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| OK ,just wondering how many vision owners are ATGATT types? |
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Raleigh, NC | I'm on the fence on this one. However, I did pick up a nice multi layer Victory jacket on sale last week. I'll be watching forum. |
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Bluff Park, Alabama - God's Country! 2011 PW VV | I almost(99.9%) always have: White modular Helmet, Hi-Viz Jacket(Olympia AST or FirstGear Mesh), leather gloves, above ankle boots and Jeans. If cold enough or raining I have First Gear Overpants. Also eye protection, even under the shield(clear or tinted). |
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shakopee , Mn | some of the gear some of the time. |
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flagstaff, AZ | I'm easing into it with wearing a helmet most of the time. its new, might as well wear it. |
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Jal NM | First Gear mesh jacket in summer with cooling vest, jeans or riding pants at all times, above ankle boots, Alpine Sart mesh gloves or leather depends on temp, 3/4 to full face helmet, MC glasses or goggles. |
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| Helmet,gloves,glasses,boots for summer I will NEVER do shorts,flip flops,no shirt that is insane |
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New Bohemia, VA | Not me! I believe you should wear your gear, gear will save you when you need it. But most of the time in the summer, I often only wear a long-sleeve shirt, vest, and of course, the helmet. I always wear the half gloves unless it is below 40, then I'm also putting on full gloves and chaps. I always wear long pants and boots, and googles. |
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Tucson, AZ | I must not be.....I dont even know what that is? |
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New Bohemia, VA | mkultra - 2012-05-02 9:29 AM I must not be.....I dont even know what that is? All The Gear, All The Time. Full face, full leather/armor jacket, full leather/armor pants, full hightop boots, leather gloves, essentially. This is regardless of the time of year, or weather... all the gear, all the time whether it's a trip to the corner market a mile away, or transcontenential trek....swares by it, lives and dies by it...no exceptions... |
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Iron Butt
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| not me... some times just jeans and a LS shirt. Always boots, Always gloves, Always helmet. I dont do jacket and ride pants al l the time |
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Westchester Co., NY | I have always worn boots, jeans, gloves and a helmet. But as I get older I find myself wearing kevlar lined jeans more often in warmer weather and leather riding pants in the winter. When mesh jackets came out I got one and stopped wearing just t-shirts on hot days. Now I even got myself a high-viz mesh jacket. I also find myself wearing my modular helmet more often then my half-helmet. And my newer gear tends to come with some type of armor, which I didn't have before. I have been debating switching to real m/c boots instead of the work boots I wear now. But it is hard to find a basic black pair in wide sizes. |
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Gotha, FL | over ankle leather boots, jeans, victory mesh jacket or tourmaster mesh, triumph armoured mesh gloves, either 1/2 or modular helmet, glasses, leather jacket and chaps(rarely ever gets cold enough to wear them though), hi-vis vest for night riding sometimes. Thinking about kevlar pants. |
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Jasper, MO | Helmet, heavy boots, jeans all the time. Long sleeve shirt sometimes. Light jacket in cool temperatures. Heavy jacket and more in cooler temperatures. In really hot weather, I'll forget the long sleeve shirt and just wear a T-shirt, or wear a thin, light colored, long sleeve shirt to prevent sunburn. 47 years of riding and counting.
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | Evoline Shark helmet (3/4-full), gloves, Tourmaster boots, jeans (sometimes kevlar).I used to only wear a long sleeve T in the summer, but now that I ditched the leathers for mesh, I wear my jacket all the time. I'm looking for some mesh pants now for those 110 degree days. |
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Akron, Ohio | I wear a helmet, jacket(mesh for summer, leather for winter), SIDI tall boots, full finger gloves, mesh pants with a liner for cold weather. Sometimes I wear jeans but only 10% of the time or so. Guess I dress more for the dismount than the ride. :-) |
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Orlando, FL | Boots, Jeans, T shirt. Anything else only if it cools down below 85. |
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | The following announcement for BC riders was made yesterday - so it may be coming soon for some of you who live elsewhere:
VANCOUVER ? The provincial government today announced new safety regulations it says are aimed at improving road safety and reducing motorcycle deaths, injuries and crashes.
Effective June 1, all motorcycle riders and their passengers must wear helmets that meet safety industry standards, the government said in a press release. This means motorcycle riders will no longer be able to wear novelty helmets, typically known as skid lids, skull caps or beanies, which do not meet the new requirements.
The new regulations will also require passengers, including children, to place their feet on foot pegs or floorboards. Drivers can easily be thrown off balance and risk crashing if their passengers do not keep their feet fixed on foot rests. Children who are unable to reach foot rests will no longer be allowed to ride as passengers, the press release said.
Fines for all new helmet-related offences are $138 and fines for seating requirements range from $109 to $121. In addition to fines, riders violating seating requirements will have their motorcycles impounded.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/beefs+motorcycle+safety...
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Bay of Gigs, WA | I make the ol' lady wear the chaps with the blue bikini bottoms. Cold in Jan, but worth it.
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Cleveland, GA | Modular helmet, Fox Creek leather jacket, leather overpants, gloves, and steel-toed boots when it's cooler. The only change in the summer is a perforated leather jacket and perforated gloves... and OCCASIONALLY just jeans instead of the leather overpants. In Georgia and Alabama. In July and August.
I'd rather sweat than bleed (though I haven't had to test it yet), and it makes my wife feel better about me riding. I ride year-round, about 20,000 miles a year. |
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| Modular or 1/2 helmet. gloves. mc boots. kevlar jeans in the summer. kevlar and chaps in the winter. Impact resistant sunglasses. Cooling vest in the summer. leather jacket with armor year round. |
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Rancho Cucamonga, CA | donetracey - 2012-05-02 12:14 PM
The following announcement for BC riders was made yesterday - so it may be coming soon for some of you who live elsewhere:
VANCOUVER ? The provincial government today announced new safety regulations it says are aimed at improving road safety and reducing motorcycle deaths, injuries and crashes.
Effective June 1, all motorcycle riders and their passengers must wear helmets that meet safety industry standards, the government said in a press release. This means motorcycle riders will no longer be able to wear novelty helmets, typically known as skid lids, skull caps or beanies, which do not meet the new requirements.
The new regulations will also require passengers, including children, to place their feet on foot pegs or floorboards. Drivers can easily be thrown off balance and risk crashing if their passengers do not keep their feet fixed on foot rests. Children who are unable to reach foot rests will no longer be allowed to ride as passengers, the press release said.
Fines for all new helmet-related offences are $138 and fines for seating requirements range from $109 to $121. In addition to fines, riders violating seating requirements will have their motorcycles impounded.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/beefs+motorcycle+safety+laws/65426...
California has the same helmet requirement. There are many people selling fake DOT stikers for the back of the novelty helmets. In California, it's up to the LEOs to prove that a helmet is not compliant instead of the rider proving it is. They can't/won't spend that kind of money to do so.
Find out who's responsibility it is in BC? |
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| I always ride with a helmet, which I personally consider a requirement to ride, even though Michigan and its stupid law makers, just allowed riders the option to crush their skulls and ensure more job security for emergency room doctors, to not wear one...Too each his own I suppose...Helmets have saved a couple of my children, now adult riders, from near fatal and possibly potentially serious head injuries...My son went down on his bike a few years ago, and my daughter went down after hitting some gravel last year...Helmets were beat to crap, but their heads were not....I wear leather jacket and gloves, tall over ankles boots, and gloves...In the summer I ride with a AGV mesh jacket with Kevlar, half gloves and 3/4 helmet with Visor....One of my riding buddies of a few years, back ripped the heck out of his ankle riding a HD around a corner to tight with tennis shoes on..needless to say he does not anymore.......I realize I am bias to riding with gear and a PROPER helmet, but who knows what may have happened to my kids if they had not been required to wear a helmet...Sometimes choices can be the wrong ones to make........
Edited by opas ride 2012-05-02 7:25 PM
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Quad Cities, IL | I am...I am.
Always wear a helmet (Typically a Full Face/Modular)
Hi Viz Hein Gericke Full Touring Jacket for Cold or Wet Weather; Hi Viz Icon Hooligan 2 Mesh for Summer Temps > 70F
Full finger gloves
Riding boots
Always pants (never shorts). Chaps for long hauls, Leather Pants when temps are < 35F.
But what's odd is how I let my habits change when my wife is riding. She hates a full helmet unless its cold. But she always wears helmet, usually a half. So when with her, I usually wear my half helmet...not sure why I succumb to the pressure. lol She also hates wearing a riding jacket unless its cold...that one drives me nuts. I don't cave on that, but I wish she would wear one always. Even the best mesh ones she complains about being too hot. She does wear pants and boots though. Oh well. I pray we never have the need. |
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Orlando, FL | rainryder +1+1+1+1+1+1+1
donetracy, good luck to BC in reducing motorcycle deaths injuries and crashes. Helmets will never prevent crashes! LOL As for the rest, I've looked at the compiled statistics for 3 states and would guess most other states are similar. Maybe not. I'm only looking at the numbers!! No emotion. All numbers. And they say you're better off NOT wearing a helmet. From small injury to death. Not trying to start an argument, or even a discussion. Just stating the stats. Governments that think helmets are the answer are not looking at the problem. The real issue from my POV is motorcycle riding education. Today anyone that can pass a simple one day course in Florida gets a license. It ain't enough!!!!!!! Trust me, I've seen it all. Too many in my state just should not be on a bike. And the CAGERS need to be educated too. Also, Laws preventing cell phone use, texting and other distractions work also. It's well researched and documented that cell phone use (even hands free) while driving has the same attention and reaction time as a legally drunk person! But hey, we like our cell phones more than others lives, so what the heck. Laws are often enacted on emotion, not logic.
Again, not looking for a debate. Feel free to check the vehicle crash stats in your state. Usually listed on the Department of Motor Vehicles web site.
Edited by MaddMAx2u 2012-05-05 9:05 AM
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Litchfield Park, AZ | ATGATT, is protection based on conditions.....
ATGATT in Phoenix, Arizona in July/August could get you killed before any accident might get you. Heat exhaustion has taken many riders out here.
....and before the gear nuts come after me, I'm partly joking on that statement, but partly not. If you are wearing leather, or even an additional layer of thick textile, you may be getting air coming into the jacket, but you are not allowing your body to expell the core rising temps back out.
When it's 115 degrees, with the sun beating down on you, and your core temperature starts rising, you may cause your own accident when you are overcome by the heat. I always wear a helmet and gloves, jeans, boots, and either a leather jacket (winter) or a light weight long sleeved shirt to keep the sun off me.
I always love it when I read about people acting like a bunch of tough guys and how they can ride in ANY temperature......even though they have never truly experienced the hell on earth that is the Sonoran or Mojave deserts.
Edited by phoenix9 2012-05-05 3:08 PM
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New Bohemia, VA | The two and half weeks I spent out in the Mojave, and the ride to and from there July '10, I wore a white long sleeve Levi shirt. |
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Desert Hot Springs (Palm Springs area), CA | I live in the Palm Springs area and in the summer am the anti-black rider. White helmet, silver mesh jacket, and white mesh gloves. Also I have a water vest that I wear under my mesh jacket! |
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New Bohemia, VA | Yes, a camelbak... |
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| After beating the odds for about 25 years, I started wearing more protective gear. Within a short time later, ATGATT. 6 or 7 years now and in all kinds of weather. I actually think a mesh jacket keeps me cooler than a tank top in the blistering sun. I saw too many people getting their skin chewed up in even minor wrecks.
I'm all for doing what makes you happy but don't think that any amount of motorcycle or car driver training will prevent you from being a victim of a wreck. Life (and stupid) happens. I'm just looking to up my odds of walking away instead of being carted off. |
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Northeast Ohio | I am a 2/3 ATGATT. 3/4 helmet (would love to find a modular helmet that fit well), mesh jacket (leather when cool), gloves and boots. Usually just wear jeans though. My buddy now wears diamond gusset jean, which I will probably get a few pairs of. I 100% agree that the mesh jacket is cooler than no jacket. I burn easy too, which is another reason I wear the mesh jacket. |
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Broken Arrow, OK | what was the question?
I have several irritating, painful helmets I'd like to sell.
I now wear a GMax GM54 modular, pearl white of course, and it's fairly comfortable all day long. My wife and I never, ever, ride w/o helmets.
I wish it stayed cool all yr long here cause I like cold weather riding, ATGATT style but I end up w a teeshirt on in the summer here.
Edited by okie vision 2012-05-08 2:26 PM
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