Testimonials / Letters - Letter 45February, 2004 I was leaving the Samford township (just west of Brisbane) on what appeared to be a long stretch of straight road leading up to a hill. As it was late at night and there was not too many people around, I decided to indulge my new Honda CBR600RR by feeding the secondary fuel injectors (which only come on in a Full throttle over 5000 rpm situation) and accelerate into Fourth gear past 150klm per hour. What was more exhilarating was the rate of increase rather than the actual speed being travelled. The night was actually quite cool and I was dressed semi-responsibly - Helmet, T-shirt.., gloves, Draggin Jeans and my boots. As it was so cool and I was only wearing a T-shirt, I decided to hide my self behind the screen to avoid the cool wind momentarily taking my concentration off the road and the road sign that indicated a left turn approaching (at high speed). As you can imagine, when I did eventually stick my head up to see where the road had gone, it was too late! I applied the brakes as hard as I could considering the road conditions (slippery) trying carefully to keep to the 90 % front and 10% rear rule and not soil myself at the same time, but it was too late! As the back wheel and my Michellin Pilots locked up, the bike slid out landing on my left leg and dragging me down the road, off on to the lip and down on the grass. At this stage, the bike and I separated company (luckily) and I stopped sliding as the bike tumbled narrowly missing the barbed wire fence. As this all happened very quickly, I did not know what to expect so I got to up and started checking for any missing appendages on myself and then the bike. I am happy to say that due to me wearing my Draggin Jeans, the scrapes that I received were all obvious on the outside of my jeans only. Not only had the jeans saved my skin, quite literally, but they washed up beautifully as if not much had happened. The bike however, is costing me $6000 to repair. It's a shame they don't make Draggin Jeans for bikes! Ride Safe, wear Draggin Jeans! Jim |
