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Draggin Jeans ?

afm199 said:
They work fine till you crash. At that point you will wish you were wearing leathers or well built armored fabric. The first time your knee hits a Bott's Dot when you hit the highway will be the last time you wear any unarmored fabric while riding.
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Pretty much this. I'd much rather see someone in textile overpants with armor than in the Kevlar jeans.
Seriously, people... I've seen more actual kneecaps (as in, skin ripped open, knee cap white and shiny through the blood & meat) than any woman I know who's not in the medical profession. It's gross... and looks painful as hell, if the crying and sweating and pasty-white skin color is anything to go by...
Not a single one of those kneecaps was protected by either leather or textile.
You pays your money, you takes your chances.

Oceansides said:
Shit I crashed naked. I guess my skin is made out of Kevlar.
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Don't even wanna know the backstory on that!! :laughing
And I'd say you were one lucky sob!!!
Me personally, though, I don't wanna rely on luck. Crash-free on the street for 25 years, but I'm still ATGATT... cuz the Prius Assassin Squad is out there. :|
 
My pair of original Draggin' Jean, purchased a million years ago, have been involved in three crashes.

One was a solo crash 10 years ago or so when I over rode my old Nighthawk 750 and ended up going straight when I wanted to go left (brakes faded because I was abusing them) down on grass, rode the seat as the bike went into a barbed wire fence. Sprained shoulder, no rash at all, Draggin' Jeans were fine. $1,000 damage to the bike.

7 years later I was left turned in Downtown Santa Rosa by a crafty 85 year old, bike punched a hole in her right rear door, I rolled behind the car on pavement. No rash at all, big bruise on hip, Draggin' Jeans were fine. Bike was totaled.

Bought some new ones, along with some Bohn Underarmor, (better choice than armor in the jeans IMO), gave the old pair to my new rider buddy.

Last April he missed a decreasing radius right hand turn on West Dry Creek Road and was highsided. He flew about 20 feet on to gravel and broke his collarbone; no rash, Draggin' Jeans are fine. $340 damage to the bike mainly due to effective frame sliders.

Your results may vary.
 
I have a pair of Shift Torque jeans that I wear every now and then when I'm zipping around town. I don't ever wear them without knee/shin guards (I have Knox Cross knee guards).
 
I crashed in 2001 wearing regular jeans - may as well have been tissue paper...and all I could think about were the textile pants hanging in the hotel that I had planned to put on AFTER the "mellow" pre-lunch ride I crashed on.

While not jeans, the kevlar SHIRT (from the same company IIRC) ripped on the elbow/forearm. Did it fare better than the jeans? Yes. Was it markedly better? Mehhhh.....

I'd say it goes along these lines:
Jeans < Kevlar Jeans < Kevlar Jeans + separate armor < Textile w/armor < Leather.
 
crashed in some icon riding jeans approximately 50mph on the freeway, slid a fair distance on my knees: just had some rug burn, but knees sore from impact.
 
kelsodeez said:
yea, i just ordered some shift torque kevlar jeans and i figure i can just run something like this underneath them.

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That's my set up exactly. Knee pads felt weird at first - like they were creeping down my shins - but some strap adjustments and they're fine.

I only wear the jeans / cargo pants for the commute. More adventurous riding I'm full leather.

BTW, I just got the sliders cargo's and they're WAY better than the shift stuff.
 
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I used to have a pair, and the Kevlar lining irritated my delicate girly skin. I had to wear bike shorts underneath. :blush
 
jimboFosho said:
I don't think the jeans are very worth it because they offer little to no abrasion protection and no impact protection.
Right now I am not completely happy with my setup but it is better than nothing and I think it should work alright. I am running these with just normal jeans and I feel like I have decent protection.
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Let me explain how to duplicate a 50 mph crash. Get a belt sander, with 80 grit belt, and hold it up to the ass of your jeans, turn it on, and press hard for four seconds.

Let me show you what happens with mesh:

http://www.r6messagenet.com/forums/crashing/3469-skingraft-pics-warning-bit-graphic.html

bummer, the pics are down. Basically the guy had third degree road rash on 20% of his body from mesh jacket failure.
 
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But here is my tip after forty plus years of riding. I don't wear anything but full gear, and leather whenever possible. Fabric is good for one crash, if lucky, like an airbag. If you have gotten away with crashing in jeans you are lucky. If you believe they are protection, you must do bottom in bareback sex.
 
afm199 said:
But here is my tip after forty plus years of riding. I don't wear anything but full gear, and leather whenever possible. Fabric is good for one crash, if lucky, like an airbag. If you have gotten away with crashing in jeans you are lucky. If you believe they are protection, you must do bottom in bareback sex.
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Guess you don't ride much in the Valleys. Heatstroke would get you before the crash.
 
enki said:
Guess you don't ride much in the Valleys. Heatstroke would get you before the crash.
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Rode in Phoenix during the summers with full gear including a Vanson jacket.
 
enki said:
Guess you don't ride much in the Valleys. Heatstroke would get you before the crash.
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This.

Sorry Ernie, I'm not going to wear leather in 100 degree heat. It's just not going to happen. There are other ways to protect yourself (such as the Born pants and shirts I already mentioned). Being uncomfortable and heavily fatigued due to heat exhaustion on your motorcycle is just as dangerous as riding in jeans and a t-shirt. I've noticed that for the most part, riders that swear by leather 100% of the time don't live in places where it regularly gets above 100 degrees or they just don't ride as much as some of us do. I've tried all the evaporative clothing and I can drink water out of a Camelpak all day but in reality that's not going to stop me from being uncomfortable, it just stops me from going into heat stroke. I've ridden through 115 degree heat in Arizona all day in nothing more than Born pants covered in jeans and a mesh jacket and that was about the limit. Hell at times I seriously considered losing the jacket too but I knew from my time in Iraq that it's better to be fully covered by something than to expose your skin in those temperatures. There's a reason the people in the Middle East have been dressing the way they do for centuries....it works. Loose-fitting clothing and plenty of water are what you want in high temperatures. Last time I checked, leather suits didn't provide that. Don't forget that once you have a heat stroke the first time, it becomes much easier for you to suffer from one again. No thanks, I'll keep my loose fitting clothing in the summer.
 
Damn ok.... I think you all convinced me to just put on my 1pc leathers and just deal with the heat,they are perforated but still hot as hell.
 
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Didn't see the post ...was editing my crapy typing....checking it out now.
 
Gixxergirl1000 said:
Don't even wanna know the backstory on that!! :laughing
And I'd say you were one lucky sob!!!
Me personally, though, I don't wanna rely on luck. Crash-free on the street for 25 years, but I'm still ATGATT... cuz the Prius Assassin Squad is out there. :|
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January 1st, raining like a motherfucker. Me- on the 1125, naked as the day I was born, with boots gloves and a helmet. And there was a railroad tracks in there somewhere. Needless to say I lost the front going about 25-30 mph.

Was like goin down a asphalt slip n slide. I got up, streaked. Felt fine, picked up the bike, started it, rode off.

Afterwords I asked for a dark towel so the blood wouldent show. Put my clothes on, and rode home 35 miles like a boss.
 
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