Wearing the right gear

[willytheekid]

I've noticed over the last couple of weeks that many around this fair town have are wearing their shorts while riding, it makes me cringe. I send silent prayers asking that they not come off.

Your a saint Genie
personally...I have to restrain myself from thinking..."crash!, CRASH YA IDIOT!"...
I know...bad me ...but it pisses me off to think these gene-pool rejects are the reason I now pay High insurance and ACC costs, just because they want to look cool and learn the the hard way that asphalt IS tougher than skin.....idiots!

WEAR THE GEAR!....everytime you ride!, it may save your life....or at the least, stop you from walking funny for weeks after a slide

[Quasievil]

Quite frankly, I don't give a fuck what other road users do.

Really.........youre doomed mate

I'll do whatever is within my power to look after myself.

really...........but your not an advocate of gear

I cant be reading you right mate surely lol

[Katman]

ATGATT is great for those who don't have the ability to ensure their own safety.

Me? I wear my gear primarily to keep me warm.

There's too many dickheads who think that wearing ATGATT automatically protects them from harm regardless of the manner in which they ride.

Half of you would faint if you saw me take a bike out for a road test in summer.

[Quasievil]

ATGATT is great for those who don't have the ability to ensure their own safety.

What a ridiculous statement Katman, I always thought you had some intelligence
Dude no one on the road I repeat no one can ensure there own safety at anytime, there are far to many variables completely outside your control, not you and not any one else.
All you and anyone can do is take as many protective measures as possible via way of sensible riding and wearing good protective gear.
I always wear gear and I always have take every precaution, what are you saying ? that you take every precaution but dont wear gear? thats a contradiction of terms

There's too many dickheads who think that wearing ATGATT automatically protects them from harm regardless of the manner in which they ride.

Really? Ive never met a customer who has brought gear to enable them to be immortal.
I know a few younger riders that thing they are immortal but its got nothing to do with their gear, more so their age.

Half of you would faint if you saw me take a bike out for a road test in summer.

I wouldnt, I might get queezy looking at your grazed body and latter multiple skin grafts because you didnt ensure your safety when that car pulled out unexpectantly at the last second causing you to slide on the road for 10 metres

[Katman]

What a ridiculous statement Katman

Just goes to show how little you know of me in the real world Brett.

Those who see ATGATT as a panacea for motorcycle accidents are deluding themselves.

I'm not saying don't wear the gear - I'm saying sort your shit out first before believing that gear alone is going to save your life.

[Berries]

I didnt start the thread to start another debate, just thought it was worth a look.
point is, in most of those cases, lives were saved because of gear.
If you fuck up badly enough, youre going to die anyway, but depending on the severity of the accident, good gear can be the difference between:
losing a leg, and having a sever limp forever
minor to moderate head injries causing damage to sight/hearing and being a complete vegetable
severe all over bruising and a month long hospital stay with lots of injuries.

You can't start a thread on this particular subject and not start a debate - nigh on impossible. I don't think anyone would disagree with the fact that if you do crash the more protective gear you are wearing the better the outcome may be. It is probably because this is such an obvious fact I can't see the need for posting images of people who crashed without wearing all of that gear. I didn't look at the photos, the quote you had was enough to tell me what it contained. And it wouldn't have changed my mind on what I am going to wear when I get on my bike in the morning.

Everybody is convinced that the way they do things is the right way, you, me, Katman, the bloke I saw on some cruiser in shorts today and the old boy on the BM with no gloves. Who's to say what is right ? Keep it upright and it doesn't really matter.

[baptist]

I'm the same. don't leave home without it i say.
Think the point was that if you at least wear something you may save a bit of your arse on most occasions. We all know you can still die no matter what.

+1, I know I am not good enough to say "I will not fall off", so anything that helps keep my skin on my bones if I do go for a slide has to be of value. I think I owe it to myself and my family to take risks into account while I ride and then try to limit them, that has meant gear on and rider training.

[swbarnett]

Just think about these guys when you decide to go with just a helmet and gloves and nothing else. most of them would be dead without full gear

Even better if you don't ride at all!

Or maybe you'd like us to spend our lives in nice padded cells contemplating how safe we are?

[swbarnett]

I always wear gear and I always have take every precaution,

You still ride though. By definition you're not taking EVERY precaution.

[tigertim20]

You still ride though. By definition you're not taking EVERY precaution.

uhhhhm, you do realise that there is an entire spectrum of colours right?, theres more than just black and white out there!!

this seems to have turned into a pissing match, the entire thing was cut and pasted, mainly cos some of them guys have got some fucking gnarly injuries, and I thought some of the more morbid among us would appreciate it.
whatever, read it how you do!! KM is going so hard at this thread I think he's probably cum twice just by getting off on his perceived moral highground!!
good show, kee it up fellas!

[Quasievil]

Those who see ATGATT as a panacea for motorcycle accidents are deluding themselves.

Who does that, I dont know anyone who thinks that, I know people that look at the whole picture that includes gear

I'm not saying don't wear the gear - I'm saying sort your shit out first before believing that gear alone is going to save your life.

Gear goes a long way to saving your life, a very long way as well as does the adoption of safe riding techniques . training etc.

Like I say its a combination of aspects that ensures safety.

You seem to have a issue with people that advocate one of the above aspects in particular, and when they voice it you blab on about your ATGATT issues, which is kinda weird

[Genie]

Some choose to be contraversial just for the sake of it.

[_Shrek_]

I'm the same. don't leave home without it i say.
Think the point was that if you at least wear something you may save a bit of your arse on most occasions. We all know you can still die no matter what.

I'm not saying don't wear the gear - I'm saying sort your shit out first before believing that gear alone is going to save your life.

well said guys

[Flip]

Fark me, another gear Nazi thread posted by a power ranger on a 300kph bike.

Where do you w@nkers get off telling other bikers what wo wear?

Get off your bike and get a job with your local council as a building inspector, dog ranger or parking warden if you feel the need to tell people how self important your opinions are.

Tossers!

[nodrog:Me]

Fark me, another gear Nazi thread posted by a power ranger on a 300kph bike.

Where do you w@nkers get off telling other bikers what wo wear?

Get off your bike and get a job with your local council as a building inspector, dog ranger or parking warden if you feel the need to tell people how self important your opinions are.

Tossers!

Oh the irony

If I had seen you doing wheelies in my car park I would have hit you up straight away with serious misconduct. If you had told me to "man up" you would be immediately looking for a new job.

As an employer I have the legal responsibility to insure that my staff do not injure themselves at work. The Rozza can only charge you with dangerous, big deal a 3 month lol and a $1000 fine, if I know you were driving dangerously at work and did nothing and you injured yourself I can be personally fined $250,000.

I am actually surprised you still have a job. So stop doing dumb shit at work.

Fanny