Wearing the gear

[Luvanicebum]

For those people that spend $6-10,000.00 on a bike and then
think that good leather gear costs too much and is "too hot" in the summer.
Take a good look at this:

May 7th 2003

Then ask yourself, "How much is my skin worth"?
Put it on the card, barrow the money from the bank, reletives, whatever...
but, GET IN THE GEAR!!!

[KillBill]

+1

After seeing all of the road-rash pictures I thought the bike would be MUCH worse than it was. He would have def. been dead w/o that helmet.

[Luvanicebum]

Yea...bikes slide easily....skin grabs the road and you end up tumbling.
I'd rather be hot than dead any day.

[ChR1s]

Riding gear can save your skin? No shit?

What is it that compels one to espouse the use of common sense to another?

[Doc]

Great link, some people on there are pretty dim witted though.

[Wishbone]

I spoke to someone the other day who said that leather is only good for 50 ft. or so of sliding...

there's a lot of crap floating around out there, which makes it hard for new riders.

no kidding huh? im gonna throw my leathers away

i wish people would get a clue. i helped a friend fix his bike yesterday and when done i asked do you have pants to wear? o yeah i got pant to change into jacket gloves and helmet. o cool i said. so then he takes it for a test ride with shorts jacket and helmet the gloves that he didn't wear were work gloves. so i still had my old a* gloves with me and i gave them to him. he gladly accepted and rode away wearing them...still in shorts

[Dangerz0ne]

I saw a dude last year riding down the road with helmet, leather jacket, decent gloves, nice boots and.......daisy duke cutoff jean shorts. I almost shit my pants laughing.

[Doc]

I spoke to someone the other day who said that leather is only good for 50 ft. or so of sliding...

there's a lot of crap floating around out there, which makes it hard for new riders.

Yeah but skin is only good for 5 inches of sliding.

[Josephd14]

The new thing seems to be riding around with your Jacket unzipped..

[Luvanicebum]

Riding gear can save your skin? No shit?

What is it that compels one to espouse the use of common sense to another?

Asking yourself this question is either a jab at my ego to boost your arrogant posturing, OR an indication that you really don't see or care about the importance of spreading helpful information to less experienced people.
That's quite alright, either way I understand and you can leave the task up to more mature people.

My compultion however, is that I still see people running around in shorts and
t-shirts, sneakers, no helmets. Retarded? Yes! Lacking in all common sense? You betchya! So, even if one noob sees this, perhaps he'll re-think his position and wear the gear, so it makes it worth spreading this (what seems to us) redundant information. Understand now?

[Wishbone]

The new thing seems to be riding around with your Jacket unzipped..

i was only doing that because i got to fat for my jacket over the winter. but thanks for making fun of me

Asking yourself this question is either a jab at my ego to boost your arrogant posturing, OR an indication that you really don't see or care about the importance of spreading helpful information to less experienced people.
That's quite alright, either way I understand and you can leave the task up to more mature people.

My compultion however, is that I still see people running around in shorts and
t-shirts, sneakers, no helmets. Retarded? Yes! Lacking in all common sense? You betchya! So, even if one noob sees this, perhaps he'll re-think his position and wear the gear, so it makes it worth spreading this (what seems to us) redundant information. Understand now?

no chris wrote that because he hates you personaly and the only thing you can do now is sit in the corner and cry

oh yeah, welcome to nesr

[Luvanicebum]

This is why I spend the majority of my time on Hayabusa.org. The people take thier riding seriously.

[duey]

This is why I spend the majority of my time on Hayabusa.org. The people take thier riding seriously.

No need to be so sensative around these guys. Everything that is posted by everyone should either be ;

a) taken with a grain of salt.
or
b) a good old fashion "LOL"

[Doc]

This is why I spend the majority of my time on Hayabusa.org. The people take thier riding seriously.

I am glad all Hyabusa riders take their riding seriuosly.

Saw a post on another forum about a kid (22) who was gonna get a "busa" for his first bike.

If you want to talk about gear try being in the military and being ordered to wear it.

[jimaug87]

From my non-motor powered biking days I know how much pain is detered by the proper gear. Of course when I got my motorycle I got some riding gear, but I was glovless for a few days. I had ordered gloves online and there was a problem with the shnipping. I got the gloves 2 weeks later, but that was 2 weeks I was wondering how badly it would suck to crash.

[richw]

What is stupider then crashing without gear

Crashing with gear in the closet


New level of dumb I have now seen two sportbike guys riding with an armored jacket and NO helmet. This gets a thumbs up by the Society of Transplant Surgeons... that's why we call them donorcycles

[bigred875]

This is why I spend the majority of my time on Hayabusa.org. The people take thier riding seriously.

[Wishbone]

I am glad all Hyabusa riders take their riding seriuosly.

Saw a post on another forum about a kid (22) who was gonna get a "busa" for his first bike.

whats worse is that i was at motor sports international the other day and the sales man was actually trying to convince the kid to go sign papers for his first bike. and guess what it was???

[hqp921]

I've seen these pics somewhere else before.

Don't recall if I saw them before or after I took the MSF... but I never thought for a second that when I started to ride, I would not wear the gear.

Even before I wanted to ride, I'd see riders with no helmets, or just in shorts and I would just think to myself, "Don't they want to protect themselves??"

Whenever you want to ride w/o gear - just think of these pictures. If you still want to take the risk... well, it's your skin.

[tWeEzy]

Whenever you want to ride w/o gear - just think of these pictures. If you still want to take the risk... well, it's your skin.

worD. Same goes for seatbelts. You can preach all you want but the operator is ultimately responsible for the aftermath.

[The Snowman]

I found this site on another MC forum. If this doesn't scare you into wearing your gear, nothing will!

Caution, GRAPHIC!

Live to Ride - Ride to DIE

[catch2otwo]

I found this site on another MC forum. If this doesn't scare you into wearing your gear, nothing will!

Caution, GRAPHIC!

Live to Ride - Ride to DIE

good god, those were pretty bad. dont know why its so hard to wear the proper gear for some people. its also not fair to say " o well its their skin or their life" cause its not. when you eat it hard and end up living or dying, it affects anyone who remotely cares for you. so wear gear for yourself and your loved ones.

[hqp921]

I found this site on another MC forum. If this doesn't scare you into wearing your gear, nothing will!

Caution, GRAPHIC!

Live to Ride - Ride to DIE

Graphic is right!

Not only should you wear the gear, but you've gotta use your head too. I feel I am still very new to this riding thing, so I'm always very cautious when I'm out on the bike -- I hope that never goes away and I never let my gaurd down, because that's when something's going to happen.

[elwood206]

Graphic is right!

Not only should you wear the gear, but you've gotta use your head too.

right on, gear doesn't make you invincible, or make you a better rider. notice the last pic, whats left of that guy, gear didn't help him.

[elwood206]

think that good leather gear costs too much and is "too hot" in the summer.

too hot? I got a joe rocket phoenix jacket + phoenix pants for less than 100$ and it keeps you really really cool on a hot day