I don't get on a scooter without full protection, body armor and all. I've taken some nasty spills and thus far, always walked away with only bruises and a crushed ego. I have a stunt video that has a chubby little guy doing a stand up wheelie and lost it at about 40 mph. The impact of the pavement tore his left knee cap completely loose and his knee cap was flapping in the breeze like an injured duck. Just a cheap pair of Joe Rocket leather pants with armor and he would have been up and back on his bike rather than being hauled off in the meat wagon.
I personally see tons of guys in the summer with tennis shoes. You can and most likely will mess your feet up in a crash of any kind. No different than riding bare foot. In a crash, the tennis shoes are the first thing to go flying off like missles.
If you value your way of life today, before you invest in any mods for your bike, buy the best leathers and protection you can afford.
I read a post on here a short time ago, I don't remember the author, who came home from work on a hot summer day, took his work boots off and wore his tennis shoes (In his words it was just to hot for his boots) for a casual evening ride. If I remember correctly, he spent a very long time going from a wheel chair to crutches etc. He could no longer do his job and he was educating himself for a desk job?
I'm not sure most of us realize how quickly these two wheel bundles of fun can change our life forever. Sometimes with a devistating effect.
Our beloved busa is blazing fast. Reaching 100 mph in about three blinks of the eye. Just think, if you crash at this speed wearing jeans, you will have the opportunity to meet those beautiful women in sexy white uniforms. However, they will have scrub brushes. Scrubbing the dirt and grit out of raw wounds will not be a sexy experience for you. And, you'll get to spend months in the hospital getting skin grafts. From that moment on you won't be very attractive to the opposite sex once your trowsers are hanging on the bed post.
For goodness sake guys, buy yourself some "GOOD" gear to cover your body. I know it's hot and miserable in hot weather but everyone will crash, just a matter of time.
Go to this site
You'll see a series of photos of my son tucking the front on a corner at 100mph. Not a scratch on him and he was racing again the next day. Can you imagine cruising down the pavement in that position with jeans. He would have no butt cheeks today!
Someone should start a thread for guys who have crashed in jeans and or T-shirt and post photos? May make some jeans fella's rethink their riding atire?
