Concern over poor protective clothing

**Big Dog** · 2nd September 2003, 22:13

Originally posted by kiwistorm
kK - I have two friends who both ripped their testicles open wearing crap gear and having a motorcycle crash One was ok but in bits, the other went through a lot of pain and problems and ended up loosing one.

Perhaps you should consider shaving yours nuts like cyclist shave their legs to stop from tearing the skin or getting too much gravel rash.

Perhaps this explains why after only a few wears the inner lining on my two month old pants has worn out (not ripped worn through). And thats staying on.

**Marmoot** · 2nd September 2003, 22:27

Jrandom, gravity pulls down. It's inevitable.
"awareness and thinking ability (and physical ability, too, on a bike)" is how you manage the game.
If you are good in managing it, then go and dress yourself in skimpy lycra if you want to. If you're no good, wear sensible leathers.
You said so yourself that you have fallen off once. That already proved my points of inevitability.

**Redstar** · 2nd September 2003, 22:56

HP on gear?
when I bought my bike on HP they said how about some gear? how say we build it into the deal? this is like would you like fry's with your burger? but being like inteligent..! I said ok so those boots how much for cash? they said like $250 ok them build them iton the deal how much do they add to the total repayment?
the end deal $400 so yep wear today pay tomorrow.
the price of bikes secondhand can be nominal compared to the gear? I recently visited a cash converter shop in auckland west
and was shocked a the stupid high prices applied to SH gear that was often higher than new prices.
My advice is :
dont buy gear with bikes from dealers
dont bother with cash converters
buy cash when you have it and drive like my Granny until you have the suitable gear.

**jrandom** · 3rd September 2003, 09:13

Originally posted by Marmoot
You said so yourself that you have fallen off once. That already proved my points of inevitability.

Yebbut... but... it *doesn't*!

It wasn't inevitable, it happened because I fanged it into a wet off-camber corner when I shouldn't have.

I guess I'm just trying to say that as soon as we give up and say that crashing is inevitable, we'll start crashing more often and forget that generally, crashes wouldn't have happened if we'd given it less beans into the corner, or remembered to check for traffic coming down side streets, or not assumed that a given road would be pothole-free, or whatever.

Wearing gear is, of course, an admission of imperfection

**Dave** · 3rd September 2003, 09:37

Right-nude motorcycling for us perfectionists then!

**duckman** · 3rd September 2003, 10:27

Er, Dave... You've crashed ....alot. I should know I followed you off the track... TWICE!!!!

**Kwaka-Kid** · 3rd September 2003, 15:56

shite! if this is it then i should be all bundled up in cotton wool like my mummy demands!

not nude like a prefer.

lmao

**Mitch** · 3rd September 2003, 16:38

Originally posted by jrandom
I could have crashed many times over the last year or so, but I avoided all of them (and made one stupid mistake which fortunately didn't injure me seriously). It still comes down to your awareness and thinking ability (and physical ability, too, on a bike).

I wish I had known that when a car ran into the rear left hand side of my bike and high sided me. I agree that alot has to do with your awareness of what is going on around you, BUT you are kidding only yourself if you think you are in control of every situation you come across.

Wearing good gear is common sence.

**Kwaka-Kid** · 3rd September 2003, 17:23

hmm... somthing has seriously gone wrong... are you okay atm mitch? you been sick recently?

I got the "reply to post..." email and as soon as i saw the name "mitch" has replied to post... yadda yadda i thought, oh fuck, do i want to open up the thread and be abused or should i just not open it and pretend i never saw it

But no! seems im wrong. A whole post wihout a nasty at or about me

hahaha, must be a good day then, certainly now is for me.. well im off 2 my other job now, on the VFR

hey look, amazing how the keys V F R line up so nicely on a keyboard.. go on.. take a look.. type it out.. now buy one!

**MikeL** · 3rd September 2003, 21:31

Originally posted by Kwaka-Kid
.. well im off 2 my other job now, on the VFR hey look, amazing how the keys V F R line up so nicely on a keyboard.. go on.. take a look.. type it out.. now buy one!

Is it true love, or just infatuation? Will they find lasting happiness together, or will he come down to earth with a nasty bump? Stay tuned for the next exciting episode...

**Big Dog** · 3rd September 2003, 23:55

Originally posted by Mitch
I wish I had known that when a car ran into the rear left hand side of my bike and high sided me. I agree that alot has to do with your awareness of what is going on around you, BUT you are kidding only yourself if you think you are in control of every situation you come across.

Wearing good gear is common sence.

Good point mitch!

My first off I was stationary at lights and was hit from behind by a light truck

Dunno how my superior skill was supposed to stop that one.

The only person who has ever been able to tell me he has not had an off in 30 years on the back of a bike then went on to say (rather proudly) that he does about 1000 kms a year average.

Fark I did that in my first year on a bike.

**matt420** · 4th September 2003, 07:23

I saw a fellow riding pillion on a ZZR250(I think) with shorts and bare feet the other evening down Symonds street in the middle of rush hour..I wouldn't like to see the squidly after effects if they came off..

**jrandom** · 4th September 2003, 10:03

Originally posted by Big Dog
My first off I was stationary at lights and was hit from behind by a light truck

The only person who has ever been able to tell me he has not had an off in 30 years on the back of a bike then went on to say (rather proudly) that he does about 1000 kms a year average.

Fark I did that in my first year on a bike.

Hah, I've done 8000 kms in the last eight months, dude

Given that one of my colleagues just turned up to work minus his VFR on a nasty shite loan bike after being punted from behind this morning by some stupid tart who didn't see him at a stop sign... perhaps I should just shut my trap about the 'in control' stuff.

**Big Dog** · 4th September 2003, 21:02

Originally posted by jrandom
Hah, I've done 8000 kms in the last eight months, dude

Given that one of my colleagues just turned up to work minus his VFR on a nasty shite loan bike after being punted from behind this morning by some stupid tart who didn't see him at a stop sign... perhaps I should just shut my trap about the 'in control' stuff.

MMMM.. About 160,000 kms over five and a half of the last eleven years.

160, 000 for three accidents why that works out at one bad second every 53,333kms.

Still riding like a nanna carting eggs probably helps