I have always noticed that Scott Redding wears a “Robbie Fowler” nose strip but, more recently, I see he always wears a gum shield. Curiosity got hold of me so I did a quick big if googling. It doesn’t seem that unusual. Even Rossi has worn/wears one. Having played a bit of rugby I am used to them, as are my kids from hockey. Minimal/no disruption to breathing (if properly fitted). I think the benefit would be mainly to stop teeth/tongue/mouth damage but there is an argument that they reduce concussion. Anyone use one or have an educated opinion, rather than my idle curiosity?
Get the official MotoGP mouth guard and stop that teeth grinding whilst racing.https://store.motogp.com/en/motogp-mouth-guard-94197
I grind my teeth so can understand the use of a guard. I use one at night - it's a stress thing - to prevent them being worn down (yes!) any more...
I get this. A good mates wife has this issue abd wears some kind of mouth guard at night. Apparently he could previously hear her teeth grind in the small hours.
I face planted myself a month or so back requiring a new lid. The old lid was a firm fit and pushed my (hamster) cheeks onto my teeth in normal use (I would occasionally notice it). despite the visor and both sides of the forehead of the helmet being scratched up badly I did not have any mouth damage. It was this incident that piqued my interest.
i lost my first tooth in 2014, i now have none. i got the 848 in 2013 and the fugly a couple of years earlier, which, after a 10 year break then the 650 i had, the Duc's where pretty quick bikes compared to what i become used to. i did have tooth ache varying in severity since around that time, particularly bad every time i got off the bike. i had put it down to knowing too many dirty wumin with dirty wumin bits way back in the day. i did grind my teeth something rotten when i was out. hmm, i wonder.
If you grind your teeth especially when under pressure or high concentration than a guard is probably essential. A better ‘gimmick’ are the hand pads that Ellison (I think??) kind of introduced to BSB quite a few years ago. Know lots who have used them and swear they make it easier to stop hand and arm ache
I don't know about mouth guards for riding, I did use them as a rugby player and still use one in hockey as the 2nd worse sports injury Iv'e ever seen up close came from observing a team mate at School in '86 receive a raised hockey ball to the mouth, it was quite a mess and cost, even back then, several thousand quid to repair; he was a big lad as well and went down like a sack of spuds. However, what i do know is this. Never ride the next morning after popping a viagra to impress a young lady friend. I thought it would be AOK but a few miles down the road after some bumps and the vibe from a big V engine I couldn't sit on the bike for twenty minutes as I was in an advanced state of tumescence that was barely being contained by my Oh so tight leathers! Won't be doing that again....unless she asks me of course!
