Driver equipment advice

Driver equipment during the driving lesson

During your driving lesson, it is essential that you wear the following driving equipment:
 

• In-ear headphones with 3.5 mm jack plug connection (standard headphones for smartphones) for communication system. Communication system is provided by your driving school.
   
• Full-face helmet
   
• Motorbike trousers with protectors or motorbike jeans with protectors
   
• Motorbike jacket with protectors
   
• Back protector, if not integrated in the motorbike jacket. Can be borrowed from us free of charge.
   
• Motorbike gloves
   
• Motorbike boots or motorbike sneakers.
   
• Optional water bottle for hot days. Can be stowed by your instructor during the training ride.
   
• Optional rain gear if your riding gear is not waterproof. Can be borrowed from us free of charge.

You can rent a motorbike jacket and/or motorbike trousers (depending on availability) from us for your entire training for a one-off fee of €39. These jackets or trousers are then only available to you during your training.

At BMW Motorrad, our learner riders receive the attractive BMW starter package at a preferential price.

Present your Rausch driving school training contract to BMW Motorrad and secure your rider equipment. More information at BMW Motorrad. 

Tips for your comfortable rider equipment

With the following tips, which you may not find in a motorbike shop, we would like to help you choose your own rider equipment.

The tips are not primarily about safety, but about comfort. It is a matter of course for us that your chosen rider equipment is safe and meets all the intended protectors and test standards.

Among other things, our following tips should help you to ensure that your rider gear is adapted to the temperature and therefore comfortable to wear.

Spring/autumn (approx. 10 - 25°)

Full-face helmet

• Integrated sun visor. This means you don't need sunglasses and can simply slide the sun visor upwards in the tunnel.
   
• Closable ventilation at the front of the helmet with venting at the back of the helmet. Without a vent at the back of the helmet, effective ventilation is not guaranteed as there is no "draught".
   
• Ventilation on chin section
   
• Double visor. This is the most effective way to prevent fogging.
   
• A flip-up helmet is most comfortable for spectacle wearers, as the goggles are very easy to put on when the helmet is flipped up.
   
• Removable and washable inner lining.
   
• Optional cut-outs in the ear area to install speakers for a sound and communication system.

Gloves

• Waterproof and windproof, breathable
   
• The inner lining of the glove must not be pulled out when you take it off. If this happens, you will have great difficulty putting the glove back on.
   
• Plastic or similar protector on the knuckles.

Jacket

• Water- and windproof, breathable
   
• Removable lining
   
• Long (approx. 20-30 cm) waterproof ventilation zips at the front and back of the torso area. Only then will there be effective ventilation. If the zips are only about 10 cm long, there is not enough ventilation.
   
• Choose a size that allows you to put a jumper underneath.
   
• Back protector integrated in the jacket or extra.

Trousers

• Waterproof and windproof, breathable
   
• Removable inner lining
   
• Longer (approx. 20 cm) ventilation zips on the side of the thigh. Not essential but comfortable when the temperature rises. Short ventilation zips at the front of the thigh do not provide ventilation, as the air only hits the thigh selectively and cannot distribute itself sufficiently throughout the trousers.

Boots

• Waterproof and windproof, breathable
   
• To prevent water and wind from getting between the motorbike trousers and the boots, the height of the boot should reach about the middle of the lower leg. A boot that only goes to just above the ankle is too short.

Kidney belt

• Only necessary if you are very sensitive to shock to the kidneys.
   
• As long as you wear a snug-fitting motorbike jacket, you will not get a pull on your kidneys. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

Summer (from approx. 25°)

Full-face helmet

• Integrated sun visor. This means you don't need sunglasses and can simply slide the sun visor upwards in the tunnel.
   
• Closable ventilation at the front of the helmet with venting at the back of the helmet. Without a vent at the back of the helmet, effective ventilation is not guaranteed as there is no "draught".
   
• Ventilation on chin section
   
• Double visor. This is the most effective way to prevent fogging.
   
• A flip-up helmet is most comfortable for spectacle wearers, as the goggles are very easy to put on when the helmet is flipped up.
   
• Removable and washable inner lining.
   
• Optional cut-outs in the ear area to install speakers for a sound and communication system.

Gloves

• Pure leather without textile lining. The inner lining prevents effective ventilation.
   
• Protector made of plastic or similar on the knuckles.
   
• Small ventilation holes between the fingers and on the backhand or other air-permeable inserts.

Jacket

• Without lining
   
• Large mesh inserts or very long (approx. 20-30 cm) ventilation zips at the front and back of the arms and torso.
   
• If possible, no black colour, as it heats up too much. If you do want the colour black, the rider's gear should have a special coating on the material which does not heat up so much in the sun.
   
• Back protector integrated in the jacket or extra.
   
• Optional windproof overjacket. Then you can still use the motorbike jacket when it gets cooler.

Trousers

• Without lining
   
• Breathable motorbike jeans
   
• Motorbike trousers with large mesh inserts or very long (approx. 20 - 30 cm) ventilation zips on the side of the thighs
   
• If possible, no black colour, as it heats up too much. If you do want the colour black, the rider's gear should have a special coating on the material which does not heat up so much in the sun.

Boots/ motorbike sneakers

• Air-permeable motorbike trainers up to just above the ankle or motorbike boots see above.

Rainwear

• Waterproof and windproof rainwear that is breathable above the optional.
   
• Rain inserts worn under the motorbike jacket are not so suitable as the motorbike jacket will soak up water.