You don't need safety gear

[merv]

Well the cops in NSW don't think so - short sleeved shirts and trou for them. No worries the gun will protect them.

Pic 1 the boys at Bateman's Bay.

Pic 2 the boys at Bungendore.

Well it was hot last week.

[Pogo2]

Auckland City Council had its own traffic department and they used to ride in white short sleeve shirts and trou. Most likely the early 80's Honda 750's were the weapon of choice for those days I think.


Mmmm I getting old!!!

[Colapop]

Coppers in Spandex - that's soooo Scumdog!!

[Motu]

And they wore jodpers - fuck they looked stupid.

[Nicksta]

lol.... man, i grew up watching Chips on TV.. i even had a chips helmet and stuff for my pushie....

[bell]

lol.... man, i grew up watching Chips on TV.. i even had a chips helmet and stuff for my pushie....

Aaaaahhhhh, the old CHIPS helmets. We used to peg a bit of cardboard up against the spokes to make a putputputputput/motorbike sound....

I used to recall seeing these Aussie bike cops wearing cotton shirts and think: Fuck that. I'd be wanting one of those airmesh jackets at the very least.

[pervert]

The parking wardens here ride around in similar; short sleeved shorts etc on their big scooters...

[Nicksta]

do they think just cos they are in uniform they wont crash or no one will hit them???
The uniform is a powerful too. when i ski instructed.. you werent allowed to bail with your jacket on.. otherwise you had to shout a beer for all the staff that saw you.. worse yet if it was infront of a lift que, it was a keg!! so good motivation not to bail... so maybe the same is for the police... crash in your uniform.. shout the station??? good incentive to not come off in a T-shirt me thinks.

[SixPackBack]

Darwins gunna kill the coppers:gob:

Evolution at its finest:shutup:

[98tls]

Yep............its all about road safety................:nono:

[mstriumph]

they obviously think that Occ Health & Safety is just another set of rules that don't apply to them .........

[Swoop]

So that's what the blue light on the back is for.... It's a helmet holder!!!:gob:

[The Pastor]

Not wearing gear doesnt make you any more likey to crash than if you were wearing gear.

[scumdog]

Coppers in Spandex - that's soooo Scumdog!!

Hey!
Wotchit you!

[xwhatsit]

When I was riding around in Queensland during the hols, I noticed that biking gear is worn infrequently, even by sportsbikers. Could be to do with the heat, but perhaps they don't need it so much over there? I felt much safer on the roads there. Was still scary to see, though, especially guys on Busas riding around in jandals -.-''

[Edbear]

When I was riding around in Queensland during the hols, I noticed that biking gear is worn infrequently, even by sportsbikers. Could be to do with the heat, but perhaps they don't need it so much over there? I felt much safer on the roads there. Was still scary to see, though, especially guys on Busas riding around in jandals -.-''



One of the reasons I prefer NZ. Try biking in Aus in full gear in 42 degrees! I winced when I saw sportsbikes on the open road at speed with the rider dressed in a T! Don't know what the answer is without resorting to liquid cooled riding gear, which would be cumbersome for the Cops.

What do our resident Aussie bikers do?

[Indiana_Jones]

Not wearing gear doesnt make you any more likey to crash than if you were wearing gear.

Yea but when you do crash, your gonna wish you did have that gear on. hours on end sweating in gear is paid-off in those few seconds when it's needed.

-Indy

[The Pastor]

Woah Captian Obvious has saved the day again!



<img src='http://www.frontiernet.net/~joe14580/captain%20obvious.jpg'>
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No its indy in drag!

[Al]

Yeah, here in the "Territory" there is little regard for safety/protective wear!
Bike cops are in trousers and short sleeve shirts too, must be the heat!
Majority of riders ride without jackets, lot with shorts and a few with jandals....
I was asked one day why I had leathers on in such hot and humid conditions.... My reply: "My tolerance to heat is a lot higher than my tolerance to pain!"

Take care out there

Al

[crazybigal]

id say sitting on the side of the road with a laser gun could get quite hot in bike gear!


When I was riding around in Queensland during the hols, I noticed that biking gear is worn infrequently, even by sportsbikers. Could be to do with the heat, but perhaps they don't need it so much over there? I felt much safer on the roads there. Was still scary to see, though, especially guys on Busas riding around in jandals -.-''

[Indiana_Jones]

Woah Captian Obvious has saved the day again!



<img src='http://www.frontiernet.net/~joe14580/captain%20obvious.jpg'>
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No its indy in drag!

well I was only trying to much the obviousness of your own post before.

-Indy

[The Pastor]

well I was only trying to much the obviousness of your own post before.

-Indy

You strike again!

[laRIKin]

Well this pic was taken after the Tour De France.
And the cops were heading back down the hill.

[scumdog]

Well this pic was taken after the Tour De France.
And the cops were heading back down the hill.

Looks like he's having a ball - lucky bugger!!!

[Motu]

Obviously far better riders than the KB average,being able to corner like that without crashing.Maybe they don't have the need for safety gear.

[merv]

.. and he has no sense of warped need to get his knee down.

[enigma51]

What you guys complaining about at least they have closed shoes on unlike the legend on the motorway doing about 120 in jandals short and tshirt on a 400 weaving in between traffic like he's the next ghost rider!

Mate your a fucken legend you pay alot of money for ACC so might as well use all of it and then some more!

[laRIKin]

Looks like he's having a ball - lucky bugger!!!

He was doing real well and he was not the only cop doing it, there was 3 of them.
I had the other 2 pic's and do not know where they are now.
They all looked the same until you looked real hard and could see that the riders were different and the bikes were on a different part of the road.

[Ixion]

And who says BMWs can't corner?

[Grub]

So that's what the blue light on the back is for.... It's a helmet holder!!!:gob:

Yes ... I want one of those!

[Lou Girardin]

You poor bleeding hearts.
Most MOT cops wore shirt sleeves in summer. We actually HAD summers back then. I had a 120 km/h bin while wearing a shirt. I barely got scratched.
You AREN'T automatically going to die if you don't wear all the safety gear.
I guess if Labour made riding gear compulsory, you sad buggers would vote for them.

[Motu]

I guess if Labour made riding gear compulsory, you sad buggers would vote for them.

They complain and rant loudly....but I think site members are so conservative this is really what they want....more controls so that people will have to do what they want.

[merv]

Yeah well I started this thread as "you don't need safety gear" and you don't if you don't crash.

I'm one that harks back to the days before compulsory helmets and never thought it was a problem at the time, similarly riding a pushbike without a helmet.

Me I hate stinking control freak mentality.

[scumdog]

.. and he has no sense of warped need to get his knee down.


Not only that - to my aged eyes it looks like he's holding the microphone for his radio in his left hand too!!!:gob:

[Pixie]

Not wearing gear doesnt make you any more likey to crash than if you were wearing gear.

Less in fact.
Bike magazine did the great nude riding test.They actually wore piggy jimjams and rode very safely

[Motu]

They say the best safety feature in a car would be a sharp spike in the centre of the steering wheel.I reckon the best safety feature on bikes would be to wear shorts jandals and a T shirt,no helmet - how many cars would pull out say say I didn't see you? The bike rider would of seen them looooong before they pulled out.Wearing leathers and a helmet they would hit the car and blame the driver.

[pervert]

You poor bleeding hearts.
Most MOT cops wore shirt sleeves in summer. We actually HAD summers back then. I had a 120 km/h bin while wearing a shirt. I barely got scratched.
You AREN'T automatically going to die if you don't wear all the safety gear.
I guess if Labour made riding gear compulsory, you sad buggers would vote for them.

Best post in the thread. :yes:

[Finn]

I was so bloody humid in Aucks over the weekend that I just wore jeans and a T. No gloves but I did wear my boots cause my sneakers were upstairs and I couldn't be arsed getting them.

Nice, just like walking around your house naked.

[BarBender]

I was so bloody humid in Aucks over the weekend that I just wore jeans and a T. No gloves but I did wear my boots cause my sneakers were upstairs and I couldn't be arsed getting them.

Nice, just like walking around your house naked.

Did the same thing...However I admit it felt like I was walking outside the house naked with everyone looking at me...

[McDuck]

You poor bleeding hearts.
Most MOT cops wore shirt sleeves in summer. We actually HAD summers back then. I had a 120 km/h bin while wearing a shirt. I barely got scratched.
You AREN'T automatically going to die if you don't wear all the safety gear.
I guess if Labour made riding gear compulsory, you sad buggers would vote for them.

Did they wear other gear? like boots and gloves?

[Lou Girardin]

Did they wear other gear? like boots and gloves?

Boots, jodphurs, gloves, helmets. It was too f'in hot to wear the shit todays cops wear during summer.
And we didn't have OSH empire builders everywhere.

[Motu]

Kickarse boots too....everyone wanted cop boots.

Nobody in their right mind wanted jodphers!

[McDuck]

Boots, jodphurs, gloves, helmets. It was too f'in hot to wear the shit todays cops wear during summer.
And we didn't have OSH empire builders everywhere.

so the chances are they were wearing simmiler gear? and maby trained to reduce damage in a crash without the protective shirt? damn it sucks not knowing what you guys are talking about :)

[LXS]

They say the best safety feature in a car would be a sharp spike in the centre of the steering wheel.I reckon the best safety feature on bikes would be to wear shorts jandals and a T shirt,no helmet - how many cars would pull out say say I didn't see you? The bike rider would of seen them looooong before they pulled out.Wearing leathers and a helmet they would hit the car and blame the driver.

Bloody good post, makes perfect sense.

[j_redley]

Seems almost insane compared to what I wear just to satisfy the woman that I'm not in that much danger. Its not the bikes that are dangerous afterall, its all those other clowns on the roads :-p

[terbang]

Our best protection is right there between out ears.!

[Headbanger]

hmmm....My riding pants are jeans...

And I remember hitting the 50km/h corner at Whatawhata doing 120,Hitting the deck, cartwheeling and then crashing through a 5 strand wire fence...In a t-shirt, My leather jacket was rolled up and tied to my rear mudguard.

[DUCATI*HARD]

they think they are all bullet proof till they hit the tar mac.

["D" FZ1]

I was in Brisbane a couple of weeks ago, and yes it was friggin hot but people were passing me on the motorway on bikes wearing shorts and T shirts :nono:

[Dodger]

I wear my full gear everyday.
Yes it's bloody hot when you stop moving and even more so when the wife makes you go into the supermarket on the way home. But I would rather be hot than have 90% of my skin removed by the road. :yes:

[Indiana_Jones]

I wear my full gear everyday.
Yes it's bloody hot when you stop moving and even more so when the wife makes you go into the supermarket on the way home. But I would rather be hot than have 90% of my skin removed by the road. :yes:

Too ture. I'd be lying if I sayd I wore it EVERYwhere (I don't bother with the pants and boots when I'm getting gas from around the corner). But I agree, I'd put up with the sweat, heat and smell for the protection :)

but I'm not gonna make other people were it, if they wanna loose their skin then go ahead lol. I cringe when I see office yuppies on scooters in a dress shirt and pants :scooter:

-Indy

[frogfeaturesFZR]

I reckon you only wear no / cheap gear if you've never come off. I had a big off 18 - 19 years ago (180 k's) and since then I always wear all the gear. Better cooked than skinned ! I cringe when I see scooter riders in shorts and a T shirt.

[James Deuce]

Our best protection is right there between out ears.!

Dammit!

That leaves me naked, as usual.

[bistard]

Dammit!

That leaves me naked, as usual.

But very hairy!!
Must cost you a fortune in shampoo & conditioner
Good morning Jim

[James Deuce]

Morning fella.

The hair on my back has gone silver!

Good point though. Nearly enough to hair that it would just ook like a fur riding suit.

[j_redley]

I dont bother with pants and boots on the round town riding, but I do wear my jacket all the time. Even I cringe seeing anyone in shorts and t-shirt.

[Motu]

I reckon you only wear no / cheap gear if you've never come off. .

I think it's just habit - I can't drive a car without the seatbelt on,it just feels so wrong.I've never been in a crash that needed a seatbelt,but I feel unsafe without one.We wear so much safety gear that to leave just one part off makes us feel ''unsafe''.

[Indiana_Jones]

I think it's just habit - I can't drive a car without the seatbelt on,it just feels so wrong.I've never been in a crash that needed a seatbelt,but I feel unsafe without one.We wear so much safety gear that to leave just one part off makes us feel ''unsafe''.

Yea it is habit, before I got my pants and boots etc, it never bothered me, but now when I ride without them, it just doesn't feel very safe.

-Indy

[dvsdavis]

as long as the riders without their gears keep their smarts in their heads, then good luck and keep safe!

most of the riders I've seen around east have just been wearing jeans/shirts/helmets, last few weeks have just been scorchers!!

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Motu, it might be a habit, but I never want to feel as crook as I did when I splattered myself all over the road. I'm a slow learner but some things you don't forget.:gob:

[Motu]

That's you - I'm not you...I don't want to be you.I'm me,and I have my own life experiances to teach me things.

[frogfeaturesFZR]

Fair enough, I'm not preaching I just don't want anybody hurt that could be avoided.:yes:

[XR250 Si]

No safety gear??? Hmm, I guess that's because 'pigs' have thick skin.:lol: