They look so comfortable.....but

[OverCaffeinated]

When it's hot here in socal 90+, I'm still safe on top, I sport my joe rocket mesh jacket w/armor, full face shoei and leather gloves. But I'm all retard on the bottom, shorts and sneakers.

Kinda safe, kinda comfy 

[hyphen]

I've tried riding without gear a couple times.  I have to say that I feel naked and really vulnerable.  If I'm just going to fill up down the street then I'm not going to put on full gear.  But any other distance that takes longer than 5 minutes to get to, I think it's well worth it to gear up.   The funny thing is, it's not so much my safety I'm worried.  I'm more concerned about the hospital bill I'd receive 

[Ducatiloo]

This is what I try to keep in mind, esp in Aug.

[BlackHills]

I've tried riding without gear a couple times.  I have to say that I feel naked and really vulnerable.  If I'm just going to fill up down the street then I'm not going to put on full gear.  But any other distance that takes longer than 5 minutes to get to, I think it's well worth it to gear up.   

+1 ATGATT

It gets very hot here in the summer, over 100 degrees at times although the humidity is low.  I wear perf'd leather in the summer and as long as I'm moving I'm comfortable.   

[DoubleEagle]

I've tried riding without gear a couple times.  I have to say that I feel naked and really vulnerable.  If I'm just going to fill up down the street then I'm not going to put on full gear.  But any other distance that takes longer than 5 minutes to get to, I think it's well worth it to gear up.   The funny thing is, it's not so much my safety I'm worried.  I'm more concerned about the hospital bill I'd receive 

I 'm not trying to discourage your use of safety gear to offset a Hospital bill but I had all the correct safety gear on when I crashed ( granted I was doing 50-70- mph ) when  the bike went in the ditch and I hit the hillside. I didn't have a scratch on me and my medical bills are now over $75,000 . I broke 4 ribs , punctured a lung , sprained both ankles, had a contution of my right shoulder, and lots of soft tissue damage. My punctured lung wasn't identified in the ER and I had minor surgery 3 weeks later to drain 1200 mls. of blood and fluid from my chest cavity and because of that a CT scan revealed the punctured lung . I had a Thoracotamy to repair my lung and stop the bleeding .I don't really know what the Surgeon charged me for that . I just added $25,000 to what bills I knew of ,but I think the surgery was closer to $50,000 than $25,000. I should call and find out what the real charge was.       

Had I been going slow and had a lowside I might have walked away from the incident. Who knows. Keep wearing your safety gear .

[DoubleEagle]

This is what I try to keep in mind, esp in Aug.

Amen Brother. Unfortunately none of the places I ride have get offs like that. They are tree lined , fence lined, creek lined, but mostly ditches then trees

[DoubleEagle]

+1 ATGATT

It gets very hot here in the summer, over 100 degrees at times although the humidity is low.  I wear perf'd leather in the summer and as long as I'm moving I'm comfortable.   

Moving is the key. The faster the better.

[DoubleEagle]

When it's hot here in socal 90+, I'm still safe on top, I sport my joe rocket mesh jacket w/armor, full face shoei and leather gloves. But I'm all retard on the bottom, shorts and sneakers.

Kinda safe, kinda comfy 

What's wrong with this picture ? Raod Rash hurts alot and there is a nasty bug that is a member of the Staff family of infections that literally eats your flesh at a rate of about an inch an hour . The real bad news is that there is a mortality rate with it that is higher than any of us would want to take the chance on and the antibiotics don't work in those cases. Generally what happens is if it is on your leg and isn't controlled your leg is amputated to try and save your life. Alot of High School Football players have in recent years come down with it . It's known as MRSA and Road Rash is a perfect way to contract it. So you need the best abrasion protection for your body and that is leather.

[sbrguy]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Moving is the key. The faster the better.

i don't agree, when it gets hot out even moving fast doesn't do any good.  if its 100 degrees out and you are going 90mph its still a 100degree heat hitting  you, only now its like someone has put a hairdryer on hot blowing hot air on you.  you are going to be uncomfortable no matter what gear you have on.  the only way to stay cool is to go inside an airconditioned room.

[sbrguy]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I 'm not trying to discourage your use of safety gear to offset a Hospital bill but I had all the correct safety gear on when I crashed ( granted I was doing 50-70- mph ) when  the bike went in the ditch and I hit the hillside. I didn't have a scratch on me and my medical bills are now over $75,000 . I broke 4 ribs , punctured a lung , sprained both ankles, had a contution of my right shoulder, and lots of soft tissue damage. My punctured lung wasn't identified in the ER and I had minor surgery 3 weeks later to drain 1200 mls. of blood and fluid from my chest cavity and because of that a CT scan revealed the punctured lung . I had a Thoracotamy to repair my lung and stop the bleeding .I don't really know what the Surgeon charged me for that . I just added $25,000 to what bills I knew of ,but I think the surgery was closer to $50,000 than $25,000. I should call and find out what the real charge was.       

Had I been going slow and had a lowside I might have walked away from the incident. Who knows. Keep wearing your safety gear .

you have to remember gear only helps most of the time, it won't help all the time as you have found out.  if you think that wearing gear will protect you 100% from any situation you are dreaming.  but wearing the correct gear in most situations will probably be better than wearing none at all. 

i think that is the lesson we should all take. 

i'm sorry that you had on all the correct gear and still got messed up pretty bad, that is never a good thing.

but i do agree with you that road rash is a bad thing and if not cleaned out immediately and properly and lead to very bad conditions.  any type of textile or leather gear is better than just jeans or nothing at all at the very least to lessen the amount of road rash a person may get changing it from possible skin grafts to only small amounts or road rash.

stay safe.

[corey]

you know, i found something interesting out this weekend.
my lady and her brother spent the whole time pregnant doging about how hot they were in their mesh jackets and t-shirts, but i didn't have a single damn problem being comfortable in my 1.4mm full grain perfed leather jacket. After sitting on one of their bikes, i quickly found the issue. Those damn fans on that radiator, and the tunneling effect of the fairings, really throw a whole lot of hot air right on your body. thank god for air-cooled goodness

[bryant8]

Here in Dallas, the weather gets up to the upper 90s and into the 100s almost the whole summer.  I still wear my Dainese Zen perf'd leather. 

[NAKID]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          I 'm not trying to discourage your use of safety gear to offset a Hospital bill but I had all the correct safety gear on when I crashed ( granted I was doing 50-70- mph ) when  the bike went in the ditch and I hit the hillside. I didn't have a scratch on me and my medical bills are now over $75,000 . I broke 4 ribs , punctured a lung , sprained both ankles, had a contution of my right shoulder, and lots of soft tissue damage. My punctured lung wasn't identified in the ER and I had minor surgery 3 weeks later to drain 1200 mls. of blood and fluid from my chest cavity and because of that a CT scan revealed the punctured lung . I had a Thoracotamy to repair my lung and stop the bleeding .I don't really know what the Surgeon charged me for that . I just added $25,000 to what bills I knew of ,but I think the surgery was closer to $50,000 than $25,000. I should call and find out what the real charge was.       

Had I been going slow and had a lowside I might have walked away from the incident. Who knows. Keep wearing your safety gear .

I had all the proper gear on during my "accident" with the semi. They don't make anything that would have protected me in that situation. Should I not ride any more because of that? Of course not, hell, I had the new bike before I was able to ride again...

Oh, and the "only" injury I had was a fracture of my lower left leg. All totaled, my insurance company has paid out more than $262,000!

[Ducatiloo]

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Amen Brother. Unfortunately none of the places I ride have get offs like that. They are tree lined , fence lined, creek lined, but mostly ditches then trees

Yea me too, but a pic of a bike wrapped around a tree with rider still on it did not make the needed point.