[rod2625]

I see lots of posts on suggestions on what gear to post. For me a big consideration was how is it going to protect me. I purchased a 1000 denier cordura jacket and pants and have been very satisfied. For textiles, from what I have read, nothing less that 620 cordura is satisfactory for motorcycle gear, yet much of what I see hanging on the racks is 500 cordura. For those of you that are leather fans, everytime leather gets wet and then dries it can loose up to 20% of its tear and abrasion resistance.

For those of you considering purchasing new gear you might want to check out the numbers:

Tear and Abrasion Strength by the numbers
Pounds of force until fabric tears Abrasion cycles on pavement until fabric fails
CottonJeans 4.5 pounds to tear 50 cycles to failure
70 Denier Standard Nylon 4.5 pounds to tear 165 cycles to failure
500 Denier Polyester 8 pounds to tear 180 cycles to failure
200 Denier Standard Nylon 7.5 pounds to tear 275 cycles to failure
500 Denier Cordura 22 pounds to tear 710 cycles to failure
620 Denier Cordura 35 pounds to tear 1200 cycles to failure
NEW Competition Grade Leather 80-110 pounds to tear 1200-1700 cycles to failure
1000 Denier Cordura 110 pounds to tear 1780 cycles to failure
Air Mesh Kevlar 1260 pounds to tear 970 cycles to failure Stretch Kevlar Blend 420lbs pounds to tear 1800 cycles to failure