I fell in the rain at ~60-70kmh and my low-to-medium end jacket burned through in a few places.
Friction is a bitch.
But it might have just been cheap material. But a leather jacket would’ve taken that.
“Dress for the slide, not the ride.”
Comment on Why Leather Is Unbeatable - Motorcyclist Review While Sliding
Venator@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
do you generally slide long enough to heat up synthetics to melting point when you fall off a bike?
Dasus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
spankmonkey@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Friction!
gnu@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
It’s very possible if you’re travelling at normal road speeds. If you ever gave yourself a carpet burn as a kid you’ll remember that sliding from simply falling over at a running pace on carpet generates enough heat to be painful - on a motorbike you’re generally hitting the ground with a lot more speed and therefore have a lot more energy to dump into whatever slows you down.
Note also that in the video he’s travelling quite slowly and therefore can slide noticeably further before high heat levels build up than one would in a crash at even at 50km/h let alone 100km/h.