Yeah crying in my helmet-don't ride a bike 'cause knobjockies without two braincells to rub together drive my rego costs up,that makes sense......NOT
You're right tho Smorg,it's a can't win situation,no one wants compulsory riding gear laws.......
Yeah crying in my helmet-don't ride a bike 'cause knobjockies without two braincells to rub together drive my rego costs up,that makes sense......NOT
You're right tho Smorg,it's a can't win situation,no one wants compulsory riding gear laws.......
I rode home in my shorts almost 20 yrs ago coming back from a hockey practice.
Courtesy of the Golf GTi that trashed me, I still have a nice reminder of it today ...
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Best blast soundtrack:Born to be wild (Steppenwolf)
Best sunny ride: Runnin' down a dream (Tom Petty)
Don't want to hear ...: Slip, slidin' away, Caught by the Fuzz or Bam Thwok!(Paul Simon/Supergrass/The Pixies)
Oh, so its just those that don't wear gear that push the levis up?
What about tourists on the road?
What about cellphone toteing (sp) blonde bimbos?
What about those that have no idea what an inicator is?
What about those that have no idea what "merge" means?
What about those that move to NZ and only have to scratch to get a license?
What about those that reverse into you at stop lights?
What about those that pull out in front of you?
What about those that spread deisel on your favourite corner?
Those are just a few. Go have a cry about others and your situation. End of the day it wont do you any good and we will all be doing exactly what out great govt says. How about you approach every biker you see not wearing the right gear and tell them why they should. Im not attacking your veiwpoint mate, as I said in my first post (which I don't think you read throughrouly) I understand where you are coming from, but bitching about it aint going to solve jack shit
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And how can a man die better
Than facing fearful odds
For the ashes of his fathers
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What colour jandals?
It's important.
I think it is only permissable to wear shorts if you are a farmer.
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i see a guy riding a xjr1200 most days in a Tshirt and shorts, i also see alot of kids/student types riding scooters around hamilton on a daily basis without gloves,
for gods sake! i worry more about the state they will be in if they fall off than they do![]()
the first thing you do is put your hands out, even at 30kms the skin/tendon damage can be devastating.
i will never forget my wifes stepmother telling me about a patient at hospital(shes a nurse in a&e) he was wheelieing up and down a freshly sealed road with all the lovely loose chippings we know and love wearing only shorts when he flipped it, he had peices of stone pushed into his body, spine and the back of his head, i wont go into detail but he was a mess, and spent a long time recovering.
If someone wants to make an informed decision and they are not mentally incompetent then they take the risk at the their own expense.
I have two pet hates:
Beginners who ride like they stole it in inadequate gear and nonone who should know better says anything.
People who have good gear but never wear it.
Simple fact is that if you know when you are going to fall off you will not ride that day so it makes sense to have a little insurance every time.
I will be an epileptic for the rest of my life becuase there was not a bin to put the packaging in when I got a push bike helmet for my 16th birthday.
That was 50 kmph on a push bike. Add a couple of tonne of various moving cars or even just 250kg of flailing bike and I will take all the gear I can lay my hands on.
You cannot be safe but you can control the things you have control over.
Flick through www.ride2die.com, what is the common denominator? No one is wearing adequate gear for the conditions.
maybe someone that has never trained in rugby, martial arts, skateboarding,gymnastics, mtbing etc would put there hands out first..... i thought more of a natural reaction is to curl, shoulder first
your right tho damage could be devastating but i hardly ever wear gloves and have never hurt my hands in a crash. damn i probably will tomorrow now so i will put my gloves on
Ya gotta remember Murphy's law.
For motorcyclists it goes something like this.
Wear a full suit of leathers, best boots and gloves you can buy, top of the line helmet and there's a 99% chance you will never come off or have an accident.
The one time you wear jandals, no gloves, T-shirt and shorts, you are going to have a doozy. Some tart will take you out pulling out of a sideroad or driveway, some clown will slam there brakes on in front of you for no reason, a nice diesel patch will be hiding around the corner waiting to pounce, Fulton Hogan will leave a nice landing patch of freshly laid chip with no signs around on the next long sweeper.....
I proved it twice recently. Nothing serious thank goodness.
First time was I cleaned the bike six weeks ago wearing jandals, shorts and T shirt. Put the bike on the centre stand after said scrubbing and fired her up to dry the water off the engine casings etc. Went to climb on the right hand side to push her off the stand and into the garage and smelled a nice steak sizzling and a stabbing pain up my leg. Nice big burn across my calf muscle and nearly dropped the bike
Next time, same deal. Running out of time so I'll just blat up the road, back down again and that will blow any water off the motor and bike.
Came down the road and went to do a U turn, front wheel hits a pissy little branch that had fallen off a tree, bike shoots sideways and nearly washes out the front, yours truly nearly comes off and gets jandal caught in footpeg.
Now if I had come off, no helmet, jandals, shorts ewww. Could have been nasty lying their with a quarter ton machine grinding my widdle bones.
But, that's Murphy.
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