My (winter) cordura jacket has refective bits in it already. For summer I bought a silver coloured mesh jacket which is visible enough - wont be going flouro anytime soon, thanx.
the middle path
My (winter) cordura jacket has refective bits in it already. For summer I bought a silver coloured mesh jacket which is visible enough - wont be going flouro anytime soon, thanx.
Experience......something you get just after you needed it
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Well having been taking out by a car doing a u turn earlier this week my kids reckon I should be wearing a Hi Vis vest, but Im not sure about it.
Maybe its a vanity thing. But I do wear multi coloured helmet & jacket etc so at least Im not all black or another dark solid colour.
I see a few folks commuting with them and they do stand out, but I suppose Im looking for bikes as well, not like some other road users
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One of my helmets has large eyes on the back of it, apparently this can help as big eyes invoke a fear reaction so someone once saidOriginally Posted by madmal64
Born To Fish - Forced To Work.
I see a guy every morning hooning down the southern motorway on a blue 98/99 ZX9R wearing a bright yellow roadworkers type vest. I personally won't wear one.
fuckin grumpy leave me alone
yeah, I know him, pretty dam fast aye, have you tired to catch him ?
he's a shift worker as well, often rides home while the rest are going to work
the other way.
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The only reason I only ride in the Iron man Class is I have no friends left to enter the two man events,
my own fault really.
Beware the psychosis llama...
I've got a yellow reflective vest that lives under my seat with some light wet-weather gear. It's always there for when visibility is poor - a nice piece of extra safety-margin on Auckland's motorways at night, and other dull days where I feel more invisible than usual.
Mobile Oil Stain
Cars don't pull out on bikers because they don't see them,when will people(bikers)work this out?
You can paint yourself fluro and put a flashing light on your head, an pricks that just don't give a shit will still pull out on you and later claim to have not seen you.All the visable SHIT in the world will never compensate for awarness on the part of the biker.
People pull out because you don't scare them,an anybody that thinks modern bikers are scary in anyway are fools.
The very few that really don't see you are the same type that will pull out in front of a train so they can't really be taken into account when discussing something like this.Their a bit like an earthquake or other natural disaster,they just happen and with luck they will just kill themselfs before you meet them.
I ride my XS EVERYWHERE with the lights off,it's black,I wear black(or grubby leathers)take your pick there.Anyway I get maybe one or two people do stupid shit around me every year and it's not because I'm big or scary,it's because I see them FIRST.
Before anybody claims other wise,I ride in Auckland traffic(you know, that stuff that scares the shit out of hayseeds from south of the Bombays).
So I have plenty of chances to meet all the usual suspects as far as crap car drivers are concerned.
Forget the fluoro,open your bloody eyes.
They will serve you well if you use them.
One hell of a ride.
This is where we disagree.
Beware the psychosis llama...
I agree with you that eyes will save you in all but one respect - this scenario:
Riding on the motorway on a murky, raining night and your brake light is out.
(Yep, I know we should check them regularly - but imagine it's just blown and you don't know)
You brake, the car behind doesn't realise 'cos they're dreaming and you have no visible brake light...curtains where motorway speeds are involved.
A strained scenario I admit - but not impossible. A reflective vest will save you better than your eyes will in this situation
Hardcore Biker
I wear one.
Not quite the image I anticipated when I bought my bike, but I'd rather wear one and be seen...well, have a bit more chance of being seen, than not.
Luce by name, but not necessarily by nature
Hardcore Biker
I usually wear one cause I need one for work but my last accident the lady did not see me and did a U turn right in front of me, she just did not look. So the vest wasn't much use then. Still better do what can be done to make one safe.
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They've experienced pain and brought jewelry." - Rita Rudner
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Highway Biker
I was intending to go out and buy a Hi-Vis vest with reflective tape on today but went fishing, instead. But I will!
I ride at night and early morning in Waikato fogs. Don't care if I do look naff.
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Mobile Oil Stain
Your going to get run down,your jackets not a replacement for a brake light.
The other driver did know you were there but he was still tail gating you anyway.The jacket made no difference,remember you said it,he was dreaming.
BTW I'm not knocking people that do wear them,I wear one everyday at work,it's just that I don't belive their effective against people that don't care anyway.
Hardcore Biker
My cousin has a large scooter, he now wears a vest which he believes has stopped a lot of people from pulling out in front of him. I am thinking of getting one for my daily ride to work as too many people fail to see my bright blue helmet and like to try and kill me on a nearly daily basis.
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A cat will take a message and get back to you later
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I saw 4 green jackets riding down columbo st the other day, thought it was a good idea.
I have a reflective stripe around the base of me lid (from dispatching). My old rucka top used to have white reflective stripes. Doesnt show up during the day, but at night lights up like an xmas tree.
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