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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
A question for you guys who do some riding motorbikes around trails...
I'm not too hard out, I just want to avoid injury, such as a broken collar bone, as much as possible. I ride my XR400R on a few trails, not fast, but I'm bound to come off in a big way sooner or later.
Do you guys wear some sort of body armour? I don't want to go full motocross. I tend to be jeans and ankle boots (Chelsea boots), and something light over my torso. I was thinking of a chest protector with shoulder pads to wear under a sweatshirt. Nothing too restrictive. A fair weather rider, you could call me.
I'm not concerned about gravel rash.
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I ride a 89 CR-250R, I have raced in the past. I just wear my Honda riding gear, so I wont look like a twit, helmet, gloves, boots and use my 35 years of riding/racing experience to do my thing. I was riding a while back and a dude with a chest protector was riding a 250 on an off camber, really craggy and rocky off camber hill. His riding technique was armature at best. He should have been standing on the pegs and weighting the outside peg, and carried some speed through the tough section. He sat down on the seat, and was just barely put-putting by, when he high sided on a small rock imbedded in the ground, flipped off of the bike, landed on his head and snapped his collar bone. I never seen one up close, but it was milky white and bloody and it tore through his jersey. I went to the gate house and had the operator call for an ambulance and the chopper whisked him away. 1 tiny rock put this beginner in a hospital, and he was in bad shape. Rider technique, and experience is how I stay in one piece. Knock on wood...
