A couple of weeks ago, I got a message that a friend went down on his Kawi and was in the hospital, nothing critical though thankfully.
Caught up with him yesterday as it was his first day back at work.
He had left his brother's house about 6:30 pm, and was riding home. Said he had been having some problems with third gear lately, was accelerating, got up to about 55-60mph, said he skipped third gear and went to fourth, the nose came up quick, startled him, he dumped the throttle but wiggled the front end when it landed. said that was all it took. The bike threw him high side, said he slid forever on the pavement. Keep in mind he is an experienced rider, 25+ years on sportbikes.
Had on his helmet, gloves and riding jacket, but khaki pants. Short story, he lost two weeks at work due to severe road rash and sprained thumbs. He said he had his jacket sleeves unzipped so they slid up during the slide, rashed his wrist and forearm pretty bad.
Helmet worked great, textile jacket is toast but nothing wore through. Khakis, totally shredded. His knees and lower legs tore all up, can't stand long even now without fluid buildup in those areas.
He looked right at me and said he would never have thought something like that would happen to him. The rash is only half of the pain, his wife is giving him a rash of her own for almost killing himself.
I decided to write this after I saw a post from Tim at Pashnit talk about riding in his leathers even though the temp got to about 110 degrees.
I had mine on in 90 degree weather the other day, not particularly comfortable, but not that bad either.
Something to think about, because you never know when it's gonna hit the fan for you.
Caught up with him yesterday as it was his first day back at work.
He had left his brother's house about 6:30 pm, and was riding home. Said he had been having some problems with third gear lately, was accelerating, got up to about 55-60mph, said he skipped third gear and went to fourth, the nose came up quick, startled him, he dumped the throttle but wiggled the front end when it landed. said that was all it took. The bike threw him high side, said he slid forever on the pavement. Keep in mind he is an experienced rider, 25+ years on sportbikes.
Had on his helmet, gloves and riding jacket, but khaki pants. Short story, he lost two weeks at work due to severe road rash and sprained thumbs. He said he had his jacket sleeves unzipped so they slid up during the slide, rashed his wrist and forearm pretty bad.
Helmet worked great, textile jacket is toast but nothing wore through. Khakis, totally shredded. His knees and lower legs tore all up, can't stand long even now without fluid buildup in those areas.
He looked right at me and said he would never have thought something like that would happen to him. The rash is only half of the pain, his wife is giving him a rash of her own for almost killing himself.
I decided to write this after I saw a post from Tim at Pashnit talk about riding in his leathers even though the temp got to about 110 degrees.
I had mine on in 90 degree weather the other day, not particularly comfortable, but not that bad either.
Something to think about, because you never know when it's gonna hit the fan for you.