- Jul 24, 2019
I’ve got a Scorpion 950 modular helmet. I love that thing on hot days because when waiting in traffic. I can flip it up from around my face to get some air. I’ve got two hi viz green Icon jackets one is mesh, the other is leather, Icon gloves, shoes are speed and strength high tops, and some off brand Kevlar lined jeans.
Two summers ago I was riding to work on a victory cross country bagger I had at the time. I was getting on the high way on a cloverleaf entrance ramp doing about 45 mph and hit some gravel and ate shit. I was wearing those Kevlar jeans and those speed and strength riding shoes with two T-shirts and a different scorpion modular I had then. When the bike slid out I tried to right it and the back tire caught traction and bucked me off the seat on to a lane divider that separated traffic from cars exiting the highway. I landed on my back and smacked the side of my helmet good enough to put a nasty divot in it, my jeans got a few small rips in the heavy denim but the Kevlar reinforcement is still intact and I wear them to this day. And my shoes, had they been my regular vans my left ankle would have been ugly but they did their job too. I got a little road rash on my shoulder but it was minimal. I did sustain a mild concussion and some bumps and bruises but that was the extent. If I wasn’t wearing my helmet it would have been ugly. The squad came and took me to the hospital and the trauma nurse was asking me questions, my head was just beginning to stop spinning to where I could focus on what just happened and I looked at my pants and shoes and helmet on the table across from the bed I was in. It all happened so damn fast up until that point but all I could think of at that point is that, that riding gear did it’s job.
Two summers ago I was riding to work on a victory cross country bagger I had at the time. I was getting on the high way on a cloverleaf entrance ramp doing about 45 mph and hit some gravel and ate shit. I was wearing those Kevlar jeans and those speed and strength riding shoes with two T-shirts and a different scorpion modular I had then. When the bike slid out I tried to right it and the back tire caught traction and bucked me off the seat on to a lane divider that separated traffic from cars exiting the highway. I landed on my back and smacked the side of my helmet good enough to put a nasty divot in it, my jeans got a few small rips in the heavy denim but the Kevlar reinforcement is still intact and I wear them to this day. And my shoes, had they been my regular vans my left ankle would have been ugly but they did their job too. I got a little road rash on my shoulder but it was minimal. I did sustain a mild concussion and some bumps and bruises but that was the extent. If I wasn’t wearing my helmet it would have been ugly. The squad came and took me to the hospital and the trauma nurse was asking me questions, my head was just beginning to stop spinning to where I could focus on what just happened and I looked at my pants and shoes and helmet on the table across from the bed I was in. It all happened so damn fast up until that point but all I could think of at that point is that, that riding gear did it’s job.