Helmets are a burden, obviously!

[Beemer]

I agree with the sentiment behind the threads about people riding around in shorts and teeshirts, no matter how hot it is, but I saw something today that went one better. A guy was riding along Queen Street in Levin on a nice shiny road bike, when all of a sudden he removed his helmet, stuck it on the tank and proceeded to run his fingers through his hair! WTF?!!! Mmn, isn't a helmet the ONE piece of safety equipment you MUST wear on a bike? I was SO hoping he would hit a pothole and find out why helmets are compulsory - what a dickhead! He obviously didn't even have it done up while riding, if he could just take it off so easily.

And on the other topic, I saw this really fat chick on an RF900 today, riding along in jeans, sneakers and a sleeveless top. Apart from the fact she looked hideous (the bum up, head down position was not doing her any favours!), I figured if she came off, there would be plenty of spare skin to use for skin grafts!

[SPORK]

You are my new hero. Regarding the fatchickonrf900withplentyofspareskin i guess.

LLuulh!

[CPB]

And on the other topic, I saw this really fat chick on an RF900 today, riding along in jeans, sneakers and a sleeveless top. Apart from the fact she looked hideous (the bum up, head down position was not doing her any favours!), I figured if she came off, there would be plenty of spare skin to use for skin grafts!

FAT bottomed girls they make the rocking world go round...nice one Beemer

[Lou Girardin]

So, if you wanted to be cruel, you could say her arse matched the bikes.:moon:

[ManDownUnder]

So, if you wanted to be cruel, you could say her arse matched the bikes.:moon:

far cough...

[inlinefour]

I'm not into telling all and sundry about the dumbarses that ride without the gear as we all can see for ourselves. Yea that turkey was asking for a ticket or worse should he get hit. I'm just not going to get all anal retentive over it. Ive been known to ride without my riding pants from time to time and now that Ive got a TT350, I suspect that I need some draggin jeans.:ride:

[vifferman]

far cough...
I think you meant "fair cop". As in, "Far cop guv'nah - ya got me there. My bike does have a fat arse, I'll come quietly."

[Beemer]

Whatever people want to wear when riding may be their own personal choice, but it's a bit like the insurance company refusing to pay out on a burglary if you go out and leave the doors wide open. Fall off a bike at ANY speed (there have been many posts about accidents at less than 50kph where significant amounts of skin have been removed and bones broken) and you don't deserve ANY sympathy if you didn't make any effort to protect yourself. We all end up paying for it in higher ACC levies and people go on about how dangerous motorcycles are. Well, so are lighters in the hands of those who are too stupid to use them!

[Big Dave]

Nah - I wouldn't wear a helmet all the time if i didn't have to.
Most of the time i probably would - but not always.

[CPB]

A guy was riding along Queen Street in Levin on a nice shiny road bike, when all of a sudden he removed his helmet, stuck it on the tank and proceeded to run his fingers through his hair! WTF?!!!

Forgot to comment on the dickhead running his fingers through his hair! WTF is right!!! I wonder if he practiced the move in the mirror...must be thinking he's on a hair care ad or something?? :lol:
What a dickhead. Although having a shaven head I'm probably just jealous...

[ManDownUnder]

I think you meant "fair cop". As in, "Far cop guv'nah - ya got me there. My bike does have a fat arse, I'll come quietly."

Yeah good call...

I still think Buggies a bastard... a good bastard but I prefer to expurgate it

[vifferman]

Nah - I wouldn't wear a helmet all the time if i didn't have to.
Most of the time i probably would - but not always.
Crikey (crikey!)
You obviously haven't heard the racket a bike makes when you ride it with no helmet on. What an unholy din all those mechanical bits make, thrashing around!

[Swoop]

Yup, these people are out there.
Hopefully he has removed himself from the gene pool without costing us more in insurance and ACC premiums........:ar15:
I bet he looked cool though!:eyepoke:

[Eurodave]

Got back from Surfers the other week, while there I saw a big late model sportsbike being ridden fast on the main drag by a guy in shorts,singlet & jandels & whats worse his [good looking] pillion was in her bikini!!!:weird: WTF?? Still the pair were wearing helmets

[Waylander]

I miss not having to wear my helmet all the time.

[Motu]

Me too....

[Eurodave]

And how about the other day,here in CHCH I followed a well tatooed Hells Angel wannabe on his Harley wearing only a pair of shorts, helmet & boots most of the way down Brougham St .Thats just begging for a skin graft or three!!!

[SPman]

Of course, everyones assuming they will fall off!
What a bunch of f**kin pessimists.
All sounds a bit like " but this is all for your own good", to me.

You're all just jealous cos, secretly, you'd like to do the same........

[Waylander]

I once went riding with absolutly nothing on. Was a freeing experiance for sure but it got a bit cold at over 100mph.


Well actually I was wearing my sunglasses.

[Eurodave]

Of course, everyones assuming they will fall off!
What a bunch of f**kin pessimists.
All sounds a bit like " but this is all for your own good", to me........


Dont get me wrong, I sometimes do naughty things too, but Im not THAT blatant about it!!! Especially not on a busy road in heavy traffic

[GN1NiteStnd]

Im not confident enough to ride without a helmet, So far Ive ventured so far as not have gloves on and thats about it. I always have jeans on, no matter how designer they look they are still jeans to me, and I always have a leather jacket no matter what the weather.

Oh yeah and Ive been riding for just over a year, yay me.:yes:

[Oscar]

Nah - I wouldn't wear a helmet all the time if i didn't have to.
Most of the time i probably would - but not always.

So based on the old Bell advert about "...if you've got a $10 head, use a $10 helmet." what does that make your head worth?

[Big Dave]

Im not confident enough to ride without a helmet, So far Ive ventured so far as not have gloves on and thats about it. I always have jeans on, no matter how designer they look they are still jeans to me, and I always have a leather jacket no matter what the weather.

Oh yeah and Ive been riding for just over a year, yay me.:yes:

Good for you - I don't advocate riding without a helmet - just that sometimes *I* would (if I could - and I have 40 years experience too) , you continue to do what makes you feel confident and comfortable.

Happy anniversary.

[Scouse]

And on the other topic, I saw this really fat chick on an RF900 today, riding along in jeans, sneakers and a sleeveless top. Apart from the fact she looked hideous (the bum up, head down position was not doing her any favours!), I figured if she came off, there would be plenty of spare skin to use for skin grafts!

I saw one better last summer this (as far as I could see cause least she had on a helmet) stunning slim bod and butt long haired blond chick coincidentally on an RF900 wearing jandals short cutoff jeans and a short tank top that finnished just below the breast line rideing through symons street in Auckland

And I remember thinking you stupid bitch gravel rash will make a mess of your stunning bod real quick

[Big Dave]

So based on the old Bell advert about "...if you've got a $10 head, use a $10 helmet." what does that make your head worth?

I don't believe I've reached potential yet. Lets just say a good income from playing with motorcycles.

Priceless?

Should be my choice.

[Vegan]

What's wrong with wearing a helmet - it'll (hopefully) save your skull, and you instantly look cool when you put it on (depending on the helmet you own I guess) - no matter how corky you look - when that helmet goes on - to bystanders you may well be Mr Biaggi for all intensive purposes. :)

[Motu]

Should be my choice.

You got a choice bike,a choice job,a choice missus...you got too many choices in life!

[Big Dave]

What's wrong with wearing a helmet - it'll (hopefully) save your skull, and you instantly look cool when you put it on (depending on the helmet you own I guess) - no matter how corky you look - when that helmet goes on - to bystanders you may well be Mr Biaggi for all intensive purposes. :)

Nothing at all wrong - but every now and then, you ever hear the expression 'wind in your hair'?
It's not 'an expression' for nuffink.

[SPman]

aaaaaaaaahhhhh - wind in your hair.
Used to do that , waaaaay back when it was not a PC crime..
and I had hair...!

In fact - a hot bath, of an evening, into shorts, t-shirt and sneakers and a casual blast around Browns Bay - sorta like a kiwi equivalent of leaping out of a sauna into the snow - espec in winter!!!

[Big Dave]

You got a choice bike,a choice job,a choice missus...you got too many choices in life!

mmmm.....there is no witty reply to that. So, thank you.
I do try to put back.

[Virago]

I once went riding with absolutly nothing on.....Well actually I was wearing my sunglasses.
Cheat. What did you need sunglasses for - did you think you would look cool?:cool:

[jaybee180]

You didn't want to get blinded by the glare - right?

[speights_bud]

I saw a nanna on a suzuki 125cc scooter two days ago with no helmet at all, guess back in her day helmets didn't exist. Or maybe she just had her hair permed(sp?)...

[Sniper]

What a fucking noddy

[Beemer]

I saw one better last summer this (as far as I could see cause least she had on a helmet) stunning slim bod and butt long haired blond chick coincidentally on an RF900 wearing jandals short cutoff jeans and a short tank top that finnished just below the breast line rideing through symons street in Auckland

And I remember thinking you stupid bitch gravel rash will make a mess of your stunning bod real quick

It's probably the same chick, but she ate all the pies over winter!

There was this woman of about 50-plus in Levin who used to ride this bright pink scooter without a helmet. I followed her home one day (cow nearly set her bloody dog on me!) and said she had to wear a helmet - she reckoned the local cop told her she didn't! I think she was getting confused about not needing a bike licence to ride a 50cc scooter. The way she rode (like most people in Levin drive - no indicators, didn't give way to oncoming traffic when turning, etc.), she needed all the help she could get.

[Waylander]

Cheat. What did you need sunglasses for - did you think you would look cool?:cool:
The sun is VERY bright in Texas. Even more so when in concrete corridor that makes up the freeway. Concrete road about 50 feet wide and two walls about 30 feet high.

[Ixion]

Crikey (crikey!)
You obviously haven't heard the racket a bike makes when you ride it with no helmet on. What an unholy din all those mechanical bits make, thrashing around!
This is very true! The main reason I wore a helmet, back when you didn't have too (yes, boys, and girls, there was a time you didn't have to wear a helmet. And often we didn't. And , by some miracle, our heads did not explode as soon as we reached 10mph) was because it meant I could pretend the clatter from tappets and chains did not actaully exist.

[Lou Girardin]

I saw one better last summer this (as far as I could see cause least she had on a helmet) stunning slim bod and butt long haired blond chick coincidentally on an RF900 wearing jandals short cutoff jeans and a short tank top that finnished just below the breast line rideing through symons street in Auckland

And I remember thinking you stupid bitch gravel rash will make a mess of your stunning bod real quick

That's not what I'd be thinking.

[Oscar]

mmmm.....there is no witty reply to that. So, thank you.
I do try to put back.

Urk...
Jaysus - why don't you two get a room...

[chris]

I miss not having to wear my helmet all the time.You may miss the freedom that is being able to wipe your own arse, more, when your carer has to do it for you.

[Big Dave]

Urk...
Jaysus - why don't you two get a room...


geffffucked
All of a sudden i liked it better when you were spending your time at adv rider.

[Big Dave]

You may miss the freedom that is being able to wipe your own arse, more, when your carer has to do it for you.

Oh no! - you've been brainwashed by acc too. Gangster slaps for the KTM rider next time I'm over.

[chris]

Oh no! - you've been brainwashed by acc too. Gangster slaps for the KTM rider next time I'm over.I'll hide in the crapper when I see you (or rather hear you) arrive.

By the way, are you both coming on saturday?

[Big Dave]

I'll hide in the crapper when I see you (or rather hear you) arrive.

By the way, are you both coming on saturday?

Absolutely - After minding my P's & Q's and the enthralling repartee at the copilot's health industry Christmas party last night - I'm desperate to talk bikes and bull and continue to point out all the mistakes Eisdaile has made in his life.

At least I convinced them to have last nights spread at Swashbucklers so I had a good yarn to Ginger outside by the Buell for interests sake. The rest of them were talking about cars and their children - whats up with that!

[chris]

the mistakes Eisdaile has made in his life.Would that be the cucumber incident?

[Biff]

Ok - wearing a helmet will significantly increase your chances of your grey matter not becoming a mass of wobbling jello in the event of an off. That's a fact, and indisputable. But I'm a pro- choice kinda guy. There's nothing nicer than riding around on a warm summers day without wearing a helmet. If I came off and cracked my nut on the road - I'd likely die. But I'd appreciate the opportunity of being allowed to decide whether I was prepared to take such a risk myself.

[Waylander]

You may miss the freedom that is being able to wipe your own arse, more, when your carer has to do it for you.
Maybe but doesn't really worry me. I don't ride crazy so the odds of me wrecking are far less. I know it can happen and has happend before but it'snot something I let get in the way of me enjoying my ride. Hell to comit another cardinal sin on this site I will admit here and now that I just spent all morning from 9am till about 30 mins ago riding all over town doing my christmas shopping in tennishoes jeans and a t-shirt. Had my beanie half helmet on aswell.

[CPB]

If I came off and cracked my nut on the road - I'd likely die. But I'd appreciate the opportunity of being allowed to decide whether I was prepared to take such a risk myself.

Yeah, saves on $$$'s too...not as many A+E expenses if you die in the accident...which is why the US gives the option...saves billions in health care every year due to the crashees dying at the scene rather than needing expensive surgery, rehabilitaion etc...

[SPman]

Maybe but doesn't really worry me. I don't ride crazy so the odds of me wrecking are far less. I know it can happen and has happend before but it'snot something I let get in the way of me enjoying my ride. Hell to comit another cardinal sin on this site I will admit here and now that I just spent all morning from 9am till about 30 mins ago riding all over town doing my christmas shopping in tennishoes jeans and a t-shirt. Had my beanie half helmet on aswell.
WHAT!
TENNISHOES!
JEANS!

why not just shorts and jandals.....FFS, its way cooler..

[Eurodave]

Yeah, saves on $$$'s too...not as many A+E expenses if you die in the accident...which is why the US gives the option...saves billions in health care every year due to the crashees dying at the scene rather than needing expensive surgery, rehabilitaion etc...


Yep, only in America,The Land Of The 'Free'!! were the country is run by the C I A & F B I & the President is a mere puppet!! :Police:

[Waylander]

WHAT!
TENNISHOES!
JEANS!

why not just shorts and jandals.....FFS, its way cooler..
I don't own a pair of Jandals and shorts are for swimming.

[Nutter34]

You're mostly a bunch of pedantic freaks! Yes, a helmet is absolutely the minimum safety gear and I'd probably wear gloves too, since I use my hands for work but to get fully dressed to ride a moped for two k's to the beach or to work or just around the corner to the dairy, I'm sorry, the risk is worth it. If somethings gonna hit me, jeans aint gonna help. As far as gravel rash goes, fallen off enough bicycles at slower to similar speeds to know the risk.

One of the reasons I ride a bike is for the freedom and I'll be buggered if someone tells me to gear up to ride to the shops.
If I'm going out on the Z, I wear the appropriate gear and it's saved my bacon several times.

That said, I live in a dinky little town. If I lived in a city I would probably see things a bit differently.

[Beemer]

Absolutely - After minding my P's & Q's and the enthralling repartee at the copilot's health industry Christmas party last night - I'm desperate to talk bikes and bull and continue to point out all the mistakes Eisdaile has made in his life.


At least he knows how to spell his name properly! And remind Mike that the biggest mistake he ever made was making me feel guilty about working for him and not riding a bike - if he hadn't, you would all be safe on the roads now because I wouldn't have bought a bike!

[Big Dave]

At least he knows how to spell his name properly! And remind Mike that the biggest mistake he ever made was making me feel guilty about working for him and not riding a bike - if he hadn't, you would all be safe on the roads now because I wouldn't have bought a bike!

The do was at his place - very nice it is too. He was hovering around dispensing beer and cheer all afternoon.
Harry, Riley and the boys are still at it. Good shoooow

[Beemer]

We're about to head off for our bike club's Christmas get together. I can taste the cold beers already! We had our toy run this afternoon and it was so hot we were all melting by the end, despite it mostly being on 100kph roads. I could have murdered a cold beer when we stopped but I figured I'd probably fall asleep on the way home so delayed gratification was the trick!

Must go and pack the chilly bag now!

[Indiana_Jones]

pfffft maverick doesn't need a helemt lol, jokes :D

Yea, I'm pretty guilty of not wearing a jacket etc, but no helmet? u gotta be nuts to ride on the road without one :p

-Indy

[Hailwood]

Maybe we should adopt the US system....you can choose to wear a helmet if you wish and your insurance company can choose not to insure you if you don't..maybe also ACC and the Health people can choose to charge you for your recovery costs...skin grafts, time spent in hospital, rehab, physio all very expensive...........all a matter of choice

Best one I saw as some nob riding wearing jandals......saw him after he had put his feet down doing about 20kmh..imagine what happens to that rubber bit between your toes when the jandal stops and your foot doesnt...talk about camel toe!!!!!!!!!!!!!! split his foot apart with a tear about 3 inches long...but hey feel free to choose to wear safety gear or not....remember one thing though...the food in hospital is crap and most of the nurses are coyote ugly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ducman]

I don't wear leather gear riding my mountain bike around.. more often than not just as fast as I get on my motorcycle when I'm in city traffic. nobody seems to give me a hard time about it though..

[Finn]

Yep, only in America,The Land Of The 'Free'!! were the country is run by the C I A & F B I & the President is a mere puppet!! :Police:

Sure is better than a bunch of academic, hairy back, left wing man haters though... Don't yah think?