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View Poll Results: How much and how often do you wear gear? | |||
AGATT - All gear, all the time | 21 | 42.00% | |
All/most gear, most of the time | 24 | 48.00% | |
Some gear, most of the time | 2 | 4.00% | |
Some gear, sometimes | 0 | 0% | |
Gear? What's that? | 1 | 2.00% | |
Other (please explain) | 2 | 4.00% | |
Voters: 50. You may not vote on this poll |
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03-01-2008, 02:45 PM | #1 |
ICON FTW!!!
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: VA, but currently in the sand
Moto: 00GSXR6
Posts: 1,380
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I usualy ride with timbs, jeans, leather jacket and helmet! But I'd like to find some pants (not leather) for the twistys! I recomend more, but am not big on leather pants, I feel like michale jackson or something!
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03-01-2008, 03:13 PM | #2 |
Leather and Lace
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Goleta, Ca
Moto: 2005 R6
Posts: 1,810
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I occasionally don't wear my leather pants to work...but actually, the more I do it the less comfortable I feel.
Other then that I wear helmet, gloves, boots, back protector, leather jacket, and leather pants all the time. |
03-19-2008, 10:08 AM | #3 |
Letzroll
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lake Norman area, NC
Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6
Posts: 5,265
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All gear all the time for me...I didn't used to think this way and rode for years in helmet...gloves...sometimes fingerless...jeans...T-shirt and tennis shoes.
I got hit by a car in 2001 and the weather was perfect...I wasn't speeding or under the influence of anything illegal...BUT a car didn't see me and BAM I went sailing through the air and bouncing down the street. I did have a leather jacket on that day BUT the tennis shoes allowed my foot and ankle to get pretty much destroyed...they wanted to amputate at the knee but luckily one orthopedic surgeon on duty "thought" he could save my foot that was hanging and blowing in the wind...not kidding either. Well after 4 surgeries and two skin graphs (that was fun) I still have MY foot...even though I have a slight limp. My femur bone also snapped and was poking through my jeans...oh that was ...NOT. Just for the record I wasn't on a sportbike...I was on a BigDog Bulldog similar to this but different paint... |
03-19-2008, 11:03 AM | #4 |
The Man
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: CrabTown USA
Moto: 00 Bimota DB4
Posts: 823
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JMHO....but:
as far as the philosophy "I don't wear gear if I'm just coolin' it, or just going for a short hop". 3/4 of MC accidents are caused by other vehicles, and occur within a mile or so of home. 2/3 of those accidents occur within 10 minutes of the beginning of the trip. http://www.clarity.net/~adam/hurt-report.html If I knew when I was gonna be in an accident, THAT'S when I would wear my gear.....unfortunately....... If you read the results of the report carefully, you may conclude that the shorter the ride with the more intersections and the lower the speeds, the more likely the case you would need your gear....... .....and you'd be right. |
03-19-2008, 11:41 AM | #5 | |
Queen Bee
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: PA
Moto: 2003 R6
Posts: 418
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Quote:
However, I do wear blue jeans. and not leather pants.
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03-19-2008, 12:07 PM | #6 |
667:Neighbor of the Beast
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Everett WA
Moto: VTR1000, SV650, FZR400, CRF150
Posts: 1,403
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AGATT - full leather from the neck down, full face from the neck up.
Back protector at the track, even in the "slow" group.
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03-20-2008, 09:56 AM | #7 |
Letzroll
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Lake Norman area, NC
Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6
Posts: 5,265
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03-20-2008, 10:11 AM | #8 |
At Large
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Jax, FL
Moto: 2005 R1
Posts: 678
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I need to loose about 10 lbs so I can fit back into my Draggin Jeans. I feel much better in those then regular jeans.
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04-04-2008, 12:02 AM | #9 |
Victim of Blazer Rapage
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Talkeetna, AK
Moto: 06 GSXR 600
Posts: 1,707
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My policy is currently evolving. My first parking lot sessions were in a t shirt and shorts, but as I begin to buy and collect gear the safer I feel with it on.
Just picked up my jacket, so at this point I am up to jacket, gloves and a helmet. Its about to get hot as hell here in Georgia, but I plan on wearing my (leather) jacket with gloves and a helmet every time I hop on. |
04-04-2008, 02:35 AM | #10 |
WERA Yellow Plate
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Lake Murray, South Carolina
Moto: 2005 Hayabusa
Posts: 625
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Full suit, gloves, boots & lid 85 % of the time....the others % is jacket, gloves, lid & boots. Road rash at 60 mph SUCKS ! I know and have the scars to prove it.
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