Several in the eye for the safety Nazis

I was out oand about this afternoon, as were quite a lot of bikes.

By far the largest majority were wearing jeans, and t-shirt. Only one
proper bike with no gloves (and all the scooter boys).

I can't quite bring myself to ride in t-shirt alone, but was out with
denim jacket for a quick trip.

I suppose we can look forward to the cameras picking out non leatherd
bike riders next?

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

jsp says...

And? Had I made it out on the bike today (as was planned) I would have
been dressed in the same.

 

Conversersly, as far as I could see, I was the only Motorcycle rider
wearing denim jeans around Warwickshire today. I saw a lot of power
rangers in groups.

 

There is no 'and' I was just saying, that's all.

I suppose it was good to see so many people who didn't feel obliged to
be all coseted up in leather and armour just to go out on two wheels.

--
John

SV650
Black it is
and naked

 

Yeah **** the pigs! They can't tell us what to do!

PS. Did you get a chance to tell them how warm and fuzzy it made you feel to
be one of the cool, no-leathers gang? Maybe they'd let you be their friend.

 

MattG wrote

I regularly ride in jeans and a fleece.

Curiously i'd never ride without gloves on though [1]

HTH

Paul.

[1] Oh, and after crashing wearing Doc Martin shoes (not boots), I now
always wear something that covers the ankle ;-)

 

<shrug> Having been hit in the head by a pigeon, hit in the shoulder by a
?fig?, hit in the hands by various insects, stones and other stuff and
finally, hit in the shin by a Celica, I wear leathers because a) they are
(for me) more comfortable on the bike as they don't ride up in strange
places b) don't billow about in the wind c) seem to prevent unneccesary pain
even when not seeing the world from an unusual angle/height.

Call me a Nanny State Conformist.

 

So you make the decision to wear protective clothing based on what got hurt
the last time you crashed?

Bwilliant.

 

The 'experimental' approach. It's how we all learn.

I, for one, stopped riding over 'puddles' in very cold winter weather
after the first time.

 

dwb says...

Actually I'd call you someone who has made a personal choice on what
gear you want to wear. Which is fine, it's the whole "oh it's he
naughty, he's wearing *trainers*" that gets on my nerves.

 

That's fine. As MattG says, you make your choice. And I'll make mine
(a bit academic at the moment, I'll grant you - though I did go to a
Suzuki dealership this morning).

My usual biking attire doesn't give me these problems.

I have no idea what you are trying to say here.

 

So you got the nods in and also felt superior about riding in light
clothing. Well if that ain't the bikerest day in bikertown I don't know what
is.

 

It followed on from being hit by things.

I was hit in the neck by a stone flicked up at speed by an R1/R6 in Wales
last year - it hit me on the coller of my leathers - had they not been there
it would have hit me in the neck, which would have been interesting.

So, I think wearing leathers/protective gear protects me from unwanted pain
in the form of things on the bike that don't involve crashing.

 

OIC.

TBH, it's never bothered me that much. It's only stings for a minute.
I'd rather that, than sweat my **** off the whole time.

 

You know that scene in Robocop where the star is badly injured and taken
into hospital and comes out a machine?

 

Evolution at its finest. Darwin would have been proud.

 

er....

No really... errr..........

 

Ben Blaney wrote

So ride faster.

I have noticed that it is always seems to be the trainers and tee shirt
brigade who are last to arrive anywhere. Too cold for them over 20mph
obviously.

 

I quite like this one.

 

I read posts like that and the Bad Porl comes out. What's the problem? All
the old timers are always going on about how this group has got too soft and
boring. I'm simply letting off a bit of steam when the pressure cooker of
crap posts makes my little whistly thing come out.