highsided at less than 30mph..slid on two-way street for less than 20 ft..
helmet: CL-12 saved my life as my head was the first thing to hit the pavement.
jacket: thick leather non-motorcycle jacket..absorbed the abrasion instead of my skin.
gloves: tecknic studded ..did not get damaged.
jeans: i was wearing blue jeans..i know, i know..amazingly, i did not sustain any major damage.
boots: leather cruiser engineer boots
gear can be replaced, you can not ..
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"What's really a shame is why someone needs to get hurt before we seriously start to think about how we can be safer riders." Dave T.
Last edited by el rancherito : 11-10-2004 at 12:21 AM.
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