Comments on Motorcycle Philosophy: How to Look Like a Biker

Interesting, I can get behind your logic regarding...

2010-03-14T10:48:52.915-07:00

Interesting, I can get behind your logic regarding the doo-rag and the patches. I can also fully endorse the deeper suggestion that one should simply be themselves. Not that my endorsement was needed.

However, I saw within the post a condemnation of safety equipment on the basis of looks, cost, and inconvenience. While the amount and quality of safety gear should always be an individual choice we need to be real and acknowledge that a helmet alone is not enough. There is a significant cost to the individual, the motorcycle community and society as a whole whenever a biker sustains unnecessary injuries that could have been mitigated by riding gear. I still believe choice trumps those costs but to discourage the use of gear on the basis of gear cost, inconvenience, and looks does a disservice to everyone. Thinking you are too good to go down is arrogant at best.

Wearing riding pants could save a leg from amputation due to rash. That is something I would call cool. I know this post is about a year old but had to comment. Thanks.

I am willing to introduce motorcycle clothing , m...

2009-04-28T22:19:00.000-07:00

I am willing to introduce motorcycle clothing , made in Leather and Textile. We are also having a range of accessories like safety jacket and gloves for bikers.

I am willing to introduce motorcycle clothing , ma...

2009-04-28T22:13:00.000-07:00

I am willing to introduce motorcycle clothing , made in Leather and Textile. We are also having a range of accessories like safety jacket and gloves for bikers.

maybe it comes down to each there on, different st...

2009-01-04T10:25:00.000-08:00

maybe it comes down to each there on, different strokes theory.I do think its odd when somebody that never showed intrest in bikes suddenly gets the bug.they cant ride for shit and in a week they are the bikers biker.I ride when i can and do my own repairs. I have been doing that since i was 12yrs old [about 32 yrs].So when a newbe comes around and in a week and has a new bike and head to toe leather and all the pins and patches the internet has to offer.and wants to think he more of a biker than me it does make you think about whats a real biker.........

you shouldn't want to look like a biker unless you...

2008-10-05T20:00:00.000-07:00

you shouldn't want to look like a biker unless you are one then you don't have to try. Dumbasses. And I aint ridin no kawasickie. Fag.

Thanks for sharing your views on motorcycling imag...

2008-07-28T08:49:00.000-07:00

Thanks for sharing your views on motorcycling image. Thought provoking. I can agree with some of your comments about bikers following sheepishly the Harley crowd. Let me present you however with a different view on protective motorcycle clothing.

I believe in wearing appropriate clothing. When I meet customers I usually wear a necktie. If I do some bike maintanannce I wear my blue overall. If I grind metal I wear eye protection, if I use my circular saw I wear tough gloves too. I take my jobs seriously and part of this lies in the preparation. In the workshop I wear tough hard-nosed boots, even when it is hot. Saved my toes a number of times from injury.

Biking is the same. Here in the UK a biker is about 30 times more likely to be involved in an accident resulting in serious injury or death compared to a car driver. My padded leather suit will protect me to some extend from the worst of road rash. My full-face helmet will protect my head from brain injury. Riding with full protective gear is my way of saying "I take riding a motorcycle seriously". Now it is summer time here in England and I wear a padded mesh jacket and kevlar reenforced jeans.

When I see people riding in their T-shirt and flip-flops then I think that they do not take their own safety seriously enough, nor do they treat riding a motorcycle with enough respect. OK you live in a warm climate but you can still get protective clothing. You cannot assume you'll never have an 'off'.

As for helmet stickers, how about one that mentions a consent for organ donation and the telephone number of your next of kin?

Cheers from England, Mansie

loser.

2008-07-24T23:56:00.000-07:00

loser.