How to gid rid of a nagging pillion...

He does, however, have a point.

 

Blaney and Des: "spunk loving sluts"

 

Who knows my body best, me or dwb?

 

Which words would they be, eh?

 

Saturday, otoh, is looking fucking excellent.

 

Slick.

I'm looking forward to the weekend, I can insult people and they'll take
it as a compliment.

 

When Seated, obviously.

 

No, i was walking across the road as the Seat thingy hit me.

They work in the hitting the ground aspect too.

Cordura, my arse.

 

Not only that, but at any speed (70+) a T-shirt flaps about in the
turbulance which becomes annoying and uncomfortable after a while, and they
ride up too, which probably looks ridiculous - on a bloke.

 

A shirt is worse. The collar flaps and beats continually against
the neck which is funny for a couple of seconds and then becomes
downright irritating.

 

The mental checklist before _I_ swing a leg over:

Boots....Suit......Helmet...Gloves

Whether it is 5 miles or 5000.

Statistics show that 69% of all Motor Vehicle crashes occur within a 5
mile radius of home.

Besides it hurts like hell, when the skin gets ripped off

 

Usually my minimum level of safety equpment is leather jacket, jeans and
gloves. However, I do go out in a t-shirt and jeans from time to time
(when going to the beach, for example).

As with Dodger et al, saftey equipment wasn't really common when I
started riding[1], so I'm quite comfortable without it.

[1] I bought a leather jacket with armour for the first time about 3
years ago.

 

Which is good until the dumb bitch in the yellow Megane behind you
pulls away straight into the back of you.

"I though you were going".

"My brake lights were on, you stupid bitch".

 

I too face this newbie dilemma fairly regularly. The only occasions I have
ever ridden a bike without being fully leathered are twice (test riding
Zephyrs) and one test riding the TS50. The only bit of gear missing on
these occasions was the leather trousers, but I cannot explain why I felt
this item of protection was less important than the rest of the gear.

Perzackly. I always get fully geared up when going out on the bike, but
then I don't do any very short journeys (too much hassle, so I take the
car). Also, if I did, this would send the wrong signals to my lad, who no
doubt would then stop getting fully kitted up when going on his bike, which
would, in turn, promote grief from SWMBO (and quite rightly so, IMHO)
Also, as SWMBO does not work, but lives only to pursue pleasure [1] my
ability to work and earn is fairly important. Therefore, if I am daft
enough to ride a motorcycle I feel I need to be as well protected as I
possibly can, to preserve my ability to support the family [2].

I would not, personally (cos I am a bit of a safety nazi), but I must admit,
seeing other bikes being ridden by persons in casual attire does look cool
(and getting sweaty leather trousers off can be rather frustrating).

However, choice is personal, ride your own ride and all that.

[1] Hopefully she will not read this, otherwise I am a dead man.
[2] Christ but I sound like a sanctimonious twat.

 

Mmm, Debbie. She was a babe.

Er, what was the question again ?

Cheers,

Paul.

 

I wear full leathers when I go out, mainly because of my lack of faith

You want to try full morning suit attire - those tails don't 'alf flap
about.

 

I do try, sometimes.

Not particularly, no.

As you say different strokes for different folks - though I'm somewhat
relieved I'm not like you because at the rate I sweat I'd be dead in about
55 miles

 

Fair enough, but I wouldn't suggest you think of going touring anytime soon
then!

 

And I would suggest that you missed a golden opportunity to offer to get to
know her body better.


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Well, you certainly got a lot of replies to this!

Personal choice/confidence thing, innit.

Don't forget that the wind blast from doing decent speeds is cooling.
Weather that is painful in full leathers in town is glorious on a
fast road.