Hey Bears, if a gotcha happens and he's riding like that, he won't be riding again for a very long time, if ever again.
No gear, crash, get hurt really bad.
Good gear, same crash, hurt for a couple months but walk away from it.
If I had been wearing just jeans (much less shorts) when my ZX11 threw me at 60mph in an uphill hairpin, I wouldn't have walked away from it.
If you have ever been in an ER / ICU when they are picking gravel and dirt out of a motorcycle crash victim, and listen to the screams of agony, it will curdle your blood and make tears come to your eyes. No pain killer is administered, it would affect bleeding etc.
Its a lot like a bad burn victim has to endure.
See that scene once, and you will wear gear with slide pads and armor when you do that shit.
Living the Gypsy Life