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Offline Juvecu

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #20 on: April 07, 2011, 21:05:41 »
There are some comfy textiles with good armour and protection out there, finding them is the trouble. It took me literally months to find the textiles I'm using now and I only happened to spot them by chance one day when I wasn't even looking for them (Murphy's law? :shrug:)
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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #21 on: April 07, 2011, 21:32:55 »
OK here goes!

I always use full leathers when riding my sports bike full face lid worth £550,£250 worth of boots,£125 gloves because I'm in the comfort zone (bubble).

Now when riding my V I like to hark back to my youth and the reason I loved bikes (jeans and DMs),so sometimes I wear jeans, timberlands and comfortable jacket if its really hot I might just wear a T shirt !!  SHOCK HORROR!!!!

I have had the unpleasant experience of sliding down the road in a T shirt and shorts when on holiday in greece many years ago but I still love riding bikes in the sunshine dressed this way but I do ride a different ride.

If you wear a £75 lid ,£150 suit,£10 gloves you probably don't want to hit the deck anyway.

Sorry if all you blokes disapprove your probably the ones not nodding when I'm in relaxed mode but we're not all IDIOTS we just enjoy our bikes in different ways.  

Last year I rode 600 motorway miles fully textiled to the alps,the following three days I spent in jeans enjoying the sunny alpine roads at about 40 - 60 mph.

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #22 on: April 07, 2011, 22:29:15 »
Quote from: "chippie"
OK here goes!

I always use full leathers when riding my sports bike full face lid worth £550,£250 worth of boots,£125 gloves because I'm in the comfort zone (bubble).

Now when riding my V I like to hark back to my youth and the reason I loved bikes (jeans and DMs),so sometimes I wear jeans, timberlands and comfortable jacket if its really hot I might just wear a T shirt !!  SHOCK HORROR!!!!

I have had the unpleasant experience of sliding down the road in a T shirt and shorts when on holiday in greece many years ago but I still love riding bikes in the sunshine dressed this way but I do ride a different ride.

If you wear a £75 lid ,£150 suit,£10 gloves you probably don't want to hit the deck anyway.

Sorry if all you blokes disapprove your probably the ones not nodding when I'm in relaxed mode but we're not all IDIOTS we just enjoy our bikes in different ways.  

Last year I rode 600 motorway miles fully textiled to the alps,the following three days I spent in jeans enjoying the sunny alpine roads at about 40 - 60 mph.


I can see the good side of what your saying mate. I havent had the chance for a real hot day so far to see how it would be with loghter clothes on, got a quick scoot today but took my non waterproof jacket and was quite toasty in it, but does a teeshirt not freeze the nuts  off you in a 70 mph wind blast????

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #23 on: April 07, 2011, 22:34:34 »
I have a sneaking suspicion we're all a bit daft!

Oh, and I've got vented gear for when it's toasty, 'cos I'm a smartass old grumpy fecker.

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #24 on: April 07, 2011, 22:53:37 »
When its really hot 30 degrees plus, it feels warm at about 60mph not really keen to go much faster.

When you ride into any south of France/italian/spanish resort its the fully clad bikers that get a funny look.
We ride bikes for the thrill, if it all becomes to clinically safe and not politically correct to wear comfort gear then we have become conformists to peer pressure.

I learnt to ride my first bike a Suzuki ts50 around our local fields with no helmet/boots/gloves/back protector/knee pads/neck brace/elbow pads/chest protector/kidney belt just me and me mates in the summer sun taking turns to fall off and get going again,when did biking all get so damn serious!

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #25 on: April 07, 2011, 23:06:54 »
I do have both fully vented leathers and textiles but the moment you are stationary they very quickly become sticky inside especially if you spend any time filtering in the coastal towns of the med.
Over the years I have spent vast amounts of money on technical clothing but nothing beats the feeling of riding along a sunny coast road in normal clothing and open crash helmet.

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #26 on: April 07, 2011, 23:40:26 »
Nothing compares to the feeling of losing large amounts of skin on your right arm and leg. I'm not doing that again.

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #27 on: April 08, 2011, 00:25:30 »
I have worn normal jeans on rides, but always with jacket, gloves, lid and boots. Recently bought some Hood jeans which are a good compromise. For my commute I wear waterproof trousers over my flying suit, with jacket, gloves boots and lid,  which help with windblast and are much more abrasion resistant than you think!!

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #28 on: April 08, 2011, 19:19:37 »
Seems every bike forum throughout the World does this subject to death.  :GRR:

Coming from a time when DM's and denim were considered safety equipment, I tend to be a bit relaxed about this kind of stuff. Winter I have the works on cos it's comfy and the risk of me dropping it are greater. Summer my greatest concern remains comfort so jeans it is. Never consider other road users stupidity and the possible effects, I am responsible for myself thankyouverymuch and I'll back myself and my observation all the way. You simply can't protect yourself against every eventuality so you shouldn't try. To be honest, all the safety gear in the world won't prevent the one incident that kills you. All any of this kit does is provide [temporary] peace of mind, and that's all you need. Our perception of safety is all we can be assured of. Filling your head with concerns of matters which in all probability will never happen is a waste of concious thought, a thought better used to observe the reality you're currently experiencing.

Riding a motorcycle and trying to create around your body the kind of secondary protection provided by cars is frankly (IMHO) nothing more than a hiding to nothing. This protective requirement is probably created by the rank and file 'modern' motorcyclist who is car man first and foremost but with a whiff of rebel in him. The fact remains that a motorcyclists' chief shield of self preservation is primary protection, ie his observation and mobility... to see the danger then get the hell away from it! When you put your defence in the hands of wrap around garments you will lose out. Seen many a leather clad pilot just as bu99ered when he came off as the next man only 'Flash Gordon' thought he was indestructible in his Rossi space suit.

Sorry if this seems a bit of a rant and apologies again if the grammar has 'wandered' but I truely believe we should dress for comfort, ride accordingly (with due consideration to our current position in space and time) and focus our thought and efforts on our skills as motorcyclists. So for me it'll be Spada jacket (cos it's windproof and doesn't flap or ride up at speed) Army suplus boots (comfy and I can walk about in them without looking like a knob) Gloves (keep my little pinkies warm in 70(cough)mph) Open face helmet (like to look around me) and jeans if it's hot (see boots)

Feel better now :grin:
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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #29 on: April 08, 2011, 19:31:07 »
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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #30 on: April 08, 2011, 20:41:28 »
Wether you do or wether you don't is of no real concern to me but what cracks me off is when you are treated as a biking outcast if you are spotted wearing comfort clothing by a (proper biker!!!)

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Re: counting idiots
« Reply #31 on: April 08, 2011, 20:52:54 »
This topic can only go one way after that  lol
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