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Originally Posted by IRideASlowBike
Witty.
No, I totaled my first bike and I was sliding toe-first on my stomach. If I were wearing just jeans, there wouldn't have been much left of my knees, probably.
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Hey that's my trick!
Went down at the track (well up over and then down to be more precise) at around 100mph. I flipped a few times, was knocked out, then slid face down feet first for a while before hitting the dirt and rolling a few times. My leathers showed most of the damage on the knees from skiding and the shoulder where I landed but nothing wore through and I actually didn't have a scratch or bruise on my whole body. The doc's at the hospital kept asking if I was sure that I actually crashed since there were no visible signs and normally motorcycle crashers come in there bleeding from all over. Then the x-rays came back
. I think the bike, which was flipping along with me, whacked me just for good measure and broke some bones that it turns out I need.
The good thing about leather is that I wore that same suit all year this year since it's still perfectly usable.
Good boots also help if you're planning the face-down technique...
