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Here's a thread to tell us what you wore that tasted road or track.   How did it do for it's intended purpose?

Nankai Fuji 1 piece perforated leather suit.. 1 crash on trackday, held up beautifully during the crash. Afterwards though it needed some seams restitching as they had burnt through due to friction with asphalt with my large self inside.
Alpinestars GP Pro gloves - 2 x crashes at trackdays - held up perfectly, no rips or tears. Still like new.. sort of.
Oxtar TCS Evo Rx boots -   2 x crashes at trackdays - held up perfectly also but aesthetically are a bit worse for wear. They need new toe sliders for each trackday.
Dainese M4 2 piece leather suit - 1 x trackday crash, held up perfectly. Only slight scuffing on butt and forearm

Luckily my Shoei lid only touched the plastic spoiler at the back of the helmet and didn´t affect the rest of the lid.

My Forcefield back protector has saved me twice now and I´ll never do any hard riding without it.. ever.

Crash: Lowside in 1 at VIR North.  Lost the rear on the gas.  As soon as I hit the asphalt, I started in the good ol' log roll.  I did no sliding other than once I got to the dirt.  At that point I started sliding feet first propped up on my forearms. 

Gear:

Alpinestars 2 piece leather suit (not sure which one) -- Did just fine.  Zero structural damage.  Only the stitching on the left sleeve emblem came 1/3 undone.  Fixed with superglue.

Joe Rocket Speedmaster 5.0 -- These barely look like they crashed.  My ring finger and pinky were slightly bruised, but nothing major.

Alpinestars Julie boots -- I broke these in for Dolcissima  ;D and they suffered only scuffs on the right boot (inside of turn).

Lid never touched.

Road tested a 1st gear leather jacket w/ armor.  Walked away from a helluva lowside at about 95-100mph  Scuffing & dirty were the extend of the damage to the jacket.

JM

I've had 2 lowsides so far in my brief riding experience.  Both to the left side down, and both times wearing Held Steve gloves.

I cannot be happier with these gloves. 

Kangaroo palms with an extra pad with rivets on the heel of the hand.

Both times the gloves performed exactly as advertised - the 'roo held up 100% (even though it's way thinner than cowhide) and the rivets worked as advertised - I slid on them with no damage to my skin.

I still have a sprained wrist from the low-side 2 weeks ago, though... :bang

I lowsided my Nighthawk at 30mph around a curve, and slid on my hands.

I was wearing Alpinestars GP2 gloves and you wouldn't  be able to tell anything happened to them.

Went down on Hwy 85 doing about 65.  Low side.  I let the bike slip away and wound up sliding down the road on my back, feet first.  I was wearing a set of fully armored two piece waist zip leathers from Triumph.  Some places wore a lot and I had leather patches sewn over them.  I was wearing BMW gloves that slid a little and exposed my wrist to some wear.  Nothing from now on but good stiff gauntlets.  Sidi boots, no wear shows.

dav0
CruzDuc
'96 M900, Yellow

This thread is worthless without pictures!!!!















sorry couldn't resist.   ;D

I missed a curve on a paved two lane country road somewhere around 60 mph and pretty much slammed into a hillside with my right front side of my body. I ended up about 15 feet from my bike on my back in a small ditch. I remember 4 distinct hard concussions but never lost conciousness. I sustained 4 right side broken ribs, a punctured lung, dislocated right shoulder, sprained right and left knees and ankles and lots of soft tissue damage. I was wearing a Shoei X-11 Edwards 9 Helmet which only had some mud splatters on it. I had on a Ducati Corse leather Jacket which only had mud on it. My Dainese Mekong Pelle leather pants again only had mud on them. My Alpinestars SMX Plus Racing Boots had mud all over them . It had rained the night before and the ditch I came to rest in was standinging some water and had several inches of mud . My boots did have water in them . I was wearing a BMW back protector under my jacket. After and hour in the basement at the sink with a sponge and cool water and then leather conditioner no one would know any of the gear was ever off the road. I didn't even have a mark on the outside of my body. Whether I survive is still not a 100% for sure. This happened on 4/5 and I had a Thorocatomy last week and spent 4days in the Hospital and I still hurt like Hell ! I have only about 60% of my lung capacity and hope I feel good enough to ride by June . I'm no longer coughing (oooooooool) up blood clots , I guess that's a good thing.

Man that's rough! Did you post up in the crash analysis thread?

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            I haven't yet . I will. I've got to find it first !

Here it is:
http://ducatimonsterworldwide.org/index.php?topic=119.0

Double - I'm glad your surviving....well, seems sort of !! Keep chin up !!!

Hey, MsIncredible - good to see you over here in this other forum......!!! Went back to Kildare's the next day for another Bemish !!  [beer]

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Shoei ZII - lowside, hit some sand and gravel mid high speed corner

All the reason I need to get preachy about full face vs. skull cap.

Ran wide on a sweeping left-hand turn on a 2-lane back road this last weekend. Bike went into the ditch at, best guess, 55-60. Bike hit the sandy ditch, I bounced along the pavement. Full write up is posted in NEMHA. Short write up is in Crash Analysis.

I was wearing all my gear, specifically a Tour Master Coaster II jacket, Cortech Rider Blues Jeans, Bates Composite Safety-toe boots, Olympia gauntlets, and a Sparx S-07 helmet.

Landed squarely on my left side (shoulder and hip at ~ the same time) and log rolled for 20 yards or so on solid pavement.

The pants:

(http://inlinethumb16.webshots.com/41935/2182064350103537997S425x425Q85.jpg)

The damage to the pants:

(http://inlinethumb32.webshots.com/32671/2203274660103537997S425x425Q85.jpg)

Left side of the jacket (including failed seam on back vent):

(http://inlinethumb12.webshots.com/1291/2901920930103537997S425x425Q85.jpg)

Hole in left shoulder:

(http://inlinethumb52.webshots.com/43187/2380189370103537997S425x425Q85.jpg)

Left shoulder pad:

(http://inlinethumb59.webshots.com/40506/2931245110103537997S425x425Q85.jpg)

Its hard to tell, but theres some damage to the shoulder pad itself.

I hit the pavement at speed. I walked away with a sore shoulder, a bruise on my left hip, and a scrape on my right knee the size of a nickel. I was extremely lucky. If I hadn't been wearing my jacket and helmet, I wouldn't be able to type this. The helmet only has minor scrapes on it, but they're on the chin/visor and the visor/brow.

The jeans did better than I was expecting. They're a VERY heavy denim material and if I hadn't had my cell phone and a wrist watch in my left pocket, I'm sure they'd have come out in tact. I was shopping for leathers before this accident, and I'm continuing to do so, but the Cortech Rider Blues are an acceptable stop-gap. Just not this pair anymore. I had the knee pads out and given where they fit on me, I'm not sure they'd have helped me any. My next pair of dedicated riding pants will have the knee pads firmly fixed in place on the outside of the knees.

I've already ordered another of the same jacket. It stood up wonderfully. The armor was in the right places and it stayed where it needed to be.

Obsessed -- what failed on the seam of your jacket - was it the seam or the vent zipper itself?

Seam. The zipper is still intact.

Collision with deer while riding somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 mph.  Both the deer and the bike perished in this collision.  I did quite a bit of rag-dolling down hill on a central Texas country road.  No broken bones - just bruising and abrasions.

Lid was a scorpion full-face.  Don't remember the model, but it was one of the higher end models from scorpion that the BMW shop was selling.  It did it's job very well - the only thing that failed on the helmet was the face shield hinge on one side broke.  Very happy with this helmet - I would buy another.

Jacket: Fieldshear canvas jacket with armor.  Did OK, but not great.  This jacket has a removable inner liner.  I had the liner removed for the summer, so it did not really fit as snug as it should.  Because of this, the armor on the left elbow rolled and the canvas material failed so I had some abrasions on my elbow.  Other than that, I think it held up OK, until the EMT cut it off of me.

Gloves:  Olympia gel something-or-other.  Failed.  Right glove had holes in it after the accident and eventually came off during the rolling and flipping.  Left hand fared OK, though.  These were the worst gloves I have ever worn.

Boots:  Was wearing my hunting boots - they did really well and are still functional.  I did have to buy new laces, though.

Pants:  Yea, so admission here - I was wearing Levi's and can confirm as all of you know, they do not make very good riding pants at all. Luckily only one failure - the left knee.  Still have the scars and sensitive skin to show for it - and this happened way back in September.

Mars helmets do not keep up well to being dragged across the tar [bang]

Myself and another rider came through a blind, decreasing radius right hander and had an encounter with a 1-ton pickup heading in the other direction.  Neither of us remember the crash but evidence indicates that we both struck the truck at an oblique angle and bounced off.  The best estimate is that the collision happened at about 40 mph.

I was wearing a Arai RX7 Corsair, a Teknic textile jacket (I don't remember the model), Alpinestars GP-style gloves, Draggin' Jeans, and Alpinestars S-MX boots.

• The Arai lid did a stand-up job.  According to the driver of the truck my head took out his driver's side rearview mirror and side window.  I was unconscious for several minutes but woke up lucid (well, as lucid as could be expected given that I was in shock) and without so much as a headache.
• The Teknic jacket also held up well.  It had some road scuffing on it but I had none on me.  The only caveat to the jacket's performance is that I sustained about a 3-inch gash on the outside of my left forearm.  The gash was apparently caused by compression when I hit the truck because the jacket wasn't pierced or cut in any way.  I would have thought the elbow armor would have prevented this kind of injury, but it didn't.  I don't know if the sleeve twisted, or if the armor was just in a different place.  All in all, I'd rate the jacket's performance pretty highly even with this.
• The Alpinestars boots and gloves were great.  I would challenge anyone to even tell that the gloves had been in a crash.  The boots took some scuffing, nothing serious, and the left toe-slider was halfway popped off.   Both boots and gloves remain serviceable.
• The Draggin' jeans, although covering the part of me that got hurt the worst, I can only rate as doing a more than adequate job.  The truth is that the jeans are for abrasion protection and nothing else.  From that standpoint they did great.  I suffered no road rash at all.  My knee wound is thought to have come from my knee clipping the leading edge of the truck bed as I bounced off and when past.  The jeans have Kevlar right in the spot where my knee impacted the truck, but expecting denim and Kevlar to resist that kind of impact is probably a bit much. 

All in all, I'd unhesitatingly buy gear from any of these manufacturers again.

Throttle locked open at the top of 4th gear on an SV650 heading into a series of downhill sweepers on VIR North/Full.  Ewwwww.... Tucked the front really hard and bike landed on top of me before I started my tumble.

Lid: Scorpion EXO-400

Barely touched except the chin bar, which only had superficial damage.  There is nothing that was compromised in the structural integrity and it passed tech with a new face shield.  No noggin damage.

Gloves: Joe Rocket 5.0 (second crash)

They held up like champs.  No structural damage.  My hands slapped the asphalt pretty hard and I think my right hand got smooshed under the bike.  I jammed my left pinky tip first into the asphalt, so it is bruised, and I have some bruising on the back of my right hand.  Nothing serious.  Just uncomfortable.

Boots: Sidi Vertigo Corsas (first crash)

Only scuffing, and that was a hard crash.  No foot discomfort at all.  No bruising.  These boots rock my socks.

Leathers: Alpinestars Stella Julie (second track day, first crash)

Only scuffing.  Not a stitch was torn, even on the logos.  My right leg ended up underneath the bike and I took a hit to the right knee that is bruising up nicely, but nothing permanent or broken.  I took a clipon bar to the abdomen, and that left a dent in the leathers and the bruise underneath is ... rather uncomfortable.  I don't have any significant internal injuries, but I do have some internal bruising.  No suit will protect you from a jab like that, though.  Overall, I'm very pleased with these leathers and how well they crashed.

I was riding Sunday(35-40mph) and was hit by a horse trailer that crossed the centerline, no kidding!

Joe Rocket Phoenix 4.0 jacket: Worked for the most part but shoulder area actually wore threw from abrasion. poadding in elbow probably saved my arm from serious injury.

Fieldsheer Phoslite pants: No road rash on body but pants wore through in several areas. Knee armor saved my knees from serious injury.

Z1R Helmet: Shield popped off but the noodle was protected

Diadora Avenue boots: Left toe of boot failed. Probably saved my toes but boot actually was torn across the whole top to the sole.

Joe Rocket leather gloves(not sure of model): They are gauntlet gloves and were the only piece of gear that was not destroyed.

one week later still upset about the bike and riding season. looking at this thread I realize without good gear things coulda been much worse

low speed high side: turned onto a road mid curve that was banked so I had to enter drop in as perpendicular as possible until I got enough speed to lean it.  let off the clutch twice to violent zig zaging-- the second time I lost the clutch and the rear hooked up.  I think my rear spun up on the really fine gravel at the edge of the road.  I didn't fly but it was pretty violent. 

Shark RSX Flag.  impact was to the chin bar minor scuffage at the peak and some dental impressions to the inside.  I got a bloody nose and a fat lip.  no scratches or scuffage anywhere else.  no busted teeth or cuts so it did it's job. visor stayed on as well as the whole lid [thumbsup]

Teknic Lightning gloves.  a few hours later I noticed my whole hand was a little swelled and achy. aside from the lid all my gear checked out.  went back to the right glove and and there was some minor indentions across the CF knuckle armor.  I never really liked that feature before-- just thought it was for show and too blingy for my taste. I took an asprin and the swelling went down no issues with my hand at all and the gloves are good enough to ride in some more.  I think these did a great job considering my handle bar was bent to a 90 degree angle and the brake lever is bent. I think it took quite an impact but not sure on what since there was no scuffs just indents (and blingy as ever) [thumbsup]

alpinestar smx3 boots.  no issues with my feet but I suspect the a*'s did their modest thing because the right rearset is sheered and the peg is busted [thumbsup]

Dainese P.103 Pelle Leather Pants.  pants look fine with no (new) scuffage so I think the pucks took the impact because I got a little knot on the upper side of my knee and noticed it hurt a little when I climbed stairs for a few days.  also got some dull hip pain-- both are gone.  [thumbsup]

Teknic Chicane Jacket:  didn't even need it from what I can tell but this is one of the few things most riders agree to wear-- go figure.

 looking back I realize I woulda still been in pain possibly with some broken bones.  I slowsided once in some cheap non-moto gloves and levis and felt it for a few weeks-- this was a notch or two worse and I was fine that afternoon.  hell I rode 30 miles home right after.

Sure sounds like you would have been in big trouble without gear.  Glad you are pretty much OK.

A couple of months ago I had a women pull into a driveway right in front of me, with no warning, I went down trying to avoid her and other on coming traffic.

I remember most of the accident, with the exception of the very end.  I woke up about 5 minutes after impact and was extremely lucky.  Banged my head pretty good (concussion and vertigo)!

I was wearing an Alpine Star jacket that only had scuff marks on the rubber icons attached to the leather; leather had minor scrapes, barely noticeable.

Had a pair of combat type boots on, they were old and beat, can’t actually tell if they sustained any damage.

Small rip in jeans, banished to garage duty and will spend the remainder of there useful life working around the house.

Gloves… not sure what brand, but they had no damage either.

Helmet was a KBC DRT-X Squadron (riding a supermoto at the time)… well anyways here are the photos of what she went through….. R.I.P.!

http://www.rebelpacket.net/gallery/Helmet (http://www.rebelpacket.net/gallery/Helmet)

That's a pretty nasty crack on that helmet. Glad your okay.

Here's my KBC helmet that saved my face from being devastated in a relativly minor accident about 8 months ago. If I had to estimate, I'd say that 90% of the impact at 30mph was absorbed by my helmet.

(http://shutter05.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/20/005/6D/9B/F7/09/oBntD64Jq9arxiWTj72w6Lq5LLsCicHL0300.jpg)

My Frank Thomas jacket sustained no damage what-so-ever, my kneee was bruised and the jeans that I was wearing ripped a hole in one knee and gave me the 8 year old, skinned my knee, scar the size of a quarter.

I had a stiff neck for a few days but all in all, I walked away from an accident relativly unscathed. My Monster sustained actually only minor cosmetic damage that's been all fixed. All's great now! ;D

Remember: ALWAYS WEAR A FULL FACE HELMET!!!!

I guess I'm yet another rider to contribute to the standard impact zone on a helmet:

(http://www.flamesonmytank.co.za/images/helmetDamage.gif)

I'm making a right turn while the stupid kid behind me thought I'm making a left turn (my right turn signal was on!).  He tried to pass me on the right as I initiate my turn.  Very bad combo.  I'm not sure what hit what, but I did put a good dent on the whole side of his Hyndai Sonata.  Here are my hardware damages, all of which did a good job at protecting me.

My Scorpion EXO-1000 helmet.  Honestly awesome.  I did not feel a thing w/ my head.

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/slntdth42/Multistrada%20Crash/P7120408.jpg)

Joe Rocket short gloves, for got the model, took some scrape.  My hands were ok, slightly sore:

(http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k29/slntdth42/Multistrada%20Crash/P7120408.jpg)

I also had on a JR mesh jacket.  There's a small hole on the right arm, but overall it worked as it should, I got no problem with it.  Don't have pic tho.  I also have on  ankle-high leather shoes that's not motorcycling specific, but did ok job of protecting my feet.

(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/3369820970_e5e16e02cc_b.jpg)

The pic of my helmet is the only pics of my gear from my last wreck.  Considering 50 mph head first into a curb and I'm vertical says enough about the bran bucket. What you can't see in the pic is the 3" smash point were my head smacked into the curb. My Cortech jacket worked were it stayed and my SIDI boots worked great.  Too bad the paramedics cut my boots off (i was out cold so i couldn't stop em even if i wanted to). 

Lucky for me i had to have 3 pins put in my thumb...that was when the doc scrubbed the Dickies outta my knees.

Proper gear rules.

WOW!  Looks like three heads that wouldn't have done too awful well without helmets.

friend of mine clipped a car that decided to lane dive and went down on the highway about 65mph she thinks.

She was wearing thse "5.11 EMT pants."  Not sure what that means, but she had no rash, no rug burns, no abrasive injuries at all.

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I do believe I will have to get some.

5.11 is a brand.   You can get them at uniform supply shops.  They have knee pads built in and are doubled layered.  EMS workers wear them.

they're cheaper than my kevlar jeans, that's all I know at this point.  Gonna try some on over my bohn pants.

I went down at 40 mph a few months back, and my 5.11 pants did not wear through.  Nasty bruise on my hip from impact, but no rash  [thumbsup]

Was forced to lay my bike down at 40 MPH. 

Survived: Helmet- Nolan NE100 Classic Plus. 
Failed: Gloves- Icon Pursuit perforated.   Gloves have no armor or padding on the palm, seam gave out, gravel embedded in skin. 
Survived: Jacked- Icon Arc Stealth Armored Jacket. 

Should have done this last week.
Went down at about 45 MPH, bike fell on top of me and we both skidded for about 30'

Icon Mainframe helmet
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3417/3582866984_d32de63931.jpg)
It did its job, and did it well.

Joe Rocket Corona textile jacket
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3582856038_eea31531e7.jpg)
Failed!
It shredded, and the shoulder pad moved far enough that I rashed about a 4x5" piece of my shoulder.

Sliders kevlar jeans.
No photo, but they passed, sort of. They didn't shred through, but I rashed about a 2x3" of my right knee anyway. Not bad for 30' with a monster on top grinding it into the pavement. Knee pads would've helped. Oh well, next time.

Fieldsheer gloves.
Passed. Minor rip in the palm of the right glove, but didn't go through, and no injury was sustained.

Wish I had pics, had one of those orange Ducati preformance goretex jackets from the 00'-04' era. Went down/over at 35mph in 04'. The plastic wind shield torn thru it like a hot knife in cold butter. Turned my underarm into hamburger ( thats what the nurse said). They stopped counting stiches at 50. Still no feeling in that area.

Will take pics later.

Crashed in a decreasing radius corner, hit railing support.

gear:
ProRider 2piece armored leathers
XElement armored Sport boots
Vanucci armored gloves
Nexo Helmet
Hard Back armor

everything thing did its job. i have no road rash. no back injuries or internal (hit something pretty hard in my kidney/back area. boot came partially ripped open and unzipped but stayed on, only real bruise is top of foot due to boots being soft leather with armor. hard boots and i would be fine.
gloves had rash, leathers have rash/tears everywhere nothing got through. but have a small rub on the knee from the lining and a pretty hard impact or something trying to take my knee off. maybe the bike or railing or both.
helmet light scratching on side

i honestly immediately got up went back to the corner and slowed traffic. after looking at the pics of the bike... no gear... no raux.

Glad you are OK, Raux

Rev'it air,, went down on my left elbow on the sidewalk (sand) doing 30mph and slid about 20ft,, elbow armor saved me,, the jacket mesh has a 1" cut only,,

Ivan V
Hope you healed quickly.

BMW Airflow 2 Gloves (bad!)

(http://www.ascycles.com/images/products/a/airflow2gloves.jpg)

The design on these gloves combined with Ducati OEM bar grips is a deadly combination.  Or perhaps its more the design of these gloves.  Look at the padding on the palm:

(http://www.sierrabmwonline.com/images/g_airflow2_schwarz.jpg)

Well, that pad part is made of very soft leather and has stitching around its perimeter.  The middle of it is not stitched and over time gets loose and can bunch up.  What I've discovered is that it sticks or gets caught up in the grips!  I had this "racing condition" with my throttle when I squeezed the front brakes at times and couldn't figure it out.  Then one day I was cruising for a long stretch with my hand constantly holding the throttle.  (little did I know the glove had stuck itself real good to my throttle grip).  I started coasting and intended to pull off into the shoulder.  As I pulled off to the side and squeezed the front brake, my Duc wheelied! 

I then tested the gloves stiction to the throttle grip without putting the glove on and figured it all out.  I guess that's what I get for buying BMW gloves for a Ducati.  I needed a summer pair and it was all my pansy dealer had in stock.  After that incident I ordered (and waited forever) for these Dainese Blaster summer gloves:

(http://www.zsf.info/shop/images/dainese_181_5471_691.jpg?osCsid=d71aecd9746d96dcb2973ee43ecd7123)

You can see their palm padding is wisely crossed stitched through the middle to prevent bunching and is covered in a textile that isn't sticky!  Feel so much safer.

My AGV GP tech helmet saved my head at the track.

I don't know how hard I crashed, but I remember the whack.

The Carbon/Kevlar shell actually broke.

Not even a headache.

I bought another one.

I crashed on asphalt wearing :

 HJC FS15 spies replica helmet- my noggin hit and the helmet held up well, but the face shield ripped off
Dainese Guanto Duel gloves- when my hand hit the deck the leather on the palm split
Dainese textile pants- i wore a hole through the knee, but the knee armor kept me from any injuries
Dainese 72 leather jacket- the leather was too thin, when i hit my shoulder, i wore a hole through it
Puma boots- No Damage

I learned a valuable lesson that day- I needed better gear more oriented towards racing

First time, low side. About 40mph:
Scorpion Exo-1000 lid - A few scratches, nothing major.
Rev'it Cheyenne Jacket - Not a scratch!
Rev'it Sand Pants - Not a scratch!
Borrowed boots from Bacon Junkie - No damage!


Second time, high side. About 35mph:
Scorpion EXO-700 lid - Not a scratch. Must have kept my head up for that one!
Rev'it Cheyenne Jacket - Not a scratch!
Rev'it Sand Pants - Not a scratch!
A* SMX-5 boots - couple scratches about the size of a quarter on each toe

All in all I'm pretty impressed with my purchases and the only physical damage was a bruised knee from the high side, must have landed pretty hard?!

knox handroid is about $250, these were essentially the same glove minus the cool finger looking things and the boa system for $100 less.

Picked them up at $150 free shipping. These are the teknic Xcelerators

The SPS system...yea i swear by it. Ive crashed a few times and the palms have always hurt. these were perfect. I will never buy another glove without them.


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I always thought the same thing, until my room mate wrecked earlier this summer and ended up with a Ti rod in his hand.  His gloves had the CF knuckles as well but whatever he managed to whack with his hand (we're thinking handlebars/mirrors) wouldn't have done nearly as much damage if they'd hit those protectors.  They look kinda like Icons, but there's no branding on them (which may have had something to do with their failure).  The palms weren't shredded (he landed on grass) but the seam where the cuff meets the palm was destroyed on both gloves.  From what he remembers, he was sliding on his chest for a little bit and tried to prop himself up with his hands, which probably resulted in the seam tear. 

Little to no damage anywhere else, and he was only wearing tennis shoes.  Helmet is ok, but he's picking up a new one anyway. 

I'm only going through his crash gear becasue I"ve never crashed.  Yet :)  You folks in the city have to worry about VW's  We have deer.  I'm truly not sure which is worse. 

Shark RSI saved my noggin on my ~35mph venture over the handlebars, unsure of speed i hit the ground at though.  Visor popped off, but i'm not going to fault it because i really dont know what i hit between leaving the bike and landing on the ground.  I might have hit the car on my way over the top of it, not sure.

(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4081/5394265853_59a7a68e2d.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/13993693@N05/5394265853/)

Back over 14 months ago when I had my big time crash , I went air born , landed w, my S4Rs on top of me , and I hit the pavement rightside , head first.

At the time I was wearing a Shoei X-11 that probably saved my life.

I was knocked out for over 5 minutes I was told .

My bike was totalled .

I was almost totalled , but no head injury.

(http://i304.photobucket.com/albums/nn198/DoubleEagle_photo/DSCN0646.jpg)

double eagle is no longer with us...  :'(

that was a pretty old post from him.

Sorry to go off topic - I noticed no posts from Double Eagle lately.
If appropriate, can you share what happened?

http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=49202.0 (http://www.ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=49202.0)

This thread may answer your questions

I tested my gear last month  :P.  I got a tankslapper just above 80mph (GPS datalogger survived), was tossed off the bike, and did a faceplant into the pavement.  Results:

• Nearly new Shoei X12 totalled (including massive damage to the faceshield and chin bar).  I donated to an MSF instructor for demonstration purposes
• AlpineStars GP Tech gloves have some minor abrasions
• Gimoto full leather suit had abrasion damage in many spots, and a small (1") opening in one of the knee seams.  Damage is repairable (~$200).
• No damage to Sidi Vertigo Corsa boots

I was also wearing a TPro back protector and chest protector.  My injuries included:

• Knocked out cold, concussion, and two hours of lost memory
• Broken left wrist
• Broken/dislocated finger
• Minor fracture to right hand
• Damaged tendons in left shoulder

Overall, I was judged lucky by witnesses and doctors, and I agree.  Thank goodness for modern safety gear!

WOW! 

Cider,
To a quick, complete recovery [beer]

Sweet cheeses.

What Howie said.  [beer]

Scary...glad you are alive.

Thanks to a guy hauling ass out of his driveway while arguing with his passenger without checking traffic, I have something to add to this thread... a low-speed low-side in a ditch this weekend, maybe 20-25 MPH after I scrubbed off most of my speed in the gravel shoulder.

Icon FieldArmor vented boots - minor scuffs;
Scorpion CoolRod Mesh - no tears or rips, no shoulder or elbow bruising;
Aerostitch Protekt Riding Jeans - no popped seams, minor scuffs to hip area - fabric held up well.
Fox Bomber MX gloves - minor abrasion right palm/wrist, leather held - nothing got through to the skin;
Scorpion EXO-1000 - vents & levers held, faceshield intact, minor scrapes to paint... big f'n mark on rear spoiler / back of lid from telephone pole that I slid into.  No concussion or dizziness, didn't hit hard enough to crack outer shell.

I'd have to say everything did it's job.  I'll be able to continue to use everything, but I'm probably going to pick up a new helmet... the impact felt like the time I got KO'd kickboxing, so the inner foam may have used up it's protective ability on the phone pole.  The worst part of me is where my my pocket knife was clipped into the jeans an I landed on it... decent bruise on my hip from that.

Here's one 2011 teknic violator gloves approx 100 miles of riding on them I notice a cool breeze flowing through the left glove. At the next light I look at my hand and see the stitching has given. 1/4 of my middle finger exposed.

I called teknic and told them what happened, they asked me to ship the gloves to them to see if they could be repaired. 1 weeks later I follow up and am told it was a defect.. And I should expect a new 2012.

Anyone experience similar issues with gear?

Locked up the back tire doing about 70, tried to ride it out, bike lowsided on the left going about 25 (my best guesstimate). I landed on my left knee and elbow, slid about 10-15ft on asphalt before coming to a stop on the side of the road.


The gear:


Helmet: Z1R Venom. I'm pretty sure it hit the pavement, but there's not a scratch to be found anywhere on it that wasn't already there. The visor popped loose on one side. Nothing broken. I'd call it a win.



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Jacket: Rev'It Air. Mesh/Textile combo. I inspected every square inch of it this morning, including pulling the armor. It is completely unscathed as far as I can tell. No scuffs, tears or even any loose threads. A trip to the dry cleaners and I'm good to go. And (very importantly) the sleeves didn't pull up at all, they stayed planted around my wrists. I sure as shit wouldn't wear anything else now. FWIW, I will also be upgrading the foam backpad to a SAS-TEC version, but that was planned already.







Gloves: Rev'It Airvolution. They didn't really do much pavement duty. There's a small scuff on my left glove that's so tiny it won't even show up in pics.





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Kneepads: Icon Field Armor knee/shin guards. Saved the day for me. I've had 'em for almost 2 years and honestly have doubted how well they would stay in place in an actual crash. They did the job superbly. My left knee took the majority of the blow when I hit and it has not been sore at all. The hard plastic outer shell acted as a slider, like it's supposed to. Gonna replace 'em, just to be safe. Probably with the new Icon Strykers or maybe RS Taichi.



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Pants: Lucky Brand jeans. Will make a nice pair of jhorts for somebody.



Boots: Oxtar TCS Sport. (FYI, Oxtar changed their name, they're now called TCX.) Gotta give the boots props too. They have a torsion control system built in that basically keeps your foot from turning any direction that it's not supposed to. They did their job, no sore calf/ankle/foot like I had last time when I crashed in hiking boots. I would put up pics, but they were already scuffed all to shit so I can't really see any new damage.








Moral of the story... Practice your panic stops and don't ride like a dick. Otherwise, you'll eat shit in front of a girl.

So my buddy that recently went down was a typical cruiser type of guy.  Half helmet, hiking boots, blue jeans and a poorly fitted jacket.  When I started to go on rides with him I demanded he get some gear.  He also works for me so I was concerned about his safety.  Due to him not being wealthy he settled out for my older Vemar Full Face helmet, a set of BILT (Cycle Gear Crap) riding pants and jacket, some Bilt boots, Alpinstars, short carbon gloves and a BMW back protector.

Well I just got a look at the gear from him being hit and going down at 30mph.  All I can say is thank goodness he was not going faster.  The Bilt mesh pants tore and melted through on one knee and the seat ripped in a spot.  All in all he only had two small raspberries from that.  The jacket left him with a minor scrape on his chest (almost a cut) and a raspberry on his elbow.  It did not tear but has stitching gone on the back and it likely would have come apart at the seams were he going any faster.

His foot was hurt pretty badly despite the boots but at least they are still useable.

As I thought the BILT stuff was crap.  It was better than nothing but not by much.  Oh and the helmet?  The entire front of it is destroyed as it appears he face surfed to a stop.  Long live good helmets!

He won't be buying Bilt again.  Although it does look like he is going to buy a used ST4  [thumbsup]

Bilt "Expedition" riding suit.  He got it at half off and definitely got his moneys worth.  At 35mph the gear is toast but at least by the time he went through it all he got were a couple of small raspberries.  Not impressed witht he gear at all.

i learned that ARMOR is very important! as is PLACEMENT.  [Dolph]

a drugged-up felon in a pick-up truck t-boned me on my new panigale and put me in the hospital for a few weeks and three surgeries [thumbsdown] but i was still VERY LUCKY to be alive, and with all of my limbs [thumbsup]. here's the gear i wore and what the doctors told me after i came through it all and finally got down off of the very high dilauded mountain i climbed on the inside.

1. Schuberth S2 helmet totally saved my life, or at least my face. i broke the perp's windshield with the chinbar of the helmet, but only sustained one scratch to my cheek. literally thinking, ``thank god i bought this expensive helmet,'' as i hit the front left panel of the truck. oh, and by the way, Schuberth is only charging me 25% for a replacement. that's a 750$ helmet. you do the math.

2. Alpinestars GP-R leather jacket with CHEST PROTECTOR -- docs said my chest protector likely saved me some serious lung pain as they often see a total collapse in these situations. i'm glad i had them in. jacket was totally unscathed with the exception of some scratches on the external shoulder armor.

3. Alpinestars GP-Pro gloves. saved my hand -- the left glove's external armor was smashed, my own personal left knuckles were so swollen i couldn't take off my signet ring (had it on wedding-ring finger), but otherwise my hands were cool. wrists fcuking hurt for a few weeks. but i was happy no surgery there.

4. rev'it track pants. the surgeon told me that, had i not been wearing these leathers with full armor, i would likely have lost my left leg on the street. either that or he would have taken it in the OR. the engine of my 1199 pinned my leg to the truck -- as it is, i suffered a severe brake to my tibial plateau from the torsion. the entire trauma team was genuinely impressed with the technicality and protection of rev'it's knee and shin armor. plus, since i'm 6'3'', or a full foot taller than most italians, i'm so thankful that rev'it makes a ``tall'' version of their perforated track pants, unlike A* and Dainese, which only make good leathers for hobbit-sized humans.

5. Alpinestars SMX-Plus boots. the ones i got 10 years ago for my first-ever bike. for some reason i left my new Dainese Axial Pro's (which i may genuinely be in love with) at home that day. but guess what? the decade-old A* boots completely saved my lower leg and foot -- and they took a massive impact. i was totally shocked and they are completely in one piece and still wearable. i can't decide whether to use them again when i get back on a bike (multi pike's peak on order, monster in the shop getting new brake master cylinders and discs) or put them on the mantle. need to write A* a thank-you note too.

wear all your gear all the time, these days when i see some monkey riding around in jeans and a t-shirt it just makes me sick... i cannot wait to get back on a bike and ride it like i stole it, but i don't really want to die or lose limbs. [drink]

I came off at the track at about 130mph on Friday.

I was really working on getting more drive off the big corner onto the back straight and was heading for a PB time against a track I have been fighting with for 16 years. It is a technical track in my state called Broadford in Australia. With my extra speed onto the back straight I came upon a group of slower riders, got baulked, clipped one and somehow highsided/flipped my Gixxer 750. That's what I was told as I don't remember. The bike was hardly damaged in one of those freaky situations when it ghosts along, but I tumbled into the midfield for 100-150 meters or so I was told. The collarbone only hurts when I cough or sneeze (or laugh  [laugh] ouch), but my torso feels like I got a kickin' in the pub car park! [evil] I have crashed racing before and always walked away, fixed the bike and went in the next race, but not this time.

Shit, one handed typing is annoying! [bang]

Although I have many broken ribs and a broken collarbone, it would have been worse without the right gear. My vertebrae are bruised, not broken thanks to the Dainese BAP back protector and my whole shoulder isn't smashed to bits due to shoulder armour even though I face planted at speed. I was KOed for 30-60 mins but no bleeding on the brain (no I don't have an ABI, just a bad temper) ;D.

Helmet got some big hits and did it's job (Nitro, not an expensive brand), Dianese suit is beat up bad, gloves (Roost) were toast, boots (Astars) hardly a scratch which shows how I landed ;D

The surgeons were amazed, but appreciative of the technology I was wearing once I explained it. They were very impressed with the body armour and spine protection (the suit was under my hospital bed) and thought my gear must be the latest and greatest. The truth is it's not and the medicos were shocked to know that such gear has been available since the 90s. My D suit was my race suit from 1998, but cutting edge back then.
The medicos were perplexed why so many riders come in smashed up not wearing anything but a helmet, jeans, sneakers, and maybe gloves. I wear all the gear on the street, the main difference being all the armour is under Kevlar jeans and a jacket. All the armour.

Sorry to preach, but I turned 50 last month and if I had an old fart smiley at my disposal I would use it! ;D Wear gear young 'uns!
Cant wait to get back on my bikes!
Wear protective gear young 'uns! ;D

Glad to hear you're alright, sounds like you're a lucky dude  [beer]

Thanks.

I know the track well and have had most of my crashes there while racing. It's a tricky place to pass and a tricky place to improve your times.

Risk management in our sport involves wearing the correct gear, because it's dangerous. there's fear, and there's caution. So many people say we are crazy to ride, but the subtext is that they would like to but are too scared.  Real Men, and Magnificent Women, ride motorcycles. [evil]

It was part good luck, part bad luck and mostly human error. Human error on my side because I failed to cleanly get through the slower riders, and their error because they were not in a slower graded group and probably didn't notice/obey the blue flag. Many riders unfortunately enter themselves in a group one level higher than they should and pose a hazard. My closing speeds on slower riders were higher than usual that day because of the better drive off the turn I was working on. It made a bad situation worse.

Pardon me, I'm a bit preachy due to the medication ;D

I wear (wore) a joe rocket textile jacket, im just gonna have to leave it in the closet from now on. Seriously though, thank you for the post  [bow_down] [bow_down] [bow_down]

Tourmaster Coaster Waterproof boots = the suck.

Points for design and comfort = 5 out of 5
Points for durability = -5 out of 5.

They have armor, but look mostly like normal boots.  The sole is very thick, but is made out of something claimed to be vulcanized rubber with all the durability of swiss cheese. 

the sole on the left boot began failing in a week, and after a month has a giant piece missing and a crack along the ball of foot bend line.

Just from a quick google image search, they look like they might have a decent welt. If you like the way they fit and look, might be worth having them resoled. Any cobbler worth his salt should be able to put a decent sole on them.

Then again, depending on how much they've pissed you off by that point, that could just be throwing good money after bad.

That is my plan. Although I will likely lose some of the height (which turned out to be nice on the tall kid bike).

There appears to be a decent boot there, but most people aren't into modding their gear that soon after purchase.

And Tourmaster warrantied the boots.  Time will tell if this was a manufacturing defect or a design defect.

The new pair is somewhat redesigned, and no longer includes the ankle armor the first pair had. They also do not creak at all, and the sole appears to be made of a slightly different rubber compound.

I was rocketing down a two lane road and saw a vulture picking at a animal's corpse in the other lane ahead of me. When I was 50 meters away, it looked up in my direction. Just as I passed it, the shit decided to spread it's wings... and flew right in front of me. I was going 60 to 80 mph and ran my shoulder into it... thanks to the pads it felt like I was tackling a guy when playing football.  No dislocated shoulder and no stability issues... so my Cortech GX Sport Air 3.0 Mesh Jacket came out unscathed as well.

This has been a quiet thread for a while, so here you all go...file this under gear that survived (thankfully).

WMRRA Round 1 a few weeks ago I crashed in a bit of an odd place...heading down the hill into T3. We crest the hill on the big bikes doing about 135 mph or so, so I figure I went down at around 120 mph or so. I'm not positive what happened, but I think I was unknowingly carrying a small wheelie over the crest of the hill (not uncommon). While doing this I slid my butt over to the right to set-up for T3 and I think I tapped my brake. This likely completely stopped the wheel, and when it set back down it immediately jolted the bars to full lock, and chaos ensued. I was slammed down on the left side...technically a low-side, but not gentle in any manner. No video unfortunately as my camera (which was safety wired) was jettisoned into the weeds somewhere.

Photo: The skid is my front tire (likely at full left lock), the bulb at the end is where I was introduced to the pavement. The horizontal arrow is where my RSV4 bounced off of the berm and shot across the track. The vertical arrow is where I finally stopped sliding. For those wondering, my slide distance was somewhere between 300' and 320'...mostly on my stomach.

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I don't have any gear photos, but here's a summary:

Bell Star helmet - fine, as I didn't hit my head (amazing).

Z Custom leathers - 3 small tears on my right thigh (over the pads), small hole near on the right abdomen, tears through the left elbow (only through first layer of leather, not through both). This was my 4th crash in these and the 1st that required a repair. Total repair cost $225 shipped. THIS is why you buy quality leathers, made somewhere you can trust the QC process and materials. I remember picking up my forearms as I slid because they were getting hot (kind of like the lizards changing feet on the sand  [laugh]). No road rash, at all. These are full custom, only cost $1,600, and were/are made in the US (Huntington Beach, CA). This is their 3rd season.

Daytona boots (EVO Sport) - Left boot outer has a hole in the top but otherwise OK. Passed tech. inspection. No ankle/foot injuries. I've long thought these are the best boots made, and they keep on delivering. This is my 5th season wearing them, and they're on their second set of soles.

Helimot Gloves (B-11 model) - Damaged, but no holes, and I wore them last weekend in a race. Again, quality gear from a reputable place (made in Fremont, CA). My hands were getting hot as well during the slide, but no holes or blown seams. Fancy sliders, titanium inserts, etc are nice. Quality construction and materials are better.

Forcefield pads (padded shorts, chest protector, back protector, shoulders in the suit) - Forcefield is the best padding made IMO. I'm sure I would have broken ribs without the chest protector, but just bruised them (still sucks); in all of my crashes I've never had sore hips - not even a little; shoulder was a little sore, but was fine after a day and no broken collarbone (amazing). Basically I was a little sore for a few days, but was OK enough to race in an endurance race 4 weeks later.

Bike right after, and as it sits now - bent forks, bent triples, destroyed all left hand controls, dent in frame and swingarm, broken airbox, broken left air ram tube, destroyed fairing. Right hand side looks perfect though...funny.

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Pre-crash photo the day before...sad to damage the Ape.  :'(

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