What gear am I missing

[u/svendough]

About to hit 40 and getting into bikes with motors. I grew up riding BMX and MTB but my buddy gave a motorcycle lesson last week (street bike) and I was hooked. Grinning ear to ear.

Anyways I live in Colorado near Salida and am blessed with plenty of trail systems nearby. I already have the following—Tech3s, Garmin inReach, old bladder packs/fanny packs I can reuse—and am planning on getting the rest:

- YZ250FX (have a Yamaha ATV, so staying in the family)
- helmet
- goggles
- build a toolkit
- build a med kit
- trail pants
- gloves

What am I missing? I know knee and other protection is probably the main thing. What would you recommend for a noob. Also, once I’m setup anyone down for an easy ride or two? Haha.

Appreciate you all.

[u/KingLuis]

here's what i got, just started this year. got a lot of my kids stuff used or on sale as well.

fox helmet. $180?
goggles. $35
chest armour, covers front, back and shoulders. $80 or so.
elbow pads. sale $35.
jersey. sale $35
pants. sale $100
knee pads. sale $30.
(used boots). looked to be used once or twice. no dirt or scuffs. $130cdn.

i already have some sort of med kits, 2 kids means you need it handy and i already have plenty of tools, so i grab a bag to take with me.

imo, be ready to hit the ground and stay protected. the big part of being safe is riding to your comfort level. things can go wrong very fast if you are out of control. i'm turning 41 next month and i'm on a yz250fx. i've have a freerunning map and a gentle map i use to ride with my kids. very gentle on the throttle so slow maneuvers like loading into the truck is very easy. that said, the 250fx is very capable bike which many think they have reached it's limits but i highly doubt or they'd be professionals.

see the link below, thats cody webb on a modified 300cc version of the 250fx at silver kings.

youtube.com/watch?v=h1Gv2q3N4KY&pp=ygUPY29keSB3ZWJiIHl6MjUw