ATGATT- less, more or same

[Desert Spyder]

Good question. I am curious how many of you do not wear a helmet when you wear the other gear?

 

[TicketBait]

Hello

A question about protective gear.

Do you find you wear less, more or same protective gear when riding your Spyder than you would riding a two-wheel motorcycle because you feel you are less likely to drop the bike?

Thanks

JBIM

If your reason for wearing protective gear is for dropping the bike, on 3 wheels you will not drop. I have only gotten the spyder on 2 wheels only once. Knowing what that took to do, probably won't happen again accept in accident avoidance under extreme severe circumstance you would probably flip doing a 90 degree turn at speed. , however........

my experience on a 2 wheeler, I was a passenger and when we got broadsided I flew about 20 feet and landed on my back with my backside fancy pants ripped up, embarrassing getting into the ambulance, my right dress boot was ripped apart at the back seam and came off. Was wearing no helmet, and luckily not injured there. Only my right shin was scraped up. This happened on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood CA in 1971. Needless to say I did not get to play football my senior year

So when my Dad picked me up at the hospital my parents talked me out of getting my own Honda 350 chopped that I had my eye on. Instead I got a 68 Dodge van and joined a van club

So now I am reliving my youth on 3 wheels.hyea::2excited:

However I ride ;
100% with a helmet and attached chin guard
100% with gloves
100% with protective shoes boots
85% with armor in jackets. (BRP makes the best) for summer and winter!
100% with jeans,
on long cold trips leather chaps over jeans

I was broadsided in 2011 in a parking lot going 12 mph, still flew 20-25 feet.
Luckily missed the metal shopping cart return railing by a few feet.
The Helmet saved me from brain injury,
I had all my gear on, and landed on my back, when the back of my head hit the pavement the helmet made a sound of "cuusssshhh".
I will never forget that sound or being able to open my eyes and say, I am Alive!:yes:

I consider each ride each time with how much I am willing to risk. Locally on a warm day I ride with less jacket protection, yet defensive riding concentration will be at 110%

 

[UtahPete]

If your reason for wearing protective gear is for dropping the bike, on 3 wheels you will not drop. I have only gotten the spyder on 2 wheels only once. Knowing what that took to do, probably won't happen again accept in accident avoidance under extreme severe circumstance you would probably flip doing a 90 degree turn at speed.

However I ride ;
100% with a helmet and attached chin guard
100% with gloves
100% with protective shoes boots
85% with armor in jackets. (BRP makes the best) for summer and winter!
100% with jeans,
on long cold trips leather chaps over jeans

I was broadsided in 2011 in a parking lot going 12 mph, still flew 20-25 feet.

I consider each ride each time with how much I am willing to risk. Locally on a warm day I ride with less jacket protection, yet defensive riding concentration will be at 110%

Not sure if you're saying this was on a Spyder or what....

 

[trikerbiker645]

I dress for whatever weather I'm riding in, shorts, tank top, crocks, sweats, jeans, mesh jacket, shoes, boots. Whatever.
I do however wear my helmet most the time, probably more so because I listen to my music thru my bluetooth phone to headset. I also like the less wind noise as well, and don't have to crank volume up like using factory radio. I'm of the notion like a few others, that if I get knocked off this baby, I'm probably in a more world of hurt than what any ATGATT will help. When I rode two wheels, yes because that's easier to lay down and that's different. But when I went to trikes in '08, not so much. Each person has to decide what's good for them.

 

[White Lightening]

ATGATT will save your life

I find that I am wearing less of the heavy duty gear ie: leather or knee / elbow pads etc and what I do wear is mainly for protection from the sun &/or elements. In my mind, if you fall off one of these machines, then something pretty bad has happened and all the ATGATT isn't gonna do much protecting.

I work at one of our mountain National Parks. We have several MC accidents each year, some involve other vehicles but most are single bikes. Usually one or two fatalities each year. I have worked a number of these accidents but only one Spyder accident. In that Spyder wreck i was first on the scene. 35 mph road coming into a hairpin curve. Spyder was likely going too fast to make the curve, left the road at the peak of the curve and hit a boulder. Probably going 15-20 when he hit the boulder. Passenger was ejected from the spyder slid across the roadway and stopped about 10 meters from the Spyder. She was wearing full textile top and bottom, touring boots and full face helmet. She was unconscious with no other apparent external injuries. Skid marks on helmet and clothing. The driver impacted the handle bars/windshield area with his chest and face. Ended up with one leg trapped under the spyder with his head on the roadway. Spyder was upright and in one piece. The driver was also in full gear. He was conscious and lucid. He had a fractured leg, possible broken ribs and we found out after he was transported to hospital fractured vertebrae in his neck. Both survived. Point is in this relatively low speed accident not being hit by another vehicle there were severe consequences that would likely have been devastating if not for ATGATT.

 

[Peteoz]

......... was likely going too fast to make the curve, left the road at the peak of the curve and hit a boulder. Probably going 15-20 when he hit the boulder. Passenger was ejected from the spyder slid across the roadway and stopped about 10 meters from the Spyder.........Point is in this relatively low speed accident not being hit by another vehicle there were severe consequences that would likely have been devastating if not for ATGATT.

Spot on, White:thumbup:......as many have mentioned above, it’s all well and good to say “I wear less gear because it’s hard to fall off 3 wheels”, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other types of very serious offs that you wil experience......I still wear jeans, jacket (neither with armour though) and helmet even heading one mile down the road in a quiet 30mph zone to get the Sunday papers.....just in case..

Pete

 

[TicketBait]

I was broadsided in 2011 in a parking lot going 12 mph, still flew 20-25 feet.

Not sure if you're saying this was on a Spyder or what....

Yes it was on my Spyder, around 9K+ in damages, and without the spyder for 3 months. No problems since because of accident, they put back together correctly.
got new chrome wheels though!

here was the thread I created about the incident, http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?34830-Broadsided

I did exaggerate the distance now,(original said 15-20 ft) In 5 years I will probably say something like 30-40 feet

 

[UtahPete]

Yes it was on my Spyder, around 9K+ in damages, and without the spyder for 3 months. No problems since because of accident, they put back together correctly.
got new chrome wheels though!

here was the thread I created about the incident, http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/showthread.php?34830-Broadsided All the pictures are gone ...

I did exaggerate the distance now,(original said 15-20 ft) In 5 years I will probably say something like 30-40 feet

Pics would have been good.

 

[Spyder 42]

I adjust the gear that I wear based on the season but I’m still fully covered. The only thing that I’ve don’t have fully sorted is knee and hip armon under Kevlar lined jeans so those stay in the closet until I get some Bohn or other armored liners. I usually wear a FF helmet but have worn a 3/4 when doing parade or marshaling types of rides.

 

[jbim]

WHERE you ride makes a big difference. You don't have a location in your profile.

Ontario, Canada. Why would you say that?

 

[3 Wheel Rider]

SAME... modular helmet, riding jacket, full-fingered gloves, long pants, over-the-ankle closed-toe boots.

I agree about it not having to be a high-speed crash and slide to cause injury. None of us are immune to a mishap. Regardless of how long you been riding you can become a casualty and sustain injury. And, speed doesn't have to be a major factor.

I started riding when I was 12 years old and have 38 years in the saddle. I have taken numerous motorcycle safety classes and have been a RiderCoach for 12 years. Naturally, I consider myself a very conservative rider ...and this opinion is routinely expressed by those I have ridden with. This said, I too was given a really check after I sustained a broken wrist during a 22mph two wheeled low-side fall in foggy and wet conditions. Total recovery time... 9 1/2 weeks and counting. 6 1/2 weeks in a cast, 2 weeks in a brace, 1 week of in-home physical therapy exercises to rebuild range of motion and strength with an additional 3 weeks to go before next eval. Gratefully, no surgery was required.

Again, bottom line... it can happen to any of us. Wear your gear!!!

 

[UtahPete]

Ontario, Canada. Why would you say that?

Temperature and weather factor in.