Tailight Terror

[James Deuce]

And is it legal to ride in platform boots?

Really good points Frosty.

Eurygnomes: The only protective gear you are compelled to wear on a motorcycle is a helmet. Everything else is up to you, but boots should be there to protect your shins, ankles, and feet. A bimalleolar ankle fracture is not a fun thing to experience. Plus platforms may get hooked up on footrests and foot controls which will mean you will fall over.

[XP@]

Maybe obvious but whilst checking back light also check brake lights. that is BOTH Front and Rear because sometimes one switch or the other will crap out on yer.

[XP@]

FROSTY!!! My man!! (as it were) What a brilliant idea...it must be possible. Plus, I'm gonna get glitter to go on my helmet, and if possible, on my handlebars too (you guys must remember the bikes at school that had glitter in the handlebar hand thingys!). Yay...my gn250 (if I get it) is gonna be the most 'disco' bike EVER!

Now, how to fit a helmet on over the 'fro....

And is it legal to ride in platform boots?

Just posted this in response to a similar question about the head.
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...066#post264066

If you are modifying your helmet then think carefully, because you could destroy it's integrity.

It isn't what you look like on a motorbike that is important it is how you look if you "get off" (unplanned)

[sAsLEX]

Maybe obvious but whilst checking back light also check brake lights. that is BOTH Front and Rear because sometimes one switch or the other will crap out on yer.

Depends on if you use both, plus you shoul brake with both if your that way inclined so there is a touch or redundancy

[stify]

I'm gonna get glitter to go on my helmet, and if possible, on my handlebars too (you guys must remember the bikes at school that had glitter in the handlebar hand thingys!). Yay...my gn250 (if I get it) is gonna be the most 'disco' bike EVER!

Now, how to fit a helmet on over the 'fro....

And is it legal to ride in platform boots?

bloody flamin disco wannabe bikie glamcat.....ya forgot bout the gliltter jump suit

[XP@]

Depends on if you use both, plus you shoul brake with both if your that way inclined so there is a touch or redundancy

Should nearly always use both brakes should we not...?

[sAsLEX]

Should nearly always use both brakes should we not...?

apparently.......

[XTC]

Yeah, there's an RF900 down here with no tail light. Couldn't get him to pull over or understand the pointing at the back of his bike...

Why bother with them?? Should be part of your pre ride inspection as the bike is warming up. What you don't do this??? Shame on you.

[Eurygnomes]

bloody flamin disco wannabe bikie glamcat.....ya forgot bout the gliltter jump suit

I most certainly did not forget the glitter jumpsuit! Just that "the scooter shop" in Wellington was out of them on Tuesday when I went in!

And, for the record, SOMEONE somewhere MUST make glam female armoured riding gear. Because the stuff I bought just about made me cry. But at least I got a nice shiny black (yes, yes, I'm non-reflective...I know...I'll put disco lights on the bike, promise!) Shoei lid - that I most certainly am not going to attempt to change in any way whatsoever (and I read the instruction booklet to you know!).

Nomes
P.S. I HATE disco. It's, like, the worst fashion crime in the century. And I'm off to a bloody 70's party tomorrow night.

[DingDong]

Checked and alls good, I can see my break lights going down the drive in the house window... but never check the tail light

[FROSTY:Me]

And, for the record, SOMEONE somewhere MUST make glam female armoured riding gear. Because the stuff I bought just about made me cry. But at least I got a nice shiny black (yes, yes, I'm non-reflective...I know...I'll put disco lights on the bike, promise!) Shoei lid - that I most certainly am not going to attempt to change in any way whatsoever (and I read the instruction booklet to you know!). :

Ohh god please please be taking the piss.
Disco lights are a pseudonym for a police vehicle -ie a cop bike

[Sycophant]

I cracked my rear lens at work once (trying to manouver my bike into a location where it would prevent punters from tripping over cables we'd run up Princess Wharf). I thought the bulb was still okay though.

Then, riding home that night (from Princess Wharf to Birkenhead) I got pulled over by a cop right as I got onto Fanshore St, so within a few hundred meters of my start point, who pointed out that my light wasn't working (this was about midnight). I got off with a warning, after explaining that it had happened a few hours earlier, but that ride home over the bridge was scary as hell. I made sure to fix the light before I rode again. And my bike is red, as is my jacket.

[stify]

Ohh god please please be taking the piss.
Disco lights are a pseudonym for a police vehicle -ie a cop bike

what a sight,mr frosty,cop bike lights on,knee down..