Full gear all the time?

[Maha]

I'm the same Maha, gear up even to go for milk. However, the nearest dairy to me from Welly is Featherston

....ours is about 500 mts but a carefree attitude to safety just wont do..........at all

[Hawkeye]

....ours is about 500 mts but a carefree attitude to safety just wont do..........at all

By the time I gear up, I could have walked to my nearest dairy but find that it can take me at least an hour when I go on the bike...

[HenryDorsetCase]

I like wearing my back protector because it pushes my flabby bits up and down, so it looks like I have a massive penile bulge, and giant pecs. Ladeez love that stuff.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I go to the dairy by pushbike. I dont even wear a bicycle helmet because I am a guru, I'm a rebel, I'm a beatnik.

also, its 50m and I dont have to cross the road because I ride on the footpath..... BAHAHAHAHAHAHA I am :satan:

[Banditbandit]

The main reason I asked was I was a little curious on what NZ riders viewed as the done thing - I've found myself doing a number of my commuter trips lately with jeans rather than my riding pants due to the convenience; jacket, gloves, helmet and now boots are becoming routine now at least, as I add more items to my gear list at least.

I'm definitely ATGATT - I recently dumped my 650 at nearly zero speed - still managed to mess up my left hand, which was under the bar when the bike dropped - it was rather painful and swollen for several weeks (but the clutch lever didn't break and the bar end weight was fine, but it did bend the bars slightly) - I would have been much worse except for the leather reinforced gloves. Apart from that I walked away.

I recently bought Draggin jeans that I commute in ... and I wear them with a full face helmet, armoured jacket and bike boots for my daily commute.

On the big bike it's leather pants and jacket - with the full face helmet, boots and gloves.

I've been riding several decades now and have walked away (well sometimes limped away) from 11 offs ... can walk away only because of the gear .. (I've never had to be carried off ... )

[actungbaby]

Who out there wears their full gear every time they get on the bike? Proper rides are different and no brainers but things like running down to the shops? And yes, I'm aware that its your own body on the line so the decision is yours at the end of the day..

I worn cooton long trousers all my life on the bike never hurt myself or got bad grazing mind you mostley rode in town

But i have fallen of quite few times might been lucky who knows , never hurt my hands either always worn gloves and good helemet/

jacket , leather suit or pants are just not me i feel like a twit , not that saying that about people wear them just am not a racer

[caseye]

I hope that you never have the misfortune to have an off wearing your preferred cotton trousers.
I'm guilty of wearing Rhino Jeans ( kevlar panels and pocket Armour )around town but if I'm away for a long ride or a weekend it's full leather everything, just not worth the risk.

[onearmedbandit]

jacket , leather suit or pants are just not me i feel like a twit , not that saying that about people wear them just am not a racer

I wear full leathers, and I'm not a racer either. But I've experienced cotton pants hitting the deck at 60km/h. Walking for a couple of weeks was not fun, my knees were that badly messed up I could hardly move them. If I had been wearing my leathers that day I still would've done other damage, but at least I could've enjoyed getting out of bed by myself at night to go to the toilet.

[davereid]

Its all part of living. Some things carry risk, but make your life a more enjoyable place.

Loud music, I like it. But its bad for my ears.

Sex without a condom, suits me too. I know its risky.

A beer or five on a Saturday night, danger there.

Putting down the road, enjoying the sights and sounds of the country without helmet or ATTGAT. I like that too.

Someone else can spend their life in the cotton wool. Go for it. Feel good about it, safe and moral.

But please don't moan when I choose to take risk for pleasure.

You see I'm scared that when the powers that be say they want me to be the safest motorcyclist available, that they dont mean it, as you know motorcycling is 25 times more dangerous than driving a car.

They actually just want to get rid of my motorcycle. After all, I could be go all the same places 25x safer in a Volvo.

[awayatc]

I got all the gear,sometimes I wear all....

sometimes I wear none...

living was never meant to be safe.............

get over it.....

[onearmedbandit]

I got all the gear,sometimes I wear all....

sometimes I wear none...

living was never meant to be safe.............

get over it.....

Riding a bike is considered by some not to be safe. Riding at the speeds I do occasionally is considered unsafe, no doubt by many. But if there is something I can do to limit the damage to my body while enjoying these 'unsafe' activities then I'll take it. See I've 'got over' damage from not wearing the right gear before. Something I'd rather not get over again. But that's just me, what others do is up to them. I must admit I sometimes wish I was oblivious as some riders I see getting around in no gear, so much easier then gearing up. But Like I said, don't need to go down that road again. Pun not intended.

[sleemanj]

Cordura jacket & pants, gloves, steel toe work boots, and helmet of course.

My pants (which I wear over my jeans) have zips which go (inside of leg) to about mid way between knee and groin, this allows one to easily get in and out of them without taking off your boots, takes me in total well under a minute to put my gear on, or take it off, so I'd be a muppet not to.

I wear steel toe work boots anyway, they do just fine for the bike for my purposes.

[Road kill]

The only things I wear every time I ride are my boots,jacket,gloves and helmet.

I have leather pants,,hate the fucking things so wear jeans 90% of the time.

Wear an open face helmet more often than my full face.

My boots are chainsaw boots "used to just be called forestry boots but somebody must of decided "chainsaw" sounds cooler,but there still the toughest piece of footwear on the planet either way.

My gloves are black cordura lined riggers gloves,they keep my hands warm in most weather.

I don't really take riding gear to the extremes some do,,but then I haven't come off in over 25 years so I actually do know how to ride anyway.

Some of you twice a week guys should give it a try,,it's cheap to take courses an shit,and doesn't hurt anywhere near as much as falling off all the time.

[FJRider]

Cordura jacket & pants, gloves, steel toe work boots, and helmet of course.

My pants (which I wear over my jeans) have zips which go (inside of leg) to about mid way between knee and groin, this allows one to easily get in and out of them without taking off your boots, takes me in total well under a minute to put my gear on, or take it off, so I'd be a muppet not to.

I wear steel toe work boots anyway, they do just fine for the bike for my purposes.

I wear similar gear ... but I find in the cooler (near zero) temp's ... the toe-cap area in my boots turn fridge like. I have linings for both pants and jacket. Which is about the only change (winter/summer) I make ... apart from an extra layer or two underneath it all ... if required.

Even in summer it gets a bit cooler on the mountain passes in the south island. As some north island bikers have found. Their "winter" gear is often just not quite up to it. (But go home and fit heated grips )

[DEATH_INC.]

I've been known to testride bikes up the street in shorts, singlet and bare feet before.
Not all the time, but I've done it.
Riding to work (5 mins) is usually helmet and gloves, maybe a jacket. I have the scars to prove it.
And no, I didn't learn...
Proper rides means proper gear though....