Textile mesh jackets. Protection?

Have you looked in the Motocross section of your local bike emporium? These
riders use a full armour "exoskelington" which includes a back protector,
chest protector, shoulder, elbow and upper arm protector all held together
with a mesh of some kind, making it a piece of piss to get into and out of.

Designed to be worn under a slightly more weatherproof outer layer that's
not armoured to the max.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Judging by the look of a lot of bikers, I'd say it was their faces that were
the first thing to hit the deck.

--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

What's with all this safety nazi business?

Went out this morning, did around 120 miles on the BMW. Wearing jeans,
paddock jacket, Cat boots and gloves. As did Katie.

 

Well bully for you.

 

http://www.motoport.com/

 

Probably, but we're all invincible, right? I don't bother with gloves
(or jacket or boots) if it's hot & I'm just popping up the shops, but I
know I'd regret that if I binned it.

 

There is. But ignoring that fact, think about what's important in a
*road* crash. You're highly unlikely to slide along tarmac for any
distance no matter how fast you're going, so super-duper abrasion
resistance isn't really that important.

What you are likely to do is bash into solid objects, so armour is the
most important thing. And to be any use, that armour has to stay in the
right place, so the stitching needs to be good too. There's no reason
why good textile gear will be any worse than good leather gear for
either of those aspects.

 

I wouldn't have wanted to look at Chris after the last off, if he had
textiles on, he hit the road at around 30-40mph.

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike

 

But, you didn't hit the road, if you had, you would be in hospital.

--


Nige,

BMW K1200S
Range Rover Vogue
Suzuki GSX-R600 Racebike

 

My personal view is that unless you get pinned under the bike you'll
tend to roll and just suffer from a few scuffs rather than wear the
kind of bone exposing holes in your skin some here seem to expect.

I've done about 200 miles today with the compulsary crash helmet
accompanied by a leather jacket, summer gloves, jeans and trainers.
It's too hot to be fucking about with full leathers or textile
trousers and I certainly wouldn't have ridden any faster if I'd had
better kit on because I don't enjoy crashing no matter what I'm
wearing.

I know I'm tempting fate by saying this but experience and ability is
more likely to save you from serious injury than wearing the 'correct'
kit.

 

Wrong. He *might* have ended up in hospital but most people are built
of the right stuff and only go to hospital when they actually break
something.

 

Or when they want to perv over nurses.

 

I've tended to slide - and avoided bone-exposing holes only by wearing
what I had on. But then I am heavier than you.

Indeed.

I think my only gripe is with those who criticise others' apparel. Why
not just live and let live.

 

Well yes - if you include skin in that.

 

That's why they have hospital visiting hours. You're supposed to let
your friends suffer the pain and you just go visiting.

 

I'd go if I needed stitches but I've seen what they do to gravel rash
and it involves the use of antiseptic soap and a scrubbing brush.

I'd prefer to apply a dollop of Savlon when I got home rather than
show myself up by screaming like a bitch when they started the
cleaning process.

 

My mum got gravel rash way back in the 1950s when she came off a James
125 (as I recall) in New Zealand.

She didn't have it all removed - and bits still surface from time to
time 50 years later.

 

Oh yes!

<g> Thankfully mine was pretty clean by the time I got to hospital,
courtesy of a mobile home that stopped and let me use their sink, and
the ambulance lady that subsequently turned up and gave it another go,
both at the scene of the accident. But in due course the A&E
consultant reckoned I'd lost enough flesh to warrant a Plastic Surgeon
having a look, so I was glad I'd gone. The PS susequently reckoned it
would heal on its own, which it did.

 

And for a percentage of those that may well be a positive thing. ;-)

T i m

 

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And here we see, viewers, the classic lifecycle of the UKRM/biking
newbie. After the period where they turn up and ask questions that
are all in the FAQ, then go through the stage of making outrageous and
often downright incorrect statements (sometimes involving
non-humourous racism). When they learn that the best policy is to
admit their own mistakes, the consider themselves fully-grown -
analagous to the human "teenage" years. At this point, the newbie -
not knowing their true status hasn't changes - will try to give advice
to everyone else. This is almost certainly practice for what they
perceive to be the role of the mature member.

Tune in next week to see what happens next.

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