Best Beginner Motorcycle Gear of 2024 - Review 

Witnessed. ~RF9

Buy a used 250cc - 500cc bike. Ride it until you're confident. Then sell for the same price you paid and upgrade to what you really want. Free practice bike hack (small bikes hold their value extremely well)

@@FortNine what is the name of the song at the end?

@@taylor2105 Truth. I started on a virago 535 and took it all the way thru beginner and advanced safety courses and sold it for more than I paid. Of course it helps if you don't wreck it by laying down etc. but imo the best cruiser to learn on for under 2k

Pick a dual sport, please, for the sake of your skills

Chefs unite

Every video he has a one liner that just kills

Every time I get pulled over by the police they claim they can smell oregano 🤷🤷🤷

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I agree. Caught me off-guard in a very pleasant way.

you dont want to slide tho into further danger tho?

@@steve00alt70bro the rest of your body will help with that, you just don’t want to break your wrists +start rolling instead of sliding

@@steve00alt70 xdddd A palm sized contact area won't make a difference in your ability to slow down when your whole body is sliding on the ground. When you fall, you instinctively put your hands out, and if they don't slide on the ground, your momentum overextends your wrists and leads to a scaphoid fracture, which is not cool. Palms sliders save writsts.

I haven’t ridden in almost 12 months due to a nasty scaphoid break and broken wrist, I’m nearly ready to ride again but only have about 70% of my wrist movement for throttle available so I have to modify my bikes. I saw this video and I’m going to buy gloves with a wrist slider. Top tip - Don’t break your right wrist, it sucks. Thanks Ryan F9.

Agreed. After spending many years buying fairly expensive gloves from fairly notable brands, I’ve recently come across Racer gloves which, in addition to good materials, fit, and quality, feature palm sliders. Nice!

Ive been riding for years but i still consider myself a newb lol

When I get into motorcycling and ride them for years, I imagine I'll still buy beginner's gear as long as it keeps me protected

Sounds like Helmet tech in particular is progressing faster my knowledge base. I'm not surprised anymore when communications tech is Miles past my knowledge, but Helmets are an eye opener.

@@tbqhwyf A bit of a risky decision, isn't it? I have a mt-25 (mt-03) and the equipment I use is in the upper level group (arai 2022 produced helmet - Dainese boots... I am not writing more so as not to sound like I am showing off) and the reason why I paid so much money is this simple logic, mathematics. Equipment price = post-accident medical expenses + permanent damage caused by the accident + money I need for temporary damage caused after the accident. Whatever helmet or equipment you buy for yourself, buy the best one you can afford, it will still be cheap compared to yourself.

The power of an F9 video😂..65 years old and been riding nearly 50 years

Glad there are dads like you mate.

W dad 🔥

Up here in BC, where Ryan is based, it's $900+ for lessons.

Also a great way to figure out if you actually want to ride without having a friend willing to lend you a bike, especially useful in the age where nobody does test rides anymore.

Nice.

In illinois the class cost covered by the cost of the licensing fee to add the "M". There's a refundable 25$ cost for the class, that you can either ask for back, or sign it over as a donation. When I taught MSF in Wisconsin, it was 325$ per person for the BRC1 class and taught most weekends at the local community colleges.

Low speed maneuvers are (the hardest) part of the test here in Czech rep. I think it's a good system. I spent the whole mandatory training (13 lessons) on a track avoiding cones, doing emergency braking and figure 8s. Because I already had a car license, I only needed to learn how to control the motorcycle. As Ryan says in this video, the slower the more it wants to lean over and stuff... also as I realized there, if you are going to actually hit something over 30 mph, you f*up big time.

Yeah me too. AAA Jamaican oregano. ~RF9

whats oregano

@@steve00alt70an Italian culinary seasoning

​@@steve00alt70 As stated above, an Italian culinary seasoning. I just would like to add that such ingredient is very popular in Jamaica... 😂

The oregano is a great ancient remedy for road rash when that t-shirt gets ground into his skin after a lowside.

Then she proceeds to sprinkle your stash onto a pizza

Congratulations! I feel like you've got some quality guidance with this channel on your side.

Congratulations!

After ditching my decades old habit of 'cool' black jacket & leather- I now have a white & red jacket- and white helmet. Seems a shame that the airbags that are intended for safety still design them to look 'cool' instead of safe...

@@whatspeedlimits The Helite vests are definitely not designed to look cool. The backpack offers a bit less protection mostly at the side hip area but is extremely functional. I can’t speak for all the other brands who make airbags.

@@whatspeedlimits for what it's worth, helite sells hi-viz options on the other versions of their airbags (like the vest). but yeah, the backpack looks to be black only.

​@@whatspeedlimits I'm a hi-vis green rider. Putting on a black backpack isn't part of my advanced degree in survival. On the 8th day, God created saddlebags and trunks. Backpacks are for carrying your lunch to school, not for riding a motorcycle.

​@@stevest1300Okay but does god carry his saddlebags with him everywhere he goes or does he get all his stuff stolen? Backpacks are perfect for motorcycles since they go where you do.

One of the few channels whose sponsored portions I don't skip - they incorporate the ad into the video so well.

Hi

Obligatory response to comment for the algorithm

Hanks for the reminder

Hello

All hail the algorithm

Same 😂

Doing the exact same thing! Hi5!

Congratulations and welcome my friend 👍😋

Wellxome in this parallel universe, expect to become an alien,😂

Never too old to learn....and I always learn something from this guy! And get a laugh or two along the way!

I'm 58 and I'll probably be buying the gloves & boots. I don't wear backpacks any more, and I don't do non-modular helmets or helmets with D-rings.

LOL was wondering about that. More wry hilarity from Ryan and co. Can't not love this channel!

Toronto... my least favourite place to ride a Duc.

@livestock9722 with downtown Toronto traffic it's not riding, you're literally walking the bike through traffic, it's 1 hour of stop n go throttle control to get almost anywhere

@@urbanburner I stand corrected. I mistakenly decided to head down to Cherry beach one summer night. The aftermath was a month long, ungodly testicular heat rash. Lest we forget.

Ride safe and wear gear. Just a suggestion.

One of his earlier videos shows the impact of wear on gear safety.

The problem is, you can't differentiate what's good and what's not when you're new. No amount of online research will help, because all you're doing is exposing your inexperience to other people's bias. Even this review isn't necessarily unbiased, it's just known to be less biased than xXMotoRider69Xx

Same- from Ryan’s recommendation. The mesh AF is awesome

If you're broke stay home you can't afford the medical bills 😂

@@hedindunuffin by cheap I meant on sale new bike last years model thanks very much. Ooo big man better stay home cause I’m broke… the internet

I'm looking at buying that jacket! I'm assuming you are measuring in Celsius. Is the jacket really warm in +30? And how is the waterproofing?

@@maxdeathhm yep in celcius. Waterproofing is great, we have a lot of rain in Wales and I'm always bone dry and warm with the winter layer. In summer I open all the vents and the arm zippers etc. It's hot if you're wearing it around town in 25+, but once you're moving on the bike I find it is airy enough to pass. Not as good as a proper summer jacket, but good enough to use year round

@@maxdeathhm another thing to consider if you're comparing to other airbag options: there is no subscription and no maintenance with the tether. And replacing the cartridge is very cheap. The electronic ones advertising "no subscription" such as Alpinestars, say you need to get their jacket serviced every 500 hours. If you spend 9-10 hours per week, it's more expensive than an annual subscription from other brands. I need to have my Helite jacket repaired, and they're doing the repair and service check for free under the 3 year warranty. So it's cheaper in the long term compared to other brands. And the electronic ones from other brands always have a clause in the manual stating that the airbag won't air for the first 10 seconds of your journey. Not very safe when you leave the lights. I think the general deployment rate is around 75%, combine it with the airbag being smaller and the Helite is in a class of its own, imo Most other brands have much smaller airbags too, without the spine-saving features.

You are an absolute Saint! Thank you so much for all that great information! I will be putting in an order as soon as possible!

It is possible to replace the armor pads in the jacket?

If you are looking into the airbags, make sure to grab one with a mechanical deployment system, like the tethered H-Moov in this video. The electronic ones are more prone to false fall detection on top of being more expensive. Plus, forgetting to charge your electric airbag would be a dumb way to die. The link in the description is way overpriced. Try fc-moto for the same backpack at 400$ cheaper.

@@pichejf Thank you for the info. 👍

@@pichejf fc-moto is in germany....pricing I see is in USD...while Fortnine is in Canada, pricing in CAD (about 26% difference to USD).

@oCAN99 The Helite H-Moov backpack isn't available on Fortnine. The link they put in the description is for SportBikeShop in the UK, where the bag is at £650 or 1200$ CAD if you change the currency on the site. FC-Moto had the backpack at 520.97 € or a bit under 800$ CAD when changing the currency.

​@@TornadoCAN99the link in the description doesn't point to Fortnine. It points to a site in the UK that wants $400 CAD more for the same product shipped to Canada