today at work this dude i was helping was like "ahhhh my leg". i asked why and he said he rode his bike and got burnt by the pipe. he was wearing shorts, t-shirt, and a pair of sunglasses. i replied with "thats what you get for being a squid!". he laughed....
anywho..
i went outside with him and looked at his bike and convinced him to do a fenderectomy on it. i didnt know they were even so bulky on the full on sport bikes as well! (quasi n00b)
naturally, i gave gstwin.com props for the idea :thumb:
I'm in the same boat. You start to forget what the stock fender looks like when everyone that you ride with has theirs all chopped off. I go into showroom and youre like: What's up with the wheelie bar?!...Oh that's the stock fenders..
Oh and has far as calling your buddy a squid. I gotta side on this one with him. There's no way I could wear protective gear in this Tennessee summer. I mean you're in stop-and-go traffic, city heat and low-speed and straight road.
I realize that it's always safer to wear your gear but in these conditions I make an exception...
The jellybean isn't exactly a full-on sportbike. I don't see how someone could burn themself on the pipe without doing something stupid. My legs are in front of the pegs when I'm stopped.
Of course I now get what you're saying...
Send him to here if he doesn't already know about it. Its supposed to be a really good site
http://www.katanaplanet.com
Sucks he burned his leg but he was wearing shorts and all