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In case you needed motivation to wear proper motorcycle gear when you ride.

She was the passenger on a motorcycle going 120 MPH on the highway and her message is gear up before you ride? Not, don't ride like an asshat on public roads?

Gee, certainly sounds like someone you want working as a motorcycle safety instructor.

-KeithP
 
KeithP said:
She was the passenger on a motorcycle going 120 MPH on the highway and her message is gear up before you ride? Not, don't ride like an asshat on public roads?

Gee, certainly sounds like someone you want working as a motorcycle safety instructor.

-KeithP
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So, because she made a mistake by getting on the back of a motorcycle ridden by an asshat when she was younger everything she does after that is cast in doubt? I really don't get that mentality... your logic makes no sense whatsoever.

I think she's the PERFECT person to be working as a motorcycle safety instructor and so does the United States Navy. This is a person who constantly provides support and guidance to new riders not just in her work but in her personal life too.

And, FTR, she is a big proponent of only exploring the limits of your bike on the track.
 
A work-mate recently hit a deer on his bike going 60. Helmet took a hell of a beating and saved his life. Got away with a broken wrist is all. Always wear your gear.
 
rh71 said:
was that her side or her back she was trying to show?
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Here is a pic taken after she got out of the hospital. Entirely preventable.

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:thumbsup: Good for her for not only learning her lesson but also getting back on a bike again and doing something about it not only for herself but for everyone else she can. I dare say most people would have given up riding, if not living, after going through something like that.
 
All I can say is if there is one thing I got from my second wife is to use that stuff.

She was a QMRP in a head injured adult ward at a hospital, and almost everyone in it was either injured from not wearing a helmet on a bike, or not wearing a seat belt and ramming into the windshield.

I wasn't big on them at the time and was before they pretty much became mandatory, one visit to where she worked I started wearing them.
 
Seems like an effective message. Does not take too much imagination to go from her scars to the original hamburger.
 
JulesMaximus said:
I have a pair of Cortech jeans but I will admit that I wear regular jeans sometimes too. Always have a jacket, gauntlet gloves, Sidi boots and full face helmet on when I ride though.
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Same, but at times I wear dress slacks and feel naked.
 
oldsmoboat said:
What trousers do you guys commute in?
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used to have joe rocket ballistic 5.0 overpants

then had AGV telluride textile pants (do not buy, they are made for dudes with skinny legs. if you have normal legs they will burst at the seams)

just picked up the icon compound leather/textile overpant on uber sale (145 vs. 350) so i will start rocking that when my bike gets back from the shop.

ATGATT. srsly.
 
Fenixgoon said:
used to have joe rocket ballistic 5.0 overpants

then had AGV telluride textile pants (do not buy, they are made for dudes with skinny legs. if you have normal legs they will burst at the seams)

just picked up the icon compound leather/textile overpant on uber sale (145 vs. 350) so i will start rocking that when my bike gets back from the shop.

ATGATT. srsly.
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Where do you work where you can wear overpants?
 
JulesMaximus said:
It just takes a get off at any speed over 30mph wearing whatever garment you might wear on any given day... or nothing at all.
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Doesn't even have to be that low a speed. Knew a guy, when I was stationed in Florida, went over his handlebars (and the trunk lid of the car in front of him), then down onto the asphalt, wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Had a real nice road rash on his left forearm and leg. Figures he was going 10mph. 🙁
 
when I see stuff like this why would anyone want to ride? seriously? it isn't "that" good/fun/satisfying to ride a bike. It's just a matter of time before you, or someone else on the road, does something stupid. In my humble opinion, it is usually the biker despite all the 'start seeing motorcycle' stickers out there. The luckier ones end up like this woman, scared up for life. No thanks
 
Zivic said:
when I see stuff like this why would anyone want to ride? seriously? it isn't "that" good/fun/satisfying to ride a bike. It's just a matter of time before you, or someone else on the road, does something stupid. In my humble opinion, it is usually the biker despite all the 'start seeing motorcycle' stickers out there. The luckier ones end up like this woman, scared up for life. No thanks
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In accidents involving more than one vehicle (ie. car and motorcycle) it is something like 40% of the time that the motorcyclist is at fault and half of those are due to the motorcycle being unable to stop in time and nearly all of the rest are because of speeding.

So, less than half the time it is the motorcyclist who is at fault.

And with proper gear she would have probably walked away from her crash with barely a scratch.
 
About 35 years ago, I road rashed myself pretty nicely at very low speeds.

Christmas Eve, coming back from seeing a lady, was riding a tiny Honda twin, like a 200. Was around 1AM, was one house from my driveway. Was in second and slowing, blinker on. Had on leather jacket, decent helmet, leather riding boots, but wearing jeans.

A black German shepherd just appeared in front of me as I passed a small spruce bush in the neighbor's yard on my right...he apparently came out into the road from behind the bush just as I was passing it. Hit the dog square with the front wheel. Tossed me over the handlebars and I skid a bit to the curb.

Jacket and boots and gloves saved those parts...helmet had a few dings from hitting, too. But the jeans gave up immediately and I still have some scars on my right hip and knee.

Dog was trapped under the bike with the right exhaust pipe burning him. Neighbors came out, lifted the bike off him and he bolted, yelping the whole way. Bent the forks on the bike. Shame, really. It was a fun puddle jumper.
 
JulesMaximus said:
In accidents involving more than one vehicle (ie. car and motorcycle) it is something like 40% of the time that the motorcyclist is at fault and half of those are due to the motorcycle being unable to stop in time and nearly all of the rest are because of speeding.

So, less than half the time it is the motorcyclist who is at fault.

And with proper gear she would have probably walked away from her crash with barely a scratch.
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at the end of the day, does it matter who is at fault?

shoulda, coulda, woulda... she didn't have proper gear and she didn't walk away with barely a scratch. I would argue she was lucky to even walk afterwords. Lucky she had the helmet on.

Just look at the stories posted here. we all know people that crashed on bikes. we all know people that have been in car accidents. I will argue it's just a matter of time before we all are in motor vehicle accident. No way will I be without my cage surrounding me when/if it's my turn
 
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