# Wear your gear! Sumo vs deer **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 7, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315 "2012-04-07T10:51:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/1 "2012-04-07T10:51:38Z")
[ame][http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCrbQv5P3k[/ame]](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCrbQv5P3k%5B/ame%5D)! ---
**Author:** ![91teg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/91teg/32/6304_2.png) [@91teg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/91teg)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/2 "2012-04-07T11:07:42Z")
That sucks ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/3 "2012-04-07T12:08:16Z")
crashed starts at around 7:00 Deer popping out is constantly in my mind riding twisties; Sucks for the guy. He did however slowed down a bit for the deer sign at around 6:58. If he was going any faster it could be worst… FYI, he didn’t wear any gear because he **_DID NOT_** plan on crashing that day, otherwise I am sure he would wear them :rofl. Which makes me wonder if anyone that had crashed before EVER thought of crashing the day that they crashed? Shoe flew off as expected. It is amazing how a $99 pair of riding boots could have easily saved him from his ankle injuries. Not to mention bare skin on cheese grater like pavement is never fun… From his video description: > Me getting taken out by a deer. Was riding a Yamaha WR250X around 1pm on Fox Island,Wa when it happened. **_Ended up in the hospital for 4 days. 6 permanent screws and a plate holding my ankle together,2 fractures to my should as well as torn muscle. To top that off had massive swelling/bruising on my hip from landing._** ^ All that from crashing at just around 40mph… Note to self. Padded innner pants for this season. ---
**Author:** ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 12:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/4 "2012-04-07T12:41:03Z")
Leather. Leather with armor/pad/whatever. Always. Everywhere. Saved my ass from a deer once. I think of that night every time I think it’s too hot out to be wearing leather. ---
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/5 "2012-04-07T13:56:47Z")
> [@fellow bikers](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fellow-bikers/49072/4): > > Leather. Leather with armor/pad/whatever. Always. Everywhere. Saved my ass from a deer once. I think of that night every time I think it’s too hot out to be wearing leather. ^this ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/6 "2012-04-07T17:02:52Z")
Almost hit a deer a few years ago at night leaving LVD on the bike on I90…nearly shit myself I mean I could have reached out and slapped that bastard on his ass! Mike on here will testify to that, he was riding with me and saw the whole thing…and we were going around 70 mph. (65 mph zone) ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/7 "2012-04-07T17:43:57Z")
Guys at my job (all Harley) refuse to ride if the temps are below 50 at coldest, and wear only nominal gear - vests, silly cruiser gloves and brain buckets. Some wear chaps and unarmored jackets. Middle of the summer I don’t think they wear anything more than jeans and t-shirts. Same bullshit, “I don’t plan on going down”. No kidding, you think I do? I just prepare for it. As far as I am concerned, if it’s too hot to wear gear (about 115 for me), then it’s too hot to ride, period. ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/8 "2012-04-07T17:51:35Z")
is there a ventilated/lightweight gear company/line? if not, there’s a solid niche to make money in. there are undershirts made for dirt circle/oval drivers, which have built in cooling systems, hooked up to a can of some type of refrigerant. i think this concept could be applied to motorcycle gear pretty easily. > **[CoolShirt Systems Kwik Kool Shirt](https://www.speedwaymotors.com/Kwik-Kool-System,2468.html)** > > A driver's ability to function is impaired by heat and dehydration. Using a helmet pumper to blow air across your face makes you feel better, but it does not actually cool you. The only way to effectively lower your body temperature is to cover at... ---
**Author:** ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/9 "2012-04-07T17:52:20Z")
It’s never too hot for gear… it’s just too hot to stop when wearing it. :lol ---
**Author:** ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/10 "2012-04-07T17:53:23Z")
> [@Once you go black...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/once-you-go-black/49064/21): > > is there a ventilated/lightweight gear company/line? if not, there’s a solid niche to make money in. there are undershirts made for dirt circle/oval drivers, which have built in cooling systems, hooked up to a can of some type of refrigerant. i think this concept could be applied to motorcycle gear pretty easily. > > [CoolShirt Systems Kwik Kool Shirt](http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Kwik-Kool-System,2468.html) Pretty much every major manufacturer has perforated leather with vents, removable liners, mesh with armor, etc. So yes, it’s already being done. ---
**Author:** ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/11 "2012-04-07T18:05:18Z")
> [@Once you go black...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/once-you-go-black/49064/22): > > It’s never too hot for gear… it’s just too hot to stop when wearing it. :lol True, but unless you live in the middle of nowhere with no traffic and no traffic lights you’ll have to stop eventually. Sitting in rush hour even in part-leather jacket gets pretty toasty. I feel sorry for people who ride aircooled bikes. ---
**Author:** ![capitalcrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@capitalcrew](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/capitalcrew)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/12 "2012-04-07T19:01:52Z")
I live in the middle of no where so i’m all set lol. I agree sitting in traffic suuuuucks. ---
**Author:** ![b16racereg6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@b16racereg6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/b16racereg6)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 9:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/13 "2012-04-08T09:36:20Z")
That was kinda funny, lol. Not the crash but the yelling and phone part. ---
**Author:** ![Gundamzeppelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Gundamzeppelin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gundamzeppelin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/14 "2012-04-08T11:34:53Z")
> [@dilemna........](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dilemna/49000/142): > > That was kinda funny, lol. Not the crash but the yelling and phone part. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t laugh when he started screaming. “HELP HELP HELP HELP HELP HELLP!” ---
**Author:** ![Jeremiah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jeremiah/32/6318_2.png) [@Jeremiah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeremiah)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 11:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/15 "2012-04-08T11:42:26Z")
My old man cut a deer in half a year before I was born on Rt29 in Lasselssville. He said he saw it pop its head out and thought “I can slow down and eat shit or throttle it and go through it.” I saw pics when I was a kid of the pieces of meat/guts/blood on his suit/helmet and burried inside a mangled kz1000 lol. Thankfully he was wearing a 1 piece snowmobile suit and full face since it was early November. Since he first told me…I’ve had no interest in ever owning a bike. ---
**Author:** ![Skidplate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skidplate](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skidplate)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2012, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/16 "2012-04-08T16:02:02Z")
> [@Jeremiah"](#): > > My old man cut a deer in half a year before I was born on Rt29 in Lasselssville. He said he saw it pop its head out and thought “I can slow down and eat shit or throttle it and go through it.” I saw pics when I was a kid of the pieces of meat/guts/blood on his suit/helmet and burried inside a mangled kz1000 lol. Thankfully he was wearing a 1 piece snowmobile suit and full face since it was early November. Since he first told me…I’ve had no interest in ever owning a bike. awesome story is awesome. ---
**Author:** ![HiSpeed48](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hispeed48/32/6688_2.png) [@HiSpeed48](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HiSpeed48)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2012, 6:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/17 "2012-04-09T18:12:02Z")
Damn that sucks. Middle of the day too, bad luck. My friend got taken out by a deer on his bike a few years ago and got pretty rashed up and gave up riding (hoodies don’t protect shit lol). > [@Jeremiah"](#): > > “I can slow down and eat shit or throttle it and go through it.” Smart man. I’ve been told that its better to just hit the animal straight on, rather than get all fancy trying to avoid it and crash in the process. ---
**Author:** ![PFaux](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pfaux/32/6722_2.png) [@PFaux](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PFaux)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/18 "2012-04-10T06:45:18Z")
think its funny how the guy noted the hip bruising. i crashed at probably about the same speed… broke some ribs, cracked the shell of my helmet and got a massive concusion. i also had bruses up and down my thigh and side/lower back. the brusing was by far the worst and is still slowly getting back feeling. happend 7/10 ---
**Author:** ![GD3Skier](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gd3skier/32/6400_2.png) [@GD3Skier](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GD3Skier)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/19 "2012-04-10T11:05:13Z")
Sweat dries slot faster than broken bodies heal. I don’t even ride and understand this. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/20 "2012-04-10T11:09:54Z")
I am pissed I have to get all new gear this season to match the unicorn ducati I have to put together for myself, becasue my old gear wont match! ☹ lol Never the less, its a new leather jacket, and padded leather pants. Alpine stars Rod: ![http://images.motorcycle-superstore.com/ProductImages/OG/2008_Alpinestars_Rod_Leather_Jacket.jpg](http://images.motorcycle-superstore.com/ProductImages/OG/2008_Alpinestars_Rod_Leather_Jacket.jpg) Icon Automag: ![http://images.motorcycle-superstore.com/ProductImages/OG/2008_Icon_Automag_Leather_Overpant_Black.jpg](http://images.motorcycle-superstore.com/ProductImages/OG/2008_Icon_Automag_Leather_Overpant_Black.jpg) Look like normal pants for the most part off the bike, yet will keep the skin on your bones. Alpinstarts 50/50 boots. More for motocross/dirt, but I loved them on the street too. I could walk all day in them too and forget I am wearing them. Jeans cover up 80% of the boot and all the buckles too, so if your not rocking riding pants, nobody will know you have moon boots on under there. While I wish they were a BIT stiffer side to side for ankle protection, I crashed on the street with them and riding practice MX fooling around and 100% would have rolled my ankle without them. Best $150 I ever spent. All in all, its around $600 or so. While it might hurt the wallet at first… it feels a hell of alot better when it comes into play than if you cheaped out! [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315.md?page=2)