Honestly some bikers must have S#!T for brains

[BASS-TREBLE]

http://www.speedfreakinc.com/content...rashqueen.html

If that doesn't put you of then to bad.

[90s]

I have posted on this topic before and riding without gear at any time is stupid.

Erm ... except that seems to be me in this recent picture.
Hey, its different in Rarotonga - the roads are softer! (holiday stupidity ...)

On the island there was a guy on a ZX10 riding around only in shorts - barefoot even. He caned it down the main drag one afternoon. He must be O with the cops because as far as I could tell he was the ONLY proper sports bike on the island!

[Romeo]

Hrm, I haven't read all the above posts, but I did see a bin yesterday outside the Wheatsheaf.

In the pub with the old man, over walks one of the hard bastards and strikes up a convo about how his brother's about to ride his Triumph Trophy home for him, for the first time ever. "Boy, if he whicks on all 180hp he'll know all about it!". And by this stage the brother has staggered himself over to the Trophy and is trying to find the fuel petcock. 1990's Arai lid and cigarette through the visor he starts it up, dumps the clutch (on the gravel parking lot) and with everybody laughing he pulls out onto the main road at 30kph+. Leans it over and grabs a handfull of gas - *vvvvvvvvVVVVVRR! ... sccchhhhh*. No one really seems concerned of course, after all he is wearing his jeans and sneakers. It slid for quite a wee way as well and he's lucky his foot didn't get between the bike and the road or it would have been goodbye foot. Long story short he wasn't hurt and rode off eventually after everyone went out and got the bike up.

The sad thing is that EVERYONE knew this guy was going to bin it, but did nothing... He was probably half pissed as well, let alone the fact that he'd never ridden that bike before. I wonder how often this sort of thing happens ;s.

[Patrick]

DARWIN....

Close, nearly got him, maybe next time?

[Rashika]

The sad thing is that EVERYONE knew this guy was going to bin it, but did nothing... He was probably half pissed as well, let alone the fact that he'd never ridden that bike before. I wonder how often this sort of thing happens ;s.

so you were there and didn't do anything either?
Doesn't that make you just as bad as the others?
If I saw a mate try and get on a bike half pissed I would try and get them to rethink, but I'm guessing that I prob wouldn't if it was some tosser who clearly wasn't gonna listen.
Some people you just cant tell anything to... after all they are all just dumb arsed bikers anyway

...so when are you getting a bike and can talk about stuff like this on the forum like a real biker?

[Mr. Peanut]

Read in a paper a month or so back, thay want to add jacket and gloves to the law as required gear next to helmet. Not a bad plan in my books

Oh great, less freedom.

Maybe I would like to go down to the shops on a sunny day in my t-shirt and jeans. If I can handle that on a bicycle I can handle it on a bike.

Give me personal choice and personal responsibility any day.

[Rashika]

Oh great, less freedom.

Maybe I would like to go down to the shops on a sunny day in my t-shirt and jeans. If I can handle that on a bicycle I can handle it on a bike.

Give me personal choice and personal responsibility any day.

I'm guessing you would probably still put your helmet on for both huh? ...or Not?

[buellbabe]

I have seen someone get plastered up at Puhoi and as I was leaving I said to one of his mates " hope someone else is gonna ride his bike home ".
The look I got was withering to say the least...
Jeez...with mates like that...

[Mr. Peanut]

I'm guessing you would probably still put your helmet on for both huh? ...or Not?

Only because it's the law. Doing anything carries a risk, it should be up to me and not a government department to manage that risk.

If you so willingly give away your freedom, think what else they might see fit to take. It'll be fluro-vests next.

No more wearing that dangerous black leather...

[buellbabe]

Oh great, less freedom.

Maybe I would like to go down to the shops on a sunny day in my t-shirt and jeans. If I can handle that on a bicycle I can handle it on a bike.

Give me personal choice and personal responsibility any day.

Sure, saying you take personal responsibility is one thing but its ACC that will be footing the bills for your skingrafts etc...and that translates to all bikers being penalised with outrageous ACC levies in our Reo fees.

Speaking from personal experience here... just nipped around the corner to a mates place, no jacket, no gloves and even NO helmet...YEAH I KNOW I WAS MONUMENTALLY STOOPID but I was young and bullet-proof at the time...(12 yrs ago)
Anyway the upshot was 6 mths on crutches and bloody lucky it was my leg that hit the kerb and not my head!

[Mr. Peanut]

ACC levies are going to go up regardless. Such is the nature of beuacracy. Fact is, I don't want the pain in the arse of putting on a jacket and gloves every time I want to do a plug chop, or go around to the shops.

I live in a quiet area, and I'm fully aware of the risk I'm taking (very small). Why should I be made a criminal?

Need I remind you, we are all having to start on expensive 250cc bikes, based on a law that has no place in reality (like power to weight ratios).

So you hurt your leg, lesson learnt. Would you do it again? No, and that's personal choice.

[Rashika]

Only because it's the law. Doing anything carries a risk, it should be up to me and not a government department to manage that risk.

If you so willingly give away your freedom, think what else they might see fit to take. It'll be fluro-vests next.

No more wearing that dangerous black leather...

only cos its the law..... yeah just like I always ride at 100km, ONLY COS ITS THE LAW... and no-one should be drinking and driving , cos its the law.

I hate to be a stick in the mud but laws are there to be broken, and people will break em until the general community decides enough is enough, and actually start ostracising those who do. Speed is one that will always be a problem, saying what people can wear on a bike just a wee bit less so.

Each individual should decide what they can wear, but as we know a few people are so dumb they HAVE to be told... and some just haven't yet had the luck of learning by experience of what an off can do to ya... yet.
Freedom is one thing, us having to pay for their idiotic mistakes is another.

I'm happy enough to use a helmet,(keeps my head warm), ride in my leathers, (keeps me warm) black or whatever... will always ride with my light on, and may even break some speed laws from time to time, but I aint wearing no stinking flouro vest.

[Mr. Peanut]

A lack of helmet is somewhat visible, and I don't want to get pulled over.

Perhaps we should ban rugby. Terribly dangerous sport, people getting hurt all the time.

Maybe the All Blacks should be wearing leathers, a helmet, and fluro vests so they don't hurt themselves?

[Rashika]

ACC levies are going to go up regardless. Such is the nature of beuacracy. Fact is, I don't want the pain in the arse of putting on a jacket and gloves every time I want to do a plug chop, or go around to the shops.

I live in a quiet area, and I'm fully aware of the risk I'm taking (very small). Why should I be made a criminal?

Need I remind you, we are all having to start on expensive 250cc bikes, based on a law that has no place in reality (like power to weight ratios).

So you hurt your leg, lesson learnt. Would you do it again? No, and that's personal choice.

umm no-one says you have to start riding on an expensive 250cc bike, they do come in smaller sizes you know.
But I guess being a bloke you always want the biggest you can get huh?

I will always ride with at least jacket, jeans, helmet, boots and gloves... anything less is just stoopid. But I guess having riden for a few years i have figured out that that small 5 min blat can sometimes do more damage than a 5 hour ride.
Hopefully it is something that in time, you will figure out too


and DONT start calling me old...

[Rashika]

A lack of helmet is somewhat visible, and I don't want to get pulled over.

Perhaps we should ban rugby. Terribly dangerous sport, people getting hurt all the time.

Maybe the All Blacks should be wearing leathers, a helmet, and fluro vests so they don't hurt themselves?

hell yeah, hate the fukn game...

but one thing you forget is rugby players (general not the paid ones) DONT pay ACC to play their game, neither to horseriders and they both account for way more costs to ACC than motorcyclists, but US they can get their pound of flesh from by charging more. So I guess it pays to protect ourselves as much as practically possible, not to mention that taking of ya skin in an accident would hurt ( I can imagine, dont wanna find out)

its been fun but time to do the sensible shit and get some groceries