Motorcycle body armour upgrades

yellowfever · 16-09-2019, 12:17 AM

Thanks for the further kind comments, agree on ATGATT (heard this phrase too on US sites) Having my armour integrated into my riding kit makes it less likely I leave home without it. Of course protective gear is a trade off, and if you go overboard (for your own tastes) and your kit is too uncomfortable for you there is a good chance you might not bother to wear it... personally, despite the odd transgression in the past, these days the thought of sliding down the road in useless kit whilst cursing myself for leaving my expensive protective gear sat at home is enough to keep me on the straight and narrow...

I do have a real bugbear for guys with good kit taking pillions with crap/no kit. If unavoidable as not enough decent kit to go around, they wear mine and I wear the **** stuff... would rather have a skin graft than the guilt if they needed one because I crashed the bike... also keeps me extra sensible which is an added (though not foolproof) bonus. See it a lot though and it often seems to be guys showing off with a girl on the back. I'm old school enough to freely admit enjoying the combination of barely dressed hot girls and motorbikes, but only in pics/parked up... so if taking a pillion please ensure they've got reasonable gear on too. Sure they're making a free choice to get on the back, but they're trusting you, so deserve that trust! Sorry for the safety police mini-rant, a bugbear like I said...

Yellowfever

16-09-2019, 12:17 AM	#16
yellowfever Bronze Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: London Bike: S2r 1000 Posts: 251	Thanks for the further kind comments, agree on ATGATT (heard this phrase too on US sites) Having my armour integrated into my riding kit makes it less likely I leave home without it. Of course protective gear is a trade off, and if you go overboard (for your own tastes) and your kit is too uncomfortable for you there is a good chance you might not bother to wear it... personally, despite the odd transgression in the past, these days the thought of sliding down the road in useless kit whilst cursing myself for leaving my expensive protective gear sat at home is enough to keep me on the straight and narrow... I do have a real bugbear for guys with good kit taking pillions with crap/no kit. If unavoidable as not enough decent kit to go around, they wear mine and I wear the **** stuff... would rather have a skin graft than the guilt if they needed one because I crashed the bike... also keeps me extra sensible which is an added (though not foolproof) bonus. See it a lot though and it often seems to be guys showing off with a girl on the back. I'm old school enough to freely admit enjoying the combination of barely dressed hot girls and motorbikes, but only in pics/parked up... so if taking a pillion please ensure they've got reasonable gear on too. Sure they're making a free choice to get on the back, but they're trusting you, so deserve that trust! Sorry for the safety police mini-rant, a bugbear like I said... Yellowfever