Riding in a dress?

[Timber020]

About 330 today, on the back road through wilton. Some chick (who looked alright from what I could tell) on what I think was a grey GSX250. Funny thing was that she was wearing a billowing orange dress. Looked kinda cool but the dress was going all over the place, hate to think what would happen if it found its way into the rear wheel or sprocket assembly.

[Unit]

Hmmmmmmmmm, a cross dressing squid maybe?:blank:

[Swoop]

Maybe a policeman should have given her a dressing-down on doing something so dangerous:nono:

[Back Fire]

I've seen lots of scooter girls in dresses but never one on a motorbike...

[Fluffy Cat]

Man i never thought of that.
Yep,
I am gonna get me a dress.
Do so like orange.......

[madboy]

In future don't post shit like this without pictures thanks... I want to see just exactly how close that dress came to her helmet, umm... I mean the rear sprocket!

[Ixion]

This is why Honda supply optional dress protectors for their bikes (did, anyway). Very common in some Asian countries.

Hm. Thought. What about Scotland. Some Scotties must be bikers? Do they forsake the kilt for trews?

[Pillick]

och, nae laddy. Do ye nee ken ye get a far betterr grrip wi' nekkid thoighs

[Suney]

Did you get her number?

[heavenly.talker]

There was a article in a girlie mag recently about a lady who was getting married. She was being ferried the 100m down the road on the back of a bike in her wedding gown as her big entrance. The dress got caught in the spokes of the bike and she ended up having both legs amputated. She also sustained some serious other injuries too!

Months and years later (after recovering and learning to live again) she has finally just got married to the person she was on her way to marry that tragic day.

Can anyone remember this story...I can't remember all the details but I'm pretty sure that I got the bones right.

Any women that you see riding in a dress should be made aware of the possible consequences. I had no idea it was so dangerous until reading that article.

[Timber020]

Oh a pic WOULD have been good. Will try harder next time!

[SARGE]

This is why Honda supply optional dress protectors for their bikes (did, anyway). Very common in some Asian countries.

Hm. Thought. What about Scotland. Some Scotties must be bikers? Do they forsake the kilt for trews?



funny you should bring this up...

i have Scots heritage ( Aberdeen)..my Grand dad was 1/2 scot and half American Indian (he could drink whiskey with the best but just couldn't hold it.....:doh: )

my 3rd wedding was a Scottish Theme..Mrs was in a very nice peasent dress.. i, in my Kilt (anyone laughs and they get to meet mr. foot), riding up on a Harley Bad Boy with my groomsmen, similarly attired and all riding on various obnoxious HD's through Cleveland Ohio..., (couple FXS's, a BB Sporty Chop, an old Shovel and a Road King {that was Dad..})..


we all had Claymores strapped to our backs so no-one said a frikkin word...

about 30 mph, the wind.. well.. you get the picture :shake: :doh:

[Ixion]

och, nae laddy. Do ye nee ken ye get a far betterr grrip wi' nekkid thoighs

Hm, I'd have thought given the direction of things, and the wind chill involved, 'twould have left matters permanently shrivelled.

[SARGE]

There was a article in a girlie mag recently about a lady who was getting married. She was being ferried the 100m down the road on the back of a bike in her wedding gown as her big entrance. The dress got caught in the spokes of the bike and she ended up having both legs amputated. She also sustained some serious other injuries too!




JESUS!!!............BUZZKILL!

[Pillick]

Owwwww!!! Random, I was actually thinking about a biker wedding convoy just yesterday - I thought white leathers and a helmet with a veil superglued to it would be a good idea. Now it's mandatory...

Nice sarge (talking about your heritage here, not qualified to comment on your ass). My dad's from Aberdeen too. After I got my bike I started hearing about his misspent youth on the back of a bsa...

[SlowHand]

Screw the Wind chill! Two kilts on a bike? Hey! that beta be your finger.

[SARGE]

Owwwww!!! Random, I was actually thinking about a biker wedding convoy just yesterday - I thought white leathers and a helmet with a veil superglued to it would be a good idea. Now it's mandatory...

Nice sarge (talking about your heritage here, not qualified to comment on your ass). My dad's from Aberdeen too. After I got my bike I started hearing about his misspent youth on the back of a bsa...


i went on vacation to Scotland about 10 years ago.. rented a car and pissed around for a month, staying in backpackers and dodgy hotels.. made Aberden for a couple days to get the vibe.. ( my Ancestral home is Crathes Castle.. )

what an awesome town

[Pillick]

Hm, I'd have thought given the direction of things, and the wind chill involved, 'twould have left matters permanently shrivelled.

Nae - a nice heavy sporrin of furr will keep ye wee man cozy. As has bin said, ye ha' more ta worry aboot with the rear view.

[jazbug5]

i have Scots heritage ( Aberdeen)..my Grand dad was 1/2 scot and half American Indian (he could drink whiskey with the best but just couldn't hold it....

Other people's whisky, I take it..?


...My dad's from Aberdeen too. After I got my bike I started hearing about his misspent youth on the back of a bsa...

Er.. are you my long lost brother, or what? *Edit: nah, my dad rode one, so maybe your dad hitched a ride with mine!


( my Ancestral home is Crathes Castle.. )

Do you mind about the deformed baby under the fireplace, then? And the Green Lady? It's your lucky day if you don't. As it happens, the place has just come into the hands of my family, and we're looking for gulli.. er, culturally interested Yan.. trans-Atlantic Scots who can see the wonderful potential of this historic home. The papers are ready to sign (with my solicitors McGrabbit & Runne) just as soon as the money has been deposited in my secure Cayman Islands account. (PM for details.)

Our ancestral home is a charming old gutting shed in Buckie. You must come over from the castle for Pommes Frites some time, but only if you don't mind the pervasive smell of rotting fish entrails...

[SARGE]

Other people's whisky, I take it..?



Er.. are you my long lost brother, or what? *Edit: nah, my dad rode one, so maybe your dad hitched a ride with mine!



Do you know about the deformed baby under the fireplace, then? And the Green Lady? It's your lucky day if you don't. As it happens, the place has just come into the hands of my family, and we're looking for gulli.. er, culturally interested Yan.. trans-Atlantic Scots who can see the wonderful potential of this historic home. The papers are ready to sign (with my solicitors McGrabbit & Runne) just as soon as the money has been deposited in my secure Cayman Islands account. (PM for details.)

Our ancestral home is a charming old gutting shed in Buckie. You must come over from the castle for Pommes Frites some time, but only if you don't mind the pervasive smell of rotting fish entrails...

rotting fish entrails??.. isnt that just Aberdeen? ( much like Rotorua's rotton egg stench)

i had heard about the Green Lady, but the baby is a new one on me

[jazbug5]

Well, the story of the Green Lady is that she roams the castle out of grief for her murdered baby. Her husband was away at the Crusades, and on his return was horrified to discover that she had borne a child in his absence. This child was deformed, and he tore it out of her arms and put it to death with his sword.

This was always though to be a pure legend, until they were doing some renovation work in the last century involving pulling up some stones in the hearth of one of the rooms. There they found the bones of a deformed male infant.

So the military calling may run in the family- though, one hopes, not the child care techniques..!

[SARGE]

Well, the story of the Green Lady is that she roams the castle out of grief for her murdered baby. Her husband was away at the Crusades, and on his return was horrified to discover that she had borne a child in his absence. This child was deformed, and he tore it out of her arms and put it to death with his sword.

This was always though to be a pure legend, until they were doing some renovation work in the last century involving pulling up some stones in the hearth of one of the rooms. There they found the bones of a deformed male infant.

So the military calling may run in the family- though, one hopes, not the child care techniques..!


cool..sad story but nice to put facts to the legend.. hadnt heard they actually discovered the remains.. wonder if that will put her to rest finally...

Military service has been in my family since the beginning ( although SOME of my early ancestors in Scotland actually got WAY rich selling weapons and supplies to BOTH Sides...:rockon:)

as far as my child care techniques.. i have a very well adjusted 13 year old version of me running around the house, so i think i'm doing ok for getting no !#$% owners manual

[sels1]

funny you should bring this up...
i have Scots heritage ( Aberdeen)..my Grand dad was 1/2 scot and half American Indian :

My Grandad was born in Glasgow. How do you know what colour kilt your family should wear? (Should I ever get the urge) I suppose there is somewhere you can look it up....any clues Jaz? (hello btw)

[mstriumph]

i suppose a mini-skirt would be safer ..... back wheelwise ..... unfashionable as hell, but safer ...:blip:

[SARGE]

i suppose a mini-skirt would be safer ..... back wheelwise ..... unfashionable as hell, but safer ...:blip:


im all for Mini Skirts on bikes :blip:

[SixPackBack]

My Grandad was born in Glasgow. How do you know what colour kilt your family should wear? (Should I ever get the urge) I suppose there is somewhere you can look it up....any clues Jaz? (hello btw)

Google his name. I try not to wear my kilt to often......women swoon when they see me sexy legs and haggis sized sporran....och aye!

[Sniper]

She deserves a good kicking.

[jazbug5]

If you know the surname, finding your clan tartan is as easy as finding a book on the subject. The abundance of these books is largely due to the fondness of our trans Atlantic cousins for 'discovering their roots', something we Scots have traditionally interpreted as 'any excuse for another pair of loud trousers'. However, you will find that a lot of the designs are relatively new, with a large number invented during the Victorian era, what with Vicci's fondness for all things 'Highland twee'. If you don't have one, you can have one designed for you at a high street shop (can't remember the name, but they are everywhere...). There are several Japanese clan tartans, amongst others!
As it happens, our paternal line tartan is a big fugly, so when Dad decided to splash out on a formal outfit on his retirement, he went for the maternal line and now wears a lovely Farquahar kilt. A lot of guys just go for Stuart or Black Watch because it's popular and there's heaps of it about; only tourists can usually afford to be picky!

[SARGE]

here (http://www.tartans.scotland.net/) is a good source for finding out...

[Mrs Old Farts]

There was a article in a girlie mag recently about a lady who was getting married. She was being ferried the 100m down the road on the back of a bike in her wedding gown as her big entrance. The dress got caught in the spokes of the bike and she ended up having both legs amputated. She also sustained some serious other injuries too!

Months and years later (after recovering and learning to live again) she has finally just got married to the person she was on her way to marry that tragic day.

Can anyone remember this story...I can't remember all the details but I'm pretty sure that I got the bones right.

Any women that you see riding in a dress should be made aware of the possible consequences. I had no idea it was so dangerous until reading that article.

Yep I also read this mag "New Idea" i think and was completely floored by what i read. It was her own bike she was riding to her wedding and they had to amputate both her legs at the accident site.
Two years later she got to marry her man, at least it had a happy ending and I think she was one very brave lady.

[sels1]

here (http://www.tartans.scotland.net/) is a good source for finding out...

Thanks for that. I found what was the closest spelling to my Grandads name.....yeeesh a yellow one - dont think I will be in a hurry to get one of those!:lol: But apparently it was worn by Queen Vics father so it has a good lineage...

[SARGE]

Thanks for that. I found what was the closest spelling to my Grandads name.....yeeesh a yellow one - dont think I will be in a hurry to get one of those!:lol: But apparently it was worn by Queen Vics father so it has a good lineage...


keep in mind that many clans have 2 tartans.. the regular and the " hunting"

[Beemer]

Maybe a policeman should have given her a dressing-down on doing something so dangerous:nono:

Or at the very least, a dressing gown! :2thumbsup

[Ixion]

Hm. Could be good for police recruitment if it caught on

"'Ere, ere. Wots all this then. You can't ride that there motorboike wearing that dress. 'Fraid I'm going to have to require you to take it off. Yes, right now, if you please.Want me to help you? "

[SARGE]

Hm. Could be good for police recruitment if it caught on

"'Ere, ere. Wots all this then. You can't ride that there motorboike wearing that dress. 'Fraid I'm going to have to require you to take it off. Yes, right now, if you please.Want me to help you? "


oh yea .. like that dont already happen...


anyone wanna go to Rotorua and ask that question ?

[Big Chim]

Riding in a dress?? damm if she came off and went down the road that would surely tear her a new one.:shake:

[myvice]

And I thought having a wasp in my helmet was bad enough!

[pritch]

A lot of guys just go for Stuart or Black Watch because it's popular and there's heaps of it about;

From memory there are two tartans that anyone can wear. The Universal tartan which was once worn by most Scots units in the British Army until one by one other units got permission to wear a different one and only the Blackwatch retained it.

There is another, the Jacobean (?) which may also be worn by anyone.

Otherwise basically you have to bear the same name as the tartan...

[jazbug5]

.... But in practise, no one in Scotland usually gives a toss. In fact, the only people I've met who really get their a*se in their hands about 'tradition' (often dating all the way back to Victoria, big wow) are the tourists and the upper class English that like to go to the seasonal Balls/hunting n' shooting trips to their mate Tarquin's estate and show off their four poxy words of Gaelic. Because tartan is popular, pretty and buyable our culture tends to get reduced to that and shortbread and twee crap. Oh, and Braveheart.
Meh. Still, I suppose it's happening to every nation in the world. Hooray for global consumerism...

[Ixion]

None of which answers the original question. Do Highland biker laddies do their biking in the kilt? (And, for that matter, do Highland biker lassies do their biking in a kirtle ? )