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About 15-16yrs ago responded to a freeway crash involving a Hayabusa. Guy borrowed his buddies bike, wearing full racing leathers, helmet and penny loafers with the pennies in the shoe tongues. Poor bastard was in several pieces and spread over 30 yards. | |||
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Step by step walk the thousand mile road |
Or flappity-flap whappty-whaps. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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The Unknown Stuntman |
I've done it. I've also shot without eyes and ears. I've also ran with sharp utensils, and one time peed against the wind. That said; getting away with something doesn't make it a good idea or somehow validate it as a solid strategy for long term survival. | |||
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Frangas non Flectes |
Imagine the asscheeks playing billboards bumpers to this scene, and it's about what I remember. Just... everythang a flappin' and a jigglin' whatnot and wherever. Nothing you wanna see, mind you. ______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.” | |||
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Y’all are some brave folks. I’ve got close to 100k on the street and 10-15k on the track. I wear gear all the time. Armored suit, boots, gloves, helmet, chest protector, back protector, or I don’t ride. I’ve been down a few times, in proper gear, and walked away. In anything like either of you describe wearing I’d been fucked and in the ER. I used to ride my pit bike (125cc scooter) to the corner store when it was open but it sat on the edge of my neighborhood so I didn’t have to get on a city street, just cruise through the neighborhood. City street or highway without gear? You can count me out. My skin and bones mean too much to me. I met a guy once that didn’t wear gear. He went down and due to no real gloves (armored and high quality so your joe rocket gloves are shit) he lost the skin on both hands. He was all fucked up. MIL had to move in for 4 months because SWMBO worked a full time job. MIL had to wipe his ass for 3 months after he shit. Wife so it was payback for being a dumbass. ATGATT or go play golf or something. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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I can't golf anymore due to a back injury. I've commuted 2 decades across town, 44 miles a day in rush traffic. Don't lecture me on track days as being some upper expertise w/ road riding. You don't deal w/ semis, drunks, illegal drivers and cell phone drivers on a track. Nor soccer moms yelling at their kids while they swerve all over the track. (not that I wouldn't pay to see that). I don't expect my helmet and gear to save me in these situations. Only experience. But if I have had occasion to run to the corner store or my new job 2 miles away, I can imagine there are some people who are horrified in seeing me riding w/ crocs, which was the point of my post, as footwear was in the post topic. Picture it. Somewhere there may be a thread about some dude wearing crocs on his 1krr. The horror. And before you warn me about accidents occurring w/in 5 miles from home, don't worry, I moved. | |||
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Leatherneck |
One time a friend handed me a gun and told me it was empty. Without checking to see if it was loaded I pointed it at the TV and pulled the trigger. It was empty just as he said. Since nobody got hurt that one time then it should always be safe to skip checking for myself, right? “Everybody wants a Sig in the sheets but a Glock on the streets.” -bionic218 04-02-2014 | |||
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This one time a family was wearing their seat belts but nothing is for sure. This one time a friend of mine wore a condom, got snipped, and his wife used an iud, but they still ended up w/ 3 beautiful girls. You can go on and on w/ this but it's asinine. The message is clear. As adults, we make our decisions. | |||
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I swear, I can eat a fried chicken sandwich at chik-fila 7 times a day (except on sunday) and you're gonna bust my balls for riding a couple miles in my fucking crocs. And yes, I did have chik-fil-a today. | |||
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Certified All Positions |
A measure of risk aversion, is how ones blood line soldiers on. Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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thin skin can't win |
In the 70s when streaking was cool?? You only have integrity once. - imprezaguy02 | |||
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Did you come from behind that rock, or from under it? |
Speaking of balls, you're free to ride dressed any way you want as long as you're willing to deal with the consequences. You know, like a wasp up your shorts turning your balls into grapefruit. Little things like that. "Every time you think you weaken the nation" Moe Howard | |||
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Yes. One of my high school coaches almost died w/ a ball to the head. I think he still golfs anyway. | |||
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Actually, that is a big concern of mine. The reason for wearing my old gauntlet gloves became apparent when I was on the expressway doing 75 and I had gloves that tucked into my jacket. The reason I mention my speed is because the stopping time required while a wasp up your forearm is repeatingly stinging you makes every second count. I'm not sure what people where thinking as I ripped off my jacket and was thrashing around. Rocks, wasps, cigarettes, chew, bug swarms, almost a hawk and several birds, critters, it's not the same as driving a car. But I'm not going to give it up anytime soon. Lord willing. | |||
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Did you come from behind that rock, or from under it? |
The fullface Bell helmet I use now has very good ventilation. My older fullfaces - not so much. I had a tendency to ride with the shield cracked open to keep air flowing. Out on back roads I caught a hornet that somehow made it through and got wedged between the cheek pad and my jaw. I lucked out that the little bugger was stunned and squirming but must have stung the cheek pad instead of my face. I probably looked like a circus act getting the bike stopped and yanking the helmet off. Air currents do funny things. "Every time you think you weaken the nation" Moe Howard | |||
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Please remove your jump to conclusions mat. I’ve dealt with everything you describe, semis, drunks, moms, and smartphone drivers, commuting during rush hour, commuting at midnight, name it. My commute for many years was 50 miles each way, and I wouldn’t flinch if it rained, if it was 102, or 35 degrees. Only thing that would stop me was ice or snow. You know what? I gave up commuting on my motorcycles. I could deal with all of it and did for years, but not anymore. As soon as the computer phones became all the rage, well driving while surfing, not a chance in hell you’d catch me on one of my bikes in rush hour. That’s a death wish. Highway is one thing, a bunch of stop lights is another completely. You couldn’t pay me to commute going through a bunch of lights. And if I had to commute on the highway I’d be geared up in my Aerostitch with full armor. But I don’t have to. Bikes go through tires so much faster than a car that there is no big financial gain for doing so. The track teaches you response time, lean angle, brakes, name it. I learned more in one single track day than I did on the street in a year. And my first track day was 20 years ago. I’ve done tens of thousands of miles commuting, tens of thousands in the twisties and I’m above 10k in track miles alone as well. MSF beginner and experienced courses were in the 90’s also. I’ve taken Code’s school a few times, a few other noteworthy instructors, and everything I have learned and experienced says no gear then find another hobby because I’ve been to the funerals, multiple, and they are grim. I’ve seen some live but they are never the same, either head trauma, or reduced use of limbs, back, feet, hands, etc. The hospital visits were definitely the most gruesome to witness, especially being shown the rash. I knew a guy who was trampled under a semi. I know another that had full gear on head to toe and his surgeon said without his gear, he’d be dead. And another guy whose surgeon said if he wasn’t as fit as he was, with a nice layer of muscle, AND the gear he’d be 6 feet under also. You can ride down the road in assless chaps for all I care. Tempt fate and Darwin, go for it. I’ve seen what happens and I don’t ever care to go down that road. I ride on the weekends out in the country these days only, and I go when traffic is light or void. I see people all the time ride with no helmet, or no gear, in flip flops, sneakers, shorts, and I just shake my head and call them what they are, squids. You can be the baddest mother fucker around, that pavement don’t care. Experience counts for an awful lot but you cannot control everything. I learned that lesson the hard way. Thankfully I was smart enough to be in decent gear. I will tell you one thing, I’ve never seen anyone admit to wearing crocs riding a motorcycle, that is a first. I’ve seen guys get laughed off motorcycle and sportbike forums for wearing sneakers for 20 years. I’ve also been told by LE what it costs the county to clean up after squids. I want none of any of it. I’ll be in my power ranger Alpinestars suit riding or I’ll be doing something else. Each to their own, best of luck, you’re going to need it. What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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Gracie Allen is my personal savior! |
In a sane world, yes. Then there are those whose lack of risk aversion leads to, among other things, early pregnancies. Hey, it works for feral cats - they don't last long, but there's always a healthy population of them. | |||
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Certified All Positions |
Arc. ______________________________ "Like a bitter weed, I'm a bad seed"- Johnny Cash "I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." - Pee Wee Herman Rode hard, put away wet. RIP JHM "You're a junkyard dog." - Lupe Flores. RIP | |||
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All this because I've ridden a couple miles to my new job in crocs? really? My God have you put me in my place. I don't even know the worst times of the day to ride. I'll bow out because I'm obviously not as skilled a rider as you are to ride 2 literal miles at 35mph on motorcycle w/ the wrong footwear. And as I said before, I really don't care what anyone thinks as I'm burning rubber down that 35mph road, how I look. Stickman, get your ass in here. Look what I'm dealing w/ for responding to your post. | |||
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Nullus Anxietas |
Certainly I never did - LOL "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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