About to get some new gear - looking at various Hein Gericke jackets/trousers, they seem to have a good range. Dilemma is that head says 'get a bright jacket for safety' (easier to be seen) whereas heart says 'get black so that it doesn't contrast with the bike'. Off down to Infinity and Hein Gericke in Farnborough later to choose - what does ukrm recommend? -- jeremy ['75 RD250A (on e-bay) ] | ['02 Fazer 600 in blue] _______________________________________ jeremy at hireserve dot com
cunts in cars don't look for bikes and don't see you whatever colour you are. Black/charcoal - it looks much more acceptible as "just a jacket" when not on the bike.
"If they don't look, they'll never see you" There is only one true colour for anything motorcycle related.
all my all-weather gear is black. For some reason though, all black /leathers/ suggest people who smell of wee, to me.
In case of a jacket it is because light reflects from it and you can see it is black.[1] True black is an absence of light, innit. [1] This is one of those "shafties can't wheelie" type things, isn't it? Doh.
Swot I thought, but I gave up on the 'are black & white colours' thread very early on. What was the outcome anyway? God I hope not.
I saw it and gave up after the first article I think. That's why I felt my eyes roll round into the back of my head with the belief that I'd been had. Outcome? No idea.
Buy black, and if you want people to know your there, buy a race can and thrash your bike everywhere. It works a hell of alot better than any yellow jacket. --
