Reflective Vest..
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I use to carry my reflective work vest in my saddlebags all the time...when I felt I needed the extra visibility I would wear it...nothings stupid about safety...A person looks stupider in a coffin than they do wearing reflective gear
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This is the one my wife wears. It's retroreflective and really stands out even in the daylight. What I like best about it is that it doesn't look like a hunters vest like alot of them do.
She got it here. They have some unique and interesting products. I believe most of it is handmade in the USA.
http://www.conspicuityinc.com/index.html
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She got it here. They have some unique and interesting products. I believe most of it is handmade in the USA.
http://www.conspicuityinc.com/index.html
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2008 Heritage Classic: His
2008 Deluxe: Hers
Last edited by jimmers1817; Mar 31, 2009 at 06:17 PM.
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Ok...here I go...gonna get flamed for this, but, here it is..I'm seriously thinking about riding with one of those reflective vests. Those neon bright traffic cop reflective vests. Live in Florida and have ridden for years, but I swear the last few, people down here just don't see M/C anymore. Happens all the time, either pulling out in front of you or turning left into my lane..happens much more frequently than it used to. So, what do you guys think about wearing those vests?? Know it ain't "Harleyesque" but neither is lying on the road in bloodied heap. Flame on!
It does not look "cool", but Ray Charles can see me coming.
I'd rather live looking like a dork than have some Q-Tip in her Oldsmobuick land barge run my hip, harley-dude looking *** over.
Matt
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Be rearended have is taking MSF course to improve your riding skills going to help being ran over. I had the course in the 70's I had more riding skill before than after the course I been ride since I was 11 years old. I'm not a poser MSF course rider. And no other riding skill.
Btw, dropped my bike twice (during the '80s, when I was younger and dumber). Once hitting a patch of gravel going around a blind corner too fast and the other time broke my shoulder after my front tire hit some sand left over after a snowfall. My stupidity, not the fault of MSF. On the other hand, the MSF course saved my a** one time when a car stopped in front of me unexpectedly and I had to use countersteering to swerve around him going about 25mph. It semed as if time slowed down as I watched myself pass about one foot from his rear bumper. I was on a little Suzuki GS250, and leaned so far over that my engine stalled (carbs) as I came to stop, shaken. It was still my fault, really, for following too closely, but, without the MSF course...don't want to think about it.
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I don't think I'd wear one during the daylight hours. However, I am considering adding one of the lightweight versions to my raingear kit. I've been out in some truly ugly rainstorms. Especially at night when I'm trying to 'get off the road' before someone runs me over.
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To be able to ride a bike on just about any military installation you have to wear reflective gear at night, bright colors during daytime, boots above the ankle, gloves, long sleeves, helmet & eye protection. They make sure you can be seen, i wear a PT training sash draped across chest, bright yellow for daytime, reflective for nights.