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Chris,

Is this person particularly tall?

I have heard of a few instances where this has happened. Never heard of a solution though.

Does he knock himself under specific conditions like say when "paddling" in sand, or when he sits down after standing.

This info may help when looking for a solution.

First thing, get proper boots in the meantime.

I await your feedback.

Proper boots, and wear BMW citi pants (their knee guard comes down to about the top of a decent boot).

Or, take the opposite approach (like I do with trials).  Don't wear any protection and you will soon learn not to bash yourself  ;-)

He's taller than me, so say 6 foot 2, or thereabout.

Happens when he paddles in sand, is teaching himself not to paddle unnecessarily, etc.

He appears reluctant to wear boots that cover his shins, or rather, they are on the shorter side, and cover his lower shins only.

I myself have never had this problem, but sure enough he hits his right shin more than his left (pots are offset/right is a little closer).

Charles: good points you make...

More later

Chris

Thanks,

OK...........this has effected people.

He needs high boots.

Riding off road with these "mini" boots is downright dangerous anyway. the boots will sort his issues.

Some people don't want high MX boots because the soles are slippy when walking.

However, some Companies have MX boots with alternative soles, I know only of Alpinestars Tech 7 Enduro, Sidi Crossfire SRS & Forma TX Enduro.

The Sidi's are very expensive, the Alpinestars R6500 & the Forma's R4600

Formas are good value (the BMW GS boot is made by Forma).  There are also "Adventure" boots that are not as restricting as MX boots, have good soles made for riding and walking, and are high.

I use a trials boot - made for walking on difficult terrain.  Not as robust as an MX boot, or even an Adventure boot, but certainly better than a short boot(ie).

Not talking about MX boots and many if not most are not waterproof.

BMW "Gravels" (They replaced the Sandiago's) will suffice perfectly and they are waterproof.

There are similar others out there but try to make sure that if you are buying "proper" boots make sure they are waterproof.

Appreciate that but the MX boots do usually reach higher to the knee

Buy an 800-problem solved.

i too bash shins everytime i venture onto a 1200

Basic shin protection on my 1150GSA --- a tube of foam on the crashbar. In this case insulation foam, but neoprene foam would be neater and probably more effective.

But, such a piece of foam is not much protection!

When I go off-road I wear knee-guards (under the trousers, strapped to my leg) that extend low down on the shin. And my riding boots rise up beyond the lowest part of the shin/knee guard.

Riding boots that covers the shin is fine, but you still have some part of the shin exposed.

One may consider horse riding boots....

A low-tech solution may be shin-gaurds ala hockey or football from your local sports shop?