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You usually do get what you pay for, but that doesn't mean you need to go out and spend $2000 on high end gear. Any gear designed for motorcycles is better than no gear. You're dressing for that one crash, those two or three seconds sliding down the pavement bouncing your head off the ground and slamming your limbs into the concrete. You're gonna get hurt. Cheap gear will make it less painful for sure, expensive gear might make it even less painful, but you can be fairly sure it's gonna hurt.
I wear a Tour Master leather jacket with shoulder, elbow, and back armor, Scorpion pants with knee and hip armor, AGV gauntlet gloves, and an HJC helmet. Total cost: about $600. I'm still scared shitless of crashing, and wouldn't be any less scared wearing a full Dianese racing suit. I know I'll probably get hurt, so I use a special piece of protective equipment that I got for free from my parents...
It's called my brain.
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