If you're like me, you may not give your motorcycle protective gear too much thought. Sure, you wear All The Gear All The Time and when you bought your motorcycle gear you did your homework, buying the best gear you could afford.
Now ask yourself two questions: will your older gear still work as intended in the event of an accident and is it still the best available?
It took a serious accident for me to find out that well used - and comfortable - motorcycle clothing can leave you vulnerable and, had I been wearing some of the newer protective clothing systems, I may have come out of the accident in much better shape.
Here's my story of how my motorcycle gear fared in the accident and what I have learned from it.