BODYGUARD SHIRTS

DR. GREGORY FRAZIER

"I hammered the Bohn Body Armor across Africa for 5 months. While it does not stop bullets or spears it took its licks and "kept on ticking." It has found a home with the rest of my 'round the world riding gear.' Can not beat the shirt in hot weather, washes easy and gives you what you need when you take a hit. I view wearing the Bohn pants and shirt as an investment in your well being when it is too hot to cook in the Gortex pants and jacket.

DR. Gregory W. Frazier - TRAVELING WRITER - ON TOUR WITH BOHN

To read more about Dr. Greg Frazier's trip across Africa click here.

CRASH TEST

I recently purchased 2 body shirts from you and we really like them a lot. Unfortunately my husband met with an RV on our motorcycle vacation and had his body shirt cut off him by the medics. Is it possible to purchase an XXL bodyshirt without the armor? By the way, we were really lucky to escape with a few broken bones that are now on their way to mending. We really believe the armor had a lot to do with our escape and were glad we were wearing it at the time.

Peter suffered a broken clavicle, ribs and road rash. His jeans belt had road rash on the front side and back from spinning around on the road. We believe the body armor protected his back and arms and I am sure his shoulder would have been much worse without the protection. Neither of us will beriding without the protection in future. It scares me to think of the youngsters in Florida that only wear shorts when riding.

Thanks. Jacky Seabrook (Florida)

FITTING & RIDING

10/9/98 - Got the shirt today.............it is absolutely great! the fit is right on, and the pads stay where they should................what's really great is that now I can wear ANY leather I want, and feel comfortable that I have some protection!

I used to be very uncertain about what style jacket I would buy/wear, based on what kind of armor it contained..........now it doesn't matter-with this shirt on, any jacket is armored.................in fact, I am "armored" even without a jacket on! Great product! I will tell my rider friends, and they will no doubt be in touch....thanks again! Paul Dimarchi

10/10/98 - hey Paul, I just did a 300 mile ride with the Bohn shirt on, under light leathers............the temperature ranged from 41 to 78(F)...........this product is great! Fortunately, I did not subject the armor to any stress tests, but I did take off and put on my jacket several times, and used different layers of clothing to adjust for the temperature (always with the Bohn shirt under it all)............. and the fit, convenience, and comfort of the Bohn shirt is exceptional............you can truly forget it's there..........thanks again,

Our thanks to Paul DiMarchi of Niwot, CO for his feedback - a well established business owner, Paul describes himself as 'physically aging but emotionally immature amateur racer'.

RACER'S "TRACK TEST"

Guys -
I really can't thank you enough for creating such an awesome product. This past weekend I had a nasty get-off which involved me, seven feet of hang-time, and tarmac. At first, I was weary about spending so much money on a spine protector, but now I'm glad that I did. It saved me from certain injury and I will back this product one hundred percent. All the bystanders couldn't believe that it held to gether, of course, all they had were cheap plastic plates. But again, in closing, this thing rocks. If there is anything better out there, it must be magic.

Best Regards
Ben Napier
Black Widow Racing

p.s. - I would love to display you guys. Do you have any decals I could post on the machine?

Before undertaking the test on his equipment, Ben was riding a ZX7 at the Putnam Park road course.

CARBON/KEVLAR BACK PROTECTOR

(Thanks to Howard Hecht for forwarding this message that circulated on the ST1100 mail list)

You may be interested in the clipping below from a posting by Whit Brown to the ST1100 mail list.

Whit was describing a conversation with the Dr. after his accident:

>>snip<<
He asked what I had hit, I told him 'rocks and trees.' He then asked what I was wearing. I squeaked out "full helmet, heavy jacket, back protector, gloves, boots and jeans." He then asked me to describe the back protector. I did so including the seven carbon-kevlar panels sewn along the spine line. He then looked again at the films and my back and said "I can see the patterned bruising of four of those panels on your back. Looks like they deflected one hell of a lot of impact. There's not a doubt in my mind that your spine would have been snapped in at least three places without that protector, at least you did one thing right today," and sauntered off.

[There's a message here, dear hearts. This back protector only cost $139+$5 S&H from www.actionstation.com, please think about it.]