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living on topsham road in exeter i have noted a extreamly high number of bikers (on proper bikes) riding around IN SHORTS AND A TSHIRT usualy well over the speed limit (30).
i would just like to say i hope none of them are from this site!
i think i read somewhere that tarmack grinds away flesh at a inch a second at 35mph!
and a little note i have seen a few unmarked cop cars going up and down in the evenings so keep an eye on the speedo

Its too hot for jackets at the moment, unless you're able to afford a decent summer one. My t shirt is wet through after 10 mins if i wear a jacket in this weather. Although i dont wear a jacket i do still wear jeans and gloves.

I wear jacket and jeans and boots at all times, if i'm going further the trousers go on too. I'm not stupid, i like my skin, I'm quite attached to it and would like it to remain on me. I see lots of people on bikes around torquay only wearing shorts and t-shirt, if i can help (though it has become a natural reaction) i don't even nod to these pillocks. Sorry about the rant but it just winds me up so much.

Have to agree with baz-R. Minimum i'll ride in is armoured bike jacket, jeans, sturdy boots (bike boots or sometimes CAT's), gloves and helmet.

MRX Steve think about the Ambulance crew/ paramedics who scoop you off the road after an accident. The last thing they want to see is the muscle, tendons and veins in your arms which were once covered by skin. Would definatly advise you wear a jacket.

Just my opinion

Matt

Yep i'll second this ... had some asshole up my arse the other day on either a GSXR750 or though .. shorts and t-shirt on, I rolled over to let him pass and he musta shot off around a tonne ... if hed come off at any point there wouldn't have been much left.

I'll wear my full leather suit, whatever the weather

I always wear jacket and jeans and my nice gloves. But then I'm on a scooter and all I have to do when I crash is jump off.

I ride totally naked, as fat pregnant goldfishies like me bounce best

Although I don't condone it, I won't criticise what riders choose to wear on their bikes. Afterall it's probably the only freedom the biking public has these days without the nanny state government telling us what we can and can't wear.

Jeans protect fcuk all so theres no point, they will be as bad as shorts should you hit tarmac.

Stinky wrote:I always wear jacket and jeans and my nice gloves. But then I'm on a scooter and all I have to do when I crash is jump off.

That doesnt mean much as brother was on a 125 scooter pulled out a junction and got hit by a car doing around 60+. He broke his back and loads of other bits, he even got gravel rash which he needed a skin graph and he was wearing full bike kit.

So you can still have a serious accident on a scooter

I even ripped the scrap out of my hands coming off a mini moto(gav has video clip)

Just a word of warning as well folks that when buying bike gear you want the maximum a mount of leather possible. Try to avoid leathers with lots of material panels. After seeing my brother roll down the french dual carraigeway at 90mph and seeing sprockets famous roundabout jump i can tell you that any textile clothing will not survive a crash.

I would just like to add

that I, for one, am getting quite good at putting together the 'Butterfly Suits' the paramedics bring round for me to turn back into the garment they are supposed to be.

I would much rather be seeing the peeps wearing them and bringing them round for general repair/alterations, than to think of them as in hospital having their hides patched up!

(Hope I wasn't too graphic for you all!)

It's a funny old thing really - the age old argument of what to wear (or not)

I personally always wear a jacket, helmet, gloves, and as a minimum jeans and boots that protect my ankles. Steel toes (though I wear them occasionaly cos they're free from work) aren't advised, as if your feet get run over they can collpase and amputate your toes

if going for longer rides I'll also wear leather trousers and proper bike boots.

(Modern) Textiles are just as good for crashing in as leather, but are unlikely to be re-usable/repairable to the same degree as leather

Anything over the skin is better than nothing, IMHO

However go to anywhere around the med. and most locals and especially the police bikers, rarley ride in anything more than shirt sleeves. That's their choice.

What I do object to is what I saw the other day - a parent in full leathers on a blackbird dropping his kid off at school, with the kid in shorts, trainers and hoody with no gloves