Body Armor
 

Do you guys wear any type of body armor when you ride? I have a Joe Rocket riding jacket with built in body armor, I always wears jeans and steel toed boots, and riding gloves.And always wearingmy Scorpio Helmet.I have seen photos of many who ride in Tshirts and shorts with sandals. What do you do?

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joe rocket jacket, sidi boots , gloves and jeans oh and my KBC helmet

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Jeans and a leather jacket(no armor, just heavy leather). Also my helmet (whichI need to get a new one) and sneakers.

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j/r armor riding pants, icon armor jacket, hjc lid, A* gloves, boots.
all the time, every time.

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yamaha mesh with armor, armored joe rocket gloves, M2R helmet, jeans, sneakers

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Full face helmet, armored motorcycle-leather jacket, armored gloves, jeans and over-the-ankle hiking boots.
Will change last 2 to armored pants/ racing boots at earliest.

I had a minor fall (complete with a little sliding action on ashphalt) and the ONLY injury was on legs (knees) which was the ONLY unprotected part. Jacket, helmet, gloves and hiking boots all prevented injury - each had minor scratches.
A small note here: motorcycle grade leather lasts for 80+ feet on the ashphalt - jeans last probably less than 1 foot - even kevlar wears through in 25!!! If not for this reason I would never have bought leather.

Our MSF instructor talked about 'no exposed skin, now I know why.

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Shift riding mesh jacket w armor, Gloves, helmet, jeans and sneakers, (will be getting puma riding boots as soon asÌ can set apart some $$$$

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Shoei RF-1000 helmet w/Respro Foggy
Dainese Zen Jacket - full armor
Dainese back protector
Dainese Gloves (gauntlet with carbon nuckles etc.)
Dainese Leather riding pants on weekends armored
Alpinestars textile over pants with armor commuting to work
Dainese boots weekdays
Alpinestars SMX-R full boots weekends
Underarmour lowers and uppers
MotoGP 1-piece for trackdays

Always, without fail. Jeans are not good enough, my skin is worth the couple thousand dollars I have invested. I'm not saying anyone needs to gear up, that's your choice but in over 20 years on 2 wheels I've learned a lot.

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I ALWAYS wore:

Shoei RF-1000
Joe Rocket textile OR Joe Rocket leather jacket (both w/ armor)
Joe Rocket textile OR Joe Rocket leather track pants (both w/ armor)
Joe Rocket leather gloves
Icon field armor spine protector
Diadora race boots

At any given time I was sporting $1500 worth of protective gear...and I'm still around after my crash, good as new.

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power trip jacket and gloves, boots, full face,jeans...always
feel naked when I don't have my garb on