Responsibility

[Huntaway]

Driving home through Rangiora in the southerley rain this evening, wet bitumen shining in the road, and came up beside a kid on a Pizza Hut delivery bike, hunched up against the weather, white knuckles gripping the bars...

Yeah, thats right, no gloves! It bothered me, so I drove round to the local outlet and, professing to be an "experienced motorcyclist" expressed my concern to the manager. It turned out that gloves were available but the kid chose not to wear them!

"Boy! Get out here! Theres a man wants to talk to you!" Enter stage left a surly young lad and I pointed out how, should he bin, his hands would be mince meat. Went right over the top. Quote "Thank you for that."
So I left, feeling like just another interfering old fart.

I'm still pissed cos' just before I'd been following the Draggin Jeans thread here and been really impressed by the incredibly responsible attitude shown by other guys on site. Yet this dickhead kid is out there, will do his chips, and via ACC we will all pick up the pieces. It aint right.

End of beef.

[oldrider]

You were right to do that and I commend you for it but he too is right to exercise his right to choose. Dumb little bastard is obviously enrolled at the school of hard knocks. That's where I learned the value of good gloves too.
Like the cheese add says, "some things take time". Cheers John.

[Zed]

It turned out that gloves were available but the kid chose not to wear them!

Some people don't think twice about riding gear, whatever they feel comfortable in is what's most important to them. Many times it will take an unpleasant *experience* to change their attitude and teach them to take more responsability! If this young kid started wearing gloves from now on just because of your caring actions, he would have to have alot of character.

[avgas]

We only learn properly from our mistakes - lets hope his is a small one.

[scumdog]

Keep a check on him and his riding career - you might get a chance to say "told you so" (but that would be a sad event eh?)

Never mind you gave it a shot telling him, it MAY sink in eventually.

[skidMark]

i need to get some gear asap i gotta get off my lazy a** and stop buying bikes and get some gear even i wonder if im gunna become road sludge again someday...


hey look two moons ....squash ....

don't know who remembers that ad with the possums on the road for rally nz

[Zapf]

perhaps KB can collectively build up a collection of photos of what happens when u bin without gear... then ppl can decide for themselves.

[skidMark]

perhaps KB can collectively build up a collection of photos of what happens when u bin without gear... then ppl can decide for themselves.

well if you like you can all chip in like $1 each for some gear for me and oh a gn250 to get me started would be nice as well hahaha i wish:P

i don't think im that much of a contribution to society yet to get stuff given to me lol

[WRT]

hey look two moons ....squash ....

don't know who remembers that ad with the possums on the road for rally nz

Cor, check it out - two moons!

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How do you feel? Bit run down actually . . .

[heavenly.talker]

Driving home through Rangiora in the southerley rain this evening, wet bitumen shining in the road, and came up beside a kid on a Pizza Hut delivery bike, hunched up against the weather, white knuckles gripping the bars...

should he bin, his hands would be mince meat. End of beef.

MMMMmmmm now I know where they get the meat shavings/gratings from!
No more pizza for me!

[Coyote]

Not neaaarrrly as bad as the new kid at my school. I saw him riding his RG with a cotton T-shirt, short-shorts and jandals. He did have a flash helmet but it couldn't of been protecting anything important like a brain

[figjam]

We only learn properly from our mistakes - lets hope his is a small one.

So true, and lets be fair - would you _really_ have listened when you were young.

A good site for "This is why you should wear protective gear" is here:

http://www.carpe-tdm.net/tdm/library...bloodymess.asp

If you are the least bit squeamish _do_not_ follow this link.

[Zapf]

I experienced good old road rash in Thailand when I lowsided a scooter (1st bike, yamaha 4 stroke 125cc) thanks to sand... sort of a 1x1 inch patch on my knee... thanks to the good doctor to scrubbed it down after the blood had clot (me screaming in my head) it healed really quickly (under 1 week)

I have learnt my lesson....

[iwilde]

Mmmmm, how many young men and women do you see riding around on step throughs with trendy shorts and sandels? If you havn't, try Newmarket at lunch time.

[Rhino]

I experienced good old road rash in Thailand when I lowsided a scooter (1st bike, yamaha 4 stroke 125cc) thanks to sand... sort of a 1x1 inch patch on my knee... thanks to the good doctor to scrubbed it down after the blood had clot (me screaming in my head) it healed really quickly (under 1 week)

I have learnt my lesson....

My first bin was on a Suzuki 50 stepthrough at age 15. On a shingle road around Lake Brunner on The West Coast. I was wearing shorts and tee-shirt when I hit some thick stuff on the edge of a corner. Only doing about 30kph, but spent the next week picking bits out of my legs and arms. I still have a small piece of shingle in my left elbow.