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From: Hog on 10 May 2010 07:50 doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-05-10 12:45:46 +0200, "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> > said: >>>>> >>>>> The Draggin' jeans i've got would be ok around town / A roads etc. >>>> >>>> I know it sounds sensible but if one goes for the Luge event at >>>> M-Way speed does anything stop the abrasion, short of your bones? >>> >>> Do you never watch bike racing? Decent leathers will protect your >>> skin at well over the ton, as long as you don't hit anything solid. >>> >>> In reality though you're very unlikely to slide far on tarmac on the >>> road. The longest I've managed was around 20 yards, & my jeans >>> survived (which is more than can be said for the rocker cover on the >>> R65 I was riding). >> >> In answer to you and Champ I wondered if leathers would save your >> own hide sliding to a halt for 100+ down motorway tarmac? >> Racers usually end up on the grass/pea gravel pretty smartly. > > I had an 80mph off, of the sky brake-lights tarmac sky headlights sky > brakelights repeat type, on a motorway, weaing leathers and a textile > jacket. > > The jacket didn't fare so well, although I didn't get any gravel rash > at all. The leather jeans were find for another few years of riding. That's pretty impressive. More than one might expect. -- Hog
From: Champ on 10 May 2010 08:15 On Mon, 10 May 2010 09:18:56 GMT, YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-nospam.co.uk> wrote: >On Mon, 10 May 2010 08:48:11 +0100, Champ wrote: > >> On Sun, 09 May 2010 20:56:37 GMT, YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-nospam.co.uk> wrote: >> >>>You are from the camp of "I'm always right. even when I was wrong" >>>aren't you ? >> I don't think I've ever seen a better example of "projection". >I taught him everything he knows. <face palm> You're so special, Bruce. Here, try this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_projection -- Champ We declare that the splendor of the world has been enriched by a new beauty: the beauty of speed. ZX10R | Hayabusa | GPz750turbo neal at champ dot org dot uk
From: YTC#1 on 10 May 2010 11:26 On Mon, 10 May 2010 13:15:15 +0100, Champ wrote: > On Mon, 10 May 2010 09:18:56 GMT, YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-nospam.co.uk> wrote: > >>On Mon, 10 May 2010 08:48:11 +0100, Champ wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 09 May 2010 20:56:37 GMT, YTC#1 <bdp(a)ytc1-nospam.co.uk> wrote: >>> >>>>You are from the camp of "I'm always right. even when I was wrong" >>>>aren't you ? > >>> I don't think I've ever seen a better example of "projection". > >>I taught him everything he knows. > > <face palm> > > You're so special, Bruce. That is what my mum always tells me.
From: doetnietcomputeren on 10 May 2010 13:17 On 2010-05-10 13:50:29 +0200, "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> said: >>> I wondered if leathers would save your >>> own hide sliding to a halt for 100+ down motorway tarmac? >>> Racers usually end up on the grass/pea gravel pretty smartly. >> >> I had an 80mph off, of the sky brake-lights tarmac sky headlights sky >> brakelights repeat type, on a motorway, weaing leathers and a textile >> jacket. >> >> The jacket didn't fare so well, although I didn't get any gravel rash >> at all. The leather jeans were find for another few years of riding. > > That's pretty impressive. More than one might expect. I was impressed. Although, a seriously bashed and bruised ankle and aggravated prior wrist injury weren't fun, but I walked away, so considered it a win. -- Dnc
From: Hog on 10 May 2010 13:21
doetnietcomputeren wrote: > On 2010-05-10 13:50:29 +0200, "Hog" <sm911SPAM(a)CHIPShotmail.co.uk> > said: >>>> I wondered if leathers would save your >>>> own hide sliding to a halt for 100+ down motorway tarmac? >>>> Racers usually end up on the grass/pea gravel pretty smartly. >>> >>> I had an 80mph off, of the sky brake-lights tarmac sky headlights >>> sky brakelights repeat type, on a motorway, weaing leathers and a >>> textile jacket. >>> >>> The jacket didn't fare so well, although I didn't get any gravel >>> rash at all. The leather jeans were find for another few years of >>> riding. >> >> That's pretty impressive. More than one might expect. > > I was impressed. Although, a seriously bashed and bruised ankle and > aggravated prior wrist injury weren't fun, but I walked away, so > considered it a win. Well I have nice new MTM Scott leathers from GLF waiting for an eventual use. -- Hog |