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Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 1,979
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From: Central IL
Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,699
Likes: 2
From: Deltona, FL
It ain't my place to tell other people what to wear. This is America where we are supposed to be free to choose.
Of course, there's nothing in the Constitution stopping me from pointing at them and laughing my **** off!
Of course, there's nothing in the Constitution stopping me from pointing at them and laughing my **** off!
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 21,735
Likes: 17,572
From: Driftless Area
Doesn't matter......
From the desk of Dewey, Screwem, & Howe Insurance Company:
Dear Customer,
After careful review of the circumstances surrounding your recent "accident", we have denied your claim. Anyone wearing that much ATGATT "Michelin Man" protection must surely have been PLANNING to file a claim, hoping to survive unscathed in order to litigate a huge sum in compensation. By the way, we have cancelled your policy.
From the desk of Dewey, Screwem, & Howe Insurance Company:
Dear Customer,
After careful review of the circumstances surrounding your recent "accident", we have denied your claim. Anyone wearing that much ATGATT "Michelin Man" protection must surely have been PLANNING to file a claim, hoping to survive unscathed in order to litigate a huge sum in compensation. By the way, we have cancelled your policy.
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 1,661
Likes: 2
From: Monroe, Louisiana
Man I HATE flipflops. Can't say I never got on the bike in a pair of shorts and sandals though.
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Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 1,882
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I wear safety glasses at work regardless of if they are mandatory. Is it perfect protection? Not at all but it is protection. I would rather be a lil hot in leather then hamburger meat in the event that i lay down my bike. You know there is nothing wrong with people who don't give a **** about their safety to me personally. When they fall over and hit there head on a curb and die i'll feel sorry for their family for a preventable loss. I won't give a rats A$$ about the billy bad A$$ that thought he was invincible and chose that it was against his free spirit to wear safety gear.
People think because they ride a Harley Davidson that they are different then then those who drive metrics. But you know what dumb A$$ES are dumb A$$es no matter what brand of bike they ride. One thing they tell you in MSF courses is you will eventually wreck your bike. I"ve proven this on every bike i've owned be it dirt or street. We have to do all that we can to enhance our chance of survival in the event that we do go down. Ride Safe.
Road Master
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 979
Likes: 351
From: Wisconsin
i'm probably going to get some static for this, but here goes.... i'm probably not the most safety consious rider in the world but i know helments have save my noggin more than once. if it is 85 degrees out though i'm not going to wear a leather jacket etc. what i am seeing in hot weather and this is not some kid on a chinese likkersicle, but grown men who should know better on harleys or big metric cruisers wearing shorts and either flip flops, sandles or god forbid bare footed. first off the thought of a pissed off wasp going up a short leg headed for the family jewels is gauranteed to cause trouble and if you loose it with shorts there is going to a bunch of road rash. as for the foot thing, how many times have you been traveling at low speed and hit sand or something loose and had to slap a foot down to maintain balance? uncomfortable with boots, disaster with flipflps or bare footed. i've seen some of the road rash photos on other posts and had to put in my 2 cents worth. 40 plus years on two wheels makes you a bit wary of really dumb stuff.
