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I'm wearing mine now! They are comfy and look alright. I have not tested them but I've seen a video of a guy at a race meeting climbing off the pillion seat of a bike at about 125km/hr and sliding down the road on the end of a rope, on his arse. The draggin jeans were pretty chewed up but his arse was fine.
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I quite like the idea of kevlar-lined jeans (Draggin, Icon, etc) just for riding to work in.
Anyone got a pair and able to comment on them or better still, been kind enough to test them for me?  |
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I'm wearing mine now! They are comfy and look alright. I have not tested them but I've seen a video of a guy at a race meeting climbing off the pillion seat of a bike at about 125km/hr and sliding down the road on the end of a rope, on his arse. The draggin jeans were pretty chewed up but his arse was fine.
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Draggins are great, I even have a pair with armor in them. The guy that gets dragged is the owner and designer of the gear. If you go to the shop in melbourne (aus) where they are based you can talk to him..i trust them for around town riding, but dont be fooled they are almost as hot as leathers..
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Allways wear protection!
Hi All, I always wear full kit  what ever the weather and time of year, it's not worth the agony and grief not only from the accident or the surgery or bike damage but also from the missus etc 
Live long and prosper...use all your gear! 
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Bloody ell..... she must have gone through sum grief.. 
that is horrrific.
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Bloody ell..... she must have gone through sum grief..
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Is that YOU Martyn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hot as Hades, but....
I have been travelling thru Canada, USA, Central America for the last 7 months or so and have seen the full range of kit from 3 bikini clad teenage girls on one 125cc on a gravel covered road, (the thought makes me shudder) to the business suited professional weaving through the Guatemala rush hour on his scooter.
I have watched the sweat dripping out of the bottom of my Gortex Riding Trousers while doing the ton of paperwork to cross the Hondurian border and smelled the reek coming from my boots at the end of the day. Locals think I´m mad when they feel the weight of my jacket and see the little rivers the sweat has made as it runs down my face.
On the plus side I have lost 8 inches off my waist , mostly due to the mobile sweat lodge I live in.
I think it is better to sweat than bleed folks. Salutations.
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I have been travelling thru Canada, USA, Central America for the last 7 months or so and have seen the full range of kit from 3 bikini clad teenage girls on one 125cc on a gravel covered road, (the thought makes me shudder) to the business suited professional weaving through the Guatemala rush hour on his scooter.
I have watched the sweat dripping out of the bottom of my Gortex Riding Trousers while doing the ton of paperwork to cross the Hondurian border and smelled the reek coming from my boots at the end of the day. Locals think I´m mad when they feel the weight of my jacket and see the little rivers the sweat has made as it runs down my face.
On the plus side I have lost 8 inches off my waist , mostly due to the mobile sweat lodge I live in.
I think it is better to sweat than bleed folks. Salutations. |
Now theres a sensible chap and what words of wisdom......
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Kevin, why not a scooter? Our RTW will be done on a 650cc Suzuki Burgman and have no qualms or worries about its worthiness to do the trip. The only problem we foresaw was getting parts and tires, but that was taken care of by arranging shipments and pre-arrival orders. We ride a scooter because it is easy for the wife to mount and dismount. We took a ride to Yellowstone from Oregon last summer and did the return trip of 740 miles in 13 hours. Long lunch, breakfast and a few rest stops. It will cruise all day at 70 fully loaded and still get a bit more than 50mpg. for comfort it is all over a regular cycle.
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Have to go with Quastidog on this one. Every new ezine Grant puts out has dozens of photos of long distance riders. I have not seen one (or at least I don't remember seeing one) of any of those riders wearing jeans, T-shirt, or anything less than full protective gear. The only point made here is that you can be killed or injured near home as quickly as you can in Botswana. It only takes one mistake, either on your part of another driver/rider to put down on the asphalt. The long distance riders have enough experience to know that, and to take all the precautions. The "ride around town" set either doesn't have the experience, or doesn't want to damage the image of Mr. / Ms. Cool. It is somewhat pointless to bring this up for examination on a forum dedicated to long distant riding. We all know and rude with this knowledge of protective clothing.
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I'm afraid I that I can't agree with Quastdog or Hindu , the more info brought up on this subject the better IMHO .
Not everyone reading this site is a seasoned traveller ,there must be many people who happen upon it by accident and they may have no concept of world motorcycle travel.
Any bit of info or advice they can get will be worthwile to them.
If we ,as world travellers or just long distance travellers, knew everything that needed to be known , then we would all be wearing identical clothes and riding identical bikes .
But we don't and we're not !
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. I have not seen one (or at least I don't remember seeing one) of any of those riders wearing jeans, T-shirt, or anything less than full protective gear. .
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Hindu,
Your post prompted me to take a look at Ted Simons' second (motorcycling that is) book about his world travels.
He covered 123,000 miles on two RTWs over many years, as recently as 2003/4, and he wore jacket and jeans in both cases.
He took a few injuries for sure, but he survived them all and I don't recall friction injuries on his travels - the jacket did a good job on occasions.
I still "like" the way the motorcycle cops in both the States and France ride in shirt sleeves in the summer heat; you will never see that in the UK (probably because the summer heat lasts about 2 days  ).
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Crazyness!
Yep it is just plain silly to ride without gear! I started riding at 9 and have nver rode a bike without boots or gloves. They should make it law just like helmets and then we wouldn't have so many people hurt on bikes.
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Alpinestars And Church's Walking Shoes
I wore my ten-year-old English CHURCH's walking shoes south to Tierra del Fuego plus a riding gaiter (after falling in Guatemala) on my right leg against exhaust burns. Riding north I have worn ALPINESTARS boots. The boots saved my leg from very serous damage when the trucks ran over me in Tierra del Fuego. And have saved my legs from further damage on various falls. I had thought that I was the only one to regularly fall. However I have been meeting biker/travellers over the past weeks in Central America and falling seems a common event. At least I can get out from under my 125! I am now heading from Granada to the Rio Dulce in Guatemala to celebrate my 75th birthday on February 11.
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your not the only one Simon!
Simon, if there was a Gold medal for falling off Motorcycles I would be Representing Great Britain mate! Im an expert at it... in fact I can make it look as easy as, well, falling off a bike!
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