This is true. The problem is that so few places actually stock much riding gear so it can be hard to try it on for fit. I do have riding gear that fits but finding it was sometimes a challenge.Different brands have different cuts.
This is true. The problem is that so few places actually stock much riding gear so it can be hard to try it on for fit. I do have riding gear that fits but finding it was sometimes a challenge.Different brands have different cuts.
What would be your minimum gear?I disagree with "All The Gear All The Time" fanatics.
ATGATT is unrealistic expectation.
Ones definition of ATGATT is another ones definition of utter overkill.
There is no need for MotoGP approved gear, and the raincoat, when the weather is nice and you are going to the store on city roads with max speed of 50 km/h.
I prefer AGFART. Appropriate Gear For All Rides & Trips.
If the weather is good and you are only taking short low speed trip to the store. To pick up groceries and beer. You don't need Airbag west, heavy duty Gore Tex or lined jeans. There will be no slide so there is no need to dress for the slide.
Going on the highway, full of idiots at very high speed, would more reasonably require that equipment.
No matter where you are. Your most important gear is your environmental awareness and fast response. Watch the road far ahead, watch your mirrors, look around you, listen. Riding motorcycles is dangerous. Take appropriate precautions.
I resemble that remark!There is no such thing as a loose jacket on me. :-(
It depends on the ride but everything out of the parking lot would be at least helmet, gloves, shoes, jeans, jacket.What would be your minimum gear?
Same with me.It depends on the ride but everything out of the parking lot would be at least helmet, gloves, shoes, jeans, jacket.
I disagree with "All The Gear All The Time" fanatics.
I prefer AGFART. Appropriate Gear For All Rides & Trips.
Yip, wear mine every ride under my riding jeans. If I ever don't wear them its a bit like the feeling of not having a seat-belt on in a car.Get some Bohn Under Armor...like a leotard with D30 pads in all the right places.
I'm with you 100%. I know guys that ride harder when geared up vs without gear . It's false security. A buddy was teasing me about going slow on a road we could've been cornering much faster on. " That FZ 09 can't keep up with my little old W800?" I asked if he ever rounded a corner to find a lazy moving tractor with a hay spear hanging off the back before. The look on his face. Sure, the bike can take the corner, but what's on the other side? Environmental awareness, you're 100% on point.I disagree with "All The Gear All The Time" fanatics.
ATGATT is unrealistic expectation.
Ones definition of ATGATT is another ones definition of utter overkill.
There is no need for MotoGP approved gear, and the raincoat, when the weather is nice and you are going to the store on city roads with max speed of 50 km/h.
I prefer AGFART. Appropriate Gear For All Rides & Trips.
If the weather is good and you are only taking short low speed trip to the store. To pick up groceries and beer. You don't need Airbag west, heavy duty Gore Tex or lined jeans. There will be no slide so there is no need to dress for the slide.
Going on the highway, full of idiots at very high speed, would more reasonably require that equipment.
No matter where you are. Your most important gear is your environmental (Edit. I'm not native English speaker and the voices in my head have been telling me that situational is a better word, so here it is) awareness and fast response. Watch the road far ahead, watch your mirrors, look around you, listen. Riding motorcycles is dangerous. Take appropriate precautions.