Quote from: alexisonfire on April 06, 2009, 10:25:33 AM
Glad you made it out relatively unharmed.  Can you post pics of the damaged gear and maybe the brand / model of each.

Sure can.  Give me a bit 

The area that almost wore through on the jacket is only pea sized, but there is almost zero material left there.  The jacket is a Vanson.  This model does not come with armor, and my elbow took quite the hit.  You can add armor to the jacket and I should have.

The gloves are MotoGp, and I believe that the company went under.  This is crash #2 for them so I really can't complain.  It is hard to tell in the pic but the hole goes the entire way through the leather.

My pants did not show any wear at all.  I was wearing 5.11 tactical pants.

Quote from: Slag on April 06, 2009, 06:59:46 AM
Full carbon Busa coming to the DFWM in a few months.

I evny your toy budget

Quote from: DLSGAP on April 06, 2009, 11:07:36 AM
I evny your toy budget

I wish that I could just buy the carbon fiber fairings.  We have enough carbon to make them ourselves or it wouldn't be happening.  Going to do a test run with fiberglass first.

Quote from: Slag on April 06, 2009, 11:03:49 AM
The area that almost wore through on the jacket is only pea sized, but there is almost zero material left there.  The jacket is a Vanson.  This model does not come with armor, and my elbow took quite the hit.  You can add armor to the jacket and I should have.

The gloves are MotoGp, and I believe that the company went under.  This is crash #2 for them so I really can't complain.  It is hard to tell in the pic but the hole goes the entire way through the leather.

My pants did not show any wear at all.  I was wearing 5.11 tactical pants.

Thanks for the pics.  There was a time I rode around in an armor-less jacket and shorts (total squid apparel).  Those days are long gone.  Only took a high side to convince me otherwise.

Damn, Z... I jut saw this. Glad you weren't hurt worse

Holler if we can help!

Damn, Slag, that totally sucks!  Very glad to hear you're relatively unscatched.  Thanks for including pics of your gear - I've always wondered if the seemingly outrageous cost of "good" gear is worth it... A picture is worth a thousand words     

I'd love to know how your carbon fiber fairing turn out; done quite a bit of work lilke that on race cars (building fenders, hoods, diffusers air dams/splitters, misc. custom parts, etc., etc.)   You might be able to make something kind of different and sell it.  Could be a really fun project 

I have worked with composites before, but never carbon.  We used to make kayaks out of kevlar and fiberglass.  I am actually working on a business idea that involves composites, but is not motorsport related.  That would be a dream for me, but the market is already saturated and the economy won't support another fairing maker.

This has been a goal that I have had for a long time and the pieces are just now coming together.  I am working on the design right now and may have a prototype soon.

Quote from: Slag on April 06, 2009, 07:14:50 AM
It is nice being married to an engineer  

Like I haven't heard that before... 

Slag, I bet you can get that Vanson fixed, maybe patch it from the inside.  Call Audrey at ML for a reference, she used to know somebody that would fix racing leathers and did good work.  And next time put some freakin armor in there!!

Sorry to hear about the crash, Slag, glad to hear you 'n' your 'Busa will both be up and around soon.

Quote from: Ronr on April 06, 2009, 06:09:13 PM
Slag, I bet you can get that Vanson fixed, maybe patch it from the inside.  Call Audrey at ML for a reference, she used to know somebody that would fix racing leathers and did good work.  And next time put some freakin armor in there!!

ummmm......he's on a busa we are lucky he was wearing a jacket

He didn't mention sandal damage, so I guess those are okay

I like riding mine in shorts, flip flops and t-shirt. Glad it's getting warm enough for the proper Busa gear.

Zach, check out Magical Racing (Japan) http://www.magicalracing.co.jp/ and oppracing.com http://www.oppracing.com/ for Busa carbon stuff. Just saying.

Quote from: fastwin on April 06, 2009, 07:41:02 PM
I like riding mine in shorts, flip flops, t-shirt and . Glad it's getting warm enough for the proper Busa gear.

Zach, check out Magical Racing (Japan) http://www.magicalracing.co.jp/ and oppracing.com http://www.oppracing.com/ for Busa carbon stuff. Just saying.