What kind of gear do you wear?

[geezer]

alan do you know what the word humor means? no i dont where short, no i dont wear flip flops!

[alantf]

Ah..........Trouble is - I see so many idiots over here that DO ride in shorts & flipflops (even riding crotch rockets) that I accepted your statement as reality :2tup: (and,yes, I have seen them concentrating on keeping their flipflops on rather than concentrating on their riding)

[Strelok]

Originally Posted by geezer

...next i top it off with a wife beater...

That always cracks me up when I hear that term to describe sleeveless t-shirts.

I pretty much have the philosophy ( for the Bike & especially a Caged Vehicle )
that I want enough clothing that if I have to walk home from an inoperative
mode of transportation that I don't freeze or I am too uncomfortable. I
almost always have Rain Gear on me at all times so for that reason
I am looking at upgrading my Saddlebags to larger hard ones.
For Shoe wear I always wear something I can run in and
not have something that will fly off if I am running
from Dogs, Gangs, etc.( Been there done both )

There was a Bike Rally in my Town just this
weekend with 50,000 Motorcyclists. Of
course there were several deaths.
Every one of them were not
wearing Helmets.

:roll:

[geezer]

i like how you did that sterlok, lol anyway, sometimes i go barefooted on those really hot days oh but dont worry i have one of those covers for the shifter so i dont hurt when my bare skin hits it.
yes and i called it a wife beater just to get some kinda responce workdeded like a charm. btw i watched the poptart cat good stuff my man

[Strelok]

geezer~

You should post a picture of yourself wearing the flip-flops, wife-beaters and with
no helmet up in the Pics section so we can watch those not in on the joke go wild.

:popcorn:

[mrlmd1]

Were the deaths from accidents or beatings during fights?
If you do get into a fight, you are safer with the helmet on, unless you use it to bop somebody else on the head with it.

[geezer]

strelok im on it! :lol:

[savrip]

Vega Summit 3.0 V-com Helmet Pearl White
Harley Davidson leather jacket, lightweight thin liner
Jeans (looking for cheap chaps)
Steel Toe Shoes (Wal-mart special)

[lenkf]

I'm 3 months+ after heart surgery. First thing I bought when I could ride motorcycle again was chest armor. Duh, why didn't I have this before? My old Tourmaster jacket has shoulder elbow and back armor, but not a chest plate. My new armor included better spine protection than the Tourmaster jacket so I removed the back protector in the Tourmaster. I also have over-pants with hip and knee protection but only wear that on long freeway trips over jeans especially if it's cold.

For close by in town trips <50mph, I wear a plain leather jacket over my new chest/back armor and jeans, with sometimes a high neck scarf in low temps. They "say" most accidents happen within 5 miles of home. But I think that stat is for cagers many of whom really aren't paying attention as we all know

I use 3/4 helmets, one with face shield one without and choose depending on which motorcycle or planned speeds. bugs and birds and cold and dust can hurt without face shield. I also use ear plugs at high speeds to block wind noise in order to hear more important close by sounds from the motorcycle (and keep my musician hearing in tact).

fred (in SoCal where winter is not so bad and we can motorcycle nearly every day)

[Water Warrior 2]

Most accidents happen within 5 miles from home. Yeah they do but the cagers are running into smaller items like motorcycles, bikes and kids on skate boards. Please dress for the crash not the time or distance from home. You can be hit by some one blowing a stop sign a block from home.