The lack of riding gear!

[orangeback]

Im curently in Oze for a wedding of a mate in the gold coast , The lack of anybody riding with any gear is shocking , saw about 150 bikes yesterday and you would be lucky if i saw more than 8 people wearing jackets , and less wearing gloves ,
But what i cant get over is a guy on a K6 1000 passing me on the motor way in a pair of stubbie and tee shirt up over his sholders doing 160km and gym shoes , 97% of the riders i saw where like this .
But loasd of bikes with fruity bits on (managed to get some bits myself today ) all the bikes i saw only used the centre of there tyres (can be many twisty around ) or theyare just show poneys :rockon:

[Disco Dan]

ahh ixions' "gene-o-kleen" at it's finest...

[yod]

Im curently in Oze for a wedding of a mate in the gold coast , The lack of anybody riding with any gear is shocking , saw about 150 bikes yesterday and you would be lucky if i saw more than 8 people wearing jackets , and less wearing gloves ,
But what i cant get over is a guy on a K6 1000 passing me on the motor way in a pair of stubbie and tee shirt up over his sholders doing 160km and gym shoes , 97% of the riders i saw where like this .
But loasd of bikes with fruity bits on (managed to get some bits myself today ) all the bikes i saw only used the centre of there tyres (can be many twisty around ) or theyare just show poneys :rockon:

yup got back from oz last saturday....its hilarious... most of the guys i saw had helmet and gloves but then had a singlet/t-shirt, shorts and sneakers as well! it's like, umm buddy, you do realize the gloves are now wearing YOU for protection?!?!

[White trash]

SO FUCKING WHAT? Does it effect you? Are you going to feel the pian? No.

Thanks for the concern but IT'S NOT YOUR DECISION!!!!!

[CM2005]

lol, must be shite being an ambo over there! i went to the Gold Coast in Jan, and saw much the same.

[sunhuntin]

SO FUCKING WHAT? Does it effect you? Are you going to feel the pian? No.

Thanks for the concern but IT'S NOT YOUR DECISION!!!!!

agreed. when summer comes in, i wear singlets on the bike if its warm enough. indeed, ive come off in a singlet, and my upper body didnt even get scratched. my legs, however, are fucked.
while i wont ride that way on the open road [ok, i have, but only once, and on a road i know like the back of my hand] i wont stop others doing so. i also wont ride in anything less than jeans, and almost always wear sneakers. too much trouble to take two pairs of shoes/boots to work. and its next to impossible to force sweaty feet into cowboy boots.

if i was a guy, id ride with no shirt on... i bet thatd feel awesome!

[CM2005]

i feel vunerable just without gloves on! i ride up the road in shorts no lid, but no further.. my mate got skinned falling off my kart, so my self preservation is high.

[Sensei]

Have riden in Jeans & Jean jacket for 27ys now everyone here knows it . Have all the gear tho , Cordra / Leather even brought myself a full one piece QuasiMoto race suit now . To each their Own I say .

[cowboyz]

SO FUCKING WHAT? Does it effect you? Are you going to feel the pian? No.

Thanks for the concern but IT'S NOT YOUR DECISION!!!!!

You can smoke a pipe while fucking a donkey too for all I care that doesn't make it a good idea.

Lets say I am riding down the road enjoying the scenery and some bright lad has fallen off his/her bike with no gear on and splatted themselves up the road and then a few cars stop and try and help the poor bastard out and ring an ambulance. Well if I happen to be coming past then I might have to slow down slightly as I am going past causing a hesitation in my fabulous day out riding. And you say it doesn't affect me?

[cowboyz]

agreed. when summer comes in, i wear singlets on the bike if its warm enough. indeed, ive come off in a singlet, and my upper body didnt even get scratched. my legs, however, are fucked.
while i wont ride that way on the open road [ok, i have, but only once, and on a road i know like the back of my hand] i wont stop others doing so. i also wont ride in anything less than jeans, and almost always wear sneakers. too much trouble to take two pairs of shoes/boots to work. and its next to impossible to force sweaty feet into cowboy boots.

if i was a guy, id ride with no shirt on... i bet thatd feel awesome!

just wondering if your bike is insured?

[Grub]

Im curently in Oze for a wedding of a mate in the gold coast , The lack of anybody riding with any gear is shocking , saw about 150 bikes yesterday and you would be lucky if i saw more than 8 people wearing jackets , and less wearing gloves

Mate, there's nothing to worry about. They're Aussies mate. They're so thick that when they come off their skin acts just like wearing leathers

[boomer]

As long as he was wearing his his somoan safety wear then theres fuck all to worry about;

lol @ jimmy.. bling comin

[The Pastor]

aussie dont have natural corners, they don't have many hills due to tectonic plates (although, that theory is currently beeing un proven!)

[White trash]

agreed. when summer comes in, i wear singlets on the bike if its warm enough. indeed, ive come off in a singlet, and my upper body didnt even get scratched. my legs, however, are fucked.
while i wont ride that way on the open road [ok, i have, but only once, and on a road i know like the back of my hand] i wont stop others doing so. i also wont ride in anything less than jeans, and almost always wear sneakers. too much trouble to take two pairs of shoes/boots to work. and its next to impossible to force sweaty feet into cowboy boots.

if i was a guy, id ride with no shirt on... i bet thatd feel awesome!
I ride with no undies on...........that feels oarsome.

[cowboyz]

pretty sure there are not many people who really needed to know that........

[The_Dover]

You can smoke a pipe while fucking a donkey too for all I care that doesn't make it a good idea.


it would be a better idea to hold on with both hands

[White trash]

You can smoke a pipe while fucking a donkey too for all I care that doesn't make it a good idea.

Lets say I am riding down the road enjoying the scenery and some bright lad has fallen off his/her bike with no gear on and splatted themselves up the road and then a few cars stop and try and help the poor bastard out and ring an ambulance. Well if I happen to be coming past then I might have to slow down slightly as I am going past causing a hesitation in my fabulous day out riding. And you say it doesn't affect me?
Never said it was a good idea mate, just aint your decision is all I'm saying.

So there's not a hell of alot of point in bitching about it.

I'm partial to doing whhelies on motorways because of the wide open spaces and good surfaces. Definitely not a good idea but I've yet to hear someone jump online and bitch about it.

[cowboyz]

it would be a better idea to hold on with both hands

good to see your putting life experience into your posts.

well done.


Never said it was a good idea mate, just aint your decision is all I'm saying.

So there's not a hell of alot of point in bitching about it.

I'm partial to doing whhelies on motorways because of the wide open spaces and good surfaces. Definitely not a good idea but I've yet to hear someone jump online and bitch about it.

oh. And who said doing wheelies on motorways wasn't a good idea?

[White trash]

I did. After I got blown over in the wind doing a hundred and sixty kay stand up.

Remember kids, wheelies are neither big nor clever.

[cowboyz]

SO FUCKING WHAT? Does it effect you? Are you going to feel the pian? No.

Thanks for the concern but IT'S NOT YOUR DECISION!!!!!


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[White trash]

I meant piano. Are you feeling the "piano".

My bad.

[White trash]

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Yeah but I'mnot posting threads moaning about people pulling wheelies. Someone is.
And the only reason I discourage people, is I can do without the competition.

[cowboyz]

good plan. my wheelies are pretty tame anyway. no competition.

[sunhuntin]

yep, fully insured [both my last bikes have been. my first wasnt cos it wasnt worth it: 86 gn]

i also wear an open faced lid with fingerless gloves.

white trash... that sounds like a plan, but then id smell like juice all day at work! :innocent:

[Big Dave]

For once renegade makes sense.
I mostly wore leather, but the conditions over there are different.
The roads are far less likely to betray you.
And it's mostly dual lane 'superhwy' and boring as.

From my own experience I'm 7 times more likely to crash in NZ than NSW/QLD.

[Squeak the Rat]

I saw a pile of bikers going 110kph! :shit:

I ride with no undies on...........that feels oarsome.

Not a good idea. The crouch position on a sports bike is very similar to the asian pooing crouch stance employed with the hole-in-the-floor shitters. This position allows a "natural" and easy excavation which can lead to problems when one is aiming to degas rather than pass a log. Better in your gruds than in your leathers is what me old grandma used to say, but that's a different story.

[Toaster]

Well, they don't have ACC over there, so have to insure themselves. So if they wanna do that, then go for it.

We in NZ have ACC - funded by us levy/tax-payers so we get to pay for all the gits who forget to wear appropriate gear and use themselves like a block of cheese when they fall onto our cheese-grater chip-seal roads. I just love paying for everyone else's stupidity. But at least a no-fault system means we don't go around suing the crap out of each other like in the USA.

[boomer]

Well, they don't have ACC over there, so have to insure themselves. So if they wanna do that, then go for it.

We in NZ have ACC - funded by us levy/tax-payers so we get to pay for all the gits who forget to wear appropriate gear and use themselves like a block of cheese when they fall onto our cheese-grater chip-seal roads. I just love paying for everyone else's stupidity. But at least a no-fault system means we don't go around suing the crap out of each other like in the USA.

you surmise that these gitts don't pay there own tax's, levvies and acc. get of ya fukin high horse ya pillok. if i choose to put myself in a situation that may injure me, like Jimmy said, its my choice and i, like most, have paid enough fukin tax's to have a reverse labotamy never mind some skin grafts, bed baths and some plaster of paris on my joints....

and you dont know if the person you saw has private health care or not.... bloody do gooder

[The_Dover]

i, like most, have paid enough fukin tax's to have a reverse labotamy

the government paid for that huh?

[boomer]

the government paid for that huh?

no, my employer. which in a sense is connected to the government i'm sure.. in some obscure way. If not then the government's still to blame.

where you get yours done?

[The_Dover]

it was free with my third gixxer

[SPman]

..........that feels oarsome.

got a big paddle there........?

[Toaster]

you surmise that these gitts don't pay there own tax's, levvies and acc. get of ya fukin high horse ya pillok. if i choose to put myself in a situation that may injure me, like Jimmy said, its my choice and i, like most, have paid enough fukin tax's to have a reverse labotamy never mind some skin grafts, bed baths and some plaster of paris on my joints....

and you dont know if the person you saw has private health care or not.... bloody do gooder

It was just a general comment dude, just like everyone else - its a forum to air opinion. No need to get stupid about it. A fatal costs millions, minor crashes in the high thousands and tens of thousands - i doubt you or anyone else pay anywhere near that to cover the real cost of the crash. So how about you be a little more objective rather than fire off without doing your research.... which i did do.

[boomer]

It was just a general comment dude, just like everyone else - its a forum to air opinion. No need to get stupid about it. A fatal costs millions, minor crashes in the high thousands and tens of thousands - i doubt you or anyone else pay anywhere near that to cover the real cost of the crash. So how about you be a little more objective rather than fire off without doing your research.... which i did do.

so what you moaning about??

[Toaster]

so what you moaning about??

Don't worry about it mate - I have just had another shit week and was venting my spleen!

[SPman]

Well, they don't have ACC over there, so have to insure themselves. They have compulsory third party - which is NOT vehicle insurance - its accident insurance - a bit like ACC and costs as much.


use themselves like a block of cheese when they fall onto our cheese-grater chip-seal roads. You want cheese grater chip seal - come over here - I got scarring down one arm and a shredded shirt through the leathers after my last little adventure sliding up the road on my face!
They seem to use specially sharpened granite stones, point up, on the local back roads........grind through a ZX9 side cover in about 2 feet .............:shit::crybaby:

[cowboyz]

yep, fully insured [both my last bikes have been. my first wasnt cos it wasnt worth it: 86 gn]

i also wear an open faced lid with fingerless gloves.

white trash... that sounds like a plan, but then id smell like juice all day at work! :innocent:


I was hoping you would say that.

Here is a theroy.


You are so sure that you are not going to fall off your bike that you do not wear protective clothing yet still feel the need to pay for insurance?

So what you are really saying is that your body is not worth anything but a Virago is worth protecting?

If you are so sure you are not going to fall off then why are you paying all that money out every year? Why not just get 3rd party and theft?

Something doesn't add up now does it?

[dogsnbikes]

I was hoping you would say that.

Here is a theroy.


You are so sure that you are not going to fall off your bike that you do not wear protective clothing yet still feel the need to pay for insurance?

So what you are really saying is that your body is not worth anything but a Virago is worth protecting?

If you are so sure you are not going to fall off then why are you paying all that money out every year? Why not just get 3rd party and theft?

Something doesn't add up now does it?

have to agree with you there cowboyz

have seen a couple of harley riders wearing shorts and singlet and jandels have to wonder there :innocent:

Saw a guy in the early 80's who had his Asre completely ripped off after sliding down the road in shorts

That was all I needed see to stay covered up.......:Punk:

[NighthawkNZ]

... it's like, umm buddy, you do realize the gloves are now wearing YOU for protection?!?!

nah its for warmth