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Originally Posted by malave7567
What I always ride in is:
1) Helmet
2) Motorcycle jacket with CE armor in the necessary places (tons of options on what you want here)
3) Jeans w/overpants (I really need to buy riding jeans with armor built in)
4) Riding boots (the ones I'm currently using are more of a dual-purpose, where they can be comfortably worn as a high-stop sneaker or casual shoe as well. Again, tons of options out there.)
5) Riding gloves, cold weather or mesh with armored knuckles for warm weather.
I personally shop at revzilla.com most of the time, but you can also go into a local CycleGear even to try the fit on some of the name brand stuff. I sometimes buy their Bilt in-house brand for stuff like helmet socks or thermal liners.
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I don't ride myself, but wanted to stress how important it is to get
all of the riding gear. I have a friend who is a new rider and dumped his bike over the weekend. He had everything but riding pants on, just regular jeans. While the rest of him wasn't hurt, his legs were torn up pretty badly. One gash was only a few inches from a birthmark as well, which would have resulted in a trip to the hospital; for a crash that couldn't have been over 10 mph. Buy it, and wear it. Always.