T-Shirts, Shorts, Jandals on a scooter! (contains graphic images)

[UberRhys]

Maybe the answer is that if no one is falling off and suffering excessive injury due to inadequate clothing, then such a law is not necessary.

I for one practice the long-lost art of Not Falling Off

Mr Miyagi says: 'lost art of not falling off must be practised all the time! never know when it may come in handy...'

[ital916]

I reckon that all the gear, all the time should be enforced. The rule will not be for the majority who could possibly ride butt naked and not fall off ever but for the minority that would ride with shorts and t-shirt *or miniskirt etc * and fall off. People say only a few people fall of whilst not wearing gear. Well if the rule helps those few not to paint the road with their skin , it works. But thats just me, I ride with ATGATT!.....go on ride with next to nothing on, but if you become a human crayon and then bitch about it you can get . Common sense eh.

[Dave Lobster]

I reckon that all the gear, all the time should be enforced.

How can you do that?

[Flatcap]

How can you do that?

Strip search and inventory at the roadside.

[Dodger]

Just had to add this

[breakaway]

This thread makes me want to ride down queen street naked, but the traffic lights could pose a problem if I had to stop, I might get jumped.

[scumdog]

I reckon that all the gear, all the time should be enforced. The rule will not be for the majority who could possibly ride butt naked and not fall off ever but for the minority that would ride with shorts and t-shirt *or miniskirt etc * and fall off. People say only a few people fall of whilst not wearing gear. Well if the rule helps those few not to paint the road with their skin , it works. But thats just me, I ride with ATGATT!.....go on ride with next to nothing on, but if you become a human crayon and then bitch about it you can get . Common sense eh.

Just to show it can be done here is scummy going for a ride around the block

[idb]

Just to show it can be done here is scummy going for a ride around the block

Shit, look at the vibration of that thing, the whole countryside is blurred!!!

[scumdog]

Shit, look at the vibration of that thing, the whole countryside is blurred!!!

Amazing how a few wines affects the whole landscape eh??

[Disco Dan]

i see tons of pretty girls scootering past my work every day... wearing as little as possible.

I hope your standing there holding a big sign with my phone number on it!!

[SHELRACING]

Except they don't ride like stupid-arse sprotsbikers, so the chances of such a slide are vastly reduced. Go and preach your sermons somewhere else.

Sorry I will have to disagree on that statement. The males and females I have seen on scooters lately are not riding sensibly. The scooters these days are quicker and just as unstable as they have ever been.

The young man on the motorway was doing at least 90km ph and weaving in and out of traffic.

There was a young girl on TV1 on the St John's Ambulance programme who came off her scooter in Queen St, wearing sandals and an open face helmet.
She damaged her foot and split her lip and had a blood nose.

Scooter riders these days seem to forget that some of us 'older' riders started off our biking days on scooters.

[Gilera180]

And yet the older riders set such good examples - Honda Goldwing with older couple cruising down the mway at 100kmh wearing nothing but shorts, tee shirts and jandals. Was even more impressed when I saw the shiney Ulysess club badge on the bike.

[MisterD]

Sorry I will have to disagree on that statement. The males and females I have seen on scooters lately are not riding sensibly. The scooters these days are quicker and just as unstable as they have ever been.

The point I was making, is that unlike sprotsbikers you won't find bunches of scooterists heading for the twisties to push the limits of their bikes and try to give each other "the learn".

[Dave Lobster]

The point I was making, is that unlike sportsbikers you won't find bunches of scooterists heading for the twisties to push the limits of their bikes and try to give each other "the learn".

What is the 'learn'?

S'funny.. there were a couple of scooters heading for the twisties the other day... and not a latte shop in sight!

[MisterD]

What is the 'learn'?

S'funny.. there were a couple of scooters heading for the twisties the other day... and not a latte shop in sight!

Dunno really, there seems to be some kind bragging rights thing these fellas that dress up like tubes of toothpaste are into...

I like the twisties too, but my Lammy is waay too pretty to risk dropping.