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MotoGP is a little different than doing 150+ on the freeway. On a GP tack you slide on pavement for a short time then you're on the grass or in the hay pile. On the freeway you're on nothing but asphalt and then you're in the guardrail or jersey barrier. Sorry but leathers aren't gonna mean sh!t on the freeway at those speeds. I've been riding bikes since I was 15 and I've been down twice so I know a few things about crashing.
The last time I went down I was on an off ramp and was doing great until I came around the bend and some old geezer in a Chrysler K car was stopped in the middle of the off ramp for NO reason. So I tried to stand it back up to hammer the brakes and squeeze around her and I ran out of room and jumped the curb and was launched at about 50mph. The bike came up over me and landed right on top of me and the right foot peg punctured my right forearm and severed my artery. I broke both my wrists and cracked 2 ribs, separated my right shoulder and destroyed the cartilidge in my right knee. All with my leather jacket on. I have NO idea how my artery was severed with a leather on. It went right through the leather. Although, the helmet saved my life because I came down on the right side of my face and shoulder first on the pavement then slid onto the grass on the other side of the on ramp. lol..Without that full faced ARAI helmet I'd be either dead or special.
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