  one more time and you're out of the parade!"

 

wrote:


I've never worn knee guards, though I think I will in the near future.
You can go with Wal-Mart grade skating pads or go for something like
this:

http://www.sixsixone.com/Catalog_661Moto.aspx?id ˆ9a0711-2b53-4599-a249-
b39bdcf13d1e&product=a0007d3c-2750-421e-83d1-bb2d7cccb8e4

I have friends that use either of those with good results.

My son & I both use Fox chest protectors and they have both protected us
and are comfortable. Here's another option that many dual-sporters use:

http://www.sixsixone.com/Catalog_661Moto.aspx?id=6b4f1d23-963a-4dc9-a39b-
97f4b5918ec8&product=6f92a858-a35d-4ab0-8573-20f01ef8523b

I've never used one of these, but BigDogAdventures recommends it, and
that's a pretty good recommendation.

What bike you looking to get???

--
Charles
'99 YZ250

"It's bad luck just SEEin' a thing like that..."