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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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

 

All the gear in the world ain't gonna save your *** 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.

 

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?

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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