How to Choose the Proper Dirt Bike Riding Gear - Safety is KEY!!!
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Choosing the proper riding gear is essential to ensure a good, SAFE time while riding motocross. In this video we help you understand which gear is best to wear to maximize your riding fun! Hey, spoiler alert, you're going to crash on your dirt bike, so make sure you're geared up so you can get back up and keep going :)
We explain the basic needs behind choosing the right gear, along with all the gear you'll need.
Let us know in the comments below which tips worked best for you!!
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Motorcycle riding is inherently dangerous. This video was filmed on a closed course with a professional rider with years of riding and teaching experience. The Mx Factory and all related personnel are not to be held responsible for any injury resulting from attempting these techniques. The bottom line is wear safety gear, take it slow, have fun, and consult a riding coach when necessary. The bottom bottom line, DON'T BE DUMB.
I think the safety Gear makes you look cooler honestly.
i agree :)
Facts
Yeah same
It makes you look real buff ah
For me I think that the goggles Jersey and helmet are cool
I personally think neck braces are a necessity. I would much rather break my collar bone than get paralized or die from a broken neck.
True that.
Yeah I’m sitting here with a broken collarbone right now but it’s better than my neck
Same
@@daxxbender6568 no way I just found this
Unfortunately I have a crooked collarbone thats higher on one side than the other. A result of a previous crash on the street. (I never got it plated for some reason, I’m not sure why cause I should have) Anyway the point is that I have a neck brace and it just doesn’t fit right, cause it rests on the bump in my collarbone.
I didn't have boots when I first got my bike and I was riding trails and tried to change direction onto another trail. I did not have enough momentum to get up and over the little hill between the trails. I was not moving but I could not react the ground at that point and by the time I could reach the ground I could no longer stop the falling of the bike. She is a big Ktm 690 (sorry I don't ride motocross lol) Anyway the back handle on the bike went down the back of my leg. I thought I was fine, a little sore but good. Rode all day. I had 3 nights where sleep was difficult and my leg was purple from mid calf to heel. This went away and there was a large scab area and the pain was gone. I continued riding for 2 months and no problem. Then one day I noticed that the scab was looking really bad and I got it looked at and treated daily. With in a week I was in the hospital wondering if I would lose my leg or worse! I found out that the injury had caused the skin and stuff to pull away from the blood supply which resulted in necrotizing fasciitis. (Flesh eating disease) to set in. Hospital for 3 days and another week of intravenous antibiotics daily.
All in all from injury to a healed massive scar on my leg it was over 6 months of open wound.
I wasn't even moving at the time of the injury and if I had proper boots it would never have happened.
WEAR ALL THE GEAR, ALL THE TIME!!
well I hope you are healed up and all good now, that sounded like a horrible experience to go through, also great advice, I once took my Harley for a quick ride around the block and had a kangaroo bounce out in front of me and I ended up super manning over the handlebars, luckily at only doing 60km/h but unluckily I was only in jeans, t-shirt, and sandshoes nothing else no helmet no boots, it was the last time I be that stupid when riding
@@ggsgaga yes all healed up now! Good to hear you made it through your mistake. It only takes one bad ride without your gear and your life can be changed forever.
Ride safe my friend!
Rod Neufeld wow ive always heard stories on like staged medical tv shows about flesh eating diseases but never thought you could get it from a little wreck on a bike like that ,thats pretty scary
That sucks
Lol I did that on my quad boots are important
ive gone head over heels in motocross crashes and a neckbrace is definitely a life saver
Literally
Bad for technique
And it don’t rly do all that much except break collar bones
But in the video it looks like a toilet 😂
Filly The goat, They’ve saved me before, a neck brace is definitely up there as an important piece of kit
Bell helmet
100% goggles
Seven jersey and pants
Msr chest protector
O’Neal boots
Seven gloves
Yamaha for life.
My last Oneil boots only lasted 4 rides, they are good but I have had only 1 bad experience just sayin.
YZ ALL DAY
Same as me, but I have Hallman jersey and pants and Fist gloves.
No kalwi and ktm who wins
@@_treva2292 KTM "keep the tools moving"
8:59 "For all you women out there, I don't have any experience" lol😂😂
Lmao
Damn, Jason got a hairy ass arm😂
Wish I had half of his arm hair on my head 😅
@@ff-1971 all freakin sad, laughing rn at 2 am😂
I think the year makes you look better and my favourite brand gear is Fox
Dude, just suscribed yesturday and already lovong this channel..., great job, and soooo fun to watch! GIVE MORE LOVE TO THE MX FACTORY!
Well explained subjects, injected with humor and saved by editing.
Thank you so much bro I’ve must’ve watched 20 of year videos so far just to prepare for my first bike at the age of 32, listening to experienced riders teach full on classes covering many different things is super dope. I’ll always watch and support this channel. Thanks for everything
I’m in the exact same situation as you. 32 and getting ready to get my first bike. Good luck!
Honestly the more gear you have the more badass you look.
All the gear all the time! When I was learning to ride I dripped the bike at only about 10mph but landed in just the right way to tear my MCL, and sprain my ACL and ankle very bad. I couldn't walk for a week and still to this day my left leg moves a little different then my right while I'm walking
Just happen to me at the hospital waiting to get X rays
I started riding in 74 at the age of 10. Helmet, jeans, shirt and tennis shoes. My Dad told me to wear my hiking boot, but what did he know? Not many Dads rode back then, till we grew up. But a beer truck driver told me he used to race TT races, and I should wear some boots. I was good for about 10 years, noting but bumps and scrapes. Then I raced MX for 10 years and got banged up a bit more, (riding gear then). But as far as hospital work, that only happened twice. Broken arm and a broke foot that I let heal by itself, (in between jobs, no insurance.) It still works good. Today, it is not the injury as much as it is finding a good Doctor who knows the best thing to do. They often mess things up today, and things often get worse. Government run healthcare, and kids who think they know it all,---at your service.
As always, keeping it real, keeping it raw. Great video. Humorous and informative. Thanks
Where can i buy that white vest?
It looks very cool
Steped up and bought a astar sm10 helmet. Swear my head never hit the ground, broke 6 ribs, collar bone and cracked the helmet not even a headache.
Great advice! I taught and made my sons years ago to wear all their safety gear years ago and we have never been seriously hurt although I broke ribs with one of those plastic type chest protectors ( no side protection). Don't forget to replace worn out equipment. Thanks guys for all your tips.
Weird huh? How a broken rib(s) will hurt for a month no matter what you are doing,----except riding. :)
Back in the day when I drove motocross in Finland, it was required on all tracks to use every single safety gear you listed, and also elbow protection and a kidney belt. Also the neck protector saved my life once when I hit a bad jump and the bike started tilting forwards in the air. I fell staight onto my head and it would have probably broken if it wasn’t for the neck protector
I would not have worn any more then Heikki Mikkola.
Fan from Michigan USA. :)
I prefer wearing elbow protection as well.
Great vid as always. I just started and bought everything new, but entry-level. Snell HJC helmet on sale, Tech 1's, 100% Accuri's Fox chest, knee, elbow armour, Shot pants etc. - decent to get going but didn't break the bank - all-in for around $500 new. I do have a neck brace that was expensive ($350) but had that already. For sure, wear the right stuff - hospitals are more expensive then gear. One day I'll get proper knee braces but they are uber expensive and I'm not going that hard yet.
Everytime I fall (which is alot) I am glad I spent the money to be outfitted properly.
Father's who have young kids starting out need to make sure their kids wear *all* of their pads *and* boots. And set an example and wear your gear too. No matter how hot it is, wear it for them.
Also buy your kids hockey shoulder pads. You can find them for less than half the price of the dirt bike brands. My sons pads have D30 in them and they were only $25. The Fox ones are $40.
thor, fox, and alpinestar
This channel is incredible you have covered everything on this channel im a nee rider saving for a bike tried my friends bike out did good and made to jumps because of you but crashed the third due to leaning to far back and the bike took me woth it 😂 let's say i got lucky and landed amd side amd rolled amd got back up quick man im hooked now all i need to do is take it slow amd more technique my friend took me straight to meduim bumps if he didn't i would of had a perfect first ride i been missimg out i now want to practice for a year or two amd race motocross amautuer im 25 and cant believe i just now riding wish i knew how much i liked dirt biking at first was nervous at first but im a natural my friend is saying thanks for letting me ride tony
seven shirt and pants
100% googles
bell helmet
fox or sidi boots
leatt chest and neck guard
Axel Hodges wannabe lmao
Zachary Smith take a joke buddy
Fox helmet
100% goggles
Fox gear
100% gloves
O'Neal boots
What about knee pads
I’m asking do I need Mx pants or could I just wear jeans
love your work gents. thanks for the stuff to make for us
I crashed going pretty fast not too long ago, I had a neck brace on and I felt my head smack against the back pretty hard. It did hurt my collar bone a little but I think it saved my a lot of trouble with my neck. Would recommend 👍
I also recommend wrist brace cause a natural reaction is hands out first and it’s not going to be fun if you got a broken wrist or sprained.
I thought that too.
With regard to chest/back protection, it's worth making the distinction between the basic, plastic "roost deflector" and actual CE armor that is rated for impact protection (level II, preferably). If you can afford it, get the latter (but as always, anything is better than nothing). I wear a Leatt mesh jacket that has CE Protection for the chest, back, shoulders and elbows. The stretchy mesh keeps the armor where it's needed. It also has a slot in the back that a Leatt neck brace will slide into...that way pressure from the neck brace is distributed across the back protector and that'll *hopefully* prevent the back injury you suffered (sorry, BTW). It's all about building a coherent system that distributes forces over as wide an area as possible, and vectors them in ways that avoid or minimize injury. For instance, MX boots will protect your foot and ankle from impacts or bending in ways they shouldn't, but the force is then going to go to your knee which is only designed to bend in one direction. Knee braces help ensure that happens, and transfer forces to your hip which *can* rotate.
I wear separate knee pads (with straps) even on the street. Yeah, my ADV pants have them built-in, but they're just sort of "floating" and I have no confidence they'd actually be where I need them in the event of a crash.
Great stuff as always
i am so glad i found this channel
I wear all the gear mentioned in this video except the neck brace. I wear calf socks, briefs and then spandex compression pants, a t-shirt, then put all the gear on top. Sure it might be a little warmer than skipping some of that but it helps with any rubbing of gear and does keep some of the sweat out of the gear. The compression pants are a natural carry-over for me from wearing them under leathers for drag racing where they help the leathers slide over the knees as the legs come up to the pegs. Even wearing leathers on the street the compression pants are nice. I'm gonna check out the knee braces since my right knee isn't that great anymore. Thanks for the heads-up on that.
What’s the first chest protection vest
Great video guys great channel great advise lot of fun to watch
I wasn't happy about the money I spent on a good pair of Fox boots for about 4 hours until they saved my ankle. Worth every penny since
very helpfull thanks
"One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you"
Very Helpful video, Thanks
I was wishing to have FOx riding gears ! I really love it
Alpinestars action jacket loving it!
i love your videos becous i havent ride a bike yet but i'm saving up to buy one and you are helping a lot
Another I would like add would be ear muffs/plugs. Dirt bikes are loud and it's good to have something to protect your hearing. Ride safe guys.
My favorite riding Gear?
The MX Factory Shirt of course!
Favorite brand is in order
1- Fox 2- Seven 3- Troy Lee/100%
Favorite riding gear as far as gloves, jersey and pants is definetely shift, right now my fav boots and helmet is from oneal
I also wear elbow pads they are a great piece of protection as well
Great video, however, Neck Brace...NOT controversial to me. 4 days ago had a 45 mph crash on hard-pack logging road between trails. Brace save my neck and my helmet took a serious digger. Not one stress related muscle strain or stiff neck. 1st crash with the brace and now I will never take it off when riding! It was that good!
I'm running Leatt 5.5 neck brace, best 400 bucks ever spent
I'm new to this channel so I haven't seen as much videos, but could you make a video a wheelie video and a jumping video for smaller bikes like Honda 100 (that's my bike). I've been wanting to start riding dirtbikes with family on big trails, but they require jumping and going over stuff that requires wheelies and I don't know how to do that.. if you already have these videos, don't worry about it, I'm sure they will appear lol, but if not thank you in advance, love your channel guys! Stay safe!
Bell helmet
Seven jersey and pants
100% goggles
Leatt chest protector
Fox boots and gloves
Yamaha for life
I like MSR Explorer clothing, and Leatt armor and ridding water systems, goggles I like most are Scott’s Prospects, then 100%, CTI2 knee braces and All spots Dynamic wrist braces. Priceless. And Alpinestar tec10.
This with really help me get gear
I've used cheap hockey chin/knee guards while riding, just a tip for peoples riding in short shoes.
Fox
I love there full chest protector
Seven. All the way. And Bell Moto 10 helmet.
Seven brand MX gear. The best.
My favourite gear is Fly Racing, I run F16 gear.
Fox is my favorite brand!
Man I love riding. Haven’t been on a bike in years, just getting back into it now but the initial cost of gear is crazy!!
How about the bike? I will stick with the YZ250 2-stroke.
Well, if the "initial cost" of the gear is a lot, that means you sell your 1 or 2 year old gear when it is still in good enough shape to be sold, (which used to be pretty rare. I don't know now.). So keep it until the skin shows. :)
Tyler would be a star in an adult business
Tyler my name is Daniel I live in UK 🇬🇧 your video are really helpful I'm austic you know how to put a smile on my face 😁
Im thinking about getting knee braces because last year i tore my ACL not even on a dirt bike i tore it trying to walk across a log fishing and i fell but siting on the couch for 3 months and the other 3 months walking around with a brace and crutches taught me to do whatever i can to be able to have fun but be safe at the same time
As soon as I see the words, "Safety is key", I reject the baby sitter. You should do the same. All I need to do is look at my options, and think about it. Mobility is safety too. Being able to feel the foot controls is safety too. In fact, I have learned that not letting people tell me what my biggest factor is, is usually safer too. I reject the baby sitter! :)
I like the Loretta Lynn song reference there, "These Boots are made for walkin"
Lol love the vid as I myself don't wear the most gear. Usually just my alpinestar, my bell mx and no reverse gear but wanted to get a leatt neckbrace and EVS chest protector. Ps a good idea for a video is a motocross vocabulary like all kinds of whoops,jumps and berms. I myself been trying to teach my friends and would find it so much easier to have a video.
Great idea for the video, thanks!
Favorite gear. FXR, helmet-bell, Goggles- Havoc & 100%, roost deflector Astar, boots Astar. Got fox rn but going to switch to astars when i need new boots.
SIDI boots, and Fox for everything else.
Fox is my favourite riding gear brand
My favorite riding gear brand is
Fly Racing
Fox is my favorite
my fav gear is leat and troy lee designs
Alpinestars is my fav brand
Shoei, Yoko pants&jersey, Alpinestar gloves, Scott goggles, Pod kneebraces, Gaerne sg12 boots.
I had that same Fox Chest Protector. I got landed on and now have 3 broken ribs while watching this. Granted without it I may have had a broken back. I did upgrade to the Leatt HD-Pro with side protection.
Hey bro I just bought my first bike. I don’t plan on doing motocross but I just want to ride on flat tracks, open fields, farms and forests etc. Do you think that is much safer than moto cross and the chance of accidents is lower?
My fav gear is FXR
Klim is the best!! Love their Gear. The Fit with Klim is extraordinary for me for street and dirt. MoskoMoto is also Up there.
Fox V1 Pilot (old school V1), Fox goggles, and fox chest protector, TLD shirt and pants, Fox or TLD gloves, and ANSR boots
@themxfactory what brand chest protector was the white one that was shown first, looking to get a similar one. Thanks!
I'm mostly concerned with my arms and wrists, which you seemed to skip. We use our arms to protect ourselves from falls. Are there good ways to fall? In snowboarding, I've read that you don't want to use your arms in a fall.
My favourite brand of gear is Troy lee designs
Fox is my fav
I wear fly pants, jersey, and gloves cause they fit big dudes real well, bell moto 9 helmet, (came from a troy lee helmet and will never look back) alpinestars tech 7 boots and POD knee brace, I need a second one but I have one for my knee that I utterly destroyed without em.
I wear goal keeper bottoms underneath my gear for added padding and put my knee pads on over them
At 43yr old I just got back into MX since I was 20 Ish .. Gone alpinestars head to toe ;-)
Went out from bread & milk ! Came home with £1500 worth of A star MX gear haha
Safety comes first! ;D I did the same and now living whit water and potatoes until next payday. But it is worth it!
@@opetteleITE haha yeah , I searching for a 02-05 kx 250 now . gotta get me a 2 stroke again , will be posting videos an it will be a full strip down an rebuild , colour will match my kit too ;-)
APAT All protection all time
Chest protector saved my life a few years ago still wound up with a few broken ribs and a brushed lung/liver but had I not been wearing it I'd have had a punctured lung or possibly worse..... 100% wear your gear and increase you chances of walking away from a bad wipeout
The Other Danish guy boxers, the best you can get. Daily use, sports, work, doesn't matter they are amazing.
Fly Jersey and pants. O'neal helmet, alpinestar boots. leatt neck brace.
I wear T-shirt and shorts, hate wearing jerseys or long sleeve clothes. I ride with just a helmet and boots that’s it, i used to ride with no gear at all, just whatever I have on during the day which is a shirt,short and flip flop and I have not hurt myself yet. I decided to buy a helmet and boots because i got told to, and they were quite comfortable and they are the 2 most important gear. I don’t race or do jump or be silly and normally don’t ride very long either. I am crazy since I started out on a 450 with no gear and decided to get boots helmet when I got my 250 2 stroke.
That white vest looks like my bullriding protective vest!
Snow Rider that’s what I was thinking. I had a CLG I used to ride with that looks like a black version of this one.
My favorit brand of riding gear ???
Helmet LS2 470
Neckbrace leath
Boots Alpinestars
Chest UFO reactor II (but i like your vest, never se befor)
Clothing Alpinestars.
Greatz :)
My fav riding gear has got to be fox and alpinestar
My favourite is O’Neil
My favourite brand is TLD
Many brands of riding gear.. Oneal, Alpinestar.. Leatt
What's your view on shoulder pads on the chest protector, go with or without ?
Thor boots, gloves, pants, and jersey, Fox chest protector and knee protectors VZ goggles and Arai helmet, I also depending on the type of riding will wear padded underwear and a ball protector like the ones a baseball player would wear, I have hit that area one too many times from bad landings
O’Neal is my favorite
Something you should have added to the helmet section. Always fasten the strap! If you crash its just going to fly off.
Speaking of fly. My favourite gear brand. Fly Racing
Normally I ride mostly street. almost 90% highway, but today of all days I got hurt. not from falling or being hit, but from hitting a bird. i smacked that poor thing going pretty fast, got hit right in the arm, felt like I got shot with a nailgun and ripped my hand right off the handlebar. so fast forward a few hours and my arm has a pleasant bruise however the dense jacket seemed to have prevented any serious damage.
I only have a helmet right now and have received multiple injuries that could have been avoided by wearing safety gear. Today I got 2 deep gashes in my knee because I fell from my bike and something hit my knee. I also have gotten multiple wounds on my ankle and elbow.
oneal is my favorite for jersey, pants, helmets. fly or alpinestar for boots. shift for gloves. fox or leatt for chest protector. leatt for knee braces, shin guards, and neck braces. and then the holy MSR kidney belt...
I’ve gone back to knee pads from braces and feel a lot more comfortable but my knees ache at times when I get a leg ripped up dabbing. I probably just need better, more comfortable knee braces.
I’ve seen to many people wearing neck braces get really hurt in what should be a simple tuck and roll fall to believe in them. 🤷🏻♂️ Helmets are also so big on kids in proportion to their bodies that they look so restricted with a neck brace thrown into the mix.
I believe that comfort and the ability to move freely forms part of safety and shouldn’t be overlooked.
Personally I wear for warmer except for chest protector especially racing or in the desert also I also wear my Levi under my racing pants believe me it sure saves your rear