I always wear a full face helment, ear plugs, boots, gloves, jacket and at least draggin jeans. Yes, I hear a little crap from my riding buddies, mostly HD riders who wear tee shirts, jeans and 1/2 helments. My cousin's son (who rides with us once in a while wears a full face helment but no gear) was coming home from work and a deer ran out in front of him. He was doing about 40 mph and did not have time to touch the brakes. He went down, the chin bar on his helment was scraped up pretty bad and he had road rash on his arm and leg bad enough to go to the doctor and miss a few days of work. My HD riding cousin now wears a full face helment, jacket, gloves and boots. :) Also, haven't heard much crap lately from the HD guys about wearing gear. :D