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Originally Posted by acalliste
I just want to reiterate
If I had been wearing jeans, they would have been ripped. If I had been wearing shoes, or even just work boots, my leg would have been laid open.
So, it doesn't really matter what kind of riding you are doing, or how much experience you do or don't have. You still need to protect yourself, b/c sh!t happens where you least expect it as well as where you might expect it, and human flesh can't stand up to metal, concrete and asphalt.
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i fully agree with that statement..
i was at work and the day was almost over. so i wanted to was teh bugs off my bike before the ride home. i was going to rode to the car was at my dealership witch was about 500 feet from my work stall. i got on the bike and was ready to go. a co-worker asked me to rev it up for him. i started the bike. i always start it in nutural. i grabbed the clutch and brake levers and i dont remember putting it into gear. so i reved it up for the guy. thinking it was in nutural i let go of the levers.
all i heard was a loud pop! and saw the handle bars heading right for my face. everybody who saw said, the front wheel went straight up without moving forward. i held on for a while until i heard the tail light dragginh then i let go. i was only going about 5mph when i let go. i landed with my left leg folded all the way under my butt. slam my other cheek on the ground and braced the rest of my body with my right hand. my work shoes barly covered my ankles. which i had to replaced cause that 5mph fall tore a hole threw the parts that covered the ankle. my knee swelled up to almost the same size as my thigh, pulled groin muscles, sore cheecks and i pick asphalt out of my hand all weekend.
all though it wasnt a high speed fall, i was banged up. and it still hurts to walk on my left leg.
i consider myself extremly lucky! all though gear cant help with soar muscles
i very quicklly realized the importance of gear!
i will never attempt to ride again without full gear!