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Mike13
| | Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:39 pm: | 
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Hey guys, first time poster, long time member. Check these out. Kinda pricey but real comfortable and don't look that bad under your pant leg. http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/1/36/18192/ ITEM/Puma-Desmo-Boots.aspx |
Dms
| | Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 12:45 pm: |
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Here's what I've been wearing lately:
http://www.aerostich.com/off-and-riding/footwear/a erostich-combat-touring-boots.html
While given the choice I'd rather crash in my Sidi Vertigos, the Aerostich boots are more comfortable and far better protection than most engineer boots, and are inconspicuous under jeans. They also make a smaller version of the boots if you don't like the huge MX-style shin protection.
As for general gear, I'm an ATGATT nazi with one caveat: commuting to the office, I wear a pair of somewhat questionable Joe Rocket mesh overpants that are an improvement over jeans but probably not by much. Some day I'll sign over an entire paycheck to the Motoport guys and get a decent summer commuter suit.
Dave |
Ccryder
| | Posted on Friday, April 16, 2010 - 03:00 pm: |
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I always wear my riding boots.(Frank Thomas) I have a real nice pair of safety shoes at my office
3 weeks ago I had a 0.0 mph fall over. I was swinging my leg over the seat and my 1125rt rolled forward in my gravel driveway and feel over. Nothing can be done when you are balancing on one leg. THe saddle bag caught my right shin and gouged some flesh and then swiped down my shin. Besides a little hurt pride I thought I was clear. A week later I discovered I had a deep muscle bruise. Bad enough for my Dr. to keep me out of work for 2 days with my leg iced and elevated. WHen she saw the bruise (which didn't show up for a week) she told me that I was lucky that I had the tall boots on to spread the load otherwise I would probably be in a cast for a broken leg. As it is, she was waaay concerned that I might have a blood clot and that has very bad consequences.
I'm limping a little now but I'm still riding. Zero mph get offs can be bad too if you are not protected.
Later
Neil S. |
Zac4mac
| | Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 08:26 pm: |
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Watch those clots Neil - she's right.
I wear a pair of Chippewa Ralley-Black boots.
Good protection, leather, made in Wisconsin.
I don't do plastic transformer shoes.
Z |
Firebolt32
| | Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 10:35 pm: |
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I was wearing a full face helmet, BRAND NEW Buell riding jacket (first time worn), jeans and H/D riding boots when I got hit in Dec. I got hit from the right side. My right foot was spun backwards. The entire left sleeve of the jacket was shreaded. The helmet didn't sustain any damage until the Fire Fighter put his boot through the sheild. Other than breaking my left wrist from bracing the fall, my upper body sustained no damage. My right foot/leg is jacked up.
Nothing is going to safe someones ass doing 150mph and getting blasted. But, I was doing about 45 and the guy how hit me was just pulling out from a side street. Are there any boots on the market that could have saved my foot from pointing the wrong way? |
Rpm4x4
| | Posted on Saturday, April 17, 2010 - 11:01 pm: |
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With the hiking boots I posted earlier I have been down at 50+ mph twice in 6 months. They showed a little rash but no more than either of my Buell jackets. Honestly my Carhartt jeans faired pretty well too. I am going to look into getting a pair of riding boots but I dont believe its as much of a safety issue as some believe. I will never ride without a boot that doesnt come up above the ankles. Both crashes left my shoes with ankle damage. Just to be clear I was unscathed in both incidents.
(Message edited by rpm4x4 on April 17, 2010) |
Ratbuell
| | Posted on Sunday, April 18, 2010 - 09:08 am: |
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Most gear is designed for slide protection, and the impact protection is generally limited to the impact caused by the weight of the contents (i.e. your body) hitting something static (i.e. the earth). Examples of this, for this thread, are the ankle pucks in most of the riding boots; the toe protectors and heel protectors; and the overall height for general ankle support.
NO riding gear can help with extreme impacts like a car whacking into your leg, or in my case, my legs whacking into a fencepost made from a cutoff telephone pole. In my case, I had no (that's ZERO) road rash and my Joe Rocket mesh would have survived to ride again, had the EMT's not cut it off me before my helicopter ride. My injuries were shattered bones (L femur and R tib/fib) that exited the leg in places. Nothing outside of a piece of schedule 40 cast iron pipe on each leg would have prevented that.
Helmets come close...but who wants to put their whole body in something resembling a StormTrooper suit? LOL
Most gear is made for abrasion-resistance, and light-impact-resistance. Motor vehicle impacts are near-impossible to plan for, at least gear-makeup-wise. There's just too much force involved, and too many variables. |
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