RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

ok but say i'm riding over to visit my parents, they are an hour and a half away, all freeway. what should i be wearing? basically what your saying is that its safer to wear track leathers at all times, so I should if i can afford it or at all possible? i don't care about lookin like a 'dork' or whatever, i'd rather not get a skin graft.

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

You can do the leather pants, or textile armored pullover pants. I do the pullover route, with jeans under them. Pretty comfy, not hot once im rollin.

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

If I'm going out riding to be riding, I wear my leathers.

If I'm going somewhere and need to be off the bike for an extended time and don't want to walk around in my leathers, I wear textile overpants and a textle jacket and I don't ride as aggressive.

Here is an interesting article:
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Reprint from a
Sept 88 "Cycle" magazine article "Abrasion Testing: Torn in the USA".

Drag Test

"For the Drag Test, samples were stitched to a bag that held a 75-pound
sandbag inside a milk crate, then dragged behind a pickup truck..."

New, 100% Cotton Denim Jeans ----------------------- 3' 10"
Senior Balistic Nylon ----------------------------------- 3' 10"
Leather, Lightweight, Nude Finish, 2.25 oz/sq. ft. --- 4' 3"
Leather, Fashion Weight, 1.75 oz/sq ft. ------------- 4' 4"
Two-year-old 100% Cotton Denim Jeans ------------ 4' 5"
Cordura Nylon Type 440 ----------------------------- 18' 3"
Kevlar 29 Aramid Fiber, Style 713 ------------------ 22' 1"
Leather, Competition Weight, 3 oz/sq. ft. -------- 86' 0"


Taber Test

"For the Taber Test, the specimen was mounted on a rotating platform and
scuffed by two rubber-emery grinding wheels." The numbers represent the
number of revolutions until the fabric totally fails. A vacuum clears
debris.

Two-year-old 100% Cotton Denim Jeans 168
New 100% Cotton Denim Jeans 225
Kevlar 29 Aramid Fiber, Style 713 506
Cordura Nylon, Type 440 559
Leather, Lightweight, Nude Finish, 2.25 oz./sq. ft. 564
Leather, Fashion Weight, 1.75 oz./sq. ft. 750
Senior Ballistic Nylon 817
Leather, Competition Weight, 3 oz./sq. ft. 2600

More to consider...

"Finally, protection from road abrasion cannot be guaranteed by a
materials abrasion resistance alone. A jacket may have panels of
highly abrasion-resistant materials, yet if low-quality stitching joins
those panels and the seams come apart upon impact or during a slide, then
the abrasion resistance of the panels could count for nothing.
Furthermore, an ill-fitting garment may ride up in a slide, contorting
the body and exposing the skin. And the best jacket in the world, left
unzipped and/or unsnapped, won't give riders the protection they pay
for. When it comes to safety, the issues are more complex than just the
abrasion resistance of materials."


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Link: http://www.kawasakimotorcycle.org/fo...pt-1988-a.html

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

I know that, I just wanted to stop people from saying that they don't *always* fail. I never wear jeans riding.

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

All the gear in the world ain't gonna save your ass if you don't have your head in the game. If you want to 'be safe' you are choosing the wrong mode of transportation. Fly Quantas, you will be fine.

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

I think it's interesting that the 2-year old denim jeans held up better than the new denim jeans.
I've always felt that jeans were better than shorts, so I always wear long pants when I ride. You guys are saying that jeans are basically no good in a real fall? If so, would it make me a squid to wear shorts with my riding jacket, gloves, and helmet?

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

I think the threadstarter needs to rethink this whole, "motorcycle" thing.

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

ooo burn. just want to be prepared, i'll only know if i ask...or trial by crashing.

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

**** jeans **** riding pants and **** all of you, my abercrombie riding shorts are the **** son

RE: down on freeway, how messed up?
 

are those part of a standard uniform for working @ a suzuki stealership ? :) lol