You'll need some cool shades, if you are riding Kawasaki get the kind Hacking wears.
Coordinating the flip-flops with your Bermuda shorts is highly recommended as well. Hippie leather sandals are probably overkill, but to each his own.
I prefer A&F T-shirts for upper body coverage, but to each his own.
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Just kidding, jbraslins post pretty much covers it.
I would only add that you can now buy specialty jeans with Kevlar woven into the denim (much more protection than plain denim I assume). While not leather or full Kevlar obviously, they are probably easier to deal with if you actually have to do anything before or after the ride and don't want to look like a racerboy.
20 years ago one of the print mags did a skid test on how long different materials lasted in a simulated road rash situation. Denim was about 3 feet and then skin on pavement.
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