my Leatt worked

[mx428]

On saturday my bike cut out on the face of a pretty big triple (crf250, f*** those carbsssss) so i went eddie endo-ing head first into the landing of the triple. To make matters worse the bike then hit me in the back,breaking my helmet, and dislocating my hip. So as i was laying there with my lower body looking like a pretzel i was amazed that my neck and head were fine. My helmet worked and so did my leatt, the double whammy of landing head first and then the bike hitting me in the back of the head, snapping my neck forward makes me confident in its performance. It was up in the air whether i broke my neck or not even after x rays, but it turns out everything was fine (but mannnn was i sore). After 2 tries in the ER to pop my hip back in it was off to the operating room, which sucked. But now I just have crutches and lots of PT to look forward to, not a wheel chair. I won't be able to ride for a good 3-4 months, but my head and neck area were a-ok. I know most of you have your opinions about the leatt, too expensive, gimmick, etc, but i'm just saying that you should give it a chance, i'm sure glad I did.

heres my helmet. sorry for the ****ty picture but im posting this from my phone. you can see the two vertical lines where it cracked in the goggle strap area
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9948/477452a500049e2b0000030ze2.jpg

[TRX450RACER174]

Glad to see your ok, I will never ride without my leatt at all , what track did this happen at? hope you have a speedy recovery.

[BlaineKaiser450]

that sounds like it hurt

i gotta get one

[ZeroLogic]

Damn glad to see your okay. I gotta get me one of those during the summer. Get better bro.:macho

[Hondamaster5505]

what in the hell is a leatt??????????????

I always wear my helmet, its second nature. But i never heard of a leatt

[JRP]

Originally posted by Hondamaster5505
what in the hell is a leatt??????????????

I always wear my helmet, its second nature. But i never heard of a leatt

its a neck brace, the best thing ever! You can see it in this pic right behind my head, and heres a pic of what it all looks like. Glad to hear your alright zach! I ALWAYS wear mine!

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/jrp859/me2-10.jpg
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p16/jrp859/leattbrace.jpg

[mine]

You wanna try to stay on your bike dude ? Every time you tell me you're going riding you come back with a gnarly story on how you broke yourself, Glad your alive, Thank god for those team motosport neck donuts ... :)

[Robin Hood]

Glad to hear it worked man. Wishing ya a speedy recovery.

[quad2xtreme]

I can attest to the Leatt working too. I endo'd off the 65' flag jump at Breezewood. The chin guard on my helmet got caught on the bars and drove my head downward into my chest...of course the Leatt stopped it from driving down too far. I ended up with a separated sternum but this is way better than pulling your spine apart at the base of your skull.