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WTF? Why don't you wear a chest protector Hill? If you didn't before wouldn't you after just to protect the ribs until they heal all the way? He even says one hit to the chest from the bars and he is done. Is wearing a chest pro really going to slow you down? Seems kind of silly to me.
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Make all the excuses you want as to how a chest protector wouldn't prevent any kind of injury and go back and ask Dusty Klatt if a chest protector at Phoeix (I believe) might not have saved him the severe exhaust pipe burns he had to try to ride through for the rest of the SX series.
Can you have too much protection?
Answer no you can't have too much protection. Again how much good would a chest protector do for ALREADY broken ribs?
Really though I dont get why pros dont wear em. When i look at my old one im damn glad i wore it through some of my shit ive been through. Maybe its like an "ode" to them not crashing? They do get in the way sometimes though. I could see especially if you were a short little person. Sometimes they leave rashes and shit.
I like mine caus it makes me feel like a ninja tutrle.
There are chest-protectors, thorax protector and spine protectors out there on the market that works. not the fashion roost thing designed by a cool 19 y-o in a California "design bureau" who draws "cool", "sick', "gnar'" plastic stuff, just so that they don't look too ugly to be marketable. Because that's what some do when designing "protections", they make sure they look "cool".
There are products that are the results of survey, of investigation on motorcycle crashes, that are the results of collective studies, and that work.
Now, do you want to be protected or do you want to find excuses not to wear any, like "not cool" "too hot" "too bulky for the look", "too expensive because I need money for my Pro FMF $900 exhaust system",etc, etc.
The Euro riders wear back-protectors already and some even have the full chest/back safety jackets under their jersey. Do they rider slower than the average american kid? no. Do they melt under the sun and can't ride longer than 15 minutes motos? no!
http://www.dainese.com/us_en/motorbike/thorax.html?cat=41
http://www.dainese.com/us_en/motorbike/armour-pro.html?cat=41
http://www.dainese.com/us_en/motorbike/paraschiena-wave-con-scapole.htm…
anyway, I posted already the photos before, as well as the work and studies that lead to the design of our products - again, others do that too in Europe - but no one gives a shit. You guys all come with the same crying threads every time someone gets hurt, every time someone passes away, every time someone gets maimed. The same threads all over again.
Anyway, Stevee401, you are absolutely right, it is kindda silly.
Am I going to stop wearing my seat belt? Hell no just like I am not going to stop wearing a chest protector because in some rare cases they maybe hurt more than they help.
To each their own......IMO there's a big void of common sense in our sport and the fact that chest protectors aren't required for all levels are racing just drive home this point to me.
BTW, considering the collarbone is the easiest bone in the body to break and the fact doctors aren't psychics I really don't put much value to your buddy's story.
Shenzi-Nice products! Are those compatible with neck braces?
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I won't ride without one of these anymore....
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They are a little warmer, but, for me personally, I don't even notice that anymore. I've been wearing them since 2007 now. I've crashed enough in these things over the last few years to know its worth being a little warmer and looking a little different out on the track as a trade off for real protection.
I was wearing a chest protector when I endoed my 85 into the face of the next jump. I landed so hard I collapsed the subframe with my back. Knocked the wind out of me but I believe it really helped distribute the impact force.
Last example. I crashed really hard over a tabletop one time and landed on my shoulder. The webbing in the shoulder cups of my Fox Protector tore off and I escaped with nothing more than soreness and a mangled hand. I landed in the exact same way during a rugby game and broke my collarbone, from only 3 feet up.
I don't need a whole lot of scientific data or test results to tell me that something hard between me and the ground will help, it's just common sense. If you aren't smart enough to protect yourself, then deal with it when you get hurt.
Stupid hurts.
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