Rumour has it that it's hiding somewhere pink...Originally Posted by maha man
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Rumour has it that it's hiding somewhere pink...
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Slapper?
I can only conclude that what you read doesnt seem to sink in,read it again slowly,not taking the piss at all but you have been given advice but seem hell bent on ignoring it.
Kiwi back at home!
There is the argument that a black clad cruiser rider appears more menancing as they appear to the layman to be a gang member
With the amount of fluro orange on the roads these days with over coneing etc orange doesn't have as much impact as a splash or orange amongst a mainly green and brown background.
When you scan an intersection do you look left to right or right to left?
As this makes a big difference as to what you pick out!
What? Correct?
Cougar Bait
Thanks mate. I did think of that, but wanted clarification.
Dude...you came here asking a question about why our gear is black. You got answers. But the answers you got you don't like, so you conclude that we are all so retarded that we don't care about 'making ourselves seen'? The fact is, it doesn't matter what colour our gear is, car drivers still won't see us. And often it's not from lack of trying, but because of how our brains work. Get over yourself.
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Forum whore
Most bikes have no headlight switch, so you can't turn them off. One of my bikes is bright orange, my helmet is red and white.
My other bike is Gun Metal gray. I can assure you that there is no difference in the frequency of near misses.
If you feel better wearing bright colours then do so. Feeling good when riding is better than looking good. A sound emotional state contributes more to your safety than your perceived visibility.
The stuff I am talking about has been studied at length by cleverer people than me and I can confirm their theories from 20 years of observations.
However I will say that your emotive responses confirm what has been a bugbear for some on this site for some time.
Young person/newish rider ask for advice. Gets an answer they don't like from an experienced rider who has made a bit of a study out of the issues surrounding motorcycling, and promptly starts denying that there is any validity to that answer.
People have been getting annoyed with me saying it is inevitable that those people will crash, get hurt, or add to the mounting body of evidence suggesting that bikes should be banned because they refuse to learn from others experiences.
The conclusion you should be drawing is; I must ride in a manner that maximises my personal comfort and safety at all times. I am for all intents and purposes invisible.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Loud and Uncouth
I wear black cos tassled jackets seem to come only in black..
But a serious point: It absorbes the heat from the sun better than any other colour, on a cold winters day you tend to appreciate that aspect.
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Oh Shit!!!...around the front you mean?....
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Do not forget about the background. Having a multi-coloured attire breaks up your shape or form, in comparison with a single colour (including but not limited to just black. An all-white set of leathers would do the same).
Part 2: So, if anyone tries to convince you of something (that may or may not be correct) they are automatically wrong?
Pink? That's a bit of a girly colour, don't you think?
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Forum whore
Black is the colour that best conceals dried blood
Actually, it's just a historic thing. Raw leather is usually a greyish brownish nondescript colour. Dyding it to bright clear colours is difficult requires a lot more processing than dying it all concealing black (the variations in the natural leather colour will make the dye colours blotchy). So coloured leather stock is significantly more expensive than black.
Slapper?
And loathe it on hot west coast days,christ i couldnt wait to get mine off at woodstock.I wear black cos tassled jackets seem to come only in black..
But a serious point: It absorbes the heat from the sun better than any other colour, on a cold winters day you tend to appreciate that aspect.
Slapper?
If that dosent sink in then i advise riding naked,fuck it nothing like saying "i do it my way"
Kiwi back at home!
What do you know? I suppose you will say the world is not flat and we are not the centre of the universe soon?
Forum whore
My mates at the Flat Earth Society would be disturbed to see me even admit I thought that heresy was an option.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Hardout Cyclist
My point of view is that cagers don't exactly look and "not" see the black biker, they just don't look.
It's not a fact of what colours people see or don't see, it's whether they even look to see or not!
Scotsman on a German
I was hit by a car at a junction once - I was wearing a high visibility vest at the time. I haven't worn it since and haven't been hit by a car but I'm prepared to believe that's just coincidence.
Wear what makes you feel happy - I like red so I wear red - you might think that looks visible but you should see how black it is by the light of sodium lamps at nght.
Red goes with anything except green and if I ever got a Kwak I'd be butt fucked by a Gorilla before I would get a green one.
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