Riding a motorcycle in the city or on the road: never forget these 3 tips, even in summer

Given the equipment of a significant number of motorcyclists, there seems to be an unwritten rule that states the following...

"In summer and due to the high temperatures, it's possible to ride a motorcycle with the lightest footwear possible." Have you ever stopped to think about it?

Especially in the scooter world, there are many users who trust the protective ability of their summer flip-flops. It's frightening.

3 tips to remember all year...

... Also in summer or, rather, especially when the unbearable heat puts those of us who ride motorcycles to the test. Are you going to leave yourself to fate?

Asphalt is just as hard from January to December but, above all, burns "at will" when its temperature even causes it to melt (its temperature even causes it to melt).

You only have to go to a hospital emergency waiting room to see the extent of the damage caused by this.

However, motorcycle or scooter users keep moving around their city or going on trips with footwear that's inappropriate for their activity.

What makes us think we're immune? Maybe the lack of negative personal experience, although if someone else's experience isn't enough for you... we're in trouble.

Let's remember then three details that drive you to use the right footwear for motorcyclists,even in summer, which is when we ride the most miles (kilometers).

1. Your feet are delicate and very exposed

If you look at your lower limbs, they're "down there" at the mercy of whatever might happen to them, being just a handspan (un palmo) from the ground.

The sole of the foot may seem tough, a callus built up for your safety: on a motorcycle, at the lowest speed, it's nothing.

Open footwear, in the event of a slide, can end up coming off your body... The rest you can imagine, can't you?

2. Toes are a clear example of "helplessness"

If we see the sole of the foot as something more or less tough and resistant, what about your toes?

Have you ever broken one, or suffered an abrasion on any of them? Recoveries are long and more than painful.

How to protect them? With motorcycle footwear where the toe cap is reinforced, so sneakers are excluded...

3. The best (and most complicated in summer): a "total" motorcycle boot

When people talk about the consequences of riding a motorcycle or scooter in summer without the right gear, just thinking about it causes two reactions.

On one hand, there's the reluctance to put on a helmet, gloves, a jacket, pants, and boots to avoid mishaps.

On the other hand, we find the consequences that lead us to do it to safeguard our health, which leads us to think about the best solution.

What is it? A touring boot with a high shaft that provides reinforcements in the toe, heel, malleolus, and tibia-fibula. Your protection should come first.