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From: frag on 5 Jun 2010 16:23 Pip Luscher took a blunt brush and painted... > > On 5 Jun 2010 18:54:33 GMT, "SIRPip" <gingerbloke(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >Speedgazebo MOTP #1 wrote: > > > >> I have to add a footnote to the original post, I did actually suffer > >> an injury I wouldn't have if I was properly dressed. I burnt my leg on > >> the bloody exhaust pipe when I got off it at home. > > > >Leather costs money. > > > >Skin heals for free. > > > >Chicks dig scars. > > <subject change> > > What's with the SIRPip? > > Is this a kind of SIRPop? He's in training to be the next Sir Tone. -- frag MicroPlanet Gravity Newsreader V2.9 http://mpgravity.sourceforge.net/
From: Owen on 5 Jun 2010 16:53 On Sat, 5 Jun 2010 11:01:53 -0700 (PDT), "Speedgazebo MOTP #1" <nickaird(a)gmail.com> wrote: >I have just got back from a short ride, apart from my helmet I was >only wearing a tee shirt, short and trainers. I am sure that some here >will get all smug and think that this is irresponsible, dangerous and >stupid because it's so dangerous. The fact is that I often ride like >that when it's hot because I enjoy it. >I didn't crash and got home alive and well, obviously, had I had an >accident I would be well and truly fucked, I know that, and I decided >to take that risk and rode reasonably cautiously as a result. If I had >been in "proper" gear I probably would have taken more chances and >ridden faster. So, is it actually safer to ride in almost nothing, >because because of the awareness consequences of things going wrong, >or in loads of armour and stuff with a sense of invulnerability ? >I recon that statistically riders have far more accidents and offs in >leathers etc. than in shorts, I can't find any stats to support this, >but I wouldn't mind betting it's true. > >Oh yeah, Is riding in shorts and tee shirts called squibing? No, its called taking a risk, but only if you fall off. Otherwise it was the right thing to do... HTH... -- Owen
From: Lozzo on 5 Jun 2010 17:59 Speedgazebo MOTP #1 wrote: > I have just got back from a short ride, apart from my helmet I was > only wearing a tee shirt, short and trainers. I did similar today, took a bike[1] for a short test round town dressed in button up short sleeved Kaswasaki shirt, lightweight jeans and trainers, with the obligatory helmet. WGAF what anyone thinks [1] Only a brand new Ninja 250R, so not about to go street racing while running in. -- Lozzo Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
From: wessie on 5 Jun 2010 18:04 "Speedgazebo MOTP #1" <nickaird(a)gmail.com> wrote in news:6cd501d5-7be7- 4e76-82fd-7d72921047a2(a)y11g2000yqm.googlegroups.com: > I have to add a footnote to the original post, I did actually suffer > an injury I wouldn't have if I was properly dressed. I burnt my leg on > the bloody exhaust pipe when I got off it at home. > I have nothing agianst riding in shorts but wouldn't do so on the R-GS. It's not uncommon for your shins to make contact with the sticky-out cylinders when putting a foot down at a junction etc. -- wessie at tesco dot net BMW R1150GS
From: crn on 5 Jun 2010 18:16
Lozzo <lozzo(a)lozzo.org.uk> wrote: > > [1] Only a brand new Ninja 250R, so not about to go street racing while > running in. What are your impressions of the 250R ? Modern 250s are rare beasts, is it any good ?. -- 03 GS500K2 76 Honda 400/4 project, 78 400/4 in black 68 Bantam D14/4 Sport (Classic) 06 Sukida SK50QT (Slanty eyed shopping trolley) |