JerryG
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Re air vests: I wear a Hit-Air vest because I prefer an air vest that does not impede air flow like the solid back side of the Helite does. I tested my first Hit-Air vest when my front tire slid out at over 100 mph on my S1000RR during a track session on the NCBike (aka NCCCAR) track. I was wearing Aerostich's Transit Leathers and my Hit Air Vest. I was riding again six weeks later; they made me wait that long because of a hairline crack in my radius bone near my wrist.
Re neck brace: When I re-entered adventure/dual sport riding after a 35 year hiatus of on-road-only riding, I bought over $11,000 worth of gear trying to figure out what would work for me and what would not. My street gear was far too cumbersome for the athletic nature of adventure/dual sport riding and I found my air vest to be impractical because off-road spills happen at speeds the vest isn't needed and rearming costs $30 a pop and takes time. I ended up keeping mostly Mosko Moto gear and Leatt Armor that was recommended by Mosko Moto. In the process, I tried Leatt's carbon neck brace and just couldn't convince myself I would actually wear it. It was, and remains, a risk management/acceptance decision. Since then, I've ridden 24,686 miles of adventure/dual sport riding and not felt the need for it. Part of that is that I don't ride fast off-road; I mostly plod along if there's anything technical about what I'm riding on.
P.S. The 24,686 miles on my 2022 G310GS included...
In 2022, I rode 11,553 miles. this included the Smoky Mountain 500 in NC, TN, & GA; a curvy road run with some off-road from Hendersonville, NC, to Springfield, MO, for the BMW MOA National Rally; a mixed on/off-road run from there to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia via the Northeast Backcountry Discovery Route (BDR).
In 2023, I rode 13,133 miles. This included the Death Valley Noobs Rally in California; the April Fools Adventure Rally in Ohio; an east coast run that included the Mid-Atlantic BDR, the Pennsylvania BDR-X, the Trans America Trail (TAT) Atlantic Spur from the Appalachian Mountains to Cape Hatteras, NC, and the 2023 BMW MOA National Rally in Richmond, VA (where I did a seminar on my 310 mods); a mostly off-road TAT run from Hot Springs, NC, to Port Orford, OR, a mostly off-road run on the TAT Minnesota Spur and the Black Hills BDR-X, and a curvy road run from Wisconsin back to Hendersonville, NC.
This year I'll be doing as many BDR's as I can going to and from the BMW National in Oregon.
This pic is me having just finished the TAT run from Hot Springs, NC, to Port Orford, OR.
Re neck brace: When I re-entered adventure/dual sport riding after a 35 year hiatus of on-road-only riding, I bought over $11,000 worth of gear trying to figure out what would work for me and what would not. My street gear was far too cumbersome for the athletic nature of adventure/dual sport riding and I found my air vest to be impractical because off-road spills happen at speeds the vest isn't needed and rearming costs $30 a pop and takes time. I ended up keeping mostly Mosko Moto gear and Leatt Armor that was recommended by Mosko Moto. In the process, I tried Leatt's carbon neck brace and just couldn't convince myself I would actually wear it. It was, and remains, a risk management/acceptance decision. Since then, I've ridden 24,686 miles of adventure/dual sport riding and not felt the need for it. Part of that is that I don't ride fast off-road; I mostly plod along if there's anything technical about what I'm riding on.
P.S. The 24,686 miles on my 2022 G310GS included...
In 2022, I rode 11,553 miles. this included the Smoky Mountain 500 in NC, TN, & GA; a curvy road run with some off-road from Hendersonville, NC, to Springfield, MO, for the BMW MOA National Rally; a mixed on/off-road run from there to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia via the Northeast Backcountry Discovery Route (BDR).
In 2023, I rode 13,133 miles. This included the Death Valley Noobs Rally in California; the April Fools Adventure Rally in Ohio; an east coast run that included the Mid-Atlantic BDR, the Pennsylvania BDR-X, the Trans America Trail (TAT) Atlantic Spur from the Appalachian Mountains to Cape Hatteras, NC, and the 2023 BMW MOA National Rally in Richmond, VA (where I did a seminar on my 310 mods); a mostly off-road TAT run from Hot Springs, NC, to Port Orford, OR, a mostly off-road run on the TAT Minnesota Spur and the Black Hills BDR-X, and a curvy road run from Wisconsin back to Hendersonville, NC.
This year I'll be doing as many BDR's as I can going to and from the BMW National in Oregon.
This pic is me having just finished the TAT run from Hot Springs, NC, to Port Orford, OR.