Draggin jeans??

[Fishy]

Kevlar jeans are ok for slow commuting, around town sort of riding but no good if you are out on the open road on a fast paced ride.

I came off at xxxkm/hr wearing kevlar jeans once and they wore right through and ended up with a nice graze up my leg. A few people here on KB will remember the incident.

I did purchase another pair but only ever wore them on slow around town sort of riding.

I bought a 2pc leather suit for the quicker stuff, much more protection and abrasion resistance.

[Lissa]

Kevlar jeans are ok for slow commuting, around town sort of riding but no good if you are out on the open road on a fast paced ride.

I came off at xxxkm/hr wearing kevlar jeans once and they wore right through and ended up with a nice graze up my leg. A few people here on KB will remember the incident.

I did purchase another pair but only ever wore them on slow around town sort of riding.

I bought a 2pc leather suit for the quicker stuff, much more protection and abrasion resistance.

How fast were you going? What about at 100kph on the open road.

[mstriumph]

How on earth did you notice that?

i am a Mother
Mothers have eyes in the back of their heads [it's a 'rule']
.... ergo sum ........................

[beyond]

How fast were you going? What about at 100kph on the open road.

I was with Fishy who was very lucky things weren't worse than they were. He wrote his bike off and of course xxx/kmh means the insurance company knows the true figure.

100kmh? I wouldn't want to be in Kevlar Jeans.
Slidings not so bad as they are designed to stand up to that but when you go down, you normally hit the ground pretty hard and if there's no armour, things can get nasty. A lowside can result on the bike dropping on you and you sliding under it as in my case) a highside where you get tossed off the top (as in Fishy's case) you come down from a reasonable height and the road doesn';t seem to give much for some reason

Everyone that I have spoken to, who has had a bad off at speed, will vouch for leather over most other materials. Though even leather will be no good if your off results in hitting something solid causing a sudden cessation in speed.
Tree's, fences, cars etc are best to be avoided as are Pheasants, Pukekos, Hawks, goats and low flying seagulls.

[Lissa]

I was with Fishy who was very lucky things weren't worse than they were. He wrote his bike off and of course xxx/kmh means the insurance company knows the true figure.

100kmh? I wouldn't want to be in Kevlar Jeans.
Slidings not so bad as they are designed to stand up to that but when you go down, you normally hit the ground pretty hard and if there's no armour, things can get nasty. A lowside can result on the bike dropping on you and you sliding under it as in my case) a highside where you get tossed off the top (as in Fishy's case) you come down from a reasonable height and the road doesn';t seem to give much for some reason

Everyone that I have spoken to, who has had a bad off at speed, will vouch for leather over most other materials. Though even leather will be no good if your off results in hitting something solid causing a sudden cessation in speed.
Tree's, fences, cars etc are best to be avoided as are Pheasants, Pukekos, Hawks, goats and low flying seagulls.

Ahh ok.. thanks... got a pm from fishy too

What I really wanted to know, which one was the safest or gave the better protection, Condura or Draggins? But I guess the answer is Leather?

Will have to invest in some soon I guess.

[James Deuce]

You can't plan for everything and you will meet people who have worn a Swandri, yellow PVC pants over worsted trousers, and workboots, for the last 30 years and haven't been injured by anything that their partner hasn't thrown at them.

Risk management is the key. Your level of acceptable risk will be different to someone else's.

[NordieBoy]

Draggins can also take armour in the knees.

Love my Draggins.

[(P)]

You can also get hip armour as well as knee you just have to have pockets put in from Draggin Factory they can be custom made but gets exspensive. You can also get Bra and Nickers in camo.(coming soon)
Thunderbike in Nelson have Draggin Jeans/cargos as well

[beyond]

You can't plan for everything and you will meet people who have worn a Swandri, yellow PVC pants over worsted trousers, and workboots, for the last 30 years and haven't been injured by anything that their partner hasn't thrown at them.

Risk management is the key. Your level of acceptable risk will be different to someone else's.

Quite right Jim2.
Anyone reading my earlier stories of the accidents I had when a teenager will see that all we had back then were jeans and swandris or in my case, jeans and a plastic line 7 jacket and I'm still here after some horrific offs.

But, these days I'm a little older, hopefully a little wiser been down again recently and I won't even ride to the corner dairy without my leathers.

[vagrant]

I have had my leathers for 17 old years now, cheapy made in pakistan jobs, no flash seams or kevlar in them, but hard plastic and foam armour. I have had two significant offs in them, but only needed to get the shoulder repaired for the second crash. (the damage to the knee was caused by forgeting I did not have sliders on)
I bought a set of corduras a couple of years back, suffered a lowside on some gravel and tore significant holes in the knee and elbow. I was lucky I choose a suit with hard armour. The suit was effectively destroyed.
I guess thats my point, Corduras might be cheaper than leathers, but your leathers will last a lot longer, even allowing for the odd crash.

[Hitcher]

You can also get Bra and Nickers in camo.(coming soon)

Hang on a second, how can that be? What about Commandos?

[Naki]

What about the other makes of Kevlar jeans.

I have looked at Tecknic and Shift. Tecknic don't have the same amount of kevlar in them (none in the thigh), while Shift have a similar amount to Draggins. Both makes are cheaper than Draggins.

Any thoughts.

[Babelfish]

Havent binned in my draggins, only in jeans and fortunately I didnt slide for long that day since the car the u-turned in front of me kindly stopped me pretty quickly. From what I've heard and read they do a good job. If I'm heading out of town I usually stick the knee protectors in.

Check out the product testing section of their site:

http://www.dragginjeans.com.au/productTesting/index.htm

[S&S]

What about the other makes of Kevlar jeans.

I have looked at Tecknic and Shift. Tecknic don't have the same amount of kevlar in them (none in the thigh), while Shift have a similar amount to Draggins. Both makes are cheaper than Draggins.

Any thoughts.

I wear Shift Kevlar jeans, they are a very good cut & fit. Also have plenty of room under the jeans for leg Armour on the quicker paced rides. Dynamytus50 has come off his bike around 100kph in his Kevlar jeans with no tears or holes.

I give them a big

[Fishy]

What about the other makes of Kevlar jeans.

I have looked at Tecknic and Shift. Tecknic don't have the same amount of kevlar in them (none in the thigh), while Shift have a similar amount to Draggins. Both makes are cheaper than Draggins.

Any thoughts.

As far as I am aware the Shift ones (which I have crashed in) only a small percentage of the thread count is kevlar whereas with draggins, they have a kevlar lining inside them which would offer a lot more protection from abrasions. My shift ones wore right through pretty easily but it would have been a lot worse if I had been wearing standard denim jeans.

I haven't had a lgood look at the Tecknic ones but I think they are similar to the Shift ones.

In my opinion when it comes to outright abrasion resistance, draggins would have to be the best kevlar jeans on the market. That said though, they are no substitute for animal hide.