Full gear all the time?

[Berries]

What would you do?

Same as you to be honest. In fact, I probably haven't carried a pillion for 20 years. I am more than happy being responsible for myself. I will wear what I consider appropriate gear and I will ride in much the same manner because I know that if I fuck up only I will get hurt. I don't want to even consider being the rider in a crash where the pillion gets badly hurt or worse. My risk assessment lets me get away with never having worn all the gear because I don't intend to crash and yet I won't carry a pillion in case I do crash. Go figure.

[sootie]

Trip to the dairy or supermarket? Hop in the car...

Those are my choices

Interesting choice. If your car is petrol injected it cannot tune itself until the oxygen sensor in the exhaust gets hot. This takes 5 or 10 kms of running, so you are really going thru the gas on your short car runs to the supermarket with a cold start. I have a little air cooled scooter for this job, and you guessed it, I don't wear full gear to go to the supermarket & back! (Scooter can carry quite a load of groceries incidently.)

[Akzle]

...I don't class myself as a good enough rider to do so...

is that, some kind of... objective humility... from BORIS?!

I'm hesitant to let people ride my bike if they don't have at least gloves on

jah. gloves are a biggie for me. google image search "degloving" and you'll shortly see why.
i hear feet are bad too. but y' don't need feet to jerk off!

i'd take a pillion without gear, not for a ride, but 'twere i going somewhere. helmet, footwear and gloves is all i require of any one else, even though i've been known to ride in a beanie, tshirt and not much else. (figure the beanie will keep the contents of my skull in one place for the ambos to find and put back in...)
fortunately my mates with bikes know i'm insane, so they let me loose in whatever i'm wearing, as a thinking adult (hold your tuis) people can make them decisions for themselves, and not ayone else.

[BoristheBiter]

[QUOTE=Akzle;1130409732]is that, some kind of... objective humility... from BORIS?!

Someone hacked my account

Just don't tell anyone I've a reputation as a troll to uphold.

[CookMySock]

I don't. On a trip, sometimes I'll wear jeans and approach shoes instead of boots and bike pants, especially if I don't want to deal with full gear when at my destination - example, paragliding. Approach shoes are pretty tough, but they'll probably rip off your feet in an crash.

Quick shop trip - whatever I'm wearing, plus gloves.

I will admit to being on the open road in shorts and tee-shirt and sneakers on a stinking hot day ONCE. It was fucking awesome actually, but one second of inattention will result in a massive penalty, so either don't, or be outrageously vigilant. If someone starts giving you shit on the road, this will feel really bad.

Helmet at all times bar none. Nil. Zip. Nada. Except maybe around the lawn, but not the concrete.

[PrincessBandit]

Bare minimum for me - helmet, gloves, jacket and boots. The boots because I'm too short to wear normal shoes when riding (even with my bike lowered); the rest because they saved my ass once. All my pillions have had to wear at least those things before they're allowed on the back with me.

[scumdog]

Going to work, get a WOF etc? - work pants & boots, gloves, helmet and a leather jacket.

Otherwise it's a leather jacket (mit der tassles naturally!), leather pants (leather chaps over them if going on a longer ride), lace-up boots and helmet.

Sometimes it's a full-face, sometimes a 'shorty', sometimes full gloves, other times fingerless gloves.


Mostly I'm sober too...

[Akzle]

Bare...for me... jacket....my ass...pillions have had to wear at least those things before they're allowed on the back with me.

there's a joke in there somewhere

[BoristheBiter]

there's a joke in there somewhere

She didn't say pants.
no one gets on my bike with out pants

[Brayden]

When I'm stuntin with ma boiz I don't weer a helmet coz it helps me 2 get better vision for higher wheelies and endoz are easier also I don't wear gloves either to get better feels for clutch ups

[BlightyBiker]

I've came off recently at only around 30 kph, and I tell you, even at that slow speed, my legs would have been right fucked had i not been wearing proper pants. The pants were properly ripped up. That really makes you wear all the gear every time!

I then learned a similar lesson off road.....

I've bought dragging jeans temporarily. Do you think they're still no match for proper pants. even for commuting? I've been eyeing up some nice pants recently but I was in no hurry to buy them because of the cost. I guess in terms of knee damage, proper pants are far better because dragging jeans have no support?

[PrincessBandit]

The dress jeans I was wearing were a fairly heavy duty denim which did get shredded across one thigh and ripped open down one seam. Amazingly I had no injuries to my legs apart from bruising on my left thigh and a tiny patch of gravel rash on the side of my right knee. Even with my proper bike jacket (armoured etc) it still got shredded open at the top of the shoulder on the side I broke my collar bone. Would I have been better off wearing my leather pants that day? Probably not in light of the few injuries I sustained in that accident; but depending on the trip I still wear normal jeans a lot. With helmet, jacket, gloves and boots...

[Retep5]

Full Gear for me 99%. There's always someone else on the road.

[caspernz]

Interesting choice. If your car is petrol injected it cannot tune itself until the oxygen sensor in the exhaust gets hot. This takes 5 or 10 kms of running, so you are really going thru the gas on your short car runs to the supermarket with a cold start. I have a little air cooled scooter for this job, and you guessed it, I don't wear full gear to go to the supermarket & back! (Scooter can carry quite a load of groceries incidently.)

It's all about priorities though ain't it? Some of us need room for the girlfriend, the nanny and her hot friend...oh, and the beer of course...how can you fit all that into/onto a Nifty Fifty??

[sootie]

It's all about priorities though ain't it? Some of us need room for the girlfriend, the nanny and her hot friend...oh, and the beer of course...how can you fit all that into/onto a Nifty Fifty??

I thought we were talking about a quick trip to pick up a few supplies, not moving house!!