New riding gear
- MonicaMcA
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- Real Name: Monica
- Sex: Female
- Years Riding: 3
- My Motorcycle: 2010 HD Road King Classic
Re: New riding gear
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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- Real Name: Ron
- Sex: Male
- Years Riding: 34
- My Motorcycle: 1988 BMW R100GS
- Location: Ft. Collins, CO.
Re: New riding gear
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.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.

Ron
Current: 1988 BMW R100GS (the 'numberplate' model)
Past: 1987 Yamaha XT350
1983 Honda CB900F
1980 Honda XL185S
1979 Suzuki GS425E
Current: 1988 BMW R100GS (the 'numberplate' model)
Past: 1987 Yamaha XT350
1983 Honda CB900F
1980 Honda XL185S
1979 Suzuki GS425E