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I purchased a klim tek vest last year tried it for a couple of rides and just was not working for me too constricting and generally cumbersome. Gave it to my buddy and he seems happy with it, has anybody got any good leads or suggestions of a motocross style chest protector with mostly frontal protection. I always ride with a pack BCA stash pack and have a klim valdez parka.

Appreciate your suggestions.
 

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Just got a Coresaver from Six-Six-One for my anniversary (big thanks to Jeremy8 and TT Powersports) that is pretty easy to wear and not too cumbersome...
 

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I purchased a klim tek vest last year tried it for a couple of rides and just was not working for me too constricting and generally cumbersome. Gave it to my buddy and he seems happy with it, has anybody got any good leads or suggestions of a motocross style chest protector with mostly frontal protection. I always ride with a pack BCA stash pack and have a klim valdez parka.

Appreciate your suggestions.

I wear a Fox Rockstar softcore chest protector in the deep cold and once it warms up a little around March I switch to an external hard style chest protector. Any motocross one is likely going to be bulky, removeable shoulder guards are ideal since you are mainly looking for chest protection it sounds like. The hard style might not fit over your gear very well if you have a bigger chest, so you might have to put it underneath. All depends on what kind of build you are.

My soft core fits under my gear and the hard style I wear on top of my gear, which is why I only use it later in the season once its warmer, because then I can lighten up on the layers underneath as well. In the spring I only ride with a good undershirt, hoody and chest protector. I don't find it restricts movement at all, sometimes it catches my pack straps but you learn to compensate. I've learned to ride with it and now I don't even notice its there.

I will say though having needed its services several times, a full chest protector is the way to go. There are some lighter duty ones out there for more $$$, but they don't protect nearly as far down or as wide as some of the hard style ones. I dropped 12 feet straight onto a road, slammed my chest into the bars and never got a scratch and according to an EMT I would have broken my sternum and likely collapsed a lung without it. I broke 4 ribs sledding yrs back and after that was when I started wearing one.

Here's a short clip where I would have had some good chest bruises had I not been wearing a chest protector and I wasn't even going fast, just climbing a short little hill when the track broke and stopped the sled dead, I went right over the bars and into the motor. When I'm superman-ing it on the handlebars my weight is only being supported by my chest protector. https://www.snowandmud.com/forum/f14/new-top-secret-prototype-222-track-31783.html
 
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Just got a Coresaver from Six-Six-One for my anniversary (big thanks to Jeremy8 and TT Powersports) that is pretty easy to wear and not too cumbersome...

I like that coresaver, just checked it out on the internet who sells around edmonton area?
 

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I wear a Fox Rockstar softcore chest protector in the deep cold and once it warms up a little around March I switch to an external hard style chest protector. Any motocross one is likely going to be bulky, removeable shoulder guards are ideal since you are mainly looking for chest protection it sounds like. The hard style might not fit over your gear very well if you have a bigger chest, so you might have to put it underneath. All depends on what kind of build you are.

My soft core fits under my gear and the hard style I wear on top of my gear, which is why I only use it later in the season once its warmer, because then I can lighten up on the layers underneath as well. In the spring I only ride with a good undershirt, hoody and chest protector. I don't find it restricts movement at all, sometimes it catches my pack straps but you learn to compensate. I've learned to ride with it and now I don't even notice its there.

I will say though having needed its services several times, a full chest protector is the way to go. There are some lighter duty ones out there for more $$$, but they don't protect nearly as far down or as wide as some of the hard style ones. I dropped 12 feet straight onto a road, slammed my chest into the bars and never got a scratch and according to an EMT I would have broken my sternum and likely collapsed a lung without it. I broke 4 ribs sledding yrs back and after that was when I started wearing one.

Here's a short clip where I would have had some good chest bruises had I not been wearing a chest protector and I wasn't even going fast, just climbing a short little hill when the track broke and stopped the sled dead, I went right over the bars and into the motor. When I'm superman-ing it on the handlebars my weight is only being supported by my chest protector. https://www.snowandmud.com/forum/f14/new-top-secret-prototype-222-track-31783.html

I have been contemplating what to do for a few years here and my superman over the bars last spring refreshed my memory that I needed to wear something.
 
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