Leathers Recomendations

[synfinatic]

That's a failure of technique application. :laughing

Yeah, I still remember the time I grabbed too much front brake so I didn't become a pillion rider on your bike in T4. :laughing Good times...

 

[afm199]

Yeah, I still remember the time I grabbed too much front brake so I didn't become a pillion rider on your bike in T4. :laughing Good times...

That was unfortunate. But worse for you than me.

 

[Honey Badger]

So I will concede you guys make some good points. Im not totally convinced but hey, its a learning curve, so thanks.
Real question here: looking at the track airbag vests, it looks to me like they arent really going to help with the collarbone issue if you go down on one shoulder because they have no protection there. I get they will help neck, head and ribcage for sure. Anybody have info on how they would or would not help with collarbone/ shoulder issues in that kind of wreck. Remember Im talking specifically about going down directly onto one shoulder, like a low side or bad high side.

I can't speak much to the vests, but at least in my suit, the shoulder protection definitely helps support the shoulder, and probably saved me from a broken collarbone one time on a hard-hit lowside. In that particular crash i don't think one of the external vests would have helped as I was still practically seated on the bike when I hit - but the "smart" airbag (as opposed to a tether) went off before my shoulder impacted. That shoulder/arm took quite the hit, on the grooved curbing, but nothing broke. Sore, but not broken.

Suit paid for itself right then because I've paid for a dislocated shoulder before, and this was much cheaper (not even getting into recovery times and misery!).