[John Rogers]

Back in my young and wild days with a BSA A10 650CC oil leaker.....I learned to go around things since the drum brakes were TERRIBLE! I also learned thathere are several items necessary to keep yourself in one piece in case you go down and as my motorcycle mentor told me...Some Day You Will!
So on my first trip to Hong Kong on the Big E I had two sets of motorcycle leathers made with silk lining to prevent road rash and they worked extremely well when I was hit one Sunday morning by a drunk driver. I flew about 30 feet or so and can still remember seeing the pavement coming up at me as I was "landing" on my head but I put both arms out and they absorbed the shock while scraping off most of the leather of my gloves and the back of the jacket! NO road rash although a crushed leaft knee that resulted in the ER doctor at Langly AFB hospital cutting off the leather boots and both legs of a custom pair of leathers! I tried to get him to not cut them and I remember he said okay I'll just pull them off and at the first tug on the left side I remember NOTHING until I woke up in a room in wonderful hospital gown! The nurse brought my clothes up to show me and chucked as I remember her sawing these WERE some very nice pants and jacket!

So the moral of the story is silk lined leather is your best friend!
John