maybe because I have only had my license since April, but I always wear my gear (AGV GSXR Jacket, Boots, Gloves, Helmet,) even though it gets pretty hot sitting at the lights.  It just feels taboo not to have it.  Unfortunately I have seen very few individuals here in PA with the same philosophy.

I'm curious what I'll end up doing when I'm old. I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up buying a cruiser at some point when I'm older, but it's so easy to feel normal wearing full gear on a sportbike. I'd definitely still want to wear full gear on a cruiser, but it'll take some getting used to as you're clearly the nerd with glasses and  pocket protector out of the bunch. I love the feeling of having my head in a helmet when I'm up to speed though.

I feel like I stay perfectly cool in my summer jacket, if you get hot at a redlight and start to sweat, it's just extra moisture to cool you off when you start moving. I think it actually keeps you the coolest when you start to sweat every once in a while

I don't give a rats bum what any one wears while they ride, they're old enough and ugly to look after themselves. If some one has their kid on the back of the bike with no protective gear, then I'm pissed off. it's a parents job the look after their children and protect them from injury to the best of their ability.

Be thankful that we have the choice to wear what you want when you ride.

If it's too hot for me to wear gear, it's too hot to ride.

As far as anyone else is concerned, I'm not their mother...except when it comes to my daughter.   

To each their own so if your riding without some type of protection then that is your own decision. I personally wear Helmet, gloves, riding jacket, and motorcycle boots but fail to ride with motorcycle pants, just jeans. Then again, I wear more gear than most bikers (t-shirt and helmet only, etc...)

Sometimes you just gotta roll...     

Quote from: bubba zanetti on June 17, 2010, 03:32:23 PM

Be thankful that we have the choice to wear what you want when you ride.

I always thought it would be cool if everyone was made to wear the same black riding outfit, and had their bikes painted black. That way you couldn't ever get in trouble for anything!

Screw that, I don't want every one looking like me.

Guess I'm just reiterating the point that I don't want to pay for some squid who rode without a helmet and is sitting on life support for the next 30 years.

Just make sure you can pay for your catastrophe and I'll agree that you can wear anything you want!

Mary

Nah, he's just sleeping. The beatings will continue until morale improves!

Mary

Quote from: Homer on June 18, 2010, 01:18:05 AM

Looks like the rider is okay after that spill. Maybe it's because he was wearing his riding gear?

I don't think a Top Hat is an approved helmet for horseback riding.... 

My work is 1.3 miles down the road. I still wear my Shift Jacket, gloves, helm, jeans and either my Tims, or puma shoes 

Quote from: DoD#i on June 17, 2010, 08:17:48 AM
Stupidity is incurable. Legislating does not cure it.

Beating a dead horse?
On the contrary Sir, this is the good part of the thread, where all the noobs start chiming in, (hence my post).

My own observations of street bikers in New Jersey. . .
1.) Most noobs wear ATGATT because that's what they think they're supposed to do.
2.) Most Adventurer/Tourer types wear ATGATT because (I assume) it goes well with they're BMW's and hard luggage. They are into the survival motif by design anyway.
3.) Harley riders are exempt from every conceivable law of physics that apply to Japanese or European bikes so no gear needed for them.

plewis51 did indeed start an interesting thread here. It was surprising to see so many ATGATT people chime in.

I myself ride ATGATT because I'm old, chicken hearted, have  a nice thin wife, a fat ugly mortgage, and two teenage kids that also ride.
Makes sense, no?
Any other ATGATT theory's or observations out there?
Here's your chance, Post!
-Ej-

P.S. One final thought on this;
I work hard, make a good salary, and pay grueling taxes. If you ride naked and get hurt, I'll pay my share to scrape you off the road and get you healed.
Liberties are good, laws are bad.
Ride as you please.
"-Ej- and family riding ATGATT & sweating our nuts off all summer long doing it"!

Quote from: Electrojake on June 18, 2010, 03:09:41 PM

3.) Harley riders are exempt from every conceivable law of physics that apply to Japanese or European bikes so no gear needed for them.

I still hear them saying they "had to lay it down".  Like maybe the physics of old fat guys on chrome encrusted two-wheeled couches deny all the expert advice given by, well, experts.

Quote from: plewis51 on June 16, 2010, 07:06:14 PM
I still was amazed to see how many people, on all different types of bikes, ride without gear. I mean just put a helmet on, at the very least, and your chances of not sustaining major injury increases dramatically. Just say'n   

I'm of the opinion that if I'm gonna wear a helmet, I'm gonna go ATGATT. If I'm gonna have that much road rash I don't want to survive!

That said I'm a big fan of ATGATT. I uhhh "laid the bike down" about a month ago, and the fact that I only had mild rash where the jacket road up kinda supports my position.  I just wish it did more for the blunt force and breaking injuries...

I've never ridden without my helmet, in the 4000 miles I've but on my GS since February, even to the gas station 2 blocks away, because I know the one time I don't, that's probably the time some shi t will go down. I rode without my leather jacket pretty often, but this week I picked up a Joe Rocket textile jacket, and with the vents open it's actually very comfortable. I wear gloves all the time as well, for safety first, but it also looks kinda silly riding a motorcycle without gloves on. I have some retarded tan lines from riding with my gloves on and no jacket before I bought the textile one, lol.

Quote from: PachmanP on June 18, 2010, 09:45:54 PM
I uhhh "laid the bike down" about a month ago, and the fact that I only had mild rash where the jacket road up kinda supports my position. 
I just wish it did more for the blunt force and breaking injuries...

Ouch!
Not to wander off topic but. . .
PachmanP, could you post a link to the details of your recent "lay-her-down" experience?
I, like a lot of noobs, study rider safety with a microscope.
Most motorcycle forums have a "Tell Us About Your Last miss-hap" section.
So I was just wondering.
I (we) could probably learn something from it, or at least be entertained.

Back on topic. . .
The ONLY negative to ATGATT is the heat & sweat issue. On hot summer afternoons coming home from work in rush-hour traffic the sweat from all the gear ruins the ride.
Riders that live in the South and/or West cant possibly ride in full gear during the summer.
Heat stroke for sure! 

I ride ATGATT, even on hot days (100F+).

All my gear is vented stuff suited to summers. My jacket is a Leather/Textile mix, with removable winter linings (good for 32F at 70mph). Matching pants if I feel like it, or kevlar jeans. Alpine Stars boots.

Heat isn't a problem if you buy gear that is suited to it.