I guess its a bit of a case of horses for courses.

I wear Morph Knee braces by GAL brothers medical supplies.( Based on the CTI2's but now I think they are just selling CTI2's for the same price - which is great!!!)

To most of the riders out there a lot of the talk probably doesnt mean a lot to ...

answer to how long is a piece of string =

twice the length from the center to one end

easy haha

and as to mixture's
I run 80:1 on my 06 sherco 290
But sometimes if im just playing around doing wheelies etc I do run it a bit richer... It does sound a lot snappier and more responsive when running ...

Yeah id agree with BigDamo and the rest there. Exercise and stretching are probably the best way to prevent injury like these.
Nice work Flatside for getting some braces (or brace). This helped me a lot after my injury and one of the biggest things to get over is the mental damage and building up ...

Yeah mate I understand what you are saying. A lot of people out there take it to hard and go way to hard.

But as Flatside and Myself experienced- you dont need to be trying to hard to have a awkward fall or break a leg by twisting it funny. I have had 2 serious injuries that didnt even involve ...

Flatside
The fact that you injured yourself so easily and at such slow speed should be proof in itself that protection is the only way to go. And trust me once you have done your ligaments it does not take much to seriously injure your knee again. I injured myself in a very similar fall and its was ...

Yeah I wear the Steven Gall knee braces as well. Payed $1430 for the pair but wouldnt ride without them!! I have broken my knee 3 times enduro riding and had 1 off which caused quite bad ligament damage. I basically had the option of never riding a motorcycle again(which I didnt take) - Which is ...