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- Certified motorcycle clothing Five new protection standards
- Comment on the new clothing standard
- opinion poll
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Certified motorcycle clothing: five new protection standards
Certified motorcycle clothing
Five new protection standards
Motorcycle clothing has recently been certified according to five new protection standards. We reveal what’s behind it and what to look out for when buying new clothing.
Michael Schumann,
Tobias Beyl
01/20/2020
The labels shown above have been used in high-quality motorcycle clothing for a long time, but the five new protection standards have only been in force for a few weeks. With the help of the five classes, represented by the letters AAA, AA, A, B and C, buyers can get a quick overview of what the clothes can do: C stands for pure impact protection, B for pure abrasion protection and A for both together – tested and certified according to the Euro standard EN 17092-2 (up to 6): 2020. When it comes to combined abrasion / impact protection, class A is practically the leisure wear that offers the highest level of comfort, but also the lowest level of protection. In the case of classes AA and AAA, the ratio is reversed accordingly, from the protector-proven touring textile suit to the pure protector racing suit.
Comment on the new clothing standard
Michael Orth.
Tobias Beyl, MOTORRAD editor at the Service Resort.
Tobias Beyl, MOTORRAD editor from the Service Resort, on the new clothing standard and what will actually change for buyers of new products.
Some people will be slightly annoyed by the increasing standardization and react to the new security standards and may say: “Typically Germany.” But firstly, the new Euro standard 17092 also applies far beyond Germany, and secondly, it affects us motorcyclists in Germany relatively little. Because when driving a motorcycle in this country, only a suitable protective helmet is mandatory, and this has long been subject to its own standard, ECE 22/05. In some other countries, however, the police also pay attention to the wearing of certified protective clothing, which is why the new standard appears more relevant there.
At the same time, that doesn’t mean that we don’t need to be interested in EN 17092! Because those who care about their own health pay attention to appropriate protective clothing. And here the five clearly distinguishable protection classes now offer a good orientation. In the best case scenario, a small motorcyclist symbol has previously certified approval as personal protective equipment, but in comparison, the new regulation makes it much easier to select the individually appropriate level of protection from a short-time-to-the-ice cream parlor to the brisk country road lap up to the race weekend.
In the meantime, of course, nobody is forced to do this, at least not among motorcyclists. The situation is different for dealers and manufacturers who are now only allowed to offer protective clothing certified according to EN 17092 as motorcycle clothing. Until now, CE marking was sufficient to allow goods to be put into circulation. This was also used by dubious suppliers from the Far East, who simply called the CE mark “China export” reinterpreted and printed their own CE mark on the goods, which could hardly be distinguished from European ones. This is made more difficult with the new regulation.
opinion poll
How do you feel about protective clothing?
Voted 2960 times
I always drive with full protective clothing – depending on the occasion (trip or fair weather trip) in a textile or leather suit.
I’m not so strict about it; when the weather is good, my helmet is enough for me.
Everything except shorts is ok on day tours.
I ride in jeans – motorcycle jeans, after all.
For me, full protective equipment also includes a safety vest.
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