RJay's gear?

[Owl]

Interestingly during night jumps, black parachutes stand out like dogs balls

[cs363]

Friggin cagers don't look and certainly don't see black.

The industry needs to help the riders, why not be first and make a difference??

Many distributors/shops have tried over the years, all it does is cost them money.
Typical customer reaction upon seeing some spangly red/white (whatever) coloured jacket is 'Ooh....that's nice, do you have it in black?'
Consequently the coloured stuff has piss all sales and ends up getting specialed off at a loss (or close to it) and distributor/shop vowing never to try that again...

[Quasievil]

Many distributors/shops have tried over the years, all it does is cost them money.
Typical customer reaction upon seeing some spangly red/white (whatever) coloured jacket is 'Ooh....that's nice, do you have it in black?'
Consequently the coloured stuff has piss all sales and ends up getting specialed off at a loss (or close to it) and distributor/shop vowing never to try that again...

Yup we sold all our Rapids at below cost, these where a red and a blue colour, now we wont do colours.
We will however do these, the Viper, and these are extremely visable to other road users.
The Viper, cost is $395, full Qrace spec with Knox

[vifferman]

Friggin cagers don't look and certainly don't see black.

A few years back, I owned and wore a black leather jacket, then bought a mostly red jacket to replace it. I tried alternating between wearing all black and wearing mostly coloured gear, on alternate days. I found that on the "all black days" (including the bike and helmet), people seemed to make more room for me, perhaps because I was more intimidating? Whatever - it didn't seem to make any difference to visibility.
Once my red jacket was due for replacement, I went for black again, for the sole reason that I commmute by bike most of the time, and anything that's not black (or perhaps some variation of soot coloured) soon ends up sooty and dirty anyway, and is a pain to wash. Plus black leather is very easy to restore to blackness if scuffed: a bit of black boot polish or shoe dye will do the trick.

[Elusive1]

[QUOTE=vifferman; I found that on the "all black days" (including the bike and helmet), people seemed to make more room for me, perhaps because I was more intimidating? Whatever - it didn't seem to make any difference to visibility.
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Amen, I like all black gear, black helmet with tinted visor looks mean lol!

[6ft5]

Ok ok, I got the picture, everyone wants to look mean but i hear nearly nobody say i want to be safe and seen. The pink outfit sounds terrific and I think I did see someone wearing that at Holeshot in Auckland checking out a few bikes yesterday. It just stands out!

I am not saying I want to wear pink, but as a conservative rider I want to keep the shiny side up and I want to live a little longer. One serious accident is enough and I don't want anything to happen to me or other because some cager c$%* didn't see me! .

You go right ahead and buy your black stuff and I will come to your funeral during the next remembrance ride !!!

[Elusive1]

All one can do is try to keep a look out for bad drivers on our roads whatever we wear, headlights on all the time must be a big help.

[6ft5]

Hmm don't agree with that as the only solution, proactive approach works better for everyone. See my previous comments

[hellokitty]

The pink outfit sounds terrific and I think I did see someone wearing that at Holeshot in Auckland checking out a few bikes yesterday.

Yeah, if it was 8.30ish yesterday morning then that was me! We were dropping Mr Hellokitty's bike off for a service. See what I mean!! I am known to all

Luckily for me, I love pink and the fact I am highly visible makes it even better.

[tri boy]

You go right ahead and buy your black stuff and I will come to your funeral during the next remembrance ride !!!

Like fuck you will. Pompous know it alls are banned from my funeral.
FFS, if you think the colour of your pants/knickers/socks willsave ya from road trauma, then best you give it away.
Edit. That guy in the Quasi gear looks gay as:-/

[hellokitty]

Like fuck you will. Pompous know it alls are banned from my funeral.
FFS, if you think the colour of your pants/knickers/socks willsave ya from road trauma, then best you give it away.
Edit. That guy in the Quasi gear looks gay as:-/

I have noticed that I bright as I am, I have found that the only people that see me, are the ones that are looking for me. There still seems to be many cars that pull out in front of me as if I am invisible.

[6ft5]

Like fuck you will. Pompous know it alls are banned from my funeral.
FFS, if you think the colour of your pants/knickers/socks willsave ya from road trauma, then best you give it away.
Edit. That guy in the Quasi gear looks gay as:-/

No problem tri-boy, the pompous ones don't want to say their farewell to those without an open mind, especially when they have a judgemental nature