Sorry to hear about your off JB? I cant stress enough that although many say that they are restricted if wearing full leathers/protectors, that without them, the damage to you will be far worse? We are not all made the same, and some that have a “off” at lower speeds, end up with more damage than someone luckier going at faster speed, thats luck on the day stuff, fortunate/unfortunately?
I was doing about 45/50 when i hit a pothole 4 weeks ago, on LB rideout coming home from Worthing to London? Me and bike ended up in middle of roundabout after flipping and sliding and rolling across the tarmac? The damage i did to my left leg from ankle to knee was done when i actually HIT the kerbing on the roundabout? My Hein Gericke leathers saved my ass literally! The jkt is scuffed over the left shoulder,arm,cuffs and chest all left side? My trs have a very slight mark to left knee but other than that, they can be worn again, as can my sidi boots and even my gloves? My shoei helmet was a mess but it did its job wonderfully in that the visor stayed down and didnt flip up, although i was going along the ground watching the tarmac on it !!
At the hosp i was told 2 other bikers had died on that roundabout, within 2 wks of my accident, so i was the third, but those guys tragically lost lives? Im in process of suing the council for the potholes and ridges left after they finish road works on that roundabout? Ive had emails from other bikers saying how they have had similar “wobblers” there but they either have better handling skills than me, or they dont have blades that dont like long oblong bluddy potholes (i was concentrating on oncoming traffic to my right, to be looking on the ground for a hole?)
My gear has the hiprotec protectors that i cant praise enough, its not mesh or material its all leather? I am going to buy another jkt made of same as i now know it does what it says on the can? My bike has all over damage (but its all being done now and well on the mend thank god!)
My point in all this is, you may think what you are buying looks the bolloxs, and is lightweight blah blah…i know, ive been there and done that…BUT when that bike decides to bite your ass and you’re not ready??? The tarmac will tear into you the same way and then the world dont look so rosy? and if u have lost your life? what then? The hosp told me that if i wasnt wearing the kind of gear i was? My left leg would have been smashed to bits, or lost altogether from knee down, and my ankle would have been smashed up as well, needing months and months of micro surgery etc…thats without anything that may have happened to rest of me?
So please think on when wearing what u wear? WE all want to have fun and continue to have fun, we all want to take the pee every now and then and get a huge buzz from our bikes, thats part of this family…but most of ALL we all want to be around to continue doing so…unfortunately for some, they wont have that option anymore. 
