Nekosohana
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With a sidecar no less! That's pimptastic!
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dewie
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you guys with no gear would love Canada with our great health care coverage.
I seen a squid in my town on a gixxer 1000 in a wife beater, shorts, skull cap and flip flops. I told my buddy who works at the bike shop in town and he told me the same guy took his bike to the dealership so they could wrap the gear shift in foam so it didn't hurt his foot while shifting with his flip flops. I could care less what you guys wear, but I know I ain't stopping when you go down. I wear full gear all the time, at any tempature.
Does anyone have the link to the video with the dude butt ass naked doing a catwalk and going down? priceless.
I seen a squid in my town on a gixxer 1000 in a wife beater, shorts, skull cap and flip flops. I told my buddy who works at the bike shop in town and he told me the same guy took his bike to the dealership so they could wrap the gear shift in foam so it didn't hurt his foot while shifting with his flip flops. I could care less what you guys wear, but I know I ain't stopping when you go down. I wear full gear all the time, at any tempature.
Does anyone have the link to the video with the dude butt ass naked doing a catwalk and going down? priceless.
I would stop and help no matter what.(dewie @ Aug. 31 2007,13:39) you guys with no gear would love Canada with our great health care coverage.
I seen a squid in my town on a gixxer 1000 in a wife beater, shorts, skull cap and flip flops. I told my buddy who works at the bike shop in town and he told me the same guy took his bike to the dealership so they could wrap the gear shift in foam so it didn't hurt his foot while shifting with his flip flops. I could care less what you guys wear, but I know I ain't stopping when you go down. I wear full gear all the time, at any tempature.
Does anyone have the link to the video with the dude butt ass naked doing a catwalk and going down? priceless.
Now the extent of what I do is going to depend on the amount of blood present. A gearless squid that paints the asphalt red while stunting will get a phone call to 911. Stupid people are more likely to contract stupid diseases.
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I ride a Harley and a Busa, I have only worn shorts once on the Busa. I've seen many people do it on all types of bikes, I don't recommend it . People are gonna do what they want right or wrong and they will be the ones to pay the consequences, if any.
To me it isn't what you ride but how you ride. We make our own decisions in life ... If you want to ride with no gear fine. Just don't expect any sympathy when you need a skin graft. When you don't wear gear ( I don't mean full leathers) you can't really expect people not to think you are a little stupid. I don't mean you are literally a stupid person but you just make stupid decisions... But then again that is your choice. I won't cry for you... I will feel bad for your family though. But hey its your decision its just sad that it has to effect your wife or your kids or your parents. Not protecting yourself while participating in an already dangerous sport is dumb.
Just my opinion.
The YOU I refer to is a broad sweeping generalization of all riders that don't gear up.
Just my opinion.
The YOU I refer to is a broad sweeping generalization of all riders that don't gear up.
I should add that I have seen an upsurge in... The helmet on the head but hiked up over the eyes... with no shirt, no gloves , sometimes jeans but mostly shorts but no flip flops so far.
Who really cares though... I see those guys and I just see parts on ebay riding buy waiting to be listed.
Who really cares though... I see those guys and I just see parts on ebay riding buy waiting to be listed.
I saw a Kid maybe in his mid 20's today 8-31-07 on a small Ninja with no shirt, shorts, and sandels. He did have a full face helmet and a backback on. I'm sorry but I just don't understand this, don't these people know how unforgiving asphalt is....... Most of the people I have noticed that ride without proper clothing be it on a Harley or Sportbike are young and inexperinced so I would put the blame on age rather choice of bikes.......
+1. Well said.(VaBusa @ Aug. 31 2007,07:21) It's like the seatbelt laws...so many hate 'em and hate that "The Man" gives out tickets if you don't have yours on, blah blah blah blah. What's ironic to me is that IF the gov't laid down laws stating WE HAVE to wear all of this gear, you'd be b*tching about that as well...Just like the helmet law controversies from state to state.
We all make our own choices based on what level of risk you feel you can afford in your life. For the guy that doesn't gear up, he/she may just as easily talk about how completely INSANE we are for riding a Hayabusa, or ANY sport bike for that matter. They may think the extra risk in owning a fast bike warrants more gear, and it doesn't matter if you agree with their opinion on the matter or not. It's apples and oranges. I do what I feel I should FOR ME and hope those that don't wear the gear, like my husband and most of my riding buds, never go down. I can assure you, I'd never treat ANY rider that goes down any differently, gear or no gear, sport biker or Harley rider...none of us should die because we like to ride, and we certainly shouldn't judge fellow riders based on their own level of perceived risk.
And it's an unfortunate part of riding in general that we will always have inexperienced riders, those that feel "that would never happen to me", those that allow the adrenaline to take over in the heat of the moment and make the wrong decisions that could lead to their demise. Gear or no gear, those types of riders are the ones I truly hope sites like this "get through to"...if after all of the reading from the mistakes of others, we still have some that opt to not gear up or run from the cops, it's an "informed decision" on their part IMHO and one that I surely can't hate someone for...adults are allowed to make decisions for themselves, period...
It IS irresponsible for any parent to toss a child on the back with minimal protection. Kids trust their parents implicitly and haven't been around long enough to form their own opinions on what risk really is, so that's my only complaint when it comes to the lack of gear for a rider.
Now that I have cooled off a bit, I fully understand the dangers of riding without gear and depending on the type of riding I am doing stipulates what I wear. I still don't get why any of you would call me or anyone that does the same, silly names because of what I am, or am not wearing. I know for a fact that my clothing is not causing danger to anyone but myself and that is my choice. Thank you for dictating what I should do...I will take it under carefull advisement as I watch you attempting to drag your knee on a public road. And yes, I do that also on my Busa but not while wearing shorts and flip flops and I really doubt that the same people criticising me for my lack of clothing would have nothing but great things to say about that. People in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.
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