No need for safety gear...

[ohgood]

 And I have looked at my sons sleeping the sleep of the innocent and have realised that dying is not the worst thing that can happen to me, but I owe it to my sons to show them how to really live.  

Good call man. 

[SuzyQ]

Last night I had the distinct pleasure of sitting across a table from a s*&t-brick who told me he *actually* swerves to scare or, if he's lucky, hit motorcycles when they split lanes on the Bay Bridge. I reached under the table and took off my lovely high-heel and pounded the pretty pointy heel into his skull. Don't I wish...
I gave him a calm, intelligent earful but I'm sure it won't stop him. A couple days ago I witnessed a different cager freak out on 280 and try to take out not one, but two different motorcycles who were commuters (not squids), riding responsibly, in full gear and obeying the speed limit. I'm not sure what set the guy off; I watched the first motorcycle from the time he appeared in my rear view (I was jealous that he was in the wind and I was in the cage) and he did nothing wrong! The second guy was just minding his own business and rode up on the scene in the carpool lane when the cager started to swerve and break at him too! I find myself thinking no such thing as too much gear when I witness behavior like this.

I confess, I ride in full gear (Arai helmet, Alpinestars jacket w/ extra back protection, Alpinestars leather gloves w/ knuckle shields and Alpinestars boots) except for the pants... still just wearing jeans (thin ones at that). After seeing the pics of the pretty girl with her road-rash body suit, I'll be picking up some pants before my next ride.

Keep it safe y'all.

[Jay_wolf]

I still find it increadable that people in the us ride with out a helmet , even if i wasnt the law to have one , id wear one , they look kool , and they save ur grey matter , very important , being one soild hit and game over , i wear full gear , apart from the Pants *Trousers* . i really cant get over the way they look , i dont like it , i have sum DRAGGIN combats , there pretty gd . and tthe boots , i dont like them , and so i wear converse , which i no wont save my feet at all , but the Jacket and gloves and helmet look really good ,

i was reading a post on someone wearing like shorts and flipflops , and my friend i rode with once just had a helmet and shorts on , Very silly,

i think road rash must hurt a ton , so i always wear good gear , i think everyone should

[arcsecond]

Regardless of all the safety concerns, why would anyone pass up a legitimate excuse to dress up like a spaceman?

-James

[CndnMax]

Regardless of all the safety concerns, why would anyone pass up a legitimate excuse to dress up like a spaceman?

-James

mesh jacket, gloves, helmet is all i wear for now. im thinking about picking up some boots. maybe some knee pads to, i dont like the sound of "grinding off your knee cap" haha.

[97dime]

when i started riding a couple months ago i didn't wear any gear.  got my helmet (agv s4) last week and i always wear it except in town.  i wear my work jacket which is very abrasion resistant and mechanics gloves.  getting either some joe rocket stage 1's or alpinestar smx-6's this weekend.  hopefully within the next month a new tour master intake jacket.  as for pants i wear jeans and for boots right now i wear my steel toe work boots.

[Jay_wolf]

Dime , Dont u read that most accidents happen near the home. so u dont wear a helmet in town , thats gonna be busy , and u started a few months ago , and uve only just got a helmet... be careful dude , its not worth it

[97dime]

there isn't much traffic here really.  i work in a town with 30,000 people and live in a town with 9,000 (well town is 4 miles away).  every one here watches for bikes and will usually give you the right away. there are a lot of bikes in town.  on a 10 ride across town i will usually see atleast 30 bikes.  no one has cut me off yet and the only person to almost rear end me was a cop. 

the main reason i don't wear a helmet in town is because it is next to impossible to see anything when i look over my shoulder.  i would hate to change lanes and cut someone off and get hit.

[Jay_wolf]

Be safe , thats all i can say , Not worth any spills , 

[Iowa05gs]

This is my first post on this site and all I can say is WOW! 
Great post!!!

[jserio]

i am appalled at the number of riders i see daily with little or no gear on. when my wife is in the car with me and we see someone with no helment i coment on how dumb they are. she replies that she agrees but the law states they don't have to wear a helment. now, isn't this line of law making double standard? almost every state i go to has a law saying you must wear a seatbelt or get a ticket. why do we wear seatbelts? here's a clu: THEY CAN SAVE OUR LIVES!!  should it not be the same for riding gear? it can save our lives as well.

[darb85]

This is well shocking. I would never dream of going out with out a helmet jacket gloves and boots , but i should probably invest in a good pair of pants.  time to shop

[astroaru]

this is a nice post. Thanks for sharing. A good reminder that we newbies should go and get some nice gear.

[Chokstick]

Great post.

I'm a relatively new rider and I spent last season with an armoured jacket, full helmet and glove.  Otherwise, wore jeans and a pair of boots.  Just finished dropping some OT money on a pair of pants and riding boots.  Can't be too safe.

there isn't much traffic here really.  i work in a town with 30,000 people and live in a town with 9,000 (well town is 4 miles away).  every one here watches for bikes and will usually give you the right away. there are a lot of bikes in town.  on a 10 ride across town i will usually see atleast 30 bikes.  no one has cut me off yet and the only person to almost rear end me was a cop. 

That's awesome that you live in a town that is bike friendly, but all it takes is one mistake.  Motorcycle accidents are gruesome, even at slow speeds.