CE Certification

 

Motorcycle clothing and standards – a buyer’s guide

 

Good protective clothing for motorcyclists has been available for many years. However, how many riders are sufficiently experienced in materials science, clothing design and the mechanisms of injury in accidents to determine in a shop which jacket for example is truly protective and which jacket merely looks protective? The new European Standards set minimum levels for various characteristics of protective clothing that should ensure all clothing claiming to conform to the standards will provide a reasonable level of protection. Clothing and gloves subjected to testing and bearing an independent and recognisable mark of fitness for purpose will be a less risky purchase than unmarked clothing.