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MonicaMcA
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Re: New riding gear

#11 Unread post by MonicaMcA »

I absolutely agree with you. I'm an OR nurse, and I try to tell people that road rash and subsequent skin grafts need only a few feet of skin to pavement contact, but they blink, nod, and start their engines... All I can do is wear my gear and pray for them not to go down.

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Re: New riding gear

#12 Unread post by GS_in_CO »

MonicaMcA wrote:I absolutely agree with you. I'm an OR nurse, and I try to tell people that road rash and subsequent skin grafts need only a few feet of skin to pavement contact, but they blink, nod, and start their engines... All I can do is wear my gear and pray for them not to go down.
Since you're going the be the first on-scene medical help - you might want to carry some salt with you to administer to their wounds. :devil2:
Ron

Current: 1988 BMW R100GS (the 'numberplate' model)

Past: 1987 Yamaha XT350
1983 Honda CB900F
1980 Honda XL185S
1979 Suzuki GS425E

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