protective gear, what to get?

[Brassington]

apart from getting a leather jacket i have no clue what to get in the way of protective gear. what brands are best for their price tag and where is the best places in perth to get them?

[Aphex]

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There are plenty of shops listed there, most of which sell a decent range of gear.

As a minimum:

Helmet, leather gloves, boots, jacket, kevlar jeans.

What brand? Meh... it doesn't matter. Anything is better than nothing. Choose what you like the look of and what ever feels most comfy wearing it.

[Jasmineee]

A helmet as well of course! I've done the head to toe thing - helmet, leather jacket, gloves and boots. Have yet to get some kevlar lined jeans however.

Doing a quick search will provide you with a wealth of information in regards to protective gear, what's recommended, what's not, peepz recommendations and experiences with them.

And you will get told this often:

What brand? Meh... it doesn't matter. Anything is better than nothing. Choose what you like the look of and what ever feels most comfy wearing it.

[BLU3Y]

^^^ What they said.

[Abaddon]

Shift Gloves are great in summer, I grabbed mine for Britons at causeway and recently held up VERY well in crash last week... except I think I left one in the ambulance

Textile gloves with reinforced leather palms, carbon bits held up very well on wrist etc, nothing teared, and NOTHING cracked, all good and no skin off hands.

Shift also have some great looking textile summer jackets which fit the bill nicely.

good value for money.

[drifter]

apart from getting a leather jacket i have no clue what to get in the way of protective gear. what brands are best for their price tag and where is the best places in perth to get them?

don't have to get a leather jacket, you can always get a textile jacket for summer riding.

[thro]

In rough order of importance (imho)

Helmet
Jacket
Gloves
Pants
Boots
Back protector (yes, if you screw your back you're fucked, however for most lower speed lowside type accidents i think you'd have to be pretty unlucky to do your back in. but... ymmv)


Helmet: if you break your head it is bad
Jacket: will help prevent injury/broken bones in arms and torso. broken arms = can't work
Gloves: busted hands = can't work, can't dress self, can't wipe arse, etc

The rest is all important, but those are the top 3... i reckon - if you can't work (pay bills) or dress/wipe your arse your life is pretty damn sad.