I think the only people we should be concerned about wearing proper gear is ourselves,,,,,what other people want///or not want to wear is thier choice,,,,,,unless its somebody asking for advice,,,or new to biking and needs a bit of guidance in the right direction as to what to buy etc......
Well as the summer is here & Ian will not let me ride without armoured trousers I have decided after reading through this to get some kevlar armoured jeans tomorrow ... will let you know how they feel
Well I already have full armoured textiles, but am finding riding a bigger bike & the extra heat with it being summer I am feeling ... rather hot & uncomfortable in them so want to try the jeans & see what they are like,
I jest when I say Ian wont let me, now I am using the bike for work, I do a lot of rush hour motorway riding ... no way would I not have full protection on
loads of vest and shorts in southport today - the most ive ever seen.makes me hope they hadnt come far. must admit i ride like that local. cant bear leather jacket if im going to the shop or garage to fill up so i just go slow. had to ride home from brum on friday afternoon and chose uncomfortable to feel safer
Well even out on the ride yesterday, removed the liner from my jacket & wore the jeans I got on sat, felt lovely on the bike, not to hot glad I got them now
Saw quite a few people in what i would call daft clothes over the weekend purely because of the heat, i was frickin melting but at least i was protected
Saturday on the M40 I passed a bandit with the pillion wearing a short skirt, trying to hold the thing down with one hand and clinging on with the other . . . unbelievable!
Then today, a young lad, bare chested and wearing a rucksack . . . I wonder how the much bug hits were smarting when he got wherever he was going?!
Kevlar jeans, boots, and armoured jacket all the way for me.
Just to put the frightners on all those who don't wear protective bike gear . . . . The skin is sort of classed as an organ which protects you against injury, infection and fluid loss as well as temperature control to name but a few uses. If you lose a large area of skin the chances of death (often slow and painfully) are high, as in burns, and a common factor in biker deaths. . . . Phew . . .medical lesson over. Was enough to get me heading for the nearest gear shop.
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