ya ideally if i was going to crash, i would want to be wrapped in leather but i am thinking about the night rides that end up stopping somewhere and looking at something i can wear in public that is comfortable to wear off the bike too and provides a bit more protection than jeans alone.
someone on sportbikes.net had a good saying, wear what you typically would wear when riding and run full speed and dive onto the side walk and see what hurts.
that analogy makes me thing of falling on skates in jeans and knowing that pain.
also, do you guys just wear sneakers or do you have riding boots for normal daily and highway riding?