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  1. 13th April 2010, 19:09 #46
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    Quote Originally Posted by scracha View Post
    Dunno what $hite you guys are using but my cheapo Frank Thomas stuff ..umm....used it for about 12 years. Rewaterproofed it 3 times. Bulletproof. Used daily for 40Km each way commute for about 5 years. After about 8 years the VELCRO wore away on the neck but a button was sewn in to stop it flapping. Eventually chucked as it was just too manky looking but with new armour would have been still functional. *
    Well it's got to be good if it'll stop a bullet.
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    You say "no one wants to fuck with some large bloke on a really angry sounding bike" but the truth of the matter is that you are a balding middle-aged ice-cream seller from Edgecume who wears a hello kitty t-shirt (in your profile pic) and your angry sounding bike is a fucken hyoshit - not some big assed harley with a human skull on the front.
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  2. 13th April 2010, 19:12 #47
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Stranger View Post
    Well it's got to be good if it'll stop a bullet.
    Only if you crash into bullets.
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  3. 15th April 2010, 03:49 #48
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    Quote Originally Posted by p.dath View Post
    This is a excellent read about motorcycle textiles as well:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorcy...xtile_clothing
    excellent?
    no sources, no way to understand how those data are obtained.

    the only abrasion test made for motorcyclist gear is the en 13595.

    are you really going to entrust your skin and your life to an unsourced wikipedia page?

    this is a little better, at least to open the discussion http://www.webbikeworld.com/Motorcyc...-standards.htm
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    Quote Originally Posted by DangerousBastard View Post
    It is also how they use them...
    No comments about my gut please... It cost me a fortune to get it this way..
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