Quote Originally Posted by culcune View Post
I wear a full-face Bell helmet, riding gloves, and a leather jacket. Not all riding gear, but I really don't regularly ride in t-shirt, shorts and flipflops, but I will when we have a nuclear armegeddan, ala Mad Max, and it's just me, the AK47, and a feral kid!
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Oh really , a Bell Helmet ???? Now Simon , a baseball cap with a pin-wheel on top doesn't constitute a helmet , even if it has a Bell that jingles on it silly .
Now you give Zippy the Pin Head back his hat damn you !!!
Does your leather jacket say JC Pennys , or K-Mart on the label ????
This all reminds me of the movie " Forest Gump " ???
Stupid is as stupid does ....

When my buddy ( dead ) rode my girlfriend home ( dead ) the night they ate a tree at 100 mph , neither were wearing anything but smiles ( like you ) ....I was 16 years old , it still hurts ......................
I just hope your wife and kid can handle the pain of seeing you die or maimed forever as well as I do now over just a great girlfreind and my buddy in crime being stupid one hot night in California . His RD 400 didn't fare to well either .

Cheers , Snortin

PS...Armor isn't just for Knights in the 13th Century Simon ...
Even if its 105 degrees out in Yuma, you need to wear armor . If someone told you riding is always fun , they have never rode . Riding the street is more like a Gladiator event , you being eatin by the Lions most of the time , its how the game works Simon .
It's a Yin Yan effect , a balance of thrills Vs. danger Culcune . When you mount your bike for a ride each time , and your not actually weighing out the fact that you might not be comming back home , then your nieve at least , stupid at most .
Stupid is as stupid does , you win