Riding with no gear at all (Christchurch)

[Parlane]

I saw this guy riding with no gear on today by Riccarton mall. I thought at first it'd just be a funny addition to the sandals thread, but when I carjammed the plates it came up as a Keeway 50cc (suspicious?).... A7GEW, of course I only have this shitty image to go off as I wasn't looking for the plates at the time.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9910153/nogear.png

[Madness]

Fucking Keeway riders.

:facepalm:

[Parlane]

For reference this is a keeway:

http://media.autobase.co.nz/VehicleImages/Full/1/4/0/1403552_1.jpg

[Big Dave]

They have gears - and a centrifugal clutch.

[ducatilover]

Bloody poofter had the front wheel touching the ground.

[Subike]

For reference this is a Keeway

[ducatilover]

For reference this is a Keeway

I like the fake pushrod guides! :sweatdrop

[Subike]

I like the fake pushrod guides! :sweatdrop

Lol, they are actually the head studs,
But the rear exhaust pipe header is a fake

[ducatilover]

Lol, they are actually the head studs,
But the rear exhaust pipe header is a fake

I find that cool.
I'm sick.

It's actually a good looking small cruiser

[Subike]

I find that cool.
I'm sick.

It's actually a good looking small cruiser

It was good enough to win 1st prize in the "Non Japanese " class at a rally recently.
How I dont know, but it got more attention than the Harley and Victory cruisers in the same class
I think it had something with appealing to the women voters.

[ducatilover]

How I dont know, but it got more attention than the Harley and Victory cruisers in the same class


That's because every man and his dog rides an American cruiser...

[Parlane]

For reference this is a Keeway


Not a 50cc....

[James Deuce]

Holy Crap, why don't you just ring the Gestapo and get them to pop around and "disappear" him so that his hand-less corpse can bubble out of some liquefaction in the next earthquake?

[gammaguy]

Ok so apart from riding a bike with no gear and stolen plates and a possibly stolen bike,what is the problem?:innocent:

[Big Dave]

Holy Crap, why don't you just ring the Gestapo and get them to pop around and "disappear" him so that his hand-less corpse can bubble out of some liquefaction in the next earthquake?

Is this different to 'Burn him'?

[James Deuce]

Well, it's certainly more wordy.

[unstuck]

Get a life ya fuckin nark.:finger:

[Kickaha]

Well, it's certainly more wordy.

Sounds like more fun than setting him on fire to

[Jerry74]

That guy will learn to invest in some gear once he has his first bin..... skin does not grow back very well.

[Maha]

Reading the first post properly (which is a rarity on here for most) the clear intention from the OP is not a moan about the lack of gear, a plate not matching the vehicle it is on, is more the point.

Heres the clue---->> ''I thought at first it'd just be a funny addition to the sandals thread'

[nodrog]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VuTDDaJSX5g/TtZbtBLbkhI/AAAAAAAAHnI/jgO-THgN21E/s1600/youremyheropatriotic.gif

[Hitcher]

I saw this guy riding with no gear on today by Riccarton mall.

The only thing illegal afoot here is the absence of an approved securely fitting helmet. At highway speeds yesterday, I saw a similar muggins astride a Harley together with a bunch of his helmeted mates, heading south to Wellington. Which of the two numpties in question was at the greater risk? At least numpty on the Keeway has a screen.

[rustic101]

Those riders are the sort of c@nts that don't wave or nod!!:rolleyes:

[Zedder]

Those riders are the sort of c@nts that don't wave or nod!!:rolleyes:

And, by riding with no helmet etc they may very well end up not able to do anything ultimately.

[Indiana_Jones]

What a rebel!

-Indy

[SMOKEU]

http://dudelol.com/img/they-see-me-rollin-they-hatin.jpg

[Hitcher]

Those c@nts that don't wave

Are they anything like those cunts that don't wave?

[PrincessBandit]

The only thing illegal afoot here is the absence of an approved securely fitting helmet. At highway speeds yesterday, I saw a similar muggins astride a Harley together with a bunch of his helmeted mates, heading south to Wellington. Which of the two numpties in question was at the greater risk? At least numpty on the Keeway has a screen.

Having ridden (in Raro) without a helmet or any other gear I must confess to rather enjoying the sensation; on the other hand crashing on the motorway while wearing my helmet, which did sustain damage, and other assorted riding apparel proved the importance of it all when things don't go according to plan. All it takes is one occasion where it all goes pear shaped to make you appreciate ya safety gear.

[James Deuce]

"Safety" gear doesn't work. The only thing that has any value at all in an "accident" is a helmet, and making it compulsory to wear a helmet on a bike is just about the biggest insult a Government can hand out to its citizenry.

If you don't wear one and have an "accident", you may end up like Gary Busey. At least the rest of us will be entertained.

[rustic101]

Are they anything like those cunts that don't wave?

I was going to say fanny with an R, Crunt, but c@nt sounds sexy and Scottish.

[James Deuce]

Thomas Bowdler would most disappointed to be associated with the Scots in any way, even a couple of centuries after he died.

[Jantar]

"Safety" gear doesn't work. The only thing that has any value at all in an "accident" is a helmet, and making it compulsory to wear a helmet on a bike is just about the biggest insult a Government can hand out to its citizenry.

If you don't wear one and have an "accident", you may end up like Gary Busey. At least the rest of us will be entertained.

I would disagree. I believe the most important item for low speed riding is gloves. Certainly, the times I came off in my early days of riding, it was my hands that came into contact with the ground more frequently than my head.

[James Deuce]

The expectation seems to be these days that you put gear on it will be all good, come what may. No gear and you die. The end result of an "accident" with gear and without gear is closer in terms of outcome than people would expect and after my last accident I would have to say that hard armour for road riders is a mistake as are the rigid sarcophagi boots and gloves have become.

The best performing piece of gear in my last accident were my gloves. Everything else failed spectacularly to work as the advertising on the box suggested it would. The gloves were a pair of Orina summer weight leather gloves with a CF knuckle protector in an external flap. Nonetheless the outside fingers of my right hand and the knuckles of my left were black and blue. Leather jacket and trousers split seams, boots appear to have wrecked my right ankle, not protected it, the HJC CF helmet split almost in two and all the hard armour in the leather jacket and trousers smashed and scooped teaspoon sized lumps of flesh out of my elbows and knees. I may as well have not had anything on my knees and elbows. They looked just like the aftermath of a 50 km/hr push bike accident

The only thing I may concede did something was the back protector and it didn't appear to be damaged at all.

75km/hr incident. Can't really say what happened. I do know that in my previous exciting incidents, I wasn't using hard armour and wasn't as damaged as I was in this one. All of them had significantly higher forces involved than the last one.

The idea is not to have the incident in the first place, then you don't have to crash test your stuff.

[Oakie]

Having ridden (in Raro) without a helmet or any other gear I must confess to rather enjoying the sensation
I rode like that too over there but always felt a bit nervous. Turns out it's not just your noggin scrapping along the road that is a threat in Raro. We were talking to a local there and her nephew, while riding, had been hit in the swede by a coconut falling from a tree the week before and it cost hime 5 stitches and a night in their hospital.

[Oakie]

Oh, and THIS is riding with no gear...

(and yeah, sheepskin on the bike seat is very cosy when riding like this)

[scumdog]

Oh, and THIS is riding with no gear...

(and yeah, sheepskin on the bike seat is very cosy when riding like this)

And won't show skid-marks...:pinch:

Saying you're lots safer with All The Gear is like saying you're lots safer doing 99kph...

It will make a difference in both case if things go tits up however.

[James Deuce]

Oh, and THIS is riding with no gear...

(and yeah, sheepskin on the bike seat is very cosy when riding like this)

The lanolin will make your bottom very soft too.

[Hitcher]

Ah, so it's the lanolin that's doing that

[mossy1200]

Oh, and THIS is riding with no gear...

(and yeah, sheepskin on the bike seat is very cosy when riding like this)

Was it a black sheep or is riding without gear scary?

[BoristheBiter]

The expectation seems to be these days that you put gear on it will be all good, come what may. No gear and you die. The end result of an "accident" with gear and without gear is closer in terms of outcome than people would expect and after my last accident I would have to say that hard armour for road riders is a mistake as are the rigid sarcophagi boots and gloves have become.

The best performing piece of gear in my last accident were my gloves. Everything else failed spectacularly to work as the advertising on the box suggested it would. The gloves were a pair of Orina summer weight leather gloves with a CF knuckle protector in an external flap. Nonetheless the outside fingers of my right hand and the knuckles of my left were black and blue. Leather jacket and trousers split seams, boots appear to have wrecked my right ankle, not protected it, the HJC CF helmet split almost in two and all the hard armour in the leather jacket and trousers smashed and scooped teaspoon sized lumps of flesh out of my elbows and knees. I may as well have not had anything on my knees and elbows. They looked just like the aftermath of a 50 km/hr push bike accident

The only thing I may concede did something was the back protector and it didn't appear to be damaged at all.

75km/hr incident. Can't really say what happened. I do know that in my previous exciting incidents, I wasn't using hard armour and wasn't as damaged as I was in this one. All of them had significantly higher forces involved than the last one.

The idea is not to have the incident in the first place, then you don't have to crash test your stuff.

But then what was the quality of your Armour as we know that not all is made equal.
And what if you hadn't been wearing any protection?

[SMOKEU]

Saying you're lots safer with All The Gear is like saying you're lots safer doing 99kph...


Apparently the bike is meant to blow up into little pieces if the speed exceeds 105kmh. The government told me so.

[oldrider]

Having still probably ridden more Km without safety gear than with it, I have to say that I prefer to use the safety gear!

The safety gear was not available at the cheap prices and high quality as it is today so to wear or not to wear is a no brainer for me!

I hate being "told" what to do and there are times and situations where the risk of accident is lower than the "compulsory" use dictates!

I would like to make that judgement for myself but the majority of times I would choose to use the the safety gear available.

Having said that, a guy I knew fell off his bike in his garage and killed himself by hitting his head on a little pipe sticking out of the floor for locking the doors!

So you never know what little surprise is going to get you, do you? I like to minimise the risk .... within reason!

[James Deuce]

But then what was the quality of your Armour as we know that not all is made equal.
And what if you hadn't been wearing any protection?

I already expounded on what I think woul dhave happened if I hadn't been wearing any protection - who knows? You can't tell.

As for the armour I'm not allowed to say anything out loud about that without risking flying monkeys throwing poop at me. The vendor is a touchy fucker at the best of times.

[SMOKEU]

After having to pick stones out of my knees I don't ride with jeans any more. Lesson learnt.

[BoristheBiter]

I already expounded on what I think woul dhave happened if I hadn't been wearing any protection - who knows? You can't tell.

As for the armour I'm not allowed to say anything out loud about that without risking flying monkeys throwing poop at me. The vendor is a touchy fucker at the best of times.

yes I understand completely. you have my sympathy.

[BoristheBiter]

After having to pick stones out of my knees I don't ride with jeans any more. Lesson learnt.

So you don't heed advise then?

[Fast Eddie]

i just changed brand of jeans.

levi is shit.. tears like wet tissue

hard yakka goes good hehe

[SMOKEU]

So you don't heed advise then?

It was a hot day.

[Big Dave]

I like 3rd gear on a Buell best.

[BoristheBiter]

It was a hot day.

So that would be a no then.