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A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Grahamm - 19-08-12
... gravel rash ain't pretty...!
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - SteveH41 - 20-08-12
Yup, and unfortunately the last couple of days I have lost count of the amount of idiots riding without even basic protection or GLOVES! It may be hot when i'm getting ready to go out but as soon as I start moving all is well. Have found the best base layer stuff for me is some cheap Hi Gear stuff from go outdoors.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Hodge - 20-08-12
I have no sympathy for those who are foolish enough to ride without basic protection. I'd rather be a little warmer than have my skin ripped off and bones ground down.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - alan sherman - 20-08-12
I'd rather not be distracted by dangerous overheating but hey its always a good argument this one isn't it.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - MadDogMcQ - 20-08-12
If I'm going out on a short ride in extremely hot weather, I will probably only wear jeans and a light leather jacket (and gloves). I am wholly aware that my risk of injury has stepped up a notch and I ride pretty sedately. If I'm going out for the day however, I will always put the gear on though. I don't feel that I can relax without it. Like SteveH41 said, there isn't an issue with heat once you're moving.
What gets me though, are the myriad Scooter riders and 125ers who seem totally oblivious to the dangers of riding in shorts and t-shirts (shell suits in Liverpool). These things will do 60mph and I dread to think what the rider will look like after a slide along the tarmac at that speed (or even half that speed).
Mind you, each to their own!
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - steeeve66 - 20-08-12
i always wear a jacket, gloves and boots - my only concession to the hot weather are kevlar jeans instead of leathers with armour and the jacket is a lighter, cafe race style - still with armour tho.
Nuts - A lot of those injuries would have been mitigated with just the jacket and boots.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Grahamm - 20-08-12
(20-08-12, 09:13 AM)alan sherman link Wrote:I'd rather not be distracted by dangerous overheating but hey its always a good argument this one isn't it.
As mentioned elsewhere, a couple of weeks ago I went on holiday down to North Devon for a week of surfing and biking. Because the forecast for the Friday I left (and for the week to come) was for overcast and possibly heavy showers, I took the wet-weather textile gear.
On the Friday I came back it was sunny and hot so I was sweating like buggery, but if it became too much I could easily stop and cool off for a while. Had I had an Off without the gear, however, it wouldn't be so easy to get rid of the skin damage...
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - fireblake - 20-08-12
I've said it before but it's all about choice, if i want to ride semi naked that's my choice same as smoking and getting lashed up on a Saturday night.
I've popped to the shops with jeans and a textile jacket, boots and gloves on but I've popped to the beach in shorts and a tee shirt. If i was going any distance or i thought i'd be getting a move on i would wear all of my protective clothing. I personally think gloves are as important as a helmet? (Google de-gloved hand?)
My son got himself a little 50cc scooter at 16 and rode around with the lightest of clothes on. Out riding after a light shower he was breaking to give way and hit a man hole cover and was off, he had slowed down to about 10 mph but his right knee hit the deck and slid a little. He know won't ride without all his gear on, leather armoured jacket, waterproof textile trousers with knee and hip armour and gloves. Problem now is his gear isn't as good as mine. The jacket is my old one so top spec but the gloves are shite and the trousers have no Kevlar so will last miliseconds.
Mickey
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - phil on a fazer - 20-08-12
you think its hot riding road bikes???...try off roading in hot weather!! :lol
the last 3 days ive never sweated so much!! on some sections your up on the pegs giving it as much throttle as you dare just to get some air rushing against your body....and when you get stuck.......oh boy..thats hard work :'( (Fook knows how people cross deserts e.t.c )
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - BBROWN1664 - 20-08-12
I always wear gloves and a textile or leather jacket.
If the weather is cold or wet, Jeans and textile trousers, if it is warm, leather trousers and if it is hot, just jeans but you feel a lot more vulnerable.
On my feet it is nearly always boots.
Having just got back from Turkey I saw most people rode in just t-shirts and shorts or trousers (no jeans, gloves or helmets) but then almost all the bikes I saw were mopeds. The odd big bike I saw was German and the riders were fully kitted out apart from one of the dive instructors who wore a tshirt, shorts and flip flops (he did have a helmet though) to ride home on his TDM.
It was 40+ degrees there though so I went for the aircon'd car instead.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Khaotik - 20-08-12
Its about acceptable risk. We each make a choice to live with a personal acceptable level of risk. Some people think we are idiots to even climb on motorcycles in the first place, but we choose to do so and we accept the risk. Some riders are prepared to accept more risk than others.
The danger comes in when people don't understand and end up taking on more risk than they would otherwise be happy to accept.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Sunny Intervals - 20-08-12
It's a personal choice thing like others have said.
I'd much rather ride sedately lidless in shorts and flip flops.
mokin Than wrap myself around a tree or a car on a bend feeling invincible in all the gear, and end up wondering why the skid pan strapped to my back and the leathers and helmet didn't stop my spline rupturing, brain being turned to the consistency of scrambled egg, and my ribs puncturing my lungs :deal
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Phil - 20-08-12
(20-08-12, 12:02 PM)BBROWN1664 link Wrote:It was 40+ degrees there though so I went for the aircon'd car instead.
I would too, theres too cold for riding bikes and too hot.
I went to Brno WSB in 2010 and it was stupid hot, time on the bike was 7-11am and 6pm-9pm with nice open air pools in between riding.
I fell off at trackday once and got my foot caught under the bike. It wore through the boot and skin on my ankle in fairly quick time. I shudder to think what a mess it would have been if I had been wearing trainers or flip flops. Each to their own.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Grahamm - 20-08-12
(20-08-12, 11:38 AM)fireblake link Wrote:I've said it before but it's all about choice, if i want to ride semi naked that's my choice
I don't disagree in the slightest.
I'm against compulsion, but I'm all for *informed* choice and a warning like the photo in my OP (which actually came from Facebook) might actually make a few people think.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - breadlord - 20-08-12
Over here I'm marvelling at people on 'Busas, roaring on the freeway over 90:
* No helmet
* No gloves
* Shorts
* Vest
* Flip-flops
Michigan recently got rid of their helmet laws, as the fat Harley riders tell me with glee. While coming off is never a joke, sliding on your arse, ruining your bike's finish and destroying a couple hundred quids worth of clothing is infinitely preferable to leaving your muscles scraped on the road and getting skin grafts on your face.
Mental.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Tiberius Onklevaart - 20-08-12
chicks dig scars
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Rusty - 20-08-12
I always make sure that I'm wearing my lucky underpants, anything more is a bonus.
A salutary warning for the hot weather... - cable tie - 20-08-12
The other day i saw a fella on a newish cb1000 with panniers top box wearing shorts - tee shirt vest - pumps making progress wtf.
Also I can't understand why peeps wear leathers than you look at there feet no boots but trainers, what going on there !!
I always find once moving you cool down a bit and when touring if we stop i try to pull in the shade and would never ride without the correct gear on regardless.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - Rusty - 20-08-12
I do ride lightly clothed in very hot weather but the danger makes me ride exceptionally carefully. There could almost be an argument for it, as it certainly slows you down. On the other hand you never know when shit's gonna happen, and when it strikes it strikes fast, so best to be well protected I suppose.
How to ruin a Saturday
Recently I've been thinking of buying a Ducati, so went on you tube to see what people were saying about them. Came across this which vid makes a good case for wearing full kit.
Re: A salutary warning for the hot weather... - MadDogMcQ - 21-08-12
Looked a bit painful going into that barrier. See that 3rd guy drop his bike right at the end??