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Wear the gear folks

Post by JeffStrom » Thu Jul 06, 2017 10:14 am

There are so many things wrong here I almost don't know where to begin. Almost. <preach to the choir> Wear the gear. </preach>

This guy takes a really long slide down the highway with his bike partly on top of him. I cannot imagine the road rash. Apparently the person filming saw the guy having issues and started filming because they thought it was just a matter of time. Why the guy continued down the highway when he has issues obvious to even casual observers we don't know.

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Post by fixxervi6 » Thu Jul 06, 2017 11:54 am

Saw that - my first thought was skin grafts, that's gonna be bad.
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Post by nitzer » Thu Jul 06, 2017 1:39 pm

Yeah...ouch.
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Post by soslow » Fri Nov 17, 2017 8:20 am

what? supremely engineered machine with tons of weight on the rear end mixed with a floppy frame and raked front end wobbled? go figure. at least he looked like a bad ass.

on a side note for all you newer guys- a big handful of throttle when the oscillation started would have stopped it. when it doubt- gas it out.

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Post by Tooner » Sun Nov 19, 2017 6:25 am

I can get lazy at times, but unless I'm just circling the house on a dirt bike I don't ride without a helmet, gloves and a CE jacket. If there were a way I would wear full leathers commuting to work. It's kind of bassackwards that we armor up for the track and do anything less on the street, where I am riding at higher speeds with other cars, who may not see me, and sometimes are moving in opposite or perpendicular directions to myself.
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Post by Tooner » Sun Nov 19, 2017 6:30 am

Bikers come into the hospital sometimes with head injuries and road rash that would have been much less severe if they would have been wearing gear! T-shirt, shorts, flipflops??? Might as well be naked,,,,
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Post by Telomere » Sun Nov 19, 2017 11:37 am

I was wearing gear when I wrecked (had road rash) and since my accident, if I am not wearing my one piece leather suit, my jacket and pants zip together.
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Post by DarcShadow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:47 am

Yeah, after my first year of riding I always wear a helmet, and usually a jacket and gloves. Helmet saved my life the first and 5th accident, no question about it. And my suit saved me a good bit of rash on my 3rd, and 4th go downs.
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Post by Telomere » Mon Nov 20, 2017 3:16 pm

DarcShadow wrote:Yeah, after my first year of riding I always wear a helmet, and usually a jacket and gloves. Helmet saved my life the first and 5th accident, no question about it. And my suit saved me a good bit of rash on my 3rd, and 4th go downs.
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Post by DarcShadow » Mon Nov 20, 2017 5:07 pm

Depending on what you consider a go down, 7, 8 if you count hitting a car but not going down. Only 3 of them resulted in a hospital visit though. :)
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Post by Telomere » Mon Nov 20, 2017 9:16 pm

DarcShadow wrote:Depending on what you consider a go down, 7, 8 if you count hitting a car but not going down. Only 3 of them resulted in a hospital visit though. :)
You have to be the LUCKIEST man I know. :)
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Post by DarcShadow » Tue Nov 21, 2017 8:20 am

That's one way to look at it.
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Post by dufremle » Tue Nov 21, 2017 9:15 am

Matt's immortal. You have to take his head to kill him. :SideSplittingLaughter:

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