EN 17092 Protective Clothing for Motorcycle Riders

The “EN 17092 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders” standard, developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO), mainly consists of the following sub-standards:

• The standard "EN 17092-1 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders - Part 1: Test methods" describes some test methods for use with protective clothing for motorcycle riders. These test methods are generally suitable for determining zoning, ergonomics, mechanical properties and impact abrasion resistance.

Tests are carried out on complete garments and samples thereof. If it is not possible to carry out any necessary testing using an actual test sample garment, testing may be carried out using a representative sample of the same material and construction as that found in the complete garment. In the case of garments having pockets or other arrangements for removable impact protectors, the manufacturer must provide for testing samples of all impact protectors suitable for the garment listed in the information note for users.

Before testing, garments and samples are cleaned according to the manufacturer's instructions. However, where simple surface cleaning, such as wiping with a damp sponge, is recommended, it is not necessary to clean garments before testing. Test samples are conditioned in an atmosphere of 24 degrees plus/minus 23 degrees and 2 percent plus/minus 50 percent relative humidity for at least 5 hours prior to testing.

Tests shall be conducted either in the conditioned atmosphere or shall be initiated within 30 minutes of removal of test specimens from that atmosphere. Tests shall be conducted in the above conditioned atmosphere. If this is not possible, the test atmosphere temperature and relative humidity of 15 percent to 75 percent shall not be exceeded.

• The standard “EN 17092-2 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders - Part 2: Class AAA clothing - Requirements” describes the general requirements for Class AAA motorcyclist protective clothing. This type of clothing is designed to provide the wearer with limited protection against abrasion and impact injuries. It applies to protective clothing for motorcycle road use.

For the purposes of this standard, Class AAA clothing refers to clothing that provides protection against impact and abrasion using materials and construction that meet higher requirements than clothing in Parts Three and Four of this series of standards.

• The standard “EN 17092-3 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders - Part 3: Class AA clothing - Requirements” describes the general requirements for Class AA protective clothing for motorcyclists. This type of clothing is protective clothing designed to provide limited protection to the wearer against abrasion and impact injuries. It applies to protective clothing for road use on motorcycles.

For the purposes of this standard, Class AA clothing is clothing that uses materials and construction that provide protection against impact and abrasion and that meets higher requirements than garments in Part 4 of this series of standards and lower requirements than garments in Part XNUMX.

• The standard “EN 17092-4 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders - Part 4: Class A clothing - Requirements” describes the general requirements for Class A protective clothing for motorcyclists. This type of clothing is protective clothing designed to provide limited protection to the wearer against abrasion and impact injuries. It applies to protective clothing for motorcycles on the road.

For the purposes of this standard, Class A clothing is clothing that provides minimum protection against impact and abrasion using materials and construction that meet the lower requirements of Parts 2 and 3 of this standard.

• The standard “EN 17092-5 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders - Part 5: Class B clothing - Requirements” describes the general requirements for Class B clothing, the protective clothing of motorcyclists. This type of clothing is protective clothing designed to provide limited protection to the wearer against abrasion injuries. It applies to protective clothing for road use on motorcycles.

For the purposes of this standard, Class B clothing is clothing designed to provide equivalent abrasion protection to the garments defined in Part IV of this standard but does not include impact protectors.

• The standard “EN 17092-6 Protective clothing for motorcycle riders - Part 6: Class C clothing - Requirements” describes the general requirements for Class C motorcyclist protective clothing, worn as an undergarment or overgarment, designed to provide the wearer with limited protection against impact injuries. It applies to protective clothing for motorcycle road use.

For the purposes of this standard, Class C clothing, a special shellless impact protective suit, is a garment designed to hold in place one or more impact protectors only, intended for use as an undergarment or overgarment. Garments within the scope of this standard are designed to provide passive or active impact protection for the areas covered by the impact protectors only and do not offer full minimum abrasion protection and may not offer full minimum impact protection depending on which impact protectors are incorporated into the garment.

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