You get what you pay for

I wrote off a Honda Innova on Friday night (not mine luckily). E-stop at about 35-40 to avoid a drunk that walked out infront of me ended up with me going over the front and sliding down the road before bouncing up a raised kerb.

Kit did it's job but my belief that more expensive brand named gear was just paying for the name has changed. The alpinestars drystar trousers I had on barely show a scar, some minor scuffing is all. The cheap "Tuzo" brand jacket I was wearing however shredded through in places on the arm and side (through jacket and liner) and the straps you tighten just above the waist to help stop the jacket riding up when you slide literally disintegrated.

When I collect the gear from where I left it I'll take some photos, but really you get what you pay for it's opened my eyes.

Yep - that's why I spend as much on my protective gear as poss.
I always try to upgrade when I replace too.

Got Tuzo myself, had it for a couple of years, first slide ripped the jacket to shreds over the shoulder. Still own a set though ;-)

I have a tuzo helmet but not worried about my head as nothing important in there to worry about.

Glad you were ok after the spill.

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Originally Posted by Conehead

I have a tuzo helmet but not worried about my head as nothing important in there to worry about.

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With lids passing a set standard I'd be inclined to believe cheap should be ok. I hit the ground a couple months back in a novelty lid (passed no standards) and had no worse than a lump on my head so I think proper lids must be fairly over-engineered. I won't buy a cheap jacket again though 35-40 isn't that fast I reckon if I'd been doing NSL I'd be missing a lot of skin right now.

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Glad you were ok after the spill.

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I think I bust at least 1 rib and messed up a few others, shoulder and hip are pretty rough on the right side I guess when I bounced up over the kerb they took the brunt of the impact :( . Wife is nagging me to go to A&E but stuff that on a bank holiday weekend. More annoyingly I think it's cost me my evening job delivering pizzas (was their bike).

Dogs body jobs?...... had a career change?

Go back to A&E
Your wife is right on this occasion!

You never know what is happening on the inside. Go to A&E and put your wifes mind at ease. You might also be right about losing your evening job even though it wasn't your fault.

Kinda, Dogs Body Jobs is my own business I have started as I am sick and tired of working for companies that dont give a **** about you and you are just filling their pockets while getting peanuts. I have already done a few jobs even though I am still technically employed at my current job. Just waiting for redundancy, hopefully within the year (they keep pushing it back) before I hit my business with all guns blazing. Before anyone moans I have registered my company with HMRC so all is above board.

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You never know what is happening on the inside. Go to A&E and put your wifes mind at ease. You might also be right about losing your evening job even though it wasn't your fault.

Kinda, Dogs Body Jobs is my own business I have started as I am sick and tired of working for companies that dont give a **** about you and you are just filling their pockets while getting peanuts. I have already done a few jobs even though I am still technically employed at my current job. Just waiting for redundancy, hopefully within the year (they keep pushing it back) before I hit my business with all guns blazing. Before anyone moans I have registered my company with HMRC so all is above board.

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what service do you offer then ?

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Originally Posted by Rabb

Go back to A&E
Your wife is right on this occasion!

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Originally Posted by Conehead

You never know what is happening on the inside. Go to A&E and put your wifes mind at ease. You might also be right about losing your evening job even though it wasn't your fault.

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Annoyingly she is almost always right. Having broke ribs before though all they do is give you mongo strength pain killers and I really can't be bothered waiting hours in A&E for a handful of pills.

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Kinda, Dogs Body Jobs is my own business I have started as I am sick and tired of working for companies that dont give a **** about you and you are just filling their pockets while getting peanuts. I have already done a few jobs even though I am still technically employed at my current job. Just waiting for redundancy, hopefully within the year (they keep pushing it back) before I hit my business with all guns blazing. Before anyone moans I have registered my company with HMRC so all is above board.

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Best of luck in your new venture mate.

Glad you are ok.

Brizzer, In general I am a handyman but I do pretty much anything including garden maintenance, courier services, clearances, etc. pretty much a dogs body.

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Originally Posted by WR6133

With lids passing a set standard I'd be inclined to believe cheap should be ok. I hit the ground a couple months back in a novelty lid (passed no standards) and had no worse than a lump on my head so I think proper lids must be fairly over-engineered.

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If there's one bit of kit more important than the bike it's the helmet, cheap is rubbish, end of.

If Arai, Shoei, schuberth etc spend 100s of thousands on developing, testing and proving their helmets are safest as well as the top racers wearing them for the track surely you can see it's got to perform better whatever standards the cheap lids might scape through.

Your decision obviously

With that amount of tumbles, maybe time to consider an advanced riding course such as www.wiltshireroadar.co.uk

You won't regret it.

Glad you're OK. :cool:

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Originally Posted by YMFB

If there's one bit of kit more important than the bike it's the helmet, cheap is rubbish, end of.

If Arai, Shoei, schuberth etc spend 100s of thousands on developing, testing and proving their helmets are safest as well as the top racers wearing them for the track surely you can see it's got to perform better whatever standards the cheap lids might scape through.

Your decision obviously

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our eldest had a van pull out in front of him, the result has left him paralysed, he wrote to Shoei asking if they wanted his helmet for examination or as an example with a big crack in it , all he had was a slight headache, amongst the broken vertebrae, they replied, they didn't need it as they know their product is good. he still has it until the legal investigation is over . I would doubt a helmet a fifth of the cost would have given him as much protection

Glad you're ok (ish) !
I've just upgraded my Tuzo kit to alpine stars.
After reading your comments I'm kind of glad I did.
Hope I never have to test them though.
Speedy recovery.

I need a new helmet my Caberg is rusting! Should have been a fair weather rider.
The best bit of kit I wear I think are the Triumph boots I have had for 10 years plus. A few new heels and soles but excellent even if a bit rough around the edges now

I would second the suggestion for the Advanced riding course (of ANY variety).
I wouldn't want to speculate on this incident with scant details as that would be wrong, but it's easy to see that if the skills gained enable you to avoid one minor accident then it would save you a bike/your gear/your job etc.
Very easy to justify in economic terms IMO.
I think the volunteer groups like IAM and Rospa are great value for money, but there are also professional courses - I did one with Rapid Training who are all ex-coppers.