Yes good to know and I agree with DD no more testing.
Glad to hear you're okay. Thank you for sharing your testimony!Checkswrecks said:Just a quick note on performance of the vest after a drop of maybe 25-ish mph on a mud road described here:
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=11146.msg286900#msg286900
Basically I hit the ground twice on my upper left arm/shoulder, first while going forward, then the trailer pulled me up to travel backward, and then the second time sorta as a backward and sideways body slam. The KLIM Latitude jacket with the D30 armor and the vest (with no backpad in the vest) did their job. It was a quick bam-bam and I'm glad it was on mud rather than pavement, but I also believe it would have made a bigger difference in reducing how hard a drop on pavement would feel.
The leash for the vest comes up from between the seat and tank and is just barely long enough that I can stand on the pegs. It's supposed to take a 60 lb pull for the vest to inflate. I heard it pop in the back of my awareness on the first drop and stayed inflated till well after the second drop. There are mud and small scratch marks in two places. One is along the front left vertical reflective stripe to where it meets the bottom of the vest, so I must've landed on the ribs during the first drop going forward, and the second covers the shoulder blade to the bottom of the back. That one I do remember. Big thing is that the only minor soreness after the whole event was to the shoulder I landed on.
Once the vest inflated I definitely had limited head movement, even after everything came to a stop, so the cervical collar idea worked too. It feels kind of goofy after coming to a halt to realize how restricted you are and more than tending to the bike I wanted to unbuckle out of the vest.
There's no real damage to the vest and if you don't look REAL close, you'd never see the very minor scuffs since the mud's been washed off. The replacement cartridge is on order for $25+$5 shipping and it's easy to replace.
This was user FredBGG on this forum. He got roughed up by the locals and no longer hangs out here. This thread was the culmination of Fred's departure:Blu3B3ast said:
arjayes said:This was user FredBGG on this forum. He got roughed up by the locals and no longer hangs out here. This thread was the culmination of Fred's departure:
http://www.yamahasupertenere.com/index.php?topic=17315.0;nowap
Not one of the finer moments for the forum. Glad he's ok.
You guys have done a great job maintaining order around here. I don't know how you and AVGeek find the time since neither of you is retired. Kudos, and thanks.Checkswrecks said:First off, I'm glad that Fred is OK after his deer hit. A number of members have hit deer and we know all too well how fast it happens. Plus, Encinal Canyon, Mulholland, and the other roads in Fred's area would've been all too easy to go off the side and not be found for a long time.
As for the comment about getting roughed up here, he didn't leave of his own action. Fred repeatedly - and I do mean repeatedly - was told to knock off with the rules violations (and we don't have many!) in his personal attacks and rants that criticized anybody who disagreed. After many warnings, the mods here agreed that his access to this forum needed to be cut and it was.
arjayes said:You guys have done a great job maintaining order around here. I don't know how you and AVGeek find the time since neither of you is retired. Kudos, and thanks.
I did not know that Fred was formally booted, nor was I aware of his many rule violations. Obviously that stuff is handled behind the scenes as it should be.
Didn't mean to dig up old dirt. I felt bad, and a little guilty since I mixed it up with Fred myself a time or two, when he seemingly got run off. But it changes my perspective knowing that you guys were were engaged with him (to no avail obviously). I have to admit that I sometimes miss the drama of a good food fight, a la Dallara, FredBGG, et al, but I also understand that the mods have to TRY to keep everybody happy and a lot of members aren't into blood sports.
Ok, back to more good inflating vest crash stories ...
Just to let you know, if you email us your story we will send you one CO2 cartridge free of chargeScarlet Pig said:Had a chance to test mine out today LOL. "Older" woman in front of me for about a half mile driving 15mph under the speed limit. Felt very uneasy in trying to pass rode along behind until the stop sign. At the stop I was going left for the turn and was going to just start into that lane and sure enough she just kind of eases over in front of me without signaling and comes to a stop. Okay..... Traffic is all clear and she begins her turn, I immediately pull up and forego the foot down and follow...a bit too close. ::26:: All of a sudden she just STOPS! There is no one in sight for 300yds either direction but she is stopped in the lane and traffic is coming at 50++mph. I hit the brake and as I am already leaned over for the turn and following too close I go down from a standstill, jump away from the bike , and boom off goes the vest! Must say it worked well. Pretty darn constricting. Had to wait a good 20sec before I could be "flexible" enough to pick up the bike. So my fault totally but good test on the vest! I had one extra cartridge at home so went back and rearmed it. Now need to order more. I'm thinking several more..... :