{"id":15143,"date":"2025-06-19T15:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T15:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/?p=15143"},"modified":"2025-06-09T16:25:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T16:25:07","slug":"top-10-must-haves-when-gearing-up-for-a-motorcycle-or-moped-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/top-10-must-haves-when-gearing-up-for-a-motorcycle-or-moped-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 must-haves when gearing up for a motorcycle or moped ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia\u2019s Department of Transport has issued 10 important must-haves for a safer journey for a motorcycle or moped riders.<\/p>\n<p>Before hopping on a motorcycle or moped, riders are urged to remember the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover your whole body with appropriate clothing such as a long sleeve-sleeve shirt, long pants and enclosed footwear.<\/li>\n<li>Use impact protectors over your joints.<\/li>\n<li>Protect your skin with abrasion-resistant material in vulnerable areas.<\/li>\n<li>Check the seams on your gear: there should be more than one line of stitching and at least one line of concealed stitching on exposed seams.<\/li>\n<li>Check that all fastenings are secure and protected from contact with the road or other surfaces in a crash.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid external pockets or straps that could become tear points or snag on something.<\/li>\n<li>Use insulated, waterproof and windproof materials to protect you from the cold.<\/li>\n<li>Use reflective or light colours and ventilation to protect you from heat.<\/li>\n<li>Check that all your gear fits you properly so that it will remain in place.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t carry anything in your pockets that could cause injury.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western Australia\u2019s Department of Transport has issued 10 important must-haves for a safer journey for a motorcycle or moped riders. Before hopping on a motorcycle or moped, riders are urged to remember the following: Cover your whole body with appropriate clothing such as a long sleeve-sleeve shirt, long pants and enclosed footwear. Use impact protectors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":15144,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}