post pics of squids/road rash

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I use the term skin crayon. The effect is usually quite awesome to watch.

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Crashing on the way to meet friends feels exactly like crashing on the way to the twisties. In fact, you're probably in higher traffic areas and from my experience that is the greater risk. YMMV

 

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I take the car. well I don't get invited in the first place so I actually don't have that problem. lol

Racetrack only for me!

 

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No problem. I carry jeans and shoes in my saddlebags for those occasions. I have crashed in jeans and have only ridden in less than ATGATT one time since, when I otherwise would have been locked out of my house all day. I rode to my mother's in helmet, jacket, gloves (those stay in the garage), shorts and sneakers (what I had on at the time).

The amount of riding time lost, as well as running and other exercise lost (my hip and knee were jacked up from the crash) keeps me from wanting to ride in jeans for any reason.

 

By the way, it was a 20MPH collission four blocks from my house with another vehicle resulting in a baby low side. Yet it was enough to mess up my leg for a couple weeks, keeping me out of the gym and a foot race during that time period.

My point is that it really sucks to lose out on things you like from totally avoidable injuries. Had I been wearing the most basic of armored pants I would have dusted myself off and walked away. The mesh jacket I was wearing was shredded in places but the armor prevented any injury whatsoever to my upper body.

 

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During a race at Grattan in "the olden days" I passed an ambulance over the hump heading to turn 5. Back then, as long as the track was clear (no bikes / riders/ oil ), they just sent the ambulance out on track during the race if a rider was hurt, but they didn't stop the race. And the corner workers would hold out an ambulance flag.

It seems crazy to think about now, but it was normal back then.

 

Hey I do hear you! I did all kind if crazy stuff with my bike on the street and no gear in the world would have helped me survive if something would have went wrong. I was fortunate enough that never anything happened! But I do believe propper gear and racetrack is the way to go.
For me anyways.

 

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You've obviously never seen Nascar Dave in his minivan at Grattan bustin around the corners on 2 wheels screeching to clean up an oil spill. :lmao:

 

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I'm sure this would be a winning combo with the spike bar end caps.

http://www.xdcycle.com/discount-mot...-ZX7-Zx7R-Adjustable-Billet-BLADE-Levers.html

 

dude, that is surreal! can't even imagine it. WTF?!


s3aturnr

 

Human crayon, I like that:thumb:

 

WERA?
Their moto was "we race around the ambulance"!