Evidence that wearing full safety apparel causes accidents

[jasonu]

Maybe he should have taken the IAMS cat food course.

[Wingnut]

Maybe he should have taken the IAMS cat food course.

Ahhhhhhhhhh - Dont start that shit again!!!!!!!!!

[Bassmatt]

Some, drinking bears as they waited for the next group move.

Sounds difficult

[Quasievil]

I came off at 200kph on the track last year. Shit maybe if the marshals let me race in boardies and a singlet instead off full one peice leathers, boots and gloves I might not have come off...
Honestly, best 1.5k I ever spent. No skin missing...

Really 200 kmph huh ? where , which corner ? what track, or was it on a straight ?

and you used the word "honesty" as well lol

[Trade_nancy]

a poor nelson bloke whose actually lucky really,overheated in his bike gear and crashed onto the rocks,on rocks road in nelson.
sure his bike gear saved him after the fact,but he wouldnt have blacked out in shorts and a singlet

I can relate to that - spent a night in Nelson coming home from Invergiggle after the Burt Munro....and went along the rocks to get some feesh and cheeps from that fish shop on the left by the jetty. All went well till we tried at 5:30pm (workday) to ride back towards the unit at Kaiteriwhatever....must have been a traffic snarl 2km long. We pootled along in 1st gear so slow - with the wife on back - the bike was getting tipsy. Finally after 10mins of hell - in heat - we got to a spot where we could split past the traffic - for a while. Phew - it was hot. Temp gauge on the bike shot up 2 bars as well. All caused by the traffic lights at the major intersection.

[russd7]

http://i.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/new...ry-in-accident

Sounds like it was more to it than the gear alone

yup, it appears from the article that he may have been riding a suzuki

[FJRider]

... and you used the word "honesty" as well lol

He didn't actually ... the word he used was "honestly" .... and in the context of the last sentence was quite appropriate ....

[oneofsix]

yup, it appears from the article that he may have been riding a suzuki

I think the problem is that he was only perched on top of the Suzuki, looks like a GSX650F. (I might be interested in spare parts. )

You don't have to be in ATGATT on a hot day to collapse after exercise. I distinctly remember going to sleep whilst sitting on a stool after a run, I knew it was happening and what would happen next but couldn't stop it, as it was a 3 legged bar 'interior designer' type stool the ATGATT could have been useful.

Not just a case of ATGATT, make sure you mentally and physical are ready to ride.

Hope both he and the bike isn't too badly damaged.

[@ndy]

No a chance... Maybe be something else, but no way you get heat stroke from a short ride in full gear. Otherwise GP pilots that race in the European summer in full leathers gear, when is 42*C , won't make it to the second lap.

[ducatilover]

Poor bloke, he must have Dave's syndrome.

[FJRider]

No a chance... Maybe be something else, but no way you get heat stroke from a short ride in full gear. Otherwise GP pilots that race in the European summer in full leathers gear, when is 42*C , won't make it to the second lap.

A one piece race leather suit is way different to a black heavy duty leathers (possibly with linings) ... plus any clothing he may have had on under the leathers.

All the gear was new ... so was maybe trying it all out. A Born again Biker ... doing what they do initially ... unfamiliar gear / bike .. and doing it all wrong.

[Juniper]

a poor nelson bloke whose actually lucky really,overheated in his bike gear and crashed onto the rocks,on rocks road in nelson.
sure his bike gear saved him after the fact,but he wouldnt have blacked out in shorts and a singlet

Mr Marshall said Mr Taylor's new-looking gear and "major" helmet definitely saved his life. "The helmet is pretty darn dented."

On a slight aside - I actually thought this thread was going to be about the Psychological effects of wearing safety gear and the 'bulletproof' mentality that sometimes comes with it

I must admit that when I first got my gear I felt near damn invincible, mainly because as I've collected my gear I've been wearing jeans or leather boots in the meantime. Now my gear just feels like my gear. My boots do feel invincible after the dog. If I hit that thing fast enough to break my bike then it damn well should have broken my foot. But I limped away with torn tendons. My foot should have been snapped in half, and I know I had the peg at the arch of my foot stoopid.

I recently had to go to interviews so donned my office pants and heels (ok they were the ones I used to wear on the bike anyway because their ankle high thick leather) and felt so naked. Next time I somehow take gear and get changed round the corner!!

[Quasievil]

He didn't actually ... the word he used was "honestly" .... and in the context of the last sentence was quite appropriate ....

Who Died and made you fucking Hitcher ?

[Juniper]

A one piece race leather suit is way different to a black heavy duty leathers (possibly with linings) ... plus any clothing he may have had on under the leathers.

All the gear was new ... so was maybe trying it all out. A Born again Biker ... doing what they do initially ... unfamiliar gear / bike .. and doing it all wrong.

That born again rider thing scares me. A guy I shoot with wants to start riding again after 40 years. Wants a cruiser doesn't care if its not LAMS, doesn't want to get proper gear cause he "Knows how to ride and that stuffs unnecessary" just going to ride in normal pants and shoes. Even after I said there are some good looking motorbike boots out there that just look like normal shoes/dress boots. I'm scared that next he's going to get an open faced helmet, cause that's the 'look he wants'. Though I have said Shoei have a helmet that works both ways.

[TheDemonLord]

That born again rider thing scares me. A guy I shoot with wants to start riding again after 40 years. Wants a cruiser doesn't care if its not LAMS, doesn't want to get proper gear cause he "Knows how to ride and that stuffs unnecessary" just going to ride in normal pants and shoes. Even after I said there are some good looking motorbike boots out there that just look like normal shoes/dress boots. I'm scared that next he's going to get an open faced helmet, cause that's the 'look he wants'. Though I have said Shoei have a helmet that works both ways.

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