Concern over poor protective clothing

[Big Dog]

The loonies I dont get are those that commute in Aucland cbd on Harleys Dukes etc ($20k plus Bikes) but wear Shorts and t shirts?

I wore just jeans and a t shirt once to go and gas up for a ride the following day. I felt naked.

I came to the conclusion that our gear is more than just protection it is a uniform that when we put it on it allows us to enter the "zone" more easily.

Any one else had similar thoughts?

Ciao, Big Dog

[jrandom]

Originally posted by Big Dog
I came to the conclusion that our gear is more than just protection it is a uniform that when we put it on it allows us to enter the "zone" more easily.

Yes. The Putting On of the Gear is a sacred ritual which prepares the mind for holy communion with the road.

Without it, the protection of Bob, the divine drilling-equipment salesman and Patron Saint of Motorcyclists, can be found sadly lacking.

[Big Dog]

Lmao, I assume this means you concur?

Kind of like christians wearing a cross, in search of divine protection from the evil doctor tarmac.

[wkid_one]

LMAO

Agree entirely - however those idiots wearing feck all protective clothes are partly responsible for the increase ACC Levies - makes you wonder how many injuries/lives would be prevented/saved if people wore the correct gear.

In saying that tho - we still pay wayyyyyyyyyy to much for good gear in NZ - no wonder some people can't afford it -still if you buy a mercedes, you don't ask how much the gas is (or a VTR for that matter!)

[Marmoot]

AGV 2piece suit and good helmet with Teknic gloves and boots.

Has been proven THREE TIMES that they are stronger than a Honda Bike (that makes them stronger than everything in the world, innit?)

[PZR]

Originally posted by Marmoot
AGV 2piece suit and good helmet with Teknic gloves and boots.

Has been proven THREE TIMES that they are stronger than a Honda Bike (that makes them stronger than everything in the world, innit?)

If you keep coming off that Honda all the time maybe you should give up on the bike and just run everywhere in your gear. Itll keep our ACC levies down by the sound of it

Bring back the right and personal liberty to go helmet free like the yanks do. To truly experiance the wind in your hair and the bugs in your teeth. I'd love the freedom to be able to scrape my face off on the tarseal any time I want.

Did you see the guy on TV the other night that had his face chopped of with his lawnmower. What a look. Poor bastard should have been wearing leathers and helmet while on his ride-on

I did see an article for a motorcycle airbag suit once. If you come off it inflates same as an airbag. Just dont fall over walking into a shop or crash into gorse

[Kwaka-Kid]

Firstly: rule number one: HATE HONDA! love kwakas

secondly, bah, i think the problem today with regarding protective gear etc doesnt exist the way many see it.  the only problem i see in it is all the good/nice people wasting their time babbling on about it.  Is it not clear that we (the dumb ones) that go to work and back everyday in jeans sneakers, but at least a leather jacket and gloves, are bound to have already heard/seen all this stuff and will only learn by either coming off and hurting ourselves.. or coming off, hurting ourselves, many times and just not caring! its my body, i will do to it what i like, it takes every punishment ive given it so far and without ever going to hospital etc its repaired itself the way god made it to   o-natural styles    I love the feel of the classic jeans... wind gets thru them just the right amount, not too cold, not too hot. and its SOOOOO much easier to move in then leathers/my dry rider gear.  so i leave them in wardrobe as ornaments (hehe thanks mitch for another wardrobe ornament) and feel the freedom of jeans!

honestly, loosing skin hurts... its true, but pain is temporary, and no protective gear will save my life from a head on with a bus or somthing random.. breaking a leg etc, so yeah ive said what i felt i needed to from over this side of the fence, but in saying all that, just to totally contradict myself, to all newbies: wear protective gear! it saves you.. or somthing like that, ive done my bit and feel special

[MikeL]

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
pain is temporary

True. So is life. Why bother?

[NZred]

PZR...    NICE BIKE..  but I see you have the good gear on...

You will go well at the next TRACK day...

( did ya mug a Lil' kid ?? )

[Marmoot]

Originally posted by PZR
If you keep coming off that Honda all the time maybe you should give up on the bike and just run everywhere in your gear. Itll keep our ACC levies down by the sound of it

Oh c'mon......I pay $211 per year on ACC Levies on the bike, and another $180(?) on the car. ANd I only used $60 of them
I didn't even use any of them the last time I was tumbling around on the ditch. I am a MODEL CITIZEN on bikes.

ANyway, u're right. I've given up on that Honda.

[Nouseforaname]

Driving round town earlier this morning in the cage.... i was gutted when i noticed a bike coming up behind me.. that was until i saw the state of this guy! he was on a FXR wearing boat shoes, shorts, t-shirt, no gloves and an open face helmet, i wanted to pull over and take his keys off him to save his stupid ass. In saying that i dont ride around in $10,000 worth of protective gear, but i dont ride around in shorts and a t-shirt either.....:-)

P.S. whats the fine for not having a rego on ya bike? is the fine cheaper than actually getting a rego....im not planning on doing this, just wondering

[Antallica]

Slap that dude for me next time you see him will ya

"It wasn't me"

[Nouseforaname]

Im sure it wasnt you Antallica just makes you wonder how much value these guys put on there lives eh....i learnt my lesson after highsiding my bike just outta Whangamata wearing a t-shirt and a windbreaker What would have been a lucky escape saw me in the A&E in Whangamata with a nurse scarping gravel out of my arm with a wire brush... not a pleasant experience to say the least. I wish i was wearing leathers when i decided to run across Quay St pissed without looking, a taxi hit me at about 60k and then had the nerve to drive off haha but im sure i messed up his car in the process.

[marty]

it's a $200 fine for no rego. works if you only get one a year! if you get an 'A' reg though, which is a 'restore' rego the plate number doesn't become dormant after a year, and you still get a label (has an 'A' in place of the 'G'). An A reg costs about $30 or so for 12 months.

[georgedubyabush]

Originally posted by PZR
If you keep coming off that Honda all the time maybe you should give up on the bike and just run everywhere in your gear. Itll keep our ACC levies down by the sound of it