Now that I have some time on my hands with this damn collar bone injury Ive finally had the chance to organize some of my stuff. With our hectic lives it hard to find time to do the simple things in life like clean up all the **** I have laying around lol. I was going through all the gear and stuff that Ive rocked over the years and thinking damn, if it wasnt for some of this stuff I wouldnt be here today. Then I went back and started looking at some of my wrecks on tape including the most recent one and you know what. If it wasnt for all the helmets Ive worn over the years I would be dead. I mean every hard wreck Ive had were the type of wreck that throw you into a face plant immediately. Theres nothing you can do about it. Its gravity and if it wants to slam your *** on your face then thats exactly whats going to happen.

Now Im going to admit that Im that rider that is too damn lazy to strap up my helmet before I ride. Its something about the adrenaline and wanting to ride so bad that every second that you can shave off from making that happen you will haha. Its sad but true. When I wrecked at XDL I dont think I had it strapped which could of been disasterous but the good old KBC hung in there and saved my *** yet again.

Since the minute I started stunt riding Ive worn KBC helmets. From my very first helmet I wrecked in all the way until the one I just wrecked in. Ive walked away from all my wrecks with not a single concussion or anything. And Ive had some hard wrecks. Some good old 45mph to face plants! Wrecks that would take out a helmet that wasnt up to the task. Every single helmet held up to the task with ashpault digging into them, bike parts grinding them, and bikes even using them as ramps to jump my head. I love me some KBC Helmets!








Part of the reason I started thinking about all this is my boy Dave. He came over and I showed him the footage from my wreck over at XDL. Hes the type of rider that will only wear a helmet when he absolutly has to so I sat his *** down and showed him the carnage. It literally freaked him out. A wreck like that can happen at any time. Theres no telling. No helmet I would of been dead. Bottomline. Its scary to think of it like that but its the reality. It can happen. I was lucky to walk away from that wreck with just the broken collar bone. It could of been WAY worse. Way worse. But because I had my gear on I walked away with no other problems and will hopefully be back in time for XDL Nashville. Its crazy the torture we put our bodies through just to try and be a somebody in this sport of ours. With the level the sport is reaching, tricks will only get harder, faster, and the chances of us wadding ourselves is going to go through the roof. Wearing your gear will make the difference. The difference of your career continuing strong or your career coming to an abrupt stop.

Now enough preaching. You get the point. I sound like a damn infommercial!

E

 

ok...... what are you selling? LOL

I agree. I wont stunt without my helmet, gloves and jacket. Plus, my tats cost me too much money to **** them up with road rash.

 

i wouldn't be typing this if i wasn't wearing a helmet.....i've got a wall full of junk helmets as well...

 

I aint selling ****. Im just giving the good old "Crash Tested & Approved" speach!

If I had tats they would be destroyed already haha. Road Rash is the new tattoo!

 

Good ****! +1 on wearing the gear!

 

Dont get me wrong. I hate having to wear all this damn gear all the time. It makes me ride worse cause I feel like a damn football player but with the level of riding that is coming its an absolute must.

 

yea no ****. its even worse when the jackets are brand new. i feel like i gotta wear the damn thing everyday for a month and sleep in the damn thing to break it in

 

Gotta break it in like a baseball glove!

 

Guess lucky should check riders before they come out of the hot pits for the riders safety incase they forget cuz they're all excited and what not

seriously tho..

 

Yeah I ALWAYS rock my helmet. I drove to the spot couple weeks ago which is probably about 30mins depending on traffic and got there realized I forgot my domepiece and drove all the way home to get it. I will never ride with out helmet and gloves and I almost always have my icon vest. I have had couple bad ones too.. Ran out of gas in a spreader and I decided to be Evil Knievel and jump a curb at 40mph and landed right on my head. You just neve rknow what can happen..

 

good thread! hopefully everyone takes this into consideration. i know i do

 

I feel naked if I'm not wearing a helmet, gloves, shin guards, and a back protector. haha

 

i always wear my helmet. i think theres only been twice when ive rode with out one and that wasn't even a whole session... just like a few O sets.

one thing i ALWAYS neglect to put on in the beginning of a sesh is my knee/shin gaurds.

then i bash the **** outta my knee or shin...

then i put them on after the fact. i swear i always tell myself after that ill never ride with them on again... but i ALWAYS do that ****.

on my 636 i had like 3 half golfball size dents in the back of the tank from my knee cap.

 

good thing you sat lil daves *** down and showed him that.. When i was in Albuquerque bout 3 weeks ago he never wore his helmet once.. And with the **** he was rocking could of been fatal

 

helmets suck, but id be an ugly **** right now if it wasnt for them, ive face planted quite a few times

 

Yup. That was his education for the day. Ive seen him every weekend blasting sideways drifts with no helmet. If one of those were to go wrong, BLAM end of story.

 

In order for us to get anywhere with this sport SPEED, DANGER, and lots of GAS will have to be the regular. Which means when we wreck we're getting flung like a damn circus monkey.

So stuff me full of pillows, strap on the helmet and the shin pads so I can give it the gusto! Ill take all the gear I can get. Its our version of the foam pit hahaha

 

on gixxer.com there was a guy killed at a stunt spot, he did a 180 stoppie to wheelie an looped it slow speed apparently

 

Haha i second that.. I've highsided a few drifts myself, **** sucks. Rush deal jackets are the **** and has saved my skin more then once:YEAH

 

i always preach this ****. when i went down around 50 i was jumpin thru to 50/50 and it ended up bein a headplant to shoulder plant because i forgot to take my keyout. helmet got all scratched up my amazing face got nothing:YEAH but i did tear all the ligaments in my shoulder and had to have surgery thou. still got up and walked my *** to the truck and mad my girl haul *** to the hospital