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Hydration Safety

Many athletes, including a large number of the finest Motocross riders, often experience dehydration on a regular basis and frequently fall victim to the consequences. Whether you're out racing or just riding for fun, it has been proven that vigorous physical activity, especially in a warm environment is one of the greatest physiological stresses the human body can encounter. In fact, the competition between muscle and skin for a limited blood supply can quickly overwhelm the body's cardiovascular capacity to endure.

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
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Keeping it Covered

A helmet is the single most important piece of safety gear a rider can wear on a motorcycle. Not only do helmets save lives, they prevent devastating and life-threatening head injuries while protecting your face, brain, and skull. It is crucial to find and wear a helmet that fits just right and will offer you the protection you deserve. With many top-notch, safety approved helmets on the market today, finding a helmet that will protect your head in a crash, shouldn't be a problem.

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
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Knee Guards VS. Knee Braces

As any smart rider knows, there is a lot of different gear necessary to make sure you are safe when you hop on your bike. Helmet, boots, gloves, goggles, chest protector, elbow pads. One of the most important pieces in your gear bag is your knee protection.

 

Added: Tue Jun 19 2007
Views: 108

Lower Body Protection

Studies have shown that only 46% of riders choose to wear protective motorcycle pants during their commute and 68% during their recreational ride- a mistake that may cost them serious bodily injury.

 

Added: Tue Jun 19 2007
Views: 110

Necessary Safety Itemsfor a Beginning Rider

Boots are an obvious essential while on the track. While serving superior ankle and heel protection, a high quality pair will give you complete freedom, flexibility, and feel by following your natural movements of the foot and ankle. The support system in many boots are built inside their construction, therefore offering upper and lower protective structures. While improvements are consistently being made to many boots on the market, the main concept is to bring protection closer to your body. Most riding boots are very comfortable to wear while still being extremely strong, stable, and remarkably lightweight.

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
Views: 112

Oh, No! It's Raining! Hints & Tips for Riding in the Rain

It's 8AM Tuesday morning and you peer out your kitchen window. Although the weatherman on TV had announced the night before that clear skies were in today's forecast, dark grey rain clouds are looming in the distance. While sipping on your morning cup-a-Joe, you try to estimate just how soon they'll be hovering over your home and contemplate thoughts to yourself such as, 'If I leave now, maybe, just maybe I'll be able to make it in to work without getting wet.' After all, that shiny bike of yours, sitting in the garage all night is begging for you to take it for another spin. You glance back up at the clouds and decide that yet again, you will chance it and ride on into work. In case luck is not on your side, here are some tips on how to prepare for riding in the rain and to keep yourself as dry and as safe as possible without having to succumb to driving to work in a cage. Let's begin!

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
Views: 111

Packing Up for a Long Motorcycle Trip

Weeks before I'm ready to leave on a long motorcycle trip, I start getting excited. Often I get to the point where I can think of anything else. Unfortunately, this doesn’t mean that I spend the time getting prepared for it. I usually put this off to the very end. I’ve learned however over the years that this means that my packing never matches what I will really need for the trip. Proof, last year I was in Sturgis with nothing more than a sweatshirt and leather vest riding around in 45 to 55 degree weather. DUMB MOVE. Anyway, to try to avoid that I’ve started putting a list together of the stuff I need to pack for every trip and where I want to store it on the motorcycle. To help me build the list I put everything in categories to help keep it a little more organized. The categories I use are:

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
Views: 105

Preventing Motorcycle Theft

• Lock your ignition remove the key. most bike thefts occur when the ignition is shutt off, but not locked. • Lock the forks or disk brakes with locks that have large, brightly colored tags.

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
Views: 109

Protecting the Top Half

For many riders, a roost guard is often times preferred over a full-covered chest protector. A roost guard, also known as an under jersey protector, serves its purpose as a roost deflector. It blocks the upper body from rocks, dirt, mud, and debris, while keeping the rider cool and allowing them a free range of motion on their bike. While many things may slow you down when riding, roost should not be one of them. A lot of riders have many complaints about regular chest protectors being too bulky, uncomfortable, and most importantly, moving out of place in the event of a crash. It’s instrumental to find a protector that moves with your body, not away from it and that follows your body’s every move, making sure its protection, though minimal, is used to its maximum potential. Even though most roost guards are not designed to offer much protection in the event of a crash, a light/small amount of impact protection is given directly to the ribs and chest.

 

Added: Tue Jun 19 2007
Views: 119

Rider Safety with Children: They Wanna Ride?

Whether your youngster has seen a race on TV or witnessed one live, curiosity will kill the cat sooner or later. However, preparing your young rider to hit the trails or the track is not the simplest of tasks. Both you and your child are bound to be enthused about this extreme adventure, but both should know everything you possibly can in order to make this experience both fun and safe.

 

Added: Wed Jun 20 2007
Views: 108

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