FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by DarcShadow » Wed Feb 15, 2012 2:55 pm

And it may sound crazy, but you actually stay a more comfortable temp wise when wearing a jacket. I speak from experence, I too started out riding with just jeans and t-shirt, occasionally shorts, and rarely a lid (not required in Indiana). The thing about riding in a t-shirt vs, a leather jacket, the jacket slows down/reduces the wind on you. In a t-shirt it's like riding in a furnice, hot dry air hitting you non stop. With a jacket, you don't get hit with as much air, so you have a chance to sweat a little which then keeps you cooler as the air that does get through the jacket hits the sweat. I really was surprised how comfortable I was able to stay wearing a leather jacket my first summer.

There are also cooling vest that work really well when worn under a good jacket, so don't let heat be the reason for not wearing good gear. When I ride now I'm always in a fell helmit, gauntlet gloves, boots, leather jacket and jeans(not ideal, but better then nothing) or full one-piece suit.
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by milesmiles » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:00 pm

First line, you mean "jacket" :)
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by fixxervi6 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:42 pm

Road rash is a real nasty injury to recover from.
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Rhino » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:22 pm

I disagree. The hole in my foot was much worse than the rash.

Granted, that may have been location. A forearm isn't nearly as bad as other places would be.

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by milesmiles » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:23 pm

Ask the girl who nearly died from road rash
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Rhino » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:48 pm

Yeah, well, she was in a t-shirt or tank top or something also.

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Telomere » Wed Feb 15, 2012 4:50 pm

Rhino wrote:Yeah, well, she was in a t-shirt or tank top or something also.
She dressed for the ride and not the crash.

Yeah, your foot was pretty bad but I don't think that injury is something bikers experience very often. I think you are one of the rare riders but it was bad regardless. Imagine what would have happend to your foot if you had on flip flops! :)

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by DarcShadow » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:11 pm

I think my broken arm, knee, head, orbital socket, nose, and ribs was worse. :)
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Telomere » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:18 pm

I think those are some of the injuries riders experience more than Rhino's hole in his foot :)

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Bewst » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:32 pm

I laid my Buell down without wearing gloves, I know roadrash :( A couple weekends ago we rolled a Polaris Rzr in a cement parking lot with no helmets or seatbelts, more roadrash and alot of pain. Going back Friday for more X-Rays. I'll post more when I get home here ina few

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by fixxervi6 » Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:52 pm

Rhino wrote:I disagree. The hole in my foot was much worse than the rash.

Granted, that may have been location. A forearm isn't nearly as bad as other places would be.
I didn't say its the worst, but when you have road rash accross parts of your body that bend it is a real shitty, I've had really bad rash before on my side, and from my hip to my ankle.
Bewst wrote:I laid my Buell down without wearing gloves, I know roadrash :( A couple weekends ago we rolled a Polaris Rzr in a cement parking lot with no helmets or seatbelts, more roadrash and alot of pain. Going back Friday for more X-Rays. I'll post more when I get home here ina few
This just makes it worse, you should already know better and wear a good jacket :)
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Bewst » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:28 pm

Bewst wrote:I laid my Buell down without wearing gloves, I know roadrash :( A couple weekends ago we rolled a Polaris Rzr in a cement parking lot with no helmets or seatbelts, more roadrash and alot of pain. Going back Friday for more X-Rays. I'll post more when I get home here ina few
This just makes it worse, you should already know better and wear a good jacket :)[/quote]

I had on a Buell zip up sweatshirt, slid on my side and then on my back for about 30ft. I still wear it today and you'd never know, lol. I got lucky...except for using my gloves to cover my Oakley's so they didnt get scratched in the trunk. I tried to wheelie out of a corner and came down on my side, slungshot myself down the road.

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This was my bike before the Race ECM and D&D Exhaust. It took the slide pretty good. The frame puck took most, the handlebar/grip/my hand were grinded into the ground, ripped the front turn signal off and a little scratch on the swingarm.

Here's my hand with the line to where the infection got to....that is DEEEEEP rash...

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Then the Rzr was a stupid mistake. Was supposed to be a fun ride, well 4psi in the tire...broadsliding...tire rolls...rim catches cement....pole vault... came down on my side with my step bro landing on my and pretty much sitting on me as we slid down the pavement....worst wreck ever, even in car wrecks

My ear...ripped cartilage with some minor rash. My head was bulged out in a could spots with missing hair and rash all over the side of my head. They ended up glueing my ear back.

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And my beautiful elbow with 2 stitches...

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Lewi1913 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:07 am

milesmiles wrote:If it's too hot to wear your gear then it's too hot to ride!
Wisdom, sounds like something I said awhile back :-D

Honestly, when I get on a bike, I treat it as if I am in danger, and can go down anytime.

Most crashes will happen not from your own fault, but external things (sand, oil, rain, leaves, pothole, cager, semi-truck, etc).

Bottom line, why jeopardize your quality of life for years to come, because you didn't want to wear the right gear?

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Lewi1913 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:11 am

By the way, I was never taught that SQUID meant squirrelly kid...

I was told that someone with no gear was a squid, because when they go down, their unprotected body flops around like a dead squid on the pavement :-)
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Firewa11 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:15 am

Hah, that's a good analogy! Yep, I always dress for the crash. In anything I ride or drive. Even sex0r! :-)
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Rhino » Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:34 am

Uh huh. So the kiddo on the way isn't yours? :D

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by WillK675 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:33 am

Telomere wrote:I think those are some of the injuries riders experience more than Rhino's hole in his foot :)
One of the most common injuries to motorcycle riders is foot and ankle injuries. Good riding boots that provide ankle support are necissary. Tennis shoes just don't cut it.
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by DarcShadow » Thu Feb 16, 2012 11:56 am

And yet ever time I've gotton hurt it was my arm/wrist. :(
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Bewst » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:18 pm

I wouldn't mind wearing all the gear. I just didn't wanna be the guy in a full race suit, boots, gloves, helmet, etc and not have that great of riding skill, lol. "Poser" comes to mind, lol. But I guess being safe > what others think.

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by milesmiles » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:22 pm

Your not a "poser" your someone smart. Like I said on the slow rides i still wear full leathers most of the time!
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Bewst » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:32 pm

Going riding/eating/drinking with my step brother tonight. GOnna post it in the rides section :-D

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Firewa11 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 12:40 pm

Rhino wrote:Uh huh. So the kiddo on the way isn't yours? :D
It's absolutely mine. I was dressed appropriately as intended. :-|
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Telomere » Thu Feb 16, 2012 1:06 pm

WillK675 wrote:
Telomere wrote:I think those are some of the injuries riders experience more than Rhino's hole in his foot :)
One of the most common injuries to motorcycle riders is foot and ankle injuries. Good riding boots that provide ankle support are necissary. Tennis shoes just don't cut it.
But is that not mostly broken bones?
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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by Rhino » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:06 pm

milesmiles wrote:Your not a "poser" your someone smart. Like I said on the slow rides i still wear full leathers most of the time!
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Gearing up doesn't make anybody look like a poser. In fact the opposite is true.

Just last night I saw a couple morons in downtown Ft. Worth riding with full-face helmets sitting on top of their heads, i.e. just pressed down enough to stay on while their faces were uncovered.

I'm guessing they were under 21 and so required to wear helmets, but didn't actually want any real protection. Neither was wearing any other protective gear.

They looked like posers. Real motorcyclists would never do dumb shit like that.

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Re: FNG in Keller, 08 CBR1000rr

Post by WillK675 » Thu Feb 16, 2012 2:38 pm

Rhino wrote:
milesmiles wrote:Your not a "poser" your someone smart. Like I said on the slow rides i still wear full leathers most of the time!
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Gearing up doesn't make anybody look like a poser. In fact the opposite is true.

Just last night I saw a couple morons in downtown Ft. Worth riding with full-face helmets sitting on top of their heads, i.e. just pressed down enough to stay on while their faces were uncovered.

I'm guessing they were under 21 and so required to wear helmets, but didn't actually want any real protection. Neither was wearing any other protective gear.

They looked like posers. Real motorcyclists would never do dumb shit like that.

No, we only do that running up and down the 1/4 mile drive to the gas station at the track. :-)
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