GTR1400MAN wrote:[devilsadvocate mode=on]
The trouble is with all safety standards, they start off as a no brainer, sensible idea and quickly descend to this being required by some
With bike gear, what's actually happened is that manufacturers have consistently extracted the urine.
When CE standards were introduced, protective 'motorcycle' gear had to be to the standards. So many of them simply omitted any mention of protection, safety, etc, and advertised their gear as fashion items.
They claimed testing cost as too prohibitive - yet Aldi managed a CE jacket for £80!
Even now, some of the top brands can't manage AAA rating for premium price suits.
https://www.advrider.com/f/threads/rukk ... n.1541145/
Disappointingly, Rukka's new Nivala 2 suit is the world's highest-priced suit to possess the lowest CE safety rating :umph
Rukka updated the Nivala 1 to the (creatively named) Nivala 2. One of the major disappointments with the Nivala One was its safety and protection: Rukka showed it could be creative not in naming but evasiveness. The company found a creative way to dodge the CE testing (EN 17092) for protection.
What happened in Nivala Part Deux? The new Two has passed the CE test but at the lowest level. So, we have a £2k priced suit with a paltry A-rating for protection. While it will undoubtedly be comfortable, there are numerous alternative Gore-Tex Pro suits with an AA rating (not to mention the AAA-rated Badlands Pro A3, Hideout Hi-Pro and BKS 100SX).