Sorry about the accident, but you are with us to tell us about it..
"What doesn't destroy you, makes you stronger".
"What doesn't destroy you, makes you stronger".
ditto...i never thought i would say this, but feel better dmcowen674
Yep full gear would totally take away any and all risks. No way you could be smashed by a texting teen driving an suv and your body turned into a pretzel had you been wearing "full" gear.
Yep full gear would totally take away any and all risks. No way you could be smashed by a texting teen driving an suv and your body turned into a pretzel had you been wearing "full" gear.
did you even read what the guy above you, and what i wrote, about wearing gear? better yet, did you comprehend it?
But he didn't?? He basically low sided and went sliding. That's what gear is there to protect you from. A crash that leaves you painfully road rashed with maybe some minor broken bones could just be maybe a few bruises and sore body parts with full gear. Obviously getting hit by an SUV at speed, the gear isn't really going to prvent MAJOR damage from happening, but at least you are being safe otherwise.
That's the usual outcome when old, fat, stupid people ride motorcycles.
Get well soon my friend.
Nope man. I've only ridden about 30 different motorcycles since I was a kid riding dirtbikes in a field.. I know exactly how full gear works. Doesn't matter these days. Everyone is so GD distracted with their electronic gadgets. I don't care if you wear a fucking knights jousting armor.. When some distracted housewife is texting all her friends and tbones you at the intersection"full" gear amounts to pissing on a apartment complex fire. I don't care how careful you are if you're heading down the boulevard going 55 and someone just pulls right out in front of you you're fucked.
I guess you missed the part where the bike pinned his wife to the ground probably after cracking a few ribs. Why don't you open your eyes before you start your own "I almost died and killed my wife too thread"?
Nope I didn't miss that part. Let's see.. with a leather jacket and full face helmet if that bike lands on you and the hot pipes and engine touch you, you stand a much better chance of not getting seriously burned. With out that stuff... You are pretty boned and in for a world of hurt.
I get what you are saying. There are some situations where all the gear in the universe won't help you. However, that is a very very small % of all motorcycle accidents. Something like 70% of all bike accidents don't involve another vehicle directly in the crash. On top of that a high amount of those are directly due to rider error, happen at night, and involve the person drinking. So that leaves a small fraction of accidents which are happen while you are sober, during the day and is completely not your fault.
I think I will wear my leathers. If you are going to advise people not to, becasue.. "Well fuck it, if you are going to get in an accident, you are screwed anyway" then I would counter that advise with my above statement.
I fully agree with full riding gear if you're gonna be careless enough to ride on the street in the first place. Ever wonder why some motogp riders have no problem racing crotch rockets at nearly 200mph yet won't even ride on the street because it's too dangerous?
Most people skimp out on gear since its costly. I bought all my stuff on a biweekly basis before I bought the bike. I'm only missing race boots.