High-Performance Award for bike clobber
Posted: Mon May 01, 2023 8:47 pm
Considering how many manufacturers have blocked better standards for motorcycle clothing, I was delighted Bennetts took the initiative to encourage higher safety standards with its new High-Performance Awards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcWajVTfB4
Could the IAM and RoSPA endorse it? There’s been a massive gap in advocacy for better protective clothing (sadly, the EU and BSI standards committees are under the manufacturers’ thumbs, resulting in lower standards).
Currently, the EU and BSI standards allow manufacturers to sell race leathers that are only tested to a single 'A' rating (i.e. their abrasion resistance is tested to under 30 mph). It's hardly appropriate for motorways speed, let alone track use! It beggars belief. Couldn't the IAM and RoSPA look into it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcWajVTfB4
Could the IAM and RoSPA endorse it? There’s been a massive gap in advocacy for better protective clothing (sadly, the EU and BSI standards committees are under the manufacturers’ thumbs, resulting in lower standards).
Currently, the EU and BSI standards allow manufacturers to sell race leathers that are only tested to a single 'A' rating (i.e. their abrasion resistance is tested to under 30 mph). It's hardly appropriate for motorways speed, let alone track use! It beggars belief. Couldn't the IAM and RoSPA look into it?