Scooter Megathread 2: you wont be cool, you wont be a badass, but youll be happy

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Russian Bear: Dec 26, 2007

Scoooter megathread: I wish my Ducati handled this well

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Russian Bear: Dec 26, 2007

Yea see if you can find a Honda metropolitan or the like just to have more flexibility.

# ¿ Oct 19, 2023 05:23

Russian Bear: Dec 26, 2007

Hungry Squirrel posted:

Tried searching the thread for kid stuff, failed.

My kid is 12 and getting an electric scooter for Christmas. I expect they'll be traveling almost exclusively on 30mph residential roads (though people do blow through faster). Not sure of the scooter specs, haven't picked one out yet.

I am neurotic.

Someone else is handling the scooter (though I would love Goon recs on what's best for a kid taking short trips around town) but I'm choosing the helmet and jacket.

For the helmet, I don't want to say that money is no object, but when a friend got his motorcycle a while back I bought him the top of the line Shoei helmet with no regrets. That said, kids grow, so if I can keep it under about $800 that would be great, but I will obviously drop whatever bank is required for the best safety.

For jacket, I also have to look at what the kid will actually want to wear. Three-season weight, and not too hulking, would be good. Same pricing applies. My friend swears by Alpine Star for his jackets. I'd like to avoid road rash, I'm not as concerned with broken bones (they'll mend) but if there's a way to protect against spinal injuries, I'm here for it.

What should I consider when shopping, and are there any specific models that are recommended? Do I need to just calm the hell down?

Definitely add gloves with a scaphoid slider to the list: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/dainese-carbon-4-short-gloves-1

For those speeds an adventure jacket is probably going to be a good bet. Something like a revit tornado: https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/revit-tornado-3-jacket

# ¿ Nov 27, 2023 20:18

Russian Bear: Dec 26, 2007

Ohhhh ok, then I�d just do a helmet (maybe motocross variety?) or an adventure style like this Bell https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/bell-mx-9-adventure-mips-helmet

And gloves with scaphoid sliders.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2023 09:53

Russian Bear: Dec 26, 2007

Helluva posted:

The scaphoid slider is to prevent your wrist from being bent out of shape in case you land on your hands right? I need something like this because I'm just a little tall for my bike and I consider myself a little clumsy at times. I either land on my shoulders or my hands when I fall from my racing bicycle.

I honestly bought this one for daily shopping but then I saw this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE9gVbOeAos

I'm definitely getting a glove like that + knee pads and go try these at the local bike park. We have this big round asphalt place where amateur bikers meet and try to learn new moves.

The slider is so that you hand keeps sliding on the ground rather than �catching� and then the momentum snapping it as you fly forward destroying the little bones between you radius and carpals.

Russian Bear fucked around with this message at 08:43 on Feb 21, 2024

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