Poll: Chest protection

[ford832]

I hate protection.I always felt better,looser and flowed better without all that plastic,restrictive gobbledegook hanging off me.Therefore,I wear chest,knee,elbow etc.Old age and fragility-and maybe a tad bit of common sense are the difference from years ago.

[ACMX]

Always. Even if it's hot. I've landed on the gravel too many times to count, my chest pro is beat to hell, but I'm not.

Skip to 2:11... Imagine that without a chest pro
Notice how scuffed up I am below where the chest pro is, and around it on the sides... That could have been my whole back.
[HD] When In Doubt Throttle Out.... Doesn't Always Work [Yz125 Whoops Crash]


My Crash

[chump6784]

In the 6 years I raced I busted about 4 or 5 chest protectors, either the shoulders or the front plus the amount of times I skidded down the track and the few times I had bikes run over me.
I have a video of me casing a freestyle ramp hard, ky chest hit the bars and my head hit Tue front mudguard and even with my chest protector on my ribs were that bruised I could hardly breathe that night. If only I could upload it to YouTube, for some reason it won't authenticate

[VintageBlueSmoke]

I've talked with a lot of folks over the years about them and for us Southerners and South Westerners, the reason is usually the heat. The jacket type and the foam protectors are just so hot that even I would consider not wearing them. The loose cheap plastic ones provide the coverage and dissipation yet allow air to flow through and around them.

Glad I inspired SOMEONE. 

You made my day.

[Larry63r]

HRP, I have been wearing HRP chest protectors since they first came out in the 80's.
http://www.hrpsports.com/

[Super Trucker]

I have a old fox chest protector,I cut the arm guards off. I wear it most of the time,sometimes I don,t.

[tony477g]

how about the motoxvest? http://motoxvest.com/

[ACMX]

That thing is too ugly

[EJ]

When i buy my next bike, i'll probably get something like this, all in 1 ;

[scotty dog]

I think i might have to get me some armour, i was lookin on ebay last nite and the HRP stuff was goin cheap $40 plus postage thats a pretty good deal but i wouldnt get it in time for next sunday, its a hard pack track too. I wish i had thought of getting some earlier

[scotty dog]

Well i bit the bullet today and went and bought a fox full cage. Should ease my mind a bit next week, after reading some these storys and remembering painful experiences in the past im glad i did and will always wear it...

[Tharrell]

Yup.
I was wearing chest protection early on.
Check out this Hallman from 1985, it literally saved a footpeg from stabbing me in the chest.

The second pic is from this year.
There is also an Alpinestars neck brace in there but you can't see it.
If you wad one up especially in the first turn, you'll wish you had everything available on.

[scotty dog]

I used to have one the same as the top pic in the 90's, did that save me a few layers of skin!

[Mountain Goat]

We had a kid around here a couple of years ago that went down hard, compound fractured his arm, and stabbed himself in the heart with his broken bone.  Wouldn't go out without one.

[Coop]

Check out this Hallman from 1985, it literally saved a footpeg from stabbing me in the chest.

I gave one away exactly like that, complete with snap on elbow guards, earlier this year. It didn't fit me anymore and a new rider was looking for one. He wears it all the time.