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Q ) What kind of a rider am I ? ( Beginner to Advanced )

This is where your journey begins. Honestly assess your riding capability, style, motorcycle you ride or about to own. This blog will help https://www.goodgearhub.com/beginner-to-semi-advanced-to-advanced-what-is-the-journey- Why is this identification important ? This will lay the foundation to what you need and want and most of the times it ensures that you sift out the noise of motivated influence and trends and buy your need not want. A commuter riding a commuting motorcycle for ten years buy a 650 cc motorcycle - Does that mean he is now an advanced rider ? Good heavens ! No. Skill upgradation is more important than motorcycle upgradation. The blog listed above will help. Ride on. Ride more.

Q ).What is the type of bike i ride ? (Easy to Pro)

Do you ride a commuter bike or a litre class sports bike or an adventure bike. For commuter bikes start at CE rated and move up as per the capacity, weight, power of your bike. Its simple the faster you go or can go you need more protection

Q ) What is the nature of the trip ? (Lesiure to pro)

This is the most ignored aspect. At times riders dont gear up or wear a denim jacket saying its just a breakfast ride. This is where you go wrong. Catastrophe won't announce itself and come. CE rated for simple runs and more and more as the difficulty of the trip changes. Factor if you need waterproofing or for good measure carry an extra layer. For very long trips you will need to carry a backup jacket, jeans, gloves and boots. If you are starting on the plains then say going to the desert then say to the mountains. Then there is no silver bullet you will need to carry layers or four season capable gear

Q ) Type of gear i want ? (Temporary or permanent)

This is the honey trap that greedy sellers set. For example if you are going to ride in high altitude areas for ten days in one year then evaluate rental vs buying. Else you will spend a lot of money and the gear will lie unused for 355 days ! 😀 However if you are a gear head then owning is part of the experience, we get it. We are too !

Q ) Level of protection needed ? ( Level 1 to race spec)

Good quality gear can be pricey and at times brands don’t include armour or give basic foam or level one armour to keep costs down. Remember minimum is CE rated and scale up as you deem fit. Or better still invest in say D30 once like we did and keep rotating it through your gear as we do. It works the best. Never ever compromise on armour quality or level. No point in buying a $ 500 jacket and then buying armour for 10 bucks. Yes best armour can cost a bit but then value your life !

Q ).What is my body type ? (Sedentary to athlete ?)

Riding gear should be snug but at times bulky riders buy 2 sizes too big to hide the bulk. Its a sin ! To thine ownself be true. Be safe first vain, later. Buy snug gear so you don't compromise on protection. Join the gym when you can but please dont wear baggy gear its futile

Q ) What is my budget ?

Be safe and in your budget buy the best. Dont just randomly slash your budget as your bike cost too much ! Conversely you don't always need what the pro’s wear. See above - map out what do you need and once you reach your most fluent level in riding usually it takes a few years then “invest” in what is the best for you. Till then dont slash or inflate your budget for reasons that are beyond protection. A Belstaf jacket looks great in a pic but its also costs a lot - Is it meant for you ? Be honest and answers will follow

Q ) Is this choice going to make me feel safer ?

This is the last mile check. Gear will break in sure but it wont light and day so on trials if something is ill fitting it will become slightly better not become outright comfortable. Also we at goodgearhub finally leave it to the smile test. If the gear makes us smile and want to ride immediately then that is the one ! Sure you must explore content recommendations but remember its you on the bike not the influencer so if some kit for $ 100 fits better than its $ 300 counterpart then if protection is taken care of go for it. As long riders (we at times ride for 15 hours in a day - day after day) comfort is immediately after protection.

Q ) Is there any relevant content to judge my choice ?

Hand on our hearts there is so much motivated content out there. Be smart look for content who give a pov on how the gear performs rather than favour brand x or y. Thousands of riders have blindly followed the so-called influencer and then regretted it. Also some of these guys spend a few hours with a bike or gear and then give a recommendation basis which many buy. Think about it…is it fair ? goodgearhub has a very difficult benchmark which commercial minded guys dont agree with but we set the bar, high. We don’t review any gear in any format till we have done 1000 km with it. This is where our million km of touring experience comes handy. The gear count for us is endless and we give a real world perspective. Be wise, follow guys who promote motorcycling and not a particular brand of gear.