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Aerostich is another gear brand with both high-viz colors and a good bit of reflective materials on their Standard gear. I've been trusting my life/health to their gear for nearly 2 decades now... have walked away from a freeway-speed down that ruined the suit too.
I bought a 1000' roll of 3M SOLAS (Safety Of Life At Sea ~ it's a coast-guard certification and I've not fond anything More reflective) that I add to Everything. Bike, helmet, bags, whatever... and there's a fabric equivalent that can be double-secured (adhesive and stitched). It's silver only as I recall, but not expensive and unlike lesser-quality tapes it's NOT a metal based tape so you can mold it around curves smoothly.
There are also some pre-cut reflective decal "kits" (Tapeworks is one of the oldest businesses I know of online), if you're into that kind of thing.
there's a new product out that is reflective only at night (black during the day)
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Originally Posted by sailordave
The reason why I brought this topic up is I work rotating shifts at a hospital so I drive to and from work regularly at many different hours of the day/night. I'm a cautious attentive car driver (no cell phone use at all and sometimes don't bother to turn on the radio). However sometimes at night I almost don't see some motorcycles. These bikes are all black, no chrome, and riders also dressed all in black, with no reflective gear at all. I barely saw the headlights. They appeared dim and dingy like maybe the headlight was oxidized like so many car headlights. It was so dim I almost thought it was a bicycle headlight. Some tail lights aren't much better. Have seen a few bikes that do it better. One bike I saw had motion LED rear turn signal lights. That is very visible and told me exactly where they were heading. Another had really bright headlight. I don't mind sharing the road with bikers and bicycles (use to ride my bicycle on the road where I use to live), but some people just don't know how to gear up for night time riding.
I was researching options for myself (a brand new rider) and found out that there's a black material which at night reflects intensely. Search for "Motorcycle Reflective Safety Tape" - it can be sewn onto clothing and appears to be like a black silk material during the day. I may wear lots of black while riding, but I'll have this stuff sewn into my clothing for sure.
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there's a new product out that is reflective only at night (black during the day)
