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Originally Posted by davtnn
leather gloves and jackets at 98 degrees looks and sounds sort of foolish ... up and until you have a personal encounter with a roadway.. i would rather sweat a bit and have to buy a new jacket than spend time getting skin grafts good move with the ATGATT
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Originally Posted by LilNinja77
Glad to hear you're (relatively) ok after the fall. IMO boots are one of the most important parts of my gear, I'd rather not wear my leather jacket than not wear my boots.......but that's 'cause I've had a broken ankle and foot in the past and already know how aggrevating that can be; on that note, good luck with your healing, hopefully it will be speedy. Also, if you consider jeans to be riding gear, you may want to rethink a few things. I don't know if you've ever had a friend crash at speed while wearing jeans.....all I'll say is it isn't a pretty sight.
As for the gravel, that's one of those things that takes getting used to. My driveway (which puts out on to a 60mph road) is all gravel/loose rock so I pretty much had to get used to it quickly. Now I'm so used to it that I voluntarily take gravel roads for a fun time.....product of circumstance I suppose. I felt horrible one day, a couple of my Ninja buddies were leaving from my place and one of them dumped their bike in my driveway.........just gave it too much front brake. I try to warn everyone who rides to my house about the driveway, but somehow I still felt guilty somehow, even though I know it had nothing to do with me.
Good luck healing, get better
Ride safe
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Actually, after the fall, I AM rethinking jeans. Better than shorts, no doubt, but I still scraped the skin down a bit on my knee, and damaged my leg pretty good even with the jeans on. I'm going to be looking at getting either a full armored suit, or at least some armored pants that match the jacket I have now. Something kevlar, like my gloves, would be nice. If I had been on the actual roadway at real speeds and gone down, I don't think jeans would have helped much.
And thanks for the good wishes. I just started hobbling around without the cane today. I should be back up and on the bike in a few weeks--much more humbled.
