Body armor

[rdeady]

What kind of protective gear do you use if Any? My neighbor wears this bohn protective gear ,both pants and the shirt. Didnt even know he had them on. I am ordering some Draggin jeans and probably both these pieces. I do have a jacket with pads but also have a very nice/warm harley jacket that has no real pads. Also have riding pants with pads but they are very bulky so I use only if it's cold enough to tolerate them. And of course almost all my friends are riding Harleys with minimal protection,tee shirts,tiny worthless helmets, etc. https://www.bohn-armor-pants.com

[53driver]

ATGATT!
Pants: I wear the Duluth Firehose pants. Had a friend take a slide in these off a sportbike and they were scuffed, but not worn through. I was impressed.
Chaps depending upon weather - usually on below 45 degrees.

Jackets: I have a light weight (PokerRun), medium weight (Joe Rocket) and heavy weight (BMG).
I'll always wear one. They all have "some" armor at the elbows, shoulders and back.
I have a great CHP leather jacket (actually is the one manufactured for CHP by San Diego Leather) that I'll wear too.

I don't have any "extra" armor like your link showed, but I'm looking at it now!

And of course, full fingered gloves with extra skid protection on the palms, over the ankle hard boots, and FF helmet.

Cheers,
Steve

[DTOM]

For pants, I mostly wear the Bilt Iron Workers jeans from Cycle Gear (pads in the knees and some Kevlar in the arse). I like the loose, flexible fit, but I'd like them to be longer so they don't ride up on my boots so much. I also put on some Joe Rocket ballistic pants if it is cooler. Really cold...chaps over jeans. I've been on the road in the 20's and 30's and have never found that I have needed to use my heated pant liner.

For the jacket, I wear Joe Rocket Mesh jacket with protection in the elbows, shoulders, and back. It has a liner that I never use. If its cooler, I'll wear a heated liner with it. If it's really cold, I'll wear heated liner under leather jacket.

Can't wait for the thaw!

[Bill_C]

Sliders riding jeans, they have extra thick denim and Kevlar lining where you'd need it most. Olympia Motorsports three season riding jacket, has back/shoulder/elbow armor any of which can be removed. In cold weather I put all of this on under my Firstgear one-piece riding suit (great value BTW, but not too fashionable...). Of course boots, gloves and a Shoei RF1200 rounds it out.

[broncsrule21]

Riding boots- Every thing from Alpinstar, Icon, and assorted work/saftey toe boots (when I take the bike to work)

Slider brand Kevlar jeans, i have black and blue colors.

Joe Rocket armored mesh jackets, some textile/mesh combos, and a Fieldsheer full leather jacket depending on tempearture.

Gloves. Mesh/leather combo, or all leather depending on temperature.

Aria FF helmet...See avatar

Just wear the armor in the jackets, all have elbow,shoulder, and spine protector. Don't like to wear the armor that inserts into my riding pants, just uncomfortable to me.

[JackB]

What kind of protective gear do you use if Any? My neighbor wears this bohn protective gear ,both pants and the shirt. Didnt even know he had them on. I am ordering some Draggin jeans and probably both these pieces. I do have a jacket with pads but also have a very nice/warm harley jacket that has no real pads. Also have riding pants with pads but they are very bulky so I use only if it's cold enough to tolerate them. And of course almost all my friends are riding Harleys with minimal protection,tee shirts,tiny worthless helmets, etc. https://www.bohn-armor-pants.com

I usually ride with Cycle Gear riding pants with knee pads and a riding jacket with pads.
I also have Bohn armor pants and shirt I wear the Bohn's under insulated pants during cold days.
I hardly wear the Bohn's mesh under shirt. I feel the jacket gives me more protection but on hot days I will wear the mash jacket with a light shirt over it. It is a lot cooler, if hotter just the mash jacket but in Wisconsin it usually doesn't get that hot.
On thing nice about the Bohn's is nobody knows you are wearing it.

[seadog]

If you looking for a bang for your buck for a pair of protective riding jeans the Duluth Trading 5 pocket firehose jeans are the best. I also had a friend lay down his ride and said he slid at least 15 yards on asphalt and got up without a bit of road rash on his legs or butt, he is a firm believer in those heavy cotton jeans and I also bought two pair after seeing his and they were not even close to being destroyed. He still uses them and they are in fine shape. They are very comfortable for a heavy jean.

[rdeady]

Would never have thought cotton jeans could hold up to a slide. I just ordered the draggin jeans but I'll look into the deluthes also. Seen the silly commercials they have though

[six2go]

If you looking for a bang for your buck for a pair of protective riding jeans the Duluth Trading 5 pocket firehose jeans are the best. I also had a friend lay down his ride and said he slid at least 15 yards on asphalt and got up without a bit of road rash on his legs or butt, he is a firm believer in those heavy cotton jeans and I also bought two pair after seeing his and they were not even close to being destroyed. He still uses them and they are in fine shape. They are very comfortable for a heavy jean.

I like the Duluth jeans too. I have a pair of the 5 pocket jeans and a pair of the Work pants with the cargo pockets which I wear most of the time. They are the same material and are wearing like iron, however after several years they are showing a lot of "sun fade". They were originally black.

[DTOM]

If you looking for a bang for your buck for a pair of protective riding jeans the Duluth Trading 5 pocket firehose jeans are the best. I also had a friend lay down his ride and said he slid at least 15 yards on asphalt and got up without a bit of road rash on his legs or butt, he is a firm believer in those heavy cotton jeans and I also bought two pair after seeing his and they were not even close to being destroyed. He still uses them and they are in fine shape. They are very comfortable for a heavy jean.

Hey Seadog,
How are those Duluth jeans on length? I know they sell long shirts to cover plumbers crack, but I'd love to find some comfortable, protective jeans that will stay down around my ankles (or just above) while in riding position. I wear mid-shin boots and I'm still having any pair of jeans I wear ride past the top of the boot. I'm not much for cold wind up my pant leg. Anyone else found a jean long enough that they like? I really don't want to have to break out my wifes' knee high bitch boots!