Does Motorcycle Armour Actually "Go Bad?" (The Science)

Does motorcycle armor actually have an expiration date? Well as it turns out...it probably does! I made a video arguing that the CE armour in your motorcycle jacket isn't protecting your bones. I stand behind most of it. But a subscriber pointed me somewhere that sent me back to the source material and had me scrutinising my own opinion. This isn't a full reversal...The standards are still what they are and the incentive structure I described is still a problem. But I presented an incomplete argument, yiuncalled me out on it, and you deserve the rest of the story as it turns out the armour is doing more than I implied. Just maybe not the specific pair you're currently wearing. Chapters: 00:00 - What Started This 00:22 - The Original Argument 00:50 - The Comment That Changed Things 01:31 - What I Missed 03:39 - The Speed Question 04:40 - Your Armour Is Ageing 06:07 - The Full Picture Sources & Further Reading: De Rome et al. (2011) — Motorcycle Protective Clothing: Protection From Injury or Just the Weather? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21819... MAIDS — Motorcycle Accident In-Depth Study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAIDS_r... Albanese et al. (2017) — Energy Attenuation Performance of Impact Protection Worn by Motorcyclists in Real-World Crashes https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28383... Wu et al. (2019) — Effectiveness of Protective Clothing for Motorized Two-Wheeler Riders https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30901... Polymeric Material Ageing Study — PMC https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... EN 1621 Standard Overview https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcy... affiliate Links: RIP Industries: 👉 https://www.ripindustries.co.uk/JACKT... LiteLok Bike Security 👉 https://www.litelok.com/JACKTORQUESBIKES Tru Tension Chain Care 👉 https://trutension.avln.me/c/ddMXtwTF... Beeline Moto II Navigation 👉 https://beeline.avln.me/c/BjerlhoyZwxJ New videos every week covering UK motorcycle culture, the industry, and the conversations worth having. If this is your first time here, consider subscribing, it genuinely helps.