Modern Vespa

I decided to wear mine today. it was a little wet. I feel like i'm over doing it a bit though for the size of my bike... any thoughts?

There's no such thing as "overdoing" any safety gear for the size of any bike.

The last time I went down, it was on my GTV. I was doing no more than 5mph. Slammed down really hard on my knees. There wasn't any kind of damage worth going to the ER for. But now I feel it when the air pressure changes, and I get the occasional "bad day" with my knees.

Just remember this: the ground does not know what size bike you're on, or how fast you're going. It doesn't care. It hurts everybody equally.

If you feel you want to wear kneepads, do it. I do too, occasionally, when I feel the weather is nasty enough to make me nervous, but I have no other way to get home.

I just had an off - totally unavoidable, not my fault - guy in the wrong lane.

If I hadn't worn my hard knee pads, I probably wouldn't have much of a left kneecap right now. However, I did - and there was ZERO damage to my knees (even though my pants were completely trashed).

It's a cheap piece of insurance ($10 at Cycle Gear) that ensures one of the most important joints in your body still works.

ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME

Yeah good advice. I actually love wearing mine now and feel unsafe without them now. They're not hard to put away so I keep them under my seat now.

GEAR UP! End of thread

My position is that if you want to wear gear, wear it! Each person has to make that decision for him/herself because only YOU will suffer the consequences of your choice.

I dropped my scooter about a week ago and my knee is still all bruised and feels funny. I will protect them from now on...

I would like to see all riders wear armored jackets, boots, and knee pads - along with a full face helmet - at all times. It really does keep the entire group's insurance rate down, and insurance will cover damaged riding gear. You go down, not only are you reducing your own long-term pain and suffering, you're reducing the insurance costs of all - and you WILL get new gear.

Kneepads are a must, as are boots, jackets, gloves and helmets. Ride with less, prepare to have a VERY painful time. No one plans to go down - it's cheap insurance. If you can't afford $10 for a pair of kneepads at Cycle Gear, then you really shouldn't be riding at all.

I have knee pads in my Draggin' Jeans and, although I'll admit to sometimes, very rarely, riding off without the pads for short low-speed jaunts, 99.999% of the time I'm wearing the knee pads.

Three years ago I suffered a knee injury, not riding related. That was the last day I've ever been able to break into a run and I've had to walk cautiously and with a cane ever since. Take care of those knees!

I have these that go under the pants. They are pretty hidden, you can barely notice I have them. Don't always wear them though.

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