Everyone should wear all leather gloves (WARNING: Graphic)

[Alphamazing]

Post em up! This thread already has a graphic warning. I know I SHOULD wear proper motorcycling jeans... but I've crashed the '92 and my dirt bike SO many times and the jeans have done me fine. I low sided that '92 twice (slipped in some diesel fuel in the middle of a turn once and slipped in a parking lot the other time) and the worst I got was a slight scrape on my hip.

Was your knee lacerated by a rock in the grass?

[Turkina]

Good call on the gloves.  I have the held galaxies and won't go anywhere without 'em anymore.  Since this is a 'gear is good' thread, I'll post my experience and say that I'll NEVER wear jeans or non/lightly armoured pants.  

3 weeks ago a guy turned in front of me and I ran off the road to avoid an SUV-Motorcycle collision.  I hit the ground around 35 or so I'm guessing and only slid on asphalt for a few feet at most.  The only thing that happened to me was a strawberry on my shoulder... and a severly lacerated knee.  Which wouldn't have happened had I been wearing decent, armoured pants.

15 days after the accident, 4 days after they took out the stitches and the next day the wound decided it wanted to rip open.  I have a ton of pictures, so if you want to use my lack of judgement to better educate others please do so.  Heck, if someone wants to host 'em somewhere, I'll put a few up for all to see.  Or shoot me a message and I'll shoot you some pics... hey, I even have a pic from the ER... hamburger knee.  So far I've gotten a few ppl to buy knee protection and/or better pants.

2 months not being able to ride and 7k worth of doc bills is definitely worth a pair of 200 dollar pants with some armour.

Bun[/img]

Here's a suggestion to all you Jeans wearers:

A* Bionic Knee Guard... Also can try the Icon Field Gear ones, and wear them under your jeans.
I picked up a pair of the Bionics and will be wearing them beneath my riding pants, since the knee armor never seems to stay ON my knee while riding   and I like how it protects the side of the knee and has a pivot.
And my back protector just arrived at the store... gotta pick it up!

[Alphamazing]

Hmm. That's a good idea. Maybe I'll invest in some knee armor. I wonder how comfortable it is, though? I remember from back in my soccer days that having straps wrapped around your legs can get really uncomfortable really fast.

[Turkina]

Hmm. That's a good idea. Maybe I'll invest in some knee armor. I wonder how comfortable it is, though? I remember from back in my soccer days that having straps wrapped around your legs can get really uncomfortable really fast.

Irritating > Pain & Suffering?

The armor is more comfortable than the sliding pads I used to wear for paintball, but that's not saying much... Those things dug in!  :x The straps on the bionic armor are made from a more comfortable material

[rtcpenguin]

I knew a guy we called Mittens because he crashed wearing winter (non bike) gloves, raped his palms and wore bandages for several months.

He said he could literally feel his hand move closer to the pavement as he slid and skin came off....

[Bunbun]

Post em up! This thread already has a graphic warning.

Alrighty... here are 'the highlights'!  Enjoy!

ER Photo





Next day -- notice the beautiful coloring on the left side!




Mmmmm, nice and oozy.




3 days after it ripped open... bummer huh?  The day after is was nothing but muscle tissue visible.  Sadly I didn't get a pic




18 days after the accident... finally the bruising is subsiding, the wound is filling in with scar tissue, swelling is way down and I can move it!  



Sooooo... I'll never be without some good ol' fashioned hard armour for the knees.


Bun

[Alphamazing]

No dice on links or pictures, man. Photobucket?

[Bunbun]

well damn... where is a place to host photos?  Was using villagephoto... thought they'd link up.  Edited... well it appears the img tag isn't working the way it should  viewing the source shows it as [img] instead of <img src...>

[Roadstergal]

Don't worry, I've made an .asp of myself before, too.

[Roadstergal]

Oh, yeah, use tinypic.com.

My labmate crashed in jeans, and his road rash (very deep) turned gangrenous.  He almost lost his leg.  Wearing jeans is a gamble.  I had on Phoenix overpants when I crashed.  No damage to legs.

[Alphamazing]

Don't worry, I've made an .asp of myself before, too.

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I just died a little inside.

[Roadstergal]

You want good puns, call a professional...

If there is such a thing as a good pun.

[Alphamazing]

The man addicted to brake fluid said he could stop any time.

[Roadstergal]

Did you hear about the butcher who backed into the meat grinder?

He got a little behind in his work.

[Bunbun]

Yeah... its not the hosting site....  The forum isn't putting the correct html tags in for me for some reason.... can one of you guys take one of the links and see if it works for you?

Gawd... apparently I suck at teh internet.  I can't believe I was copying incorrect addresses....

Bun

[Alphamazing]

GAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow. That's pretty nasty. Like, seriously. You were wearing jeans? Just jeans?

Dayum.

brb, vomit...


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Okay, not really, but still.

[Bunbun]

Well it works for you.... you mind copy/pasting my comments and the pics and put in your post?

[Alphamazing]

(See above post for edited response)

And...


Did you hit your knee on something? That looks like more than just asphalt abrasion. I don't think asphalt could cause that deep of a laceration. Could it?

[Bunbun]

I only slid on asphalt for a few feet.  The jeans wore down on the side where I slid (thank god for thick pockets) but I didn't get any rash except for below the laceration.  I either cut it on the gravel where I slid, on a rock in the grass or on my fairing at some point during the slide.  Had I been wearing my leather pants with armour, I wouldn't have sustained any of this crap.

Bun

[Alphamazing]

When I crashed I slid on the asphalt for about 75 feet, and then 5 feet in the grass. Only damage to my leg was this:



My jeans barely sustained any damage except for where the paramedic cut through them (f%$king @$$hole  :x  :x !!) and from where my knife rubbed through.

That's why I'm wondering wtf you hit.