Hands down Best gloves and Back/shoulder protection

[kam1996]

Hello,

I am returning to racing after a 9 year break. I am now 39 years young and need the best protection if i am to hit the track.
Back in the day I was foolish enough to race with the cheapest helmet, so so leathers and at times a borrowed back protector.

To keep my mortgage payments and college funds going, I need to make sure I do my best to stay in one piece. Hence the question, what are the most protective gloves, back protector and front protection I can buy. I already have a decent suit, a pair of used Vortice boots.
So, what do you say?

[Gixxerblade]

Check the WERA BBS. The back protector thread is on the 1st or 2nd page and gloves come up once a week.

[CCS765]

Held Phantoms for gloves.

[alexm]

I'm really like the CE certification specs that most of the Knox back protectors have. As for gloves, I recently purchased a set of Kushitani gloves and really like them (http://www.kushitani.com/kushitani-web/productsglovesgpr6.html).

[Team Spalding]

Held Phantom or Held Titans

[Jason748]

T-pro back AND chest protection.... tested many times over.

Interesting post on the speedzilla forum from a few years ago:  http://www.speedzilla.com/forums/general-ducati-chat/25373-good-back-protector.html#post248122
And there there's the old "sandwitch" article:  http://www.johnsonleather.com/Downloadable_Articles/RideArticle_2-07.pdf


I also use Held Gloves

[Sklossmonster]

Held and Kushitani gloves are, in my opinion, the best protection you can buy for your hands.

Impact SafeTarmor makes excellent chest and back protectors, custom fitted to your body and very reasonably priced, but they take a few weeks to get since they're custom.

If you decide to go with Held Gloves, I prefer these guys http://www.turnoneracing.com/Safety-Gear/Gloves-c111/ 

I don't think the Impact SafeTarmor guy has any dealers, I always dealt with him directly.  Super nice guy.

[Speedballer347]

Anyone remember the gloves with the rivits in the palms? 

[Sklossmonster]

Anyone remember the gloves with the rivits in the palms? 

Those were the old Held "Galaxy" gloves.  Wish they still made that one, it fit my hands, well, like a glove. 

[Speedballer347]

They would get hot when they'de grindage.

I kept grinding through my Sidi's toe-guards cause my pegs were to low...was damaging my boots by eating a hole underneath where the toe gaurd goes.  So I machined some toe sliders out of steel....never did grind through but they gave me an unbearable hot-foot.  My pinky toes had 2nd degree burns 

[MELK-MAN]

Bohn and Knox both make back and chest protectors. There are some others too but can google em. Some chest protectors need to be custom fit. Make SURE your leathers around the forearm are not loose. if they are, the plastic protection will slide when they hit and your elbow won't be protected. The shoulders should have hard armor in em too, surrounded by foam or other ce protection. Knee of the suit, should not be "floppy". HIP padding, most suits have sucky padding. BOhn sells a spandex short thing with serious pads in em, so do some other companies, the tail bone pad is critical if you ask me.. FITMENT Is a curcial as the cost.. high dollar suit wont' do ya as much good if it doesn't fit. Even an average suit that FITS could protect in some crashes better.

[Speedballer347]

Thanks Greg!
I had never heard of the padded shorts.  I just checked my leathers and had zero padding in hips and tailbone.  Ordered the padded shorts about 2 minutes ago.
Thanks again