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[qystan]

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[ylloree]

Nice forum. I've learned a lot. Thanks

[vvv]

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[Siphon]

@swashylahs - Maybe to put you more at ease...

 

I wear a full face with a Riding Jacket with CE pads and back protection along with leather gloves with kevlar protection while riding on a TA200 Phantom... With a P Plate then...

 

Sure i get alot of "looks" from other riders and even driver... Not sure what all the looks were about. And yes when it rains the whole setup is hot... However, when you think about the road condition when you are going to and fro work... you will feel better that you are not exposed to the tarmac beneath you.

 

The only person you should answer to is yourself. Do you want to be protected? or follow the crowd? If you look carefully at our Johor friends, you can start to see most of them wearing some sort of protection here and there too... Long sleeves and pants. Some even have FF, although rare... and this is likely because of the super long and hot queue when going back to Johor in the evening... So there's a balance...

 

Yesterday a "cub" skidded in front of me... i think he depressed his rear brake a little too hard. He skidded, slammed into the floor. Minor ding and bruises because he was wearing jeans and a thick jacket.

 

Some protection is better than none... don't let people decide what you should do to protect yourself...

 

Be safe not Sorry.

 

Ride safe bro.

[vvv]

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