KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

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Old 08-20-2007, 01:10 PM
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KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

Hi everyone, i need some knee/shin protections that i could fit under my pants (my pants are pretty loose) i dont want those vanilla style shiats i want something better what you guys rock? what you guys recommend?

And what you think about 661 Back Guard???
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Re: KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

I'm using the Icons.... haven't given me any problems yet
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661 is the **** man!!!
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Re: KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

just go buy some cheap dirtbike shin guards work just as well as the 60 dollar icons and only cost like 15 to 30 dollars... i have some answers they work great..
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Re: KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

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just go buy some cheap dirtbike shin guards work just as well as the 60 dollar icons and only cost like 15 to 30 dollars... i have some answers they work great..
i bought some cheap ones for like 20 bucks.. they work fine. especially with the new shitty designed MXD cage i just put on my 07 600rr.
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Old 08-20-2007, 01:27 PM
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Re: KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

I need something slim, protective and wrap around... not vanillas... what about evs SC05 i been looking and the shin protection seems to be too short... any ideas?
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vanilla style??
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vanilla style!!! those shells with straps only.... i need something like a sock that wraps around the knee or around the shin
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guys around here got icons, regular shin guards and some wear the catcher type guards that probably protect the best but take gettin used to. depends what kind of ridin you do
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Icons only fit starving children.....LOL
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661 are the way to go
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EVERYTHING 661 makes is pimp. I've never heard anything bad about them. I've heard a hell of alot of good things though. Everyone seems to love them.
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I have 661 elbow pads that rock. My icons kneepads slide down often, I'm thinking about getting some 661 knee pads.
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Re: KNEE/SHIN protectors... really?

Originally Posted by Righteous 1
Icons only fit starving children.....LOL

lol i must be a starving child ...my icons slip down when riden for a long time, i just wrap the top and bottom of the pad with electrical tape and doesnt move at all!!!!!!
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