02-17-2016, 11:58 PM
Elipten, Funny you would place those items of importance first. I was in a wreck in 1968 or 69 when a lady in a 54 Dodge turned left in front of me on my 67 305 Scrambler Honda. I hit her passenger door and went over the car landing on the ground on the other side. Knocked unconscious for 45 mins.
But the 3 injuries that have plagued me for nearly 50 years happened to my head, 7 broken/chipped teeth and broken nose...(teeth are still chipped) ..broken right hand (it gets stiff) and broken right foot with damaged nail bed on big toe (toe nail used to fall off every year now it's just thick and crooked, but no longer falls off).
My hand was pinched between brake lever and handlebar and there are no gloves that would have prevented that being broken. A full face helmet would have prevented the nose and teeth damage but they were not in production yet, I was wearing a Buco open face helmet and High Point glasses. I think a good pair of mc specific boots would have prevented the broken foot, maybe not, but pretty sure it would have prevented the big toe injury. So your order of importance would certainly have helped me.
If we could only predict if we were going to have an impact or a low or high side we could then choose the approapriate gear to buy/ wear.
Guess the best advice is if you can afford it, buy it all at once.
But the 3 injuries that have plagued me for nearly 50 years happened to my head, 7 broken/chipped teeth and broken nose...(teeth are still chipped) ..broken right hand (it gets stiff) and broken right foot with damaged nail bed on big toe (toe nail used to fall off every year now it's just thick and crooked, but no longer falls off).
My hand was pinched between brake lever and handlebar and there are no gloves that would have prevented that being broken. A full face helmet would have prevented the nose and teeth damage but they were not in production yet, I was wearing a Buco open face helmet and High Point glasses. I think a good pair of mc specific boots would have prevented the broken foot, maybe not, but pretty sure it would have prevented the big toe injury. So your order of importance would certainly have helped me.
If we could only predict if we were going to have an impact or a low or high side we could then choose the approapriate gear to buy/ wear.
Guess the best advice is if you can afford it, buy it all at once.