Gear - Labor Day Track Extravaganza

[Player 2]

Got extra gear you're willing to loan out? Post it up...

Need some gear to be able to make the track day? Let us know...

[rybo]

Available

1- back protector (jon I've already got your's set aside)

1- Suit - size 42 with built in back protector

1- Pair gloves - Size med/large

1- Pair boots - Size 43 (9 ish)

1 set michelin race take offs in excellent condition 180/120 $75

[Mother Goose]

I posted this up last time, but no one wanted it, but I'll try again...

1 pair of gloves, size XL
1 LP adjustable rear stand (non-spool)

[Player 2]

1 - 2 piece Fieldsheer leathers - size 50 - GONE

1 - Pair Gericke gloves - size XL

1 - Pair Oxtar boots - size 42

1 - Arai Helmet - size Small

[lovinCO]

Any women who want to ride and need gear?


1 suit womens leathers size 6-8ish

1 pair small A*s gloves

[Sean]

avail for sat and sun:
shift 1 piece suit- 56
astar boots- 46
teknic- back protector

[slayermd]

Question......My suit has a back protector in it. Will that be good enough?

If not, I may need to barrow one.

[rybo]

Question......My suit has a back protector in it. Will that be good enough?

If not, I may need to barrow one.

That depends:

Does the back protector have hard plastic on it? If so then it's good enough, if it's just the soft foamy kind then you'll need one.

S

[Kim-n-Dean]

I've always been curious of this required back protector thing.

It's intent is to help prevent hyper extension of the spine. If you hold up any back protector, you can fold them in half, backwards. I've always wondered what they really do in a crash. I guess they still help spread the energy over the impact zone, though. Maybe that's it...

[Captain Obvious]

I've always been curious of this required back protector thing.

It's intent is to help prevent hyper extension of the spine. If you hold up any back protector, you can fold them in half, backwards. I've always wondered what they really do in a crash. I guess they still help spread the energy over the impact zone, though. Maybe that's it...

Have a big friend grab your feet and swing you back first into the ground like a sandal. Then do it wearing a back protector. Which hurts less?

[Maui]

Have a big friend grab your feet and swing you back first into the ground like a sandal. Then do it wearing a back protector. Which hurts less?

I wondered about back protectors also. But but thats funny...

[McVaaahhh]

Scott, I may be in need of those take-offs. They have some life left in them?

[rybo]

Scott, I may be in need of those take-offs. They have some life left in them?

Yup - used for two 7 lap races, so 20 laps max on them.

lots of life left!

[McVaaahhh]

2 x 7 = 20???

[jbnwc]

I have a 160/60 rear take off if anyone wants it - $20.

Actually I have two, but I want to keep one. Take your pick - Michelin Pilot Race or Bridgestone BT090. PM me.

[dragos13]

I've always been curious of this required back protector thing.

It's intent is to help prevent hyper extension of the spine. If you hold up any back protector, you can fold them in half, backwards. I've always wondered what they really do in a crash. I guess they still help spread the energy over the impact zone, though. Maybe that's it...

I have a Dainese spine protector from 2006 and no way can you bend it in half backwards. There are some "cheaper" ones out there that can do this, and I imagine that would not be very safe or protective

[Kim-n-Dean]

I have a Dainese spine protector from 2006 and no way can you bend it in half backwards. There are some "cheaper" ones out there that can do this, and I imagine that would not be very safe or protective

I've got one of those too. It bends way further than my back does. I have an even cheaper one that you can roll up like a poster.

Perhaps it's real purpose was described to me wrong. It's supposed to prevent hyper extension. Since they all bend way further than my back, I would think that it wouldn't be very effective for that purpose.

Either way, I always wear mine. It will definitely be more padding for landing flat on your back!!

[Player 2]

I always understood them as being protection from road rash on your spine since there is VERY LITTLE covering/protecting it as well as impact protection

[rybo]

2 x 7 = 20???

So, I was counting warm up and cool down laps too....Jeez, try to pain an accurate picture for a guy and he makes fun of your math...

For you they are now $100 :P

[Kim-n-Dean]

I always understood them as being protection from road rash on your spine since there is VERY LITTLE covering/protecting it as well as impact protection

If your leathers grind through that far, I'm going to want my back protector held on by more than a Velcro belly band!! I can still see it helping, though.

I've always heard it was in case you get hit in the back by another bike. I also thought that's what was said in the movie "Faster" by the "old school" GP racer who invented it.

The overlapping plastic panels are supposed to resist bending backward. But like my original question states, if that's what they're designed for, why do they all bend so far back?

I guess it really doesn't matter. I'm still wearing it.

[rforsythe]

They resist hyper extension, but don't prevent it completely. They also spread the impact, particularly to less critical areas.

Of course it doesn't always matter; Vince Haskovec got slammed into the Armco by his own bike and it still broke his back. But for many lesser impacts I do think the back protectors do prevent more serious injury. Even cheapo ones offer something useful, though the real good ones cost what they do for a reason.

FWIW (which should be a fair bit, if you know me at all) I've seen enough crazy shit happen when people crash that I will never ride without one of these on, at least on the track. My next street jacket will have some back armor built in as well. Just about any other piece of your skeletal structure can break and heal without life altering consequences, but your spine is just too critical to fuck around with. You spend the $$ on good helmets, the same logic should follow for your spine.

[Tipys]

Agreed Neither one of my spine really bend back at all. One wont bend when its on but when its off it will thats my ICON. My Astars cant really be bent back.

I will have one Back protector that will be able to be borrowed

[1ofTheBoys]

1 piece suit mens size 46

1 back protector

1 large Shoei helmet

Several sets of take offs 180/120

[Clarkie]

If your leathers grind through that far, I'm going to want my back protector held on by more than a Velcro belly band!! I can still see it helping, though.

I've always heard it was in case you get hit in the back by another bike. I also thought that's what was said in the movie "Faster" by the "old school" GP racer who invented it.

The overlapping plastic panels are supposed to resist bending backward. But like my original question states, if that's what they're designed for, why do they all bend so far back?

I guess it really doesn't matter. I'm still wearing it.

i broke my back in 4 places when i hit a wall at Loudon in 04, i hit the wall head first and my bike hit me in my back, i shudder to think what would have happened if i didnt have a back protector on...