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Originally Posted by Sivtec
This is why I wear all of my gear (boots and all) ALL the time. There have been too many people that come back saying the exact same thing you do. I learn from you guys and I will always wear all of my gear. Too many "squid" drivers out there. Not sure what they are trying to prove.
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Yeah I have always been an "all gear; all the time" kinda guy. This past summer though i went down to pretty minimal gear in the summer as the highway temps get pretty high. A jacket is nice to shield the heat but the jacket i had been wearing at the time was too insulating and i was dehydrating like hell all the time and would walk into clients offices sweating... I was about to order a chest guard & arm guards literally the weekend I went down. And i always wore my boots but i left them in someones car and my regular shoes were at the office so i just tossed them on and went to meet a friend in tempe. Shit happens lol.
I still can't believe I didn't lose more skin considering i went down at highway speeds in a T-Shirt. I have almost never ridden without a jacket all my life but after daily driving in august etc in phoenix I said screw it in the deep summer until it cooled down again and then I was back to full gear. Its sad too because i never heard about these "cooling jackets" until AFTER my wreck. That would have been quite nice, i wouldn't have this scar on my arm now lol. Then again i am not really bothered by the scar in the first place so meh