Boys, the package is sexy.

**neats** · 19th April 2006, 09:17

Girls, what's up with the boys and their lids?

Okay, this isn't about anything serious, technical or interesting. It's just a little peev of mine that i thought i'd share with the girls.

Imagine this, your riding down the road and you see a GSXR (you know the blue/ white one) with someone about to get on it. You pull over and pop your visor to hear it start. Just as your getting ready to follow it up the road someone mounts it with a red/ yellow helmet ...

???

It never ceases to amaze me how so many boys have lids that don't match their bikes

. We're talking about spending thousands of $$$ on the machinery, matching riding gear and alas, a gorky lid to spoil the image.

I do. So much of riding a bike is about expressing your pesonality through your bike, your leathers, boots, sunglasses etc. How many of you have seen HD riders wearing Bill Bass or a Ducati rider in 12 up boots with buckles and flames up the side.???

Now i know i'm gonig to catch some flack about riding a GN and it's deserved. Hell, my seats from a dirt bike and is held on with a cable tie. None the less, my riding gear matches my bike and my helmet just looks hot. Hence the number of people that wave at a girl riding a shitty GN.

So come on boys (and a few girls) get to it. Let's see some sexy lids please!

**Str8 Jacket** · 19th April 2006, 09:21

I think id find it hard to have a matching helmet with my bike. It is a myriad (sp?) of colours. And anyway IMO helmets are there to protect your head, im not really too interested in what they look like as long as it does the job when if and when it has too...

**Fishy** · 19th April 2006, 09:22

hahaha have you seen Aff Man out and about?

NC · 19th April 2006, 09:24

It's not a fashion show.

Now where's my Prada handbag?

**SimJen** · 19th April 2006, 09:25

Helmets are always a personal colour choice. All racers have their own designs and they never match the bike as they could be swapping to a different team the following year.
Do you not watch bike racing???
Its a little bit naff too, to have fully matching gear.....

**ManDownUnder** · 19th April 2006, 09:27

mmmmmmmm sexy helmets...

**Keystone19** · 19th April 2006, 09:28

A matching packet is nice on the eyes I admit, but I tend to make my assessment based on how they ride.

Matching gear and riding like a twat doesn't really work for me - they have to at least be able to keep up to make the grade...

**Ixion** · 19th April 2006, 09:28

It never ceases to amaze me how so many boys have lids that don't match their bikes .

Well, goodnes me. It appears that I have *image*. And I never knew it. Well, with one of my bikes nayway. Bike is plain white, helmet is plain white. Now hows that for image!

**enigma51** · 19th April 2006, 09:29

since when is riding a bike a fashion thing?

I have a yellow bike with a silver helmut and leather whats wrong with that!

NC · 19th April 2006, 09:29

Originally Posted by SimJen

Helmets are always a personal colour choice. All racers have their own designs and they never match the bike as they could be swapping to a different team the following year.
Do you not watch bike racing???
Its a little bit naff too, to have fully matching gear.....

Haha..
Most of my gear is red-black and white. Never noticed until a mate pointed it out. I feel 'wankerish' when I wear all my gear. But I got each peice super cheep and at different times. I'm not complianing.

**enigma51** · 19th April 2006, 09:31

Originally Posted by Keystone19

Matching gear and riding like a twat doesn't really work for me - they have to at least be able to keep up to make the grade...

Thats more than 3/4 of the kiwibiker comunite not making the grade then (Including me)

**Paul in NZ** · 19th April 2006, 09:32

Dunno if my plain black helmet is actually sexy or not but Vicki assures me that I look a hell of a lot sexier with it on and the tinted visor down... Hmmmmmm....

**bugjuice** · 19th April 2006, 09:33

just read the title, and had to say, thank you.. It's nice when a chick pays compliments..

**Keystone19** · 19th April 2006, 09:35

Originally Posted by enigma51

Thats more than 3/4 of the kiwibiker comunite not making the grade then (Including me)

was a p/t

Ok, let me rephrase that. I don't mind if the leathers and helmet and bike don't match so long as the rider knows what they're doing and is fun to ride with...

**crashe** · 19th April 2006, 09:43

Originally Posted by Ixion

Well, goodnes me. It appears that I have *image*. And I never knew it. Well, with one of my bikes nayway. Bike is plain white, helmet is plain white. Now hows that for image!

Well thats two of us with *image*...
My bike is metallic black and white and I have a white helmet..

First helmet was metallic black..
Second helmet and the one I use (third helmet) now is White.

Just don't look too close to the colour scheme of my Jacket...

But then we are only talking about helmets here...