Asphalt Armor

Fun Fact: In 2016, a 34-year-old Australian long-haul rider named Shane “Shagger” Mitchell was arrested in the Northern Territory after police found him riding naked under his full armored leather jacket and pants during a 3-day solo trip across the Outback. When questioned, he told officers the gear was “too hot to wear anything underneath” and that the leather rubbing directly against his skin gave him “the closest thing to sex with the road I’ve ever felt.” He had been riding commando for over 1,200 km straight, claiming the constant friction and heat from the armor panels “kept him focused and alive.” The charges were dropped after he agreed to “wear proper undergarments,” but the story still circulates in Aussie biker forums as “the day the road got too intimate.”