The Ultimate Guide to Beginner Motorcycle Gear!

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Best Beginner **Sport** Gear:

Best Beginner **Dual Sport/ADV** Gear:

Best Beginner **Retro/Classic** Gear:

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What should my first bike be? A Turbo Hayabusa.

Very funny, no seriously. What should I get? A TURBO BUSA.

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[artfrontgalleries]

When I bought my 1st bike (ninja 250, 1999), I was working for a very experienced rider. He told me, "get the $375 helmet, not the &150 helmet. Get the leather with hard armor inserts at joints. Get the back hard armor." Arrai helmet. Triumph brand leather jacket and pants. $125 dollar boots. I had 3 accidents, never had an injury and still have all of the gear

[Tiqerboy]

Ultimate guide for beginners:

Buy the bike of your dreams.
No money left to buy gear.

[soli]

Instructions are clear, bought a full metal plated heavy knight armour

[karelvanransbeeck]

i'm 16 and i'm just binge watching these videos for when I can finally ride!

[garnettjohnson]

I had a high side literally under 2 minutes after leaving my house. I had Alpinestars Leather Jacket, Arai helmet, G Star Raw Jeans, Polo Alpine200 Mens Hiking Boots (more like Sneakers), and Gloves. The Jean's were torn off and skin taken with it, the metal on the boots were grinded to nothing, the toe area was one tread away from eating my toes. Even my underwear were torn off.

We never anticipate these things happening to us, but it does. Its better to pay for the gear and not need it, than to need the gear or end up in the ER paying medical Bills....as an FYI, most insurance companies cover up to $3000-5000 in gear as part of your policy.

Buy the gear and wear it. There's nothing cool about having scars or having to stay in the house all summer healing because you wanted to ride with a T-shirt and sneakers.

[foolofaSpoons]

"Should you wear armor"

follow a concrete truck for more than 20ft and youll have yourself a life changing experience

[flowmastaflam]

When I see someone show up to the cars and coffees without gear: "Oh, you ran out of money?"
They don't like it.

[neonseacow]

bought some gear at a local gear shop in my area. Buying gear at the actual shop makes sure you buy gear that fits properly and that you get legit gear. There's a lot of fakes online. Please go to your local gear shop!

[jrinnam]

You’re right about the helmet. I’ve been living in Vietnam for the past 9 years. We really don’t drive that fast here (thank God). I have been in 2 accidents wearing cheap helmets and it saved the skin on the top of my head once, but the second one I was wearing an open faced helmet and it moved up when I hit the road. Busted the top of my eye completely open. I also was wearing tennis shoes and when the other bike hit us it broke my big toe and foot from getting trapped between the motor and the front tire of the other bike. WEAR THE SAFETY

[Efmims]

"hot in 75 degrees with a jacket"
~LAUGHS IN TEXAN~

[RiderRickMaker]

I bought the CB650R 2 days Now I can squid all I want on public transportation while I wait for it to arrive. :D

[donaldmartin]

Considering getting back into it, I raced motocross, TT scrambles, Short track, and flat track back in the early 70’s. Still in great shape at almost 65 years old.

[jasonwalter]

As far as shoes go, not enough people talk about shoelaces. My first bike caught the loop of my shoelaces coming to a stop sign... Luckily I could run the stop sign and get it unhooked

[MokshDhawan]

PAPA YAM! I GOT MY FIRST BIKE TODAY! It’s a beautiful cruiser, I’m in love.

[simonstillborn]

Another nice video on the info on gear. As far as Helmets go, people should think of them as a " custom fit" item. It wasn't until I went to buy my 3rd Helmet and met a salesman in a Harley dealership and he thoroughly explained the difference in brands and models, antyfog visors and if the padding is machine washable. After that experience I couldn't believe the previous salesman from other bike shops including other shops the bikes shops I walked into in search of my 3rd helmet. With the relaxed attitude about the gear thay have on their shelves. Every time I was told " Helmets are over there, come find me when you've found one you like". Any time you guys here this move on to the next shop. Until you find someone who will help you find the most comfortable, best fitting helmet you can afford.

[geddycostello]

Great video Yammie and excellent advice for any level of rider being it a beginner or experienced. Long story short I hit a deer that obviously jump right in front of my bike about 10yrs ago I was doing 50mph and a full face helmet saved my live. I didn't have full gear on so road rash was a thing I was responsible for. I didn't sustain any broken bones but let me tell you taking a shower with road rash is extremely painful. PLEASE anyone watching his video get full riding gear it will save your life and also save you potentially thousands of dollars for hospital bills.

[seattlegrrlie]

Do you like your teeth? Always wear a full face helmet even around town at 30mph if you like your teeth. Because it doesn't take high speed if you hit your chin on the ground to ruin your teeth.

[honda]

It's also worth noting that gloves help keep the sun off your hands. May not be a top priority for someone in the Us, but if you plan on riding somewhere like Dubai during the summer, gloves become really important

[mikew]

Pleather and leather don't have equivalent abrasion resistance, keep that in mind.

[jasonwagoner]

its true, my mom was riding back in like '89 and got hit by a dude at intersection ran a red light and it ripped her foot off it was dangling by just the achilles tendon. she had bunch more serious injuries but yah. a good boot cal really save yuh a world of hurt