about leather

My husband bought a used Harley recently so this weekend I went on my first motorcycle ride ever and had a lesson in leather. Here's what I learned.

Wear a windbreaker woven with gabardine rayon into a skid on your motorcycle and you will slide clear across the freeway like a roller derby queen. And the jacket's fabric will melt right into your skin.  

Wear leather and you will tumble and stop like bare flesh on pavement. Leather acts like Velcro on concrete. 

And I always thought biker leather was just for show.