Fingerless gloves?

[ratusratus]

Now im a Harley rider i notice that most of the people i meet wear fingerless gloves ????
Were and what do they do with the finger bits???hehe:laugh:
lots of things you could do i spose??
suggestions please!!!:niceone:

[Nagash]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Helmets-clothing-footwear/Gloves/auction-135400211.htm

This guy on tradeMe does quite a few Harley accessories. Really great trader.


I'm assuming you're saying you want finglerless gloves.. though I can't see why. I like my fingers :clap: Wouldn't want a hand without 'em..

[sunhuntin]

i dunno what they do with them. the ones ive got were given to me about 4 years ago by one of my favourite canadians. they were given to him by another biker, and i guess one day i will pass them on.

i love em... during the summer i live in them, and end up with a brown rectangle on the back of my hand, and brown knuckles due to where theres no leather. looks funny as, but i love it!

[Blackbird]

Just because you ride a Harley, it doesn't mean that you have to turn into a sheep and forget about safety does it? Or does it?:bleh:

Saw a Harley guy on the Thames-Coro road today who looked a bit like Dad on American Chopper. However, the thing I really noticed was his helmet. The sides finished above his ears which would offer stuff-all protection in an impact. Wondered if it was even legal in this part of the world.

[outlawtorn]

Fingerless gloves rock, they are the best for summer, only downside to them is that your fingers get filthy.

[crashe]

i love em... during the summer i live in them, and end up with a brown rectangle on the back of my hand, and brown knuckles due to where theres no leather. looks funny as, but i love it!

Yep I have the xtra dark patches of skin too.


Fingerless gloves rock, they are the best for summer, only downside to them is that your fingers get filthy.

Hell yeah they are cool........ especially on a stinking hot day and the breeze helps to cool you down....lol



And you know what......!

It is our choice to wear them........ no one else's.

[McJim]

If you're not wering them for protection then why wear them at all?

Fingerless gloves remind me of "Auld Jakeys in Glesga" (drunk old homeless guys in doorways having pissed their trousers) so they can't be wearing them to look good can they?

S'like tassles innit. :rofl:

But to answer your original question - I have no idea what they do with the little finger bits they've cut off.

[puddy]

Now im a Harley rider i notice that most of the people i meet wear fingerless gloves ????
Were and what do they do with the finger bits???hehe:laugh:
lots of things you could do i spose??
suggestions please!!!:niceone:
I always thought that they were de-boned, deep-fried, snap-frozen, then covered in chocolate.....................That's how Chocolate Fingers are made!

[puddy]

Just because you ride a Harley, it doesn't mean that you have to turn into a sheep and forget about safety does it? Or does it?:bleh:

Saw a Harley guy on the Thames-Coro road today who looked a bit like Dad on American Chopper. However, the thing I really noticed was his helmet. The sides finished above his ears which would offer stuff-all protection in an impact. Wondered if it was even legal in this part of the world.
If he crashes.........that's called natural selection isn't it?:bleh:

[scumdog]

Just because you ride a Harley, it doesn't mean that you have to turn into a sheep and forget about safety does it? Or does it?:bleh:

Saw a Harley guy on the Thames-Coro road today who looked a bit like Dad on American Chopper. However, the thing I really noticed was his helmet. The sides finished above his ears which would offer stuff-all protection in an impact. Wondered if it was even legal in this part of the world.

I wear one of those helmet 80%+ of of the time.
And wear fingerless gloves - but made in US ones with thicker leather and padding where it counts
And I don't wear body armour
And I wear tassles.

IF I DO bin? well it'll all go pear-shaped big-time, may I never bin.

But riding like that is MY idea of freedom, others may differ.

Each to their own - hell, a lot of people wouldn't do my job because "it's too dangerous"

[Romeo]

Cool, and if you bin you'll have Fingerless Hands aswell ;D!

[scumdog]

Cool, and if you bin you'll have Fingerless Hands aswell ;D!

Yup.
Maybe?
MY choice.

[325rocket]

Yup.
Maybe?
MY choice.


Do this on private roads

and when ya fall off... get mum to put on a sticking plaster... dont waste my fukin taxes on patching you up

does the above apply here as well?

[Drum]

Fingerless gloves? Easier to hold a Woodstock presumably. Any comment Scummy?

[Hitcher]

Harley riders. Fingerless gloves, black sleeveless leather vest with HOG patches, black jeans, black HD tee-shirt, matt black openface helmet, Dirty Dog shades, black Johnny Rebs (with spurs), HD tattooes, ear-ring, beard, ponytail, cliche. Expressing their "individuality". Harley riders.

[Ixion]

Of the times I'm come off off-road, palms of gloves have taken a hammering often, backs occasionally, very seldom fingers . You tend to skid on your palms, or rub the backs as you roll.

Not sure benefit (if any) there is though leaving off the fingers.

[dino3310]

you could scratch your ear,pick ya nose even roll a durry at the lights.

[outlawtorn]

I've also binned with my fingerless gloves, and I've had no issues with my fingers, my palms were a wee bit scuffed by apart from that all good.

[scumdog]

I've also binned with my fingerless gloves, and I've had no issues with my fingers, my palms were a wee bit scuffed by apart from that all good.

Yeah, the palms on mine are double layered and padded, hence I am (relatively) happy wearing them.

[scumdog]

Harley riders. Fingerless gloves, black sleeveless leather vest with HOG patches, black jeans, black HD tee-shirt, matt black openface helmet, Dirty Dog shades, black Johnny Rebs (with spurs), HD tattooes, ear-ring, beard, ponytail, cliche. Expressing their "individuality". Harley riders.


Sprots-bike riders: Armoured gloves, WBSB t-shirt, back protector with Spidi, Quasi or similar name, Draggin jeans, fancy double-flip-open full face helmet with custom design paint, red-white-n-black speshull riding boots (with extre scuff-pad on outside of toe area) 'Rossi' (or similar) tattoo, pony-tail or designer hair-do, Eyetalian ring/ear-rings, tooth-paste-tube one-piece leathers-with-sliders, cliche.
Expressing their "individuality"
Sprotsbike riders.

[sunhuntin]

i have come off once, and wasnt wearing any gloves. i got a tiny nick in my thumb about the size of a pinhead and thats it.

i also tend to wear fingerless gloves as opposed to bare hands to protect from blisters and callouses. i only go bare handed if its a short trip... usually though i do wear em.

[Nagash]

It's all luck of the draw really,

I've binned bare-handed with just a few white scratches on my hand, but I imagine it could be much worse. During the summer I usually wear a Half helmet with a face mask just because it's cooler and more comfortable, and it's the same sorta logic.

I wouldn't mind actually being able to use my hands while still having somesort of protection.. who cares what people's logic is. Do as you want.

[homer]

If you're not wering them for protection then why wear them at all?

Fingerless gloves remind me of "Auld Jakeys in Glesga" (drunk old homeless guys in doorways having pissed their trousers) so they can't be wearing them to look good can they?

S'like tassles innit. :rofl:

But to answer your original question - I have no idea what they do with the little finger bits they've cut off.

yep just get some good leather gloves
ive never found them to hot and wouldnt ride with out them
there an old glove about 10 years old but seem to stay warm and not get to hot

[Big Dave]

Not sure benefit (if any) there is though leaving off the fingers.

Parsoanlly - you can still operate a camera with them on

[Big Dave]

Harley riders. Fingerless gloves, black sleeveless leather vest with HOG patches, black jeans, black HD tee-shirt, matt black openface helmet, Dirty Dog shades, black Johnny Rebs (with spurs), HD tattooes, ear-ring, beard, ponytail, cliche. Expressing their "individuality". Harley riders.


Dave cruiser kit - metric or Imperial.

Fingerless gloves, vest, leather jeans, gloss open face Davida with Avaiator goggles, Ray Bans, Johnny Rebs - (best boots ever), Various Australian tatts, no beard, ponytail, Legend. Goes anywhere and Expresses himself.

Captain Goretex is the clone.

[ratusratus]

Amen BD: im a fan of do what ya want and dont give a fark and so are you!!!
:)

[Big Dave]

Amen BD: im a fan of do what ya want and dont give a fark and so are you!!!
:)

What have you done with that nice vest with the Union Jacks on it?

[sunhuntin]

Parsoanlly - you can still operate a camera with them on

the problem i have is i cant take my hand off the throttle, which means i have to use my left hand, and obscure the screen, which means i almost always end up taking a photo of the sky instead. :Oi:

[Hitcher]

Captain Goretex is the clone.

Dave is so cool, people burn themselves knocking the icicles off the exhausts of his bike.

[ManDownUnder]

Brian to the crowd: "You are all individuals"
Crowd: "Yes we're all individuals"
Lone voice: pause "I'm not"

[vifferman]

If you wear fingerless gloves, don't you have to wear the crotchless pants to go with them? :blink:

Scumdog's kinda right about the gear. Up until I came to D'Auckland, I never used to wear all the gear. The first few years, I wore whatever the hell I felt like. I wrote off my first bike wearing an open-faced helmet, leather jacket, jeans, no gloves, and jandals. It was Xmas Day, so it was warm.
I never used to wear gloves unless it was cold.

Same with the second bike.

And the third.

I finally bought some leather pants when I had my fourth bike, and had to do some trips back'n'forth to Hawera (from Roundabouta, or Tauranga as it was formerly known).

I didn't have any armour until about seven years ago, when I bought my Teknic jacket. Maybe all the protection is why I've crashed more frequently than I ever used to.

Or maybe it's the wankers who attempt to drive around D'Auckland, even thought they're unfit to.

Or maybe I'm just old and doddery... :blank:

[sunhuntin]

Scumdog's kinda right about the gear. Up until I came to D'Auckland, I never used to wear all the gear. The first few years, I wore whatever the hell I felt like. I wrote off my first bike wearing an open-faced helmet, leather jacket, jeans, no gloves, and jandals. It was Xmas Day, so it was warm.
I never used to wear gloves unless it was cold.



and what, good sir, injuries did you sustain riding in such a small amount of gear? im guessing you arent dead from it.

[vifferman]

and what, good sir, injuries did you sustain riding in such a small amount of gear? im guessing you arent dead from it.
Lessee...
First couple of bins: minor grazes and bruising. The worst was when I hit a cyclist at about 50 km/h. Or maybe it was that time I was riding in The Swampe and got a bit of barbed wire wrapped around my ankle?
No, definitely the cyclist. Silly bitch.

Write-off: T-boned a car at about 55km/h, did a quadruple somersault, pike, half-twist, "dismount-like-a-hooked-fish" landing. Got some con-tu-sions and a-bra-sions to my feet, nine (9) stitches in my right knee, and scored 7.3 from the judges (lost points because there was insufficient blood and no screaming).

[sunhuntin]

so riding in jandals etc like in your first bin, and you didnt come away with anything worse than grazes? no broken bones etc? [just trying to make a small point... hehe]

[vifferman]

so riding in jandals etc like in your first bin, and you didnt come away with anything worse than grazes? no broken bones etc? [just trying to make a small point... hehe]
I dunno what the point is, but my worst accident was actually in the gargre at home, and nothing to do with bikes. I've also had a fractured cheekbone while spectating (yeah, I *know* it's not a real word) sports.
I think my worst injury may have been when I wrote off my VFR750 a few years ago. I suspect my left heelbone was fractured, but as they didn't x-ray it, my diagnosis is based on how sore it gets when the weather cahnges or I eat 'naughty' food (like the satay last night). :pinch: I also had a squished leg (possible compartment syndrome) that took months to heal. Despite the injuries being minor, the pain was enough that I very nearly gave up motorcycling for good at that point.
What was I wearing? A fully-armoured leather/textile jacket, leather pants with knee armour, StylMartin Strada boots, gloves, helmet, etc. If I'd been wearing the same attire as my first write-off, I reckon my left leg would've been severely buggered.

[crashe]

If you wear fingerless gloves, don't you have to wear the crotchless pants to go with them? :blink:

Or maybe I'm just old and doddery... :blank:

Ohhhhhhh now that could be a tad breezy......


Nah you aint old at all..........


Have you noticed that sportbike riders don't wear fingerless gloves....
(ok I haven't spotted any to date)

It really is the cruiser look to sit back on the bike wearing jeans, t-shirt , maybe a leather jacket - with or without the tassles (depending on who you are) with the HD or Rebel boots with the bandana tied around the neck, the fingerless gloves and a helmet

Tis the rebel look......... and it is so cool to ride like that.......

[FROSTY]

I wouldn't wear fingerless gloves myself. But I just has a big huck out at home of a bunch of my old race gloves. The ones I crashed in.
With only one exception the damage to them was on the palm of the glove

[sunhuntin]

It really is the cruiser look to sit back on the bike wearing jeans, t-shirt , maybe a leather jacket - with or without the tassles (depending on who you are) with the HD or Rebel boots with the bandana tied around the neck, the fingerless gloves and a helmet

Tis the rebel look......... and it is so cool to ride like that.......

and its even sweeter when youve got a pretty lady on the back. :love:

[Ixion]

Ohhhhhhh now that could be a tad breezy......


Nah you aint old at all..........


Have you noticed that sportbike riders don't wear fingerless gloves....
(ok I haven't spotted any to date)

It really is the cruiser look to sit back on the bike wearing jeans, t-shirt , maybe a leather jacket - with or without the tassles (depending on who you are) with the HD or Rebel boots with the bandana tied around the neck, the fingerless gloves and a helmet

Tis the rebel look......... and it is so cool to ride like that.......

But that is a contradiction in terms. Being 'cool' is by definition doing what everybody else does. A rebel on the other hand does what no-one else does.

[Pwalo]

I wouldn't wear fingerless gloves myself. But I just has a big huck out at home of a bunch of my old race gloves. The ones I crashed in.
With only one exception the damage to them was on the palm of the glove

Guess it all depends on how you crash.

I've still got my little pinky on my right hand because I had a decent pair of gloves. I've still got my chin and nose attached because I was wearing a decent full face helmet as well. My right kneecap is in one piece, and my right shoulder was only bruised because I had armoured gear. And you should have seen my right boot.

If I want to be cool (as in colder) I'll open the vents in my jacket, and wear summer gloves. I'm just too much of a woose.

[Ixion]

I wonder if anyone uses gloveless fingers? Or do the manufacturers sell the surplus fingers as condoms?

[Big Dave]

and its even sweeter when youve got a pretty lady on the back. :love:

The ultimate accessory for the look is a stripper who owns a pub.

[sunhuntin]

The ultimate accessory for the look is a stripper who owns a pub.

errrr. if ya say so. me, im happy with a nice girl who drinks a glass of wine with dinner.

[Number One]

Like wearing fingerless gloves with fingers!
But no thumbs. :Punk:

Or riding a crusier in a 'PowerRanger' suit. :rockon:

:lol: mental picture of a PowerRanger on a bike.

Originally Posted by Ixion
I wonder if anyone uses gloveless fingers? Or do the manufacturers sell the surplus fingers as condoms?

:lol: and surplus glove fingers as condoms :eek5:

[Big Dave]

:lol: mental picture of a PowerRanger on a bike.



I can show you real pictures of a the Power Ranger on a bike.
Our very own Stretch at Kiwi Rider is the body inside the costumes.

[Big Dave]

<img src = http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc2/bobride/01.jpg>

'Help - I am trapped somewhere in time - between Elvis, the Fonz and Pulp Fiction.'

[ratusratus]

what a bike what a bike man its cool man holy crap:niceone:
goodlooking bike that:-):niceone:

[Donor]

Fingerless gloves.

Sex.

Got mine Wednesday... the old full hand gloves are currently sulking somewhere on the floor of my gargre...

[Ixion]

Sex.

Got mine Wednesday...

That's be your ration for the next month then ?

[vifferman]

what a bike what a bike man its cool man holy crap:niceone:
goodlooking bike that:-):niceone:
Yeah, but look at that dodgy-looking guy hanging around, waiting to steal it....
:dodge:

[avgas]

I used to wear fingerless on the pushy......but never have i felt such pain as trying to tape the skin back onto my finger tips.
lots of nerves there.
never again.

[MVnut]

I wear one of those helmet 80%+ of of the time.
And wear fingerless gloves - but made in US ones with thicker leather and padding where it counts
And I don't wear body armour
And I wear tassles.

IF I DO bin? well it'll all go pear-shaped big-time, may I never bin.

But riding like that is MY idea of freedom, others may differ.

Each to their own - hell, a lot of people wouldn't do my job because "it's too dangerous"

Well said SD (not that I agree with the fingerless gloves bit)

[Motu]

I used to wear fingerless gloves - I didn't buy fingerless gloves,and I didn't cut the fingers off my gloves....well I did trim them a bit.They were fingerless because they wore out - that was how you could tell someone who rode forever,their gear was worn out and tatty....like Willie Nelson's guitar,just used to death.I crashed in them a few times,first and second fingers worn through from Amal ticklers....and gradually the finger tips just folded back...so I trimmed them a bit.

I remember crashing in them once.....down Cooks Beach way on the Coromandel.The front wheel went out in the wet and went down so fast my right leg was trapped under the bike - so down the road we went,me on my stomach looking back down the road at my mate following behind.I was digging my fingers into the road to try and slow the bike down,but it didn't seem to be having much effect.Anyway we stopped when the bike slammed into a bank.

I got up hopping around flopping my hands around - my fingers were fucking stinging!!!!! But not a scratch,no blood and no skin missing.We was tough in those days.Yous a bunch of scaredy cats.

[Jiminy]

Last big trip I did with fingerless gloves and a proper leather jacket, I had insects slipping in the jacket sleeve as the gloves don't come over. One of those annoying 'things' survived the hit and kept itching in the sleeve for a bit. Weird feeling.

[Ixion]

,, times,first and second fingers worn through from Amal ticklers....and gradually the finger tips just folded back...so I trimmed them a bit.


I'd forgotten that! The petrol buggered the leather and the tickler wore a hole through. Bugger, I miss ticklers. Such a certain way of getting an engine started. Why the hell don't the Japs fit them.

Nowdays my right gloves wear through where the thumb is stitched on, because of the rubbing on the twistgrip. Then the thumb bit half comes off.

And the kickstart levers used to rub a hole in the side of my boot.

[Motu]

Fashions change before any riders of today manage to wear any of their gear out.

[Ixion]

I've decided that zips are the invention of Satan. My jacket zip is buggered, my boot zip is buggered (and something has worn the leather through where the shin meets the foot - what the hell would rub there ? ) and the zips on my leggings keep jamming. I'm not buying anything else with zips. It's not the gear that wears out its the bloody incidentals like zips.

And visors. My FFM Mach1 helmet is still in good(ish) nick (OK a few scratches and so on, and the linings a bit threadbare, but fine for use). Except that the visor has broken on half and you can't get them any more. Fine fish, y' buy an expensive thing like a helmet y'd expect the agents would maintain spares for it. Buggered if I'm going to biff a perfectly good helmet every few years .

[Motu]

Got a brand new AGV,never been used,and the visor is stuffed - sorry,that model is not made anymore.Bloody hell,you can't even put something away for a rainy day.

Let's buy a bullock hide and spend a week making laces.We could sell them on TradeMe.I reckon laces are going to make a comeback...we'll ride the wave to prosperity!

[scumdog]

Last big trip I did with fingerless gloves and a proper leather jacket, I had insects slipping in the jacket sleeve as the gloves don't come over. One of those annoying 'things' survived the hit and kept itching in the sleeve for a bit. Weird feeling.

Snap!

Rode here (Haast) from Riviera of the South in my flash 'direct-from -Sturgis- fingerless-gloves', no problems except near Beaumont an 'insect' went up the sleeve of my leather jacket, did a fandango around my arm and back, never stung and 80km later I got rid of it by unzipping my jacket a bit.

CB got stung on the neck just before Haast, made her wince a tad - but I killed the sucker so no more stinging for HIM.!! (Looks like she has a A1 hickey at the moment.

[Hitcher]

I've decided that zips are the invention of Satan.

PM me an address and I'll send you my mother's jar of fly buttons.

[Ixion]

I never had the slightest problem with button flies. And one did not run the constant peril of vital equipemnt becoming jammed in the works. So to speak.

[grogan]

aint life grand....

[avgas]

you know what you guys should wear with fingerless gloves?
Open face helm, (or bandanna)
vest,
and of course
....
Arseless Chaps!

[vifferman]

you know what you guys should wear with fingerless gloves?
Open face helm, (or bandanna)
vest,
and of course
....
Arseless Chaps!
But what do you wear under the arseless chaps? :spudwhat:
A skinless arse? :confused:
Baboon butt? :eek:
Pink frilly panties? :confused:

[Ixion]

Verily, I saw a dude on a big Harley (and a learner's licence) wearing those things a few months back. At Waiuku.

I could not figure out what he was wearing at first. Then I twigged. An urban legend come to life, in front of my eyes.

[vifferman]

Verily, I saw a dude on a big Harley (and a learner's licence) wearing those things a few months back. At Waiuku.
Hmmm... unfortunate juxtaposition (that is, if you really meant "arseless chaps"), or was he wearing a skinless arse, baboon butt, and pink frilly panties?

[avgas]

mabey he just prefers the feel of leather and chrome on his arse

[scumdog]

Verily, I saw a dude on a big Harley (and a learner's licence) wearing those things a few months back. At Waiuku.

I could not figure out what he was wearing at first. Then I twigged. An urban legend come to life, in front of my eyes.


Open yer eyes, seen 'em heaps down here, lots wear 'em, chick, everybody...

[Subike]

Hmmm... unfortunate juxtaposition (that is, if you really meant "arseless chaps"), or was he wearing a skinless arse, baboon butt, and pink frilly panties?

go look at the trikes for sale on trade me
there is a chick on one wearing a pair of chaps and well just go look!

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Motorbikes/Motorbikes/Cruiser/auction-138527081.htm

[Nagash]

I was considering getting chaps so that I could wear a pair of jeans around town.. would be much better than leathers with knee pads and all the rest but decided to just HTFU and deal with it.

I'm looking for a new pair of gloves though.. wouldn't mind some fingerless gloves so you can pull out a ciggie, buckle your helmet or go to the shops without having to pull off and on your gloves everytime.

[avgas]

I'm looking for a new pair of gloves though.. wouldn't mind some fingerless gloves so you can pull out a ciggie, buckle your helmet or go to the shops without having to pull off and on your gloves everytime.
I wear a set of light duty carbon/kevlar gloves that do all this. I had issues with garage door opener stuck in zip pockets. Didn't want to go fingerless so this was the next best bet. Cost a whopping $60

[Skyryder]

Fingerless gloves??............I've been thinking of getting a a pair ever since a Harley rider told me he does not have to take his gloves off to have a pee. Makes sense to me.:yes:

Skyryder

[speedpro]

Yes, I find taking my gloves off to be such a chore. Of course if I wasn't stopping so often to be admired and doing more actual riding it wouldn't be a problem.

[Bonez]

Fingerless gloves allows one to pick ones nose a lot easier.

[Bonez]

Fingerless gloves??............I've been thinking of getting a a pair ever since a Harley rider told me he does not have to take his gloves off to have a pee. Makes sense to me.:yes:

SkyryderDidn't ya mum warn you of strange men in urinals with fingerless gloves?

[grogan]

Now im a Harley rider i notice that most of the people i meet wear fingerless gloves ????
Were and what do they do with the finger bits???hehe:laugh:
lots of things you could do i spose??
suggestions please!!!:niceone:
They poke them where they're not supposed to go !:eek:

[ratusratus]

you say that to all the boys:clap:

[ratast]

Well, for my pennys worth, fingerless gloves don't merit the time to put them on. Worn a pair for years cruising in the states and noticed the brown skin on back of hands and back of wrists more and more resembling the inside of dads old tobacco pouch. A month home and several large dry crusty looking lumps appeared in said places. So being a good kiwi and obiediant to the advertising on TV warning all and sundry of the perils of skin cancer rode off to a friendly skin doctor who proceeded to burn these ugly additions away with liquid O.
Have worn perforated gloves since which fasten round the wrist,cause when you really think about it if you arse off your natural reaction is to throw your hands out in front of you ensuring your fingers have a good grubbing along the asphalt.
Not that fussed about half helmets either after seeing my very attractive friend Debbie's fullface ground away down to almost her soft skin in the chin and jaw area.She wouldn;t be smiling now if she had been wearing a open face.
Actually on a hot day,a full face with the visor down is cooler than a open face.
Did notice at HOG rally several riders not overcome by the dictate to wear black and were wearing HI visibility vests.Bet they were more experienced riders and weren;t worried about looking cool .Cheers ratast

[scumdog]

Well, for my pennys worth, fingerless gloves don't merit the time to put them on. Worn a pair for years cruising in the states and noticed the brown skin on back of hands and back of wrists more and more resembling the inside of dads old tobacco pouch. A month home and several large dry crusty looking lumps appeared in said places. So being a good kiwi and obiediant to the advertising on TV warning all and sundry of the perils of skin cancer rode off to a friendly skin doctor who proceeded to burn these ugly additions away with liquid O.
Have worn perforated gloves since which fasten round the wrist,cause when you really think about it if you arse off your natural reaction is to throw your hands out in front of you ensuring your fingers have a good grubbing along the asphalt.
Not that fussed about half helmets either after seeing my very attractive friend Debbie's fullface ground away down to almost her soft skin in the chin and jaw area.She wouldn;t be smiling now if she had been wearing a open face.
Actually on a hot day,a full face with the visor down is cooler than a open face.
Did notice at HOG rally several riders not overcome by the dictate to wear black and were wearing HI visibility vests.Bet they were more experienced riders and weren;t worried about looking cool .Cheers ratast

Ya just slagged off my favourite riding apparel :laugh:- and make a good point.:doh:

But it's all about choice and risk assesment.

And I have annoyingly bright running-lights on my Dyna T-Sport and CBs 1200 Sporty to increase visibilty to other road users.