Draggin Jeans. Any good?

[bsasuper]

my personal opinions on draggin jeans is that their uses are
nipping down to the shops when you cant be fucked wearing full gear
short commutes where you are just travelling within the city at low speeds
other short jaunts.

anything more than a 20 minute ride or so, and my gear goes on. period. they dont offer impact protection like full gear will which is the main concern for me. really it depends on what you are comfortable with - good to see someone asking the question about whats best for their safety!

Awesome, I wont get hit if I only make short trips in them, so ill just stop every 20mins on longer rides to recharge the no hit powers.

[scumdog]

Awesome, I wont get hit if I only make short trips in them, so ill just stop every 20mins on longer rides to recharge the no hit powers.

See?
Ya learned something...

[slowpoke]

I was it the photo shoot when they dragged some guy down the Easton creek race track in Sydney while wearing a pair of DD's for an advertising thing.

What they never showed in the final magazine pic's was the burns on his arse

Poor bugger couldn't sit down for a week.

Think I'll stick with my leathers thanks.

Sliding along on your well padded arse, on smooth asphalt, is a nice comfy image to have. So picture the same demo on a a coarse chip road......on your knees.

[Road kill]

Sliding along on your well padded arse, on smooth asphalt, is a nice comfy image to have. So picture the same demo on a a coarse chip road......on your knees.

Wot ?

Go back to sleep

[Jerry74]

From what I have seen, heard I rate them slightly higher than Cordura in that they don't melt when hitting chip seal.

However I will only wear leather for any ride on the open road.

[ontoit]

Sliding along on your well padded arse, on smooth asphalt, is a nice comfy image to have. So picture the same demo on a a coarse chip road......on your knees.

Well that settles it then, I need to find smooth asphalt roads.

[Dangsta]

Do draggin jeans or any company make a "shorts" version for us cruiser riders? If not, I think I may have found a gap in the market for Kevlar shorts and T's.

[jrandom]

The best protective gear is not falling off.

Draggin jeans are good cos they're sturdily made and the arse doesn't fall out of them after a few months of daily riding, and cos the kevlar lining keeps the front of your legs better protected from the wind on cold days than plain jeans.

I personally am comfortable backing myself to not bin and dressing for more comfort on and off the bike in exchange for greater risk of injury if I do bin. Life's never 100% safe. If you were that petrified of getting hurt you wouldn't be riding a motorbike, for fuxache.

I think a lot of motorcyclists use ATGATT, psychologically, as a sort of totem against the fact that what they're doing is dangerous, and that most of that danger generally stems from their own inadequacy.

[brendonjw]

The new ones look a bit better with the kevlar going down the length of the leg incase they slide up a bit, they have CE approval for what its worth and they come with hip and knee armour in them. You could get a decent pair of leather pants for the price though

http://www.motomail.co.nz/estore/style/djpacevom.aspx

[Maha]

Its not unheard of to wear draggins over leather...some even wear hoodies over leather...all in name of fashion I suspect.
Both Anne and myself are looking to purchase Draggin Jeans (cammo for me/that desert storm colour) for summer...but personally, I will wear my Levi jeans underneath...all in the name of fashion I suspect.

[Banditbandit]

I've been wearing Draggin jeans now for about two years for my daily commute - about 25 minutes, mostly open road but some town riding too. I've also worn them to the Paeroa Race meeting - it was a hot day (about 2 hr ride) ... and carried them to Marton (wore my leathers), where I changed into them for the ride to Whanganui for the Cemetery Circuit racing - and back to Marton.

I've dropped a bike wearing them once. It was a low speed, fall off accident - no sliding - there were no marks on the jeans and I walked away ...

I dunno - I've fallen off in jeans and had no problems, I've fallen off in leathers ... (I've never fallen off in my Cordura jacket - wonder what that says?) Who knows .. I've had friends who wore all the gear all the time and were killed on bikes .. and I see idiots riding in shorts, jandals and T-shorts with no scars at all ...

Who knows? Life is a gamble ... spin the wheel as you will ...

"When Allah has ordained the time and place of your passing he will cause your footsteps to take you there"

[scumdog]

I think a lot of motorcyclists use ATGATT, psychologically, as a sort of totem against the fact that what they're doing is dangerous,

Hmm, too close to my line of thought for comfort...which is why my ATGATT is a minimal amount..

[Ocean1]

Its not unheard of to wear draggins over leather...some even wear hoodies over leather...all in name of fashion I suspect.
Both Anne and myself are looking to purchase Draggin Jeans (cammo for me/that desert storm colour) for summer...but personally, I will wear my Levi jeans underneath...all in the name of fashion I suspect.

About that. I'd not mind camo fabric, I think, perhaps, if I had the slightest trace of any sense of fashion. But almost all such come cut as cargo style pants. And the thing about armour or any other protective layer, is that it should stay in place in the case where the road surface is doing it's damndest to pull your knee armour, for example, to somewhere in the vicinity of your left armpit.

The point? Like your helmet, it needs to be snug.

[grotto]

I'm onto my 4th pair of Draggins. Had one low speed slide in a pair, and damage to me was about the same as a similar fall I had in padded but unarmored leathers, and trivial compared to the damage I sustained when I was young and stupid and road in jeans. Jeans split the instant they hit the road, the denim on Draggins also splits, bu the Kevlar doesn't.

Nothing will save you getting hurt in a big impact fall. Hit a lamp post or a car and leather and armour won't stop your bones breaking.

I had a fall insome cordura trousers once, the stitching split and they fell apart, bu I think thy we're cheap brand.

Real trick is not to fall off, assume everyone in a car is trying to knock you off, and that no-one can see you.

[sootie]

Real trick is not to fall off, assume everyone in a car is trying to knock you off, and that no-one can see you.

That's the real word Brother!!