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Well done, anything to improve your chances. I made the mistake of thinking the leg covers for a scooter would afford some protection if I came off. Not a bit, shredded on impact like tissue paper! Cost me a trip to hospital and a few weeks on the sofa to learn that one.
If you look at the ride magazine testing they use a belt sander to simulate contact with tarmac at speed, it's not pretty.
I hope you get to enjoy this summer biking, you've put up with so much rubbish weather since you got the bike.
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Thanks. Yea, I have road rash scars from longboarding and bicycles, so definitely an ATGATT kinda guy now I have a deathmachine. Daft investing in proper PPE then leaving bare metal ends on the rack.
As for riding, helping at the charity has afforded me some excuse to still be out on the bike, and I’m spoilt for the less busy roads.
Still, be a lot nicer without L-plates and on a bigger machine after all the time and money sunk into lessons on the Bandit. I was 3 days short of the Mod2 when they cancelled all tests, gutted to have missed my window.
Definitely getting my money’s worth out of the 125 though.
pdlouche
Yep thanks for that, totally agree. I had the same concerns since making them especially bare tube ends poking out as you noted. They are totally concealed by the bags once fitted, especially the rearmost end. I appreciate padded tarp will last only so long and I could be very unfortunate.
I have been meaning to square/round them off and/or see about bar end plugs, but there’s still a chance of one pinging out at impact with the ground. Hopefully I managed to fettle the design before any off.
Edit: took to heart the risk of the bare ends so went out to the shed and tried handlebar end plugs, but they didn’t fit. Instead I pushed as much high density foam into the hollow ends as possible as filler, and layered nearly 20mm thick on the outside, then insulation-taped the hell out of them. Could hit them with my palm with some force and not feel the metal. I’ll tape over again with gaffer tape when I can get a roll, and that should provide some degree of less-likely-to-fillet after a bit of grinding along the road.. not elegant but definitely a step safer.