Road Rash!!!!!!

[Aroon]

accidentally pressed enter too early.<br>Anyway just reread this article; http://www.speedfreakinc.com/content/articles/riding/roadrashqueen.html<br><br>Does anyone know what would be the minimum protective gear that might prevent that from occurring?<div></div><br><br>Message Edited by Aroon on <span class="date_text">05-23-2007</span> <span class="time_text">04:33 PM</span>

[Aroon]

accidentally pressed enter too early.<br>Anyway just reread this article; http://www.speedfreakinc.com/content/articles/riding/roadrashqueen.html<br><br>Does anyone know what would be the minimum protective gear that might prevent that from occurring?<br><br><div></div>

[Wolf]

<div></div><div>Yeah,</div><div><img width="599" height="800" src="http://www.speedfreakinc.com/content/articles/riding/images/roadrashqueen/image3.jpg"></div><div> </div><div>She could wrap her arms around me! :cool: :p</div><div> </div><div>I've read that article before.</div><div>She's pretty lucky the injuries weren't worse, but also still pretty. ;)</div>

[hatfield954]

<div>Its gonna happen no matter what you are wearing. I have permanent rash and have always worn leather suit and gloves.</div>

[Nutbar]

<div>she couldnt have been wearing much by the looks of things, did she need skin graphts? I recently had a run in with left turn sally and my Belstaff pants prevented any dirt from getting into my commutated fractures on both legs. the paramedics were very impressed with the toughness of the pants as they had to work really hard to cut them off. dirt in my wounds could have easily made all the work the surgeons did pointless, If I had gotten a bad infection I could have lost my leg. I will be on the forum everyday as It helps me deal with not being able to ride.</div>

[vvrrm]

<div>Sorry to hear about yoru crash. So what gear were you wearing that protected you so well from rash and drit. I am looking at the Fieldsheer High Temp Mesh Jacket. Dont really have any plans to buy pants, but after hearing your story I may reconsider. And what do you think: is high quality mesh as good as leather?</div><div> </div><div>vic</div><div> </div>

[VStarMan]

<div></div><div><br></div><blockquote><div><hr>vvrrm wrote:<br><div>Sorry to hear about yoru crash. So what gear were you wearing that protected you so well from rash and drit. I am looking at the Fieldsheer High Temp Mesh Jacket. Dont really have any plans to buy pants, but after hearing your story I may reconsider. And what do you think: is high quality mesh as good as leather?</div><div>vic</div><br><hr></div></blockquote><div><strong>Hi Vic, welcome to the forums...I afraid that one pair of thongs and a couple boobie covers was all this girl needed...</strong></div><div>And further more, if you look at the date of this post, I'll bet that girl is No Longer loving on the guy that put her in the dirt! My Two Cents...<br></div><div></div>

[vvrrm]

<div>dude, I just read the whole story, and I have to say it is hair raising. I am actually a doctor, and I have treated patients with those kind of injuries FIRST HAND. Reading that girl's story really made me think about how horrible road rash is.</div><div> </div><div>I still dont get why she fell off. How fast does someone have to be going to create enough wind to force a passenger off? That is a number I want to keep in mind.</div><div> </div><div>For the time being, I am surely getting a ridng jacket, and considering riding pants. I ride my FZ6 to the the hospital every day to work. Just hope never to complete the ride in the back of an ambulance.</div><div> </div><div>vic</div><div> </div>

[UncleErnie]

<div>I haven't seen the story in a pretty long time, but I think her boyfriend did a wheelie and she slid off the back. While a motorcycle can reach hurricane speeds, i never heard of anyone getting blown off.</div><div> </div><div>Nothing beats leather. Deer or goat skin has more tensil strength than cowhide, which is more important in a slide. </div><div>IMO, the purpose of mesh is to hold armour in place. It better have plenty of straps or the armour will move around. Seems like Olympia makes good stuff in that department, but if you're real serious- leather.</div>

[Wolf]

<div></div><div>I've read the story before some time back. I also like the pictures. ;)</div><div> </div><div>Is a pretty good story to read too, however. She said her visor either was up or popped up while she was on the back of the bike. I think she got pushed back from her boyfriend a bit and the wind swept around the opening and pushed her right off the back.</div><div> </div><div>Like Uncle Ernie says, mesh really just holds armor in place. It's better than just wearing a shirt, but nowhere near the protection of motorcycle leathers. I do wear a mesh jacket during the summer, because it's just too hot for leather, and I figure some degree of protection is better than nothing at all.</div><div> </div><div>BTW, this is what our heroine rides in these days:</div><div>http://www.speedfreakinc.com/content/articles/riding/images/roadrashqueen/image6.jpg</div>

[VStarMan]

<div></div><div><br></div><blockquote><div><hr>UncleErnie wrote:<br><div>I haven't seen the story in a pretty long time, but I think her boyfriend did a wheelie and she slid off the back. While a motorcycle can reach hurricane speeds, i never heard of anyone getting blown off.</div><div> </div><div>Nothing beats leather. Deer or goat skin has more tensil strength than cowhide, which is more important in a slide. </div><div>IMO, the purpose of mesh is to hold armour in place. It better have plenty of straps or the armour will move around. Seems like Olympia makes good stuff in that department, but if you're real serious- leather.</div><br><hr></div></blockquote><div>And I can tell ya that blue jeans work pretty good....</div><div>If ya keep moving, as your sliding down the road...</div><div>At least a whole lot better than bare skin!<br></div><div></div>

[1bikenut]

<div>I'm not getting the picture of the girl or her injuries but I do remember quite well the picture of her coming off of the back of the bike. To me it looks like the guy cranked the bike up enough to get it up on the back tire. When this happened It looks like the girl didn't do much riding and was totally unaware her man was was getting ready to do a wheelie. From the looks of things the girl acts like the bike was going to come completely over on her and she just bailed. I have watched that video dozens of times just to see if there was anything I could learn from this. If you look at her right before she comes off of the back, it looks like she actually pushes herself off of the bike.</div><div> </div><div>What I learned from this was, If this dude wanted to do the wheelie thing he should have done it by himself. She should have not been riding on the back of the bike with this clown and not riding period with what she was wearing at the time. This young girl had absolutely no protection except for the full face helmet she had on.</div><div> </div><div>I think any time a person wants to ride in an unsafe manner they should be riding by themself. This way if they do screw up and they go down the only person hurt will be that person. Riding a passenger not only takes skill but the rider must remember each decision they make with a passenger will most definately involve them be it a good or bad decision. Passengers also have a learning curve just like a rider does, the rider and passenger need to act together so the rider can maintain proper control of their vehicle at all times. Even though it looked like the rider in this case knew exactly what he was going to do before he did it, unfortunately the passenger looked to be inexperienced and didn't have a clue as to what was coming. Because of a bad decision on both of their part this young girl will have to live with the conquences the rest of her life.</div><div> </div><div>Even though I don't agree with this type of riding on public streets, if this rider had taken a few seconds and asked the passenger if she would be ok doing a wheelie, she may have been ready and this may not have happened to her. If we as riders take the time to learn how we need to react when the time comes to make an evasive manuever in order to keep us safe, then we as riders need to teach that passenger a few things before you ride together beside letting them throw a leg over the back of the bike and going.</div><div> </div><div>Just a little Christmas Eve rambeling. But please have a Safe and Happy Christmas &amp; New Year. </div>