Kidney Belt Scam Class Action Lawsuit

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Was waxing nostalgia and then focused on Wardy's kidney belt.
That was the worst piece of gear ever produced in the world™. Jammed down our throats and protected nothing.

It was like yo, moto aint hard enough, here is a gigantic piece of velcro with our logo on the back side that doesn't do shit. Also it makes you feel uncomfortable as hell.

YOU NEED THIS

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I wear one have done from the first time I started racing 36 years ago as a 16 year old.
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For the record this is sarcasm. rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiipp
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Tonynz wrote:
I wear one have done from the first time I started racing 36 years ago as a 16 year old.
You don't have to anymore.
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I wear one for a little extra back support. Not sure if it helps but it sure as hell doesn't hurt.

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bonseff 12/7/2015 7:22pm
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I use another one to get chicks. they see that giant chunk of plastic in the back and they know my innerds are straight and I am ready to 'party'
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My dad started racing in the mid 60s and still wears one (in his mid 60s)
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Tonynz 12/7/2015 7:49pm
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Tonynz wrote:
I wear one have done from the first time I started racing 36 years ago as a 16 year old.
bonseff wrote:
You don't have to anymore.
I do, it keeps my stomach tucked in other wise I would stop wearing it.

First one I owned was the "Gold Belt"
nascarnate326 12/7/2015 7:53pm
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never had one.. do they really do anything?

Seems crazy that they had the kidney belt back then but the neck brace wasn't even on the radar.
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I stopped wearing one when I got older and they started to fold over when I rode.Blush
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How many kidney belt naysayers rode with four inches of travel?
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I ride in Caineville where there are a lot of rain ruts. After a couple days of riding, my lower back begins to hurt from crossing all the rain ruts. I just get a sharp jolt of pain over every bump. My solution has been to put on a kidney belt. I was amazed the first time I put one on and immediately the pain went away. I still only put it on after the pain comes because I find them a little uncomfortable.
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I have always wore one, I feel weird riding without it. Say what you want but I got tangled up in a 1st turn wreck once and landed on someones bike and after that race I noticed a nice gouge in the kidney belt. I can only imagine how that would have felt if I didn't have it.
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I wear one backwards to protect my beer belly.Silly
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OW38B 12/7/2015 8:09pm
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GuyB wrote:
How many kidney belt naysayers rode with four inches of travel?
GuyB always the voice of reason.

Bikes in the early 70's had only 4 inches of rear travel and 32' seat height so it made the transition from seated to standing more difficult than later on with long travel so you were on the seat more back then.

More seat time + short travel = blowed out kidneys and such. And that brings you to kidney belts.

I have a 1974 Suzuki TM400 Cyclone for you to ride for anyone who has doubts.
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GuyB wrote:
How many kidney belt naysayers rode with four inches of travel?
Back in 1978 I crashed practicing and was scabbed up around my back and hip. I raced the next weekend without my Kidney belt and the next day my pee was bloody and I felt like I had been kicked in the back, I went to doctor and he said it was caused from not wearing the Kidney belt. I do not know if once your body is use to wearing one you can not go without one or what?
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bonseff wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/12/07/114412/s1200_Picture_1.jpg[/img] Was waxing nostalgia and then focused on Wardy's kidney belt. That was the worst piece of gear ever produced in the world™. Jammed down our...


Was waxing nostalgia and then focused on Wardy's kidney belt.
That was the worst piece of gear ever produced in the world™. Jammed down our throats and protected nothing.

It was like yo, moto aint hard enough, here is a gigantic piece of velcro with our logo on the back side that doesn't do shit. Also it makes you feel uncomfortable as hell.

YOU NEED THIS

Probably about as effective as a neck brace? Tongue

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lostboy819 wrote:
I stopped wearing one when I got older and they started to fold over when I rode.Blush
ditto. I stopped this year when my velcro had become to worn out from being stretched so hard. I figured out without it that was extra room to get my pants buttoned too. I rode a couple times without it and just kept on and haven't bought another one.
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Rich Piano 12/7/2015 10:09pm
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I wear mine but I started in 1973.

With 4 inches of travel.
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colintrax 12/7/2015 10:31pm
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I wore one years ago, if I didn't wear it my sides felt they were exploding anytime I landed hard. Doesn't make a difference anymore so I leave it off
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I get sick to my stomach if I don't wear one while riding.
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RussB 12/8/2015 1:35am
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I'm 23 and wear one, I've tried without and it feels as sketchy as riding without a helmet.
It covers the vital area between the bottom of your chest protector and waistline. Take a bar to the gut without a kidney belt on and you're in trouble.
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shmoo 12/8/2015 1:58am
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GuyB wrote:
How many kidney belt naysayers rode with four inches of travel?
You mean I can stop wearing it?

Uhm, young ones, it's not there to protect your kidneys from being speared by a bar or footpeg.
It's there to reduce kidney (and other internal organ) vibration, causing "back pain".
I agree with a few others on here- I'd ride without most of my kit before losing the belt.



GNCC Lapper 12/8/2015 2:23am
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Tonynz wrote:
I wear one have done from the first time I started racing 36 years ago as a 16 year old.
I wouldn't think of racing a 2-3+ Hr. GNCC / Hare Scramble without one. Tried it once and hurt like hell after an hour or so.
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VET176 12/8/2015 3:03am
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I wore one for all of my 20 years racing. Decided to not wear one for my last season.

I had a hernia op the end of that season. Coincidence?
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robkinuk 12/8/2015 3:06am
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GuyB wrote:
How many kidney belt naysayers rode with four inches of travel?
................and un-groomed tracks? Mx tracks were a lot rougher back in the day, natural terrain they just let the grass re-seed on!, just saying....................
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HenryA 12/8/2015 3:32am
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Kinda like the back protectors with kidney belt, it gives you great support. Blush
Icespikes 12/8/2015 3:49am
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bonseff wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2015/12/07/114412/s1200_Picture_1.jpg[/img] Was waxing nostalgia and then focused on Wardy's kidney belt. That was the worst piece of gear ever produced in the world™. Jammed down our...


Was waxing nostalgia and then focused on Wardy's kidney belt.
That was the worst piece of gear ever produced in the world™. Jammed down our throats and protected nothing.

It was like yo, moto aint hard enough, here is a gigantic piece of velcro with our logo on the back side that doesn't do shit. Also it makes you feel uncomfortable as hell.

YOU NEED THIS

Thanks for bringing this up!
Bigger idiots are those who bought early necks braces! Resulting in broken collarbones and broken shoulders everywhere! those companies should be held accountable for this fear mongering! Threatening broken necks! Simple tip overs resulting in surgery and then 'being happy with a broken collarbone , cus it wasn't your neck' is their sales pitch! This is a way bigger issue than kidney belts!
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DoctorJD 12/8/2015 5:25am
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GuyB wrote:
How many kidney belt naysayers rode with four inches of travel?
Good point. Not only that, but rebound damping that would make a mechanical bull seem like a merry-go-round ride. I don't wear one these days, but you wouldn't have caught me without one back in the 70's and 80's.

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