Biking jeans

[Smifffy]

It's only in recent years that I have worn anything other than 12oz denim jeans on a motorcycle. If it wasn't for the fact that i now regularly carry a pillion, who follows my example, I'd still be doing it I think. Now we both wear leather/textile hybrid pants.

[Gone Burger]

Saw the demonstartion of the guy being dragged along on his arse behind a bike at the Paeroa Street Races. It was awesome too see and it gave me huge confidence in my Kevlar Draggin Slicks.

Bet that guy a toasty butt though after that.

[Scuba_Steve]

Ideally I would like Levi's padded with Kevlar but as they don't exist I settle for Draggins & while they do seem to protect (not against impact just abrasion) the denim on them is nowhere near the quality/strength of Levi's

...maybee I could buy some Levi's & some Kevlar & stitch myself???

[DMNTD:Me]

Saw the demonstartion of the guy being dragged along on his arse behind a bike at the Paeroa Street Races. It was awesome too see and it gave me huge confidence in my Kevlar Draggin Slicks.

Bet that guy a toasty butt though after that.

Have crashed wearing Draggin's before...only wish when I did crash that I slid nicely down the road like what you see in demonstrations like that.
Sadly it's not often one gets to choose how ya land

IMO unless they (any kevlar jean products) have hard armour in the knees etc...then they aren't worth it...IMO.

[steve_t]

Ideally I would like Levi's padded with Kevlar but as they don't exist I settle for Draggins & while they do seem to protect (not against impact just abrasion) the denim on them is nowhere near the quality/strength of Levi's

...maybee I could buy some Levi's & some Kevlar & stitch myself???

Aren't Draggins 16oz denim? How heavy are your Levi's?
You could get some Draggin K-Legs but they're frickin expensive

Have crashed wearing Draggin's before...only wish when I did crash that I slid nicely down the road like what you see in demonstrations like that.
Sadly it's not often one gets to choose how ya land

IMO unless they (any kevlar jean products) have hard armour in the knees etc...then they aren't worth it...IMO.

Did your Draggins shred apart?
Guess ideally there'd be hip armour too. Knee armour is probably better to be something that doesn't move like what Quasi sells
http://www.qmoto.co.nz/gear-shop/kno...&category_id=1

[DMNTD:Me]

Did your Draggins shred apart?

A bit, yes but due to the fact that there was some large stones and 100+kgs or voluptuous bastard involved.
I have no issues with them re sliding...I just don't believe that many if any accident don't start with impact.

[Gone Burger]

Have crashed wearing Draggin's before...only wish when I did crash that I slid nicely down the road like what you see in demonstrations like that.
Sadly it's not often one gets to choose how ya land

IMO unless they (any kevlar jean products) have hard armour in the knees etc...then they aren't worth it...IMO.

Very fair call there. I was nervous to wear mine the first time because of the lack of armour in them. I guess I was just impressed that the jeans were still intact after a decent slid on the demonstation. But, as you say, that's certainly not how we often come off our bikes (in the unfortunate instantces when we do) and I do feel a lot more comfortable (safety wise) when I wear my cordura with armour. If they made the jeans with built in armour, or even removable armour, it certainly would bring them to a better level.

[Timmeh:P]

If they made the jeans with built in armour, or even removable armour, it certainly would bring them to a better level.

Draggin have come out with the C-Evo, which is sold with removable CE knee and hip armour. They are bloody expensive!

I was looking at possibly getting kevlar jeans, but after reading this thread I think ill stick to the leather or cordura.

[Scuba_Steve]

Aren't Draggins 16oz denim? How heavy are your Levi's?
You could get some Draggin K-Legs but they're frickin expensive

apparently Levi's are only 14oz & draggin 14.5oz but my Levi's have always far outlasted my Draggins & with rougher treatment too, maybee its just me but they also tend to feel thicker/stronger & better made/stitched?

just looking at the Draggin site I notice they now do a full 'long-john' kevlar liner, so maybee I can stitch some kevlar into my Levi's after all & this is full leg protection not just knees & arse

[Flip]

I went down the road wearing dragin jeans with Knox knee inserts and they worked well.

[swamy]

I wear armoured tights under my kevlar jeans.

[captain_andrey]

Crashed in kevlar jeans at 'over 100km/h' they worked fine until my knee hit a small rock which opened them up and removed a few layers of skin off my knee.