Motorcycle gear manufacturers will be forced to comply CE

[Val]

Apologies if that has been posted. I just found it.

Europe decides that anything intended for bikes should meet standards.

Motorcycle gear manufacturers will be forced to comply with CE. No more games like CE certified armor only for your jacket. The whole jacket must be certified.

https://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/ce-marking-for-all-bike-kit/30754.html

Of course you can still wear what you want. Flip flops for example. But at least gear sold and marked as motorcycle gear will comply with the safety standards.
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[RhynoCZ]

That is good news, actually.
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[stinkwheel]

A largely meaningless thing in and of itself. The CE standards aren't very high.

An M&S cheese sandwich passes the test requirements for CE approved body armour.
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[Rogerborg]

Cheese and red cabbage.

Despite the attention grabbing headline and somewhat contradictory language in the article, they never actually state that the sandwich is up to CE standards and they eliminated it at the 50J CE 1 level.

Fixed link: https://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news--general-news/ce-marking-for-all-bike-kit/30754.html

Interesting comment that if it's mandated then it should be VAT free.

Well, copypasta.

[Pjay]

It's the first step to enforcing us all to wear CE rated gear at all times.

[RhynoCZ]

I think there should be a law, that forces motorcyclists to wear some protective gear. The helmet law is not enough.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Northern Monkey]

There is nothing to stop anyone making motorbikestyle fashion wear, and not CE marking it.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Just read the first paragraph of the link. It's a standard Visor Down non-story (maybe they nicked it from MCN? )
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[Rogerborg]

[Val]

[Pjay]

Zackly.
I'm all for making things safer for pedestrians and other road users, but if someone is stupid enough to wearing flipflops and shorts, then so be it.

It's not like the human race is an endangered species, all this health and safety shit can fuck the fuck off away from my leisure activities.

Meanwhile I can be found in full protective gear almost always.

[MCN]

[talkToTheHat]

Anyone know when this comes into effect? I'd hate to buy new kit and find out it was discontinued or substantially altered to get CE approval.

I note that CE certification on boots is currently a selling point on certain value boots, whereas a handful of years ago the choice was 200quid altbergs or a few much more expensive items.

I'm more concerned about the weeding out of very cheap or fashion items that aren't any good at all than anything else. If everything has to be fit for purpose, there's a good baseline and less worry about whether an item is rubbish. It will be interesting to see what changes and what dissappears.
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[Rogerborg]

[Piercee100]

I would hate to be forced to wear full gear all the time. I have to wear shirt and tie for work so If I'm at a local depot (within ten miles) I usually just wear waterproofs over the top of my smart clothes with a High-Viz coat. Always wear my steel toe capped work boots with ankle support. My commute is all slow speed filtering stuff, so on my Suzuki 250 I save an hour on the rush hour traffic over the car. I feel relatively safe with what I wear- wouldn't want to come off though so don't push it.

If I'm out for the day or a longer trip it's always full gear. I could never do the two stripe and trainers thing out on the road though.
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[andyscooter]

always worn boots and jeans and my green ma1 army jacket so I would be fucked

also my parker
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[RhynoCZ]

I'm not talking about full gear, but I'd make gloves and spine protector mandatory. If that would put you off, then it already works, as less riders on the road, less injured motorcyclists. Integral helmets only, so you can have open casket funeral, would be nice as well.

But, I do understand the inconvenience of it. Motorcycle gear is like a seat belt in your car, you might not need it in 9/10 drives, but then you crash it and will regret it till the end of your days, if you survive.
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[Rogerborg]

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[c-m]

Good news in my opinion.

Yes CE level one armour isn't much, but the abrasion test will at least remove a lot of crap from the market.

Hardly any on the gear out there meets even the level 1 abrasion test requirements. Yes it's just an anvil and a pieace of rotating sand paper, but it's a step forward.

[DrSnoosnoo]

[Rogerborg]

[stinkwheel]