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FAQs about protective motorcycle wear (cont.) Q. If I buy my own riding gear, do I need a set of O'Neals/Dainese/Alpinestar sort of stuff? I don't plan to do track days at the moment - I just want to know what's recommended for daily wear (leather will cook me during the 40 degree summers - especially leather stuff that is at least 1.3mm thick as recommended for motorcycle gear). A. In summer for street riding I just wear a lightweight cotton jacket with kevlar lined sleeves, a pair of kevlar-lined cargo pants and motorcross gloves. You gotta be practical - no sense dying of heat exhaustion! When it's cooler I wear a leather jacket, road sport gloves and fully-lined kevlar jeans. As an aside: Many riders looking for maximum safety look to race leathers as the answer. However when you consider that road riders are more at risk of suffering impact injuries rather than injuries caused by sliding down the road, arguably full race leathers may not increase safety on the road as much as they do on a race-track. Thus I'd advise a new rider to rather invest their hard-earned cash on an advanced rider course/defensive rider course and learn how to ride more safely - rather than on a couple of cows' worth of leather gear. Ultimately the level of protective gear worn is a personal choice - the law only requires that you wear a helmet. |
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