Review after Crash

Just wanted review the gear I wear. I had a crash today from third gear to stop fast. After laying flat in the woods trying to catch my breath and seeing if all my parts still move. I felt lucky I was wearing some top of the line gear.



First off
Just my upper body took the blow.




Bell Moto 8 hit hard sheared off the visor bolt. No head trauma. Why buy a cheap helmet.



RockGaurdn Flak jacket. This I know saved broken ribs and arm damage. I can't say enough about the coverage on this suit.



The bruises on the arm and ribs haven't developed yet. Got to admit I'm post happy. I would take a picture of my chest but I don't want to excite the XR650R guys.

I also wear a Leatt neck brace that I can only wonder if it helped because my neck is fine.


Take two of these.......



....and one of these. Oh ya this is not recommended for children or adults for that matter.




All in all my friends say I look like a Storm Trooper and roll their eyes about how over protected I am but who has had the last laugh? Or maybe not.

Please spare no Expense on safety. That should be your first mod.

The bike..... https://wr250rforum.forumotion.com/adventure-reports-f9/crash-adventure-t591.htm

Good protection is awesome. I wear a sixsixone pressure suit, Arai XD helmet, Alpinestars Tech3 boots, shin/knee guards. I've wondered about the Leatt brace myself.
Glad you are ok.

Have you got a hot tub? Even a good soak in a hot bath will feel good. You're one lucky camper...glad you're alright.

I too believe in good gear. Everytime I pick myself up and look at the rash on my suit I think about the silly people that think Denim is protective.

I don't ride off road that much or that serious that I think I need a neck brace
I think the weekest places in my various gear is rib protection. They certainly get bruised, and a month ago a cracked a couple.

Suggestions on rib protection anyone?

ZED wrote:

I think the weekest places in my various gear is rib protection. They certainly get bruised, and a month ago a cracked a couple.

Suggestions on rib protection anyone?

How about wearing some full plastic MX armor suit? I am using an Acerbis Zoom II which has got front, rear and rear lateral protection. Did some hard pancake landing with my EXC200 speeding offroad at sixth gear when my handlebar suddenly came across. No bad injury, no damage at protectors, but food in front pocket of my jacket worn on top of armor was totally pulverized.

I thought I would just tag along

My left glove...wrist enclosure area


My right glove... knuckle area


My SIDI... right


and finally... my leather...

Start from the top... right shoulder cup


And then... the right arm (there goes the logo )


and lastly... the left knee area

Saw the post on ADVRider, too. Glad you're okay.

Good gear is reasonably comfortable AND it saves your hide. I lowsided at about 50 mph on a tight turn at a track day, and I almost managed to get the bike back through tech inspection before the end of the session. Think about that: I hit the deck at 50 and was ready to ride in about 20 minutes.

I used to race bicycles. I crashed twice racing, once with road rash along the entire side of my body that took about 2 weeks (and $100+ in 2nd skin burn pads) to heal. That happened at about 25 mph.

ZED wrote:

I too believe in good gear. Everytime I pick myself up and look at the rash on my suit I think about the silly people that think Denim is protective.

I don't ride off road that much or that serious that I think I need a neck brace
I think the weekest places in my various gear is rib protection. They certainly get bruised, and a month ago a cracked a couple.

Suggestions on rib protection anyone?

http://www.johnsonleather.com/forcefield_chest.htm

Glad to see you're alright! I had a bunch of low speed crashed this weekend on the trail, and I know the only way I ended up mostly riding out was the pressure suit, boots, and other gear I had on.

Someone needs some 606's... Glad you made it out ok. Don't yor MX pants have hip pads in them? Mine came with them and can be taken out with the Velcro tabs.