Got my MF shirt really quick… PETEROCK1 is a heck of guy Great seller

@DENIM:

ME TOO CHEERS!
what was  his name?

Jack Shea, there is a facebook page for his party fwiw.  He would have liked this place and been a wearer if he hadnt had a family to support. He was a bobber kind of guy. Welded his own frames, worked on others bikes for free, spent all of his time with his daughter and her momma, spent his spare money on tats, custom bikes and going to fireman school this entire last year after he worked all day as a mechanic.  Cool guy. He rode to sturgis And back from Orlando if that tells you how much he liked to ride. Sorry for being a downer but it is what it is.

@Seul:

Dunno what to say but this is just too damn sad… Will the driver be prosecuted in any way because of this?..

No, since there were 2-3 conflicting witness accounts the cops basically said nobody was a fault and left it at that, but that was the report I got before my buddy died so once that happened it changes everything I was told. There will be a lawsuit, but I'm not part of it.

One last PSA before I leave this thread alone. If you ride, do NOT wear a Biltwell helmet. I have one and my buddy was wearing one in the crash. We all know they're not DOT, but it literally did nothing to save him in the crash where my old Davida pudding bowl did. Every crash is different but I know I'll never wear my Biltwell again. If he had been wearing any other 3/4 with more protection he would at least still be alive.Oh…  and always wear your Ironhearts everytime you ride. You never know what will happen.  PSA over.

If anyone here happens to live in Central Florida there will be a party in his name at Will's Pub April 10, this Sunday. It's your typical punk rock/indie bar. He wanted a party, not a funeral. Awesome dude.

@DENIM:

Ecz my prayers go out to you and your friend

Thanks. Bonnie may be totaled, still waiting to hear after all this time,  but I'm almost 100% now, just still sore in a couple spots. My buddy never made it out of the hospital. Sucks hard.

@Beatle:

ur lucky that you only have that little bruise

Did you see my  shoulder   I can't raise my left arm more than an inch so it's more than a little knee bruise.

The bike is still in impound as the investigation still isn't over yet.

Buddy is still in ICU.

Thanks for the kind  words. I was just hoping to point out this stuff works for it's intended purpose. The Biltwell helmet my buddy was wearing didn't help in the crash though.

Take care everyone.

this tiny little hole is all the damage my 634s show after going down really hard after a truck decided to do a left turn in front of a couple of buddies and myself a few nights ago over at bikeweek. Happened so fast one guy never even touched his brakes (he's still unconscious) and I was just able to swerve enough to miss the truck but I guess I highsided… no idea. I do know I hit the pavement pretty hard and slid a good bit.

I have no idea how far I slid but I hit pretty hard (knocked me out and scuffed up the pudding bowl pretty good) and my heavy denim shirt (other brand)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/ebud/shirt.jpg

scraped the ground enough to lose a button and gave some major road rash on my shoulder.  I'm just wondering if one of the IH shirts would have held up better. Maybe not since I would have bought a snap shirt but who knows.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/ebud/shoul.jpg

My toe cap on my Iron Rangers is really scraped up so I know those 634s had to save me from some serious damage. Glad I was wearing them.

This stuff costs an arm and a leg, but I'll be getting a new pair come fall and maybe a shirt this time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v464/ebud/emroom.jpg

@Beatle:

sounds like a lovely day / and congrats on ur super black machine !

Now I kinda wish I also had a pair of IH-9634Z or that IHSH-08 to go with it

Talked my wife into driving me down to Ft. Myers to pick up my new T100 Black on Sat. Long day breaking it in riding through the boonies on the way back to Orlando but it was great, sunburnt and saddlesore but it was worth the wait ordering one.

Of course I wore my IHs … what else would I wear   No pics though... just never seem to remember to take pics during the day. It was a perfect day as well.

I just got them in Oct but it was pretty hot then but felt fine going down the road. Since Nov it's hasn't been over 80 that much so it's been perfect weather. In the morning commutes it's always been under 65 since Dec so it feels chilly going 70.

I got them specifically for riding and any more wear is just a bonus. I really only wear them a couple times a week other that for riding and it's not like I'm out hiking or jogging in them so the heat shouldn't be an issue and if I plan on walking very much outside I doubt I'll be wearing them. I have another pair of 21oz Esefs that I wear more often to ride to work since they're not so dirty and fit better for work.

@shabooba:

Now I'm curious. Where on earth do you live,  eczerwonka ? I wouldn't run into these issues in Oakland.

Florida. My neighbors said they've seen rattlesnakes in those woods but not in the last couple of years   They just laughed a me, but they're hillbillies and have lived in these woods for about 14 years. I grew up in the woods back in Illinois but it was nothing like the nasty woods here in Florida.