# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**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, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315/24 "2012-04-10T11:19:56Z")
> [@DONE! THANKS](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/done-thanks/46736/33): > > there really isn’t a lot out there for hip padding. tho i did see a pair of shorts that would have helped quite a bit, had hard plastic panels right where i got some of the worst brusing on the side of my thigh. > I’m better then most when it comes to wearing gear, but i’d say 99% of gear wearing riders wouldn’t have been wearing a garment that would have done much to protect thier side in the accident i was in. > never wearing anything other then a full face helmet tho. Really liked the idea of a modular one when i first started but i don’t think i’ll get even one of those. if i was wearing a brain bucket that day, i’ll be dead for sure. the crack in my helmet was just below and behind the ear, where there brain bucket doesn’t go lol. got brain hemoraging as it was. I will go post a pic of my busted helmet too, and had some bad shit going on in my head too. It was a $600 carbon MX lid. I used to own some cheap $120 HJC specials for riding MX and trails and what not… NEVER again will I own anything other than a good CF or CK helmet. The one reason I will never see myself owning a Harley either… you would look dumb in full gear and a full faced helmet… compared to everyone else. I will NEVER own or ride a half cut or beanie. My wife is an RN. She took care of, and attempted to take care of a few riders that went down. The stuff she tells me will solidify our theories about those helmets too. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wear-your-gear-sumo-vs-deer/263315)._