Things make make you cringe

[p.dath]

I know I shouldn't be judgemental, and that everyone is free to make their own choice with safety gear, but I just can't stop myself cringing when I see people with what I feel is inadequate protection.

I was on the Northern Motorway (aka 100km/h) in the weekend near Onewa Road on the North Shore of Auckland, and I see a rider and pillion.
The rider was decked out. Cordura style jacket and pants. Helmet, gloves and a high viz vest. Boots. Fine.

The pillion was wearing a short skirt (and don't ask me for pictures) and jandals. Effectively almost all of their bare legs was exposed.

And I had to cringe. Cringe at what would happen if someone with bare legs came off at 100km/h and went for a slide on the motorway. If both legs hit the ground they would probably end up with an AIS score of 6 - being fatal. You generally can't survive severe injuries to two limbs at the same time.

I think I cringed at the thought of the resulting damage to that human body.


Anything made you cringe lately?

[Str8 Jacket]

Anything made you cringe lately?

Yes, people that shit in the toilet just after I clean it.....

[imdying]

Yes, people that shit in the toilet just after I clean it.....Just after you clean it???!? Surely you mean at all?!?!? Or is that just my own preference for at least a bare minimum amount of hygiene standards coming through??

[Str8 Jacket]

Just after you clean it???!? Surely you mean at all?!?!? Or is that just my own preference for at least a bare minimum amount of hygiene standards coming through??

No I mean just after I clean it. You know, the people that wait until you're just finished cleaning and then go in leaving behind them 'stains of doom'....

[Pascal]

Anything made you cringe lately?

This one time at bandcamp ...

Saw a dad in shorts and sneakers with what looked like a 4 or 5 year old sprog clinging on like a little monkey weaving through St Lukes Rd traffic at a fair clip. The only concession either of them made to safety gear were the helmets.

[wanpo]

I was on the Northern Motorway (aka 100km/h) in the weekend near Onewa Road on the North Shore of Auckland, and I see a rider and pillion.
The rider was decked out. Cordura style jacket and pants. Helmet, gloves and a high viz vest. Boots. Fine.

The pillion was wearing a short skirt (and don't ask me for pictures) and jandals. Effectively almost all of their bare legs was exposed.

thought this was me for a bit, but my jacket is leather and I wouldn't touch a hi vis vest. Also the +1 was wearing high heeled boots. I'm gonna get her some protective stuff for xmas. Don't feel comfortable doing any sort of long rides as is.

[MSTRS]

Yes, people that shit in the toilet just after I clean it.....

It's even worse when they do that AS you are cleaning it. Dunno...just something I heard.

[imdying]

No I mean just after I clean it. You know, the people that wait until you're just finished cleaning and then go in leaving behind them 'stains of doom'....Yup yup. For some reason (senile I guess) I read it the first time as leaving sliders up the side of the bowl :blink:

[Drew]

Yep, the thought that people might realise I'm a member of this site, and it's conclusive knowledge of all and any situation regarding motorcycles.

[Latte]

Mother-In-Laws cooking.

[marty]

Anything made you cringe lately?

The thought that you wasted any time at all worrying your pretty little head about something you have absolutley no control or influence over

[White trash]

Race pipes on 250s.

FFS people, your Ninja 250 neither goes like, nor sounds like, a GP bike. Grow a brain wanker.

[nodrog]

Labradoodles.

Fanny.

[Str8 Jacket]

Race pipes on 250s.

FFS people, your Ninja 250 neither goes like, nor sounds like, a GP bike. Grow a brain wanker.

Jealousy will get you nowhere Mr Trash!!!

[White trash]

Labradoodles.

Fanny.

Really? I like Labradoodles......

[nodrog]

Really? I like Labradoodles......

You are shitting me? Really? I was just starting to think you were O.K.

Fanny.

[Kittyhawk]

Blood.....any blood is something I cant stand. When my dog was a pup she cut her front paw on some glass, so I locked her in the bathroom, went in saw blood smeared on the walls and I almost passed out.

Stupid dog she cut her paws trying to jump a cattle stop, couple of weeks back as soon as I saw the blood I went ...:sick:

I'd never make a cop or ambo etc. :facepalm:

*Whispers - p.dath you make me cringe lol!

[White trash]

You are shitting me? Really? I was just starting to think you were O.K.

Fanny.

I am not. Yeah, I reckon they're cool dogs. Mad as a fucking spoon but pretty funny. Wouldn't own one of course, the hair would drive me fucken nuts.

[baptist]

Race pipes on 250s.

FFS people, your Ninja 250 neither goes like, nor sounds like, a GP bike. Grow a brain wanker.

Why? I think additions to your bike are great. Infact I am thinking of changing the entire exhaust system on my Scorpio. I am also going to add a custom fairing, new wheels the works.... even got a picture of what it will look like when I am finished.....:weird::bleh::laugh:

More seriously I guess cringe is one way of looking at it, getting to the top of a ladder and finding a big Avondale spider sitting on the wall between the tips of the ladder, right at head height.... Still I am big and brave so I did not scream like a girl at all:innocent:

[cheesemethod]

Was driving the car home from sailing the other day when a fucking spider crawled up the leg of my shorts. Must have looked like a complete tard driving up the motorway punching myself on the thigh. What makes me cringe is that I didn't find a dead spider in my shorts when I got home... the fucker is waiting in my car for round 2.

[Big Dave]

Dath posts.

(JK)

I like labradoodles too. Smart enough looking combination and don't drop fur.

[nodrog]

Was driving the car home from sailing the other day when a fucking spider crawled up the leg of my shorts. Must have looked like a complete tard driving up the motorway punching myself on the thigh. What makes me cringe is that I didn't find a dead spider in my shorts when I got home... the fucker is waiting in my car for round 2.

It might be a Trapdoor Spider, you better check inside your rusty bullet hole.

Fanny.

[yod]

Race pipes on 250s.

FFS people, your Ninja 250 neither goes like, nor sounds like, a GP bike. Grow a brain wanker.

lolz

there's a chap round these parts that has a Ninja 250 with a Yoshi on it, as well as every brand-name sticker he could find attached to the lower fairing :facepalm:

[EJK]

Broken glass. Even I'm 10 meters away, it still makes me cringe.

Some childhood memories I suppose....

[bogan]

hyosungs and country music, thank fuck never at the same time though, that'd just be a disaster of epic proportions :innocent:

[Teflon]

On my way out to Rags I followed Paso with a big black bitch on the back, her jacket was half way up her back and all you could see was this huge black arse crack.. fucking looked wrong.

So if you are the big black cunt who wears a german helmet riding a blue and white Ducati Paso, tell your bitch to pull her pants up!

[MIXONE]

Monday mornings...

[sunhuntin]

acc propoganda trotted out in the form of a news article. despite the fact the numbers have been proved wrong.

[RiderInBlack]

acc propoganda trotted out in the form of a news article. despite the fact the numbers have been proved wrong.Yep Bikers were well screwed over in the TV3 new tonight. We were feed the "Mostly Bikers Fault" line straight after they did the poor cyclist-getting-kill-by-bad-drivers bit. F#cken makes my blood boil:mad::angry2:

[Bikemad]

talk about cringe.......doh.........running outta gas on the m/way yesterday just short of the silverdale exit on my way to meet up with someone at Dairy flat caltex...........just regeared the bike and did not expect the dramatic affect it would have on fuel consumption.........big ups to the 5 cagers that stopped to offer assistance

[cheshirecat]

Labradoodles.

Fanny.Even this one
(http://www.marchill.net/cm/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=61&Itemid=180)

[Headbanger]

Yes, people that shit in the toilet just after I clean it.....

There's your problem you silly woman, toilets are self-cleaning, everyone knows this.

[Headbanger]

Things that make me cringe?

2 blokes having a kiss.

[StoneY]

Anything made you cringe lately?

My paycheck

:blink:

[Bonez]

Cow shit across a smooth left hand sweeper. Really makes my arse pucker.

[Owl]

Cow shit across a smooth left hand sweeper. Really makes my arse pucker.

That left-hand sweeper is not in a cow paddock though is it?:shutup:

[Bonez]

That left-hand sweeper is not in a cow paddock though is it?:shutup:..........:kick:

[PrincessBandit]

The thought that you wasted any time at all worrying your pretty little head about something you have absolutley no control or influence over

For a second there I though DB was back...

[Headbanger]

For a second there I though DB was back...

I think I speak for everyone when I say, "we can only hope".

[Fatt Max]

Putting my finger through the toilet paper

[tri boy]

Wet farts.
Push,splat,cringe.

[The Everlasting]

Spelling mistakes! :p

[Lilly2w]

Leggings worn as pants, especially when there just a little bit too small and you can see nasty flesh coloured undies peaking through the straining fabric.

[SMOKEU]

Blood.....any blood is something I cant stand. When my dog was a pup she cut her front paw on some glass, so I locked her in the bathroom, went in saw blood smeared on the walls and I almost passed out.

Stupid dog she cut her paws trying to jump a cattle stop, couple of weeks back as soon as I saw the blood I went ...:sick:

I'd never make a cop or ambo etc. :facepalm:

*Whispers - p.dath you make me cringe lol!

Nothing like tasting your own blood.

[fuknKIWI]

Things that make me cringe?

2 blokes having a kiss.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/fuknKIWI/Honda2DHomos.jpg

[EJK]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/fuknKIWI/Honda2DHomos.jpg

add img src and you'll be all set.

Don't know what I'm talkin about? Google it.

[fuknKIWI]

Things that make me cringe?

2 blokes having a kiss.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v477/fuknKIWI/Honda2DHomos.jpg

[fuknKIWI]

add img src and you'll be all set.

Don't know what I'm talkin about? Google it.

Yep I'll google it later...

[fuknKIWI]

Geekspeak makes me cringe...

[JudaBaker]

Hoodrats in town asking "Got a spare dolla bro?".

[LBD]

Getting sucked down a barnacle encrousted drain pipe wearing nout but a pair of budgie smugglers......be a bit like falling off a bike at 100km wearing a short skirt

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/131007-Sucked-in...

[Banditbandit]

Fanny.

Fannies never make me cringe

[nodrog]

Fannies never make me cringe

Mine would.

Fanny.

[MSTRS]

Mine would.

Fanny.

Can the surgeons still not make them smell right?

[Mom]

Following a rider who is wearing shoes. Having seen what happens to ankles when they are not protected and make contact with the road :pinch:

I actually do cringe when I see little ankle bones peeking out for trouser bottoms :yes:

[nodrog]

Can the surgeons still not make them smell right?

It smells fine, its just after years of abuse it looks like somthing out of Alien vs Predator.

Fanny.

[avgas]

It smells fine, its just after years of abuse it looks like somthing out of Alien vs Predator.

Fanny.
Make a pie out of it - Fatt Max would still be keen.
He loves to eat pies.

[shrub]

Labradoodles.

Fanny.

Anything crossed with a poodle that isn't a 12 guage shot gun :facepalm:

[avgas]

Hospital programs where they "dig around"

[Tunahunter]

The pillion was wearing a short skirt (and don't ask me for pictures) and jandals. Effectively almost all of their bare legs was exposed.

And I had to cringe. Cringe at what would happen if someone with bare legs came off at 100km/h and went for a slide on the motorway. If both legs hit the ground they would probably end up with an AIS score of 6 - being fatal. You generally can't survive severe injuries to two limbs at the same time.

I think I cringed at the thought of the resulting damage to that human body.


A number of KB contributors have commented on the widespread practice in places like Nth Queensland, for bikers to wear very little safety gear. I wonder if there are accident and injury statistics from these places that can be compared to cooler climes like NZ.

My own obervations in places like MacKay and Cairns are that the roads are far better than here (good for safe riding) and the car drivers, although not great, are distinctly better than here. NZ drivers are surely the most dangerous in the world - even in places like Jakarta the driving, although seemingly chaotic) does have a method to it. Also the attitudes are better, less agression than here

[Kittyhawk]

Following a rider who is wearing shoes. Having seen what happens to ankles when they are not protected and make contact with the road :pinch:

I actually do cringe when I see little ankle bones peeking out for trouser bottoms :yes:

Cringe at the thought of something else peeking out of trousers.....

[Edbear]

It smells fine, its just after years of abuse it looks like somthing out of Alien vs Predator.

Fanny.

TMI :blink:

[Fatt Max]

Make a pie out of it - Fatt Max would still be keen.
He loves to eat pies.

Yep, that would be a GOLD MEDAL winner in my book,

Bearded Clam Pie.......num num num....