Full leathers on a scooter?

[Tomsk]

Smart kids, actually.

My mum was a nurse in the plastic surgery ward in Glasgow. She said that when the motorcycle (anything two-wheeled with an engine was a suicycle to her) accident victims werre brought in, there were three categories:

1. Wearing helmet and leathers - give 'em a check for whiplash and a concussion and release them.

Done that. Staggered away from the accident with a bruised shoulder

2. Helmet but no leathers - send 'em straight to the plastic surgery ward for years' worth of painful skin grafts.

Done that. Didn't need the plastic surgery, but still have a few scars to show for it.

3. No helmet - send 'em straight to the morgue. There's no helping them.

Sort of done this. Came off a bicycle and gave myself a mild concussion. I was lucky because I hit a field. 1 metre to the left and I would have hit a tree.

 

[One More Solo]

I ride a bicycle quicker than 30mph wearing just a helmet... quite a worrying thought.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

He's smart. Leave him too it!

 

[Shoei]

I ride a bicycle quicker than 30mph wearing just a helmet... quite a worrying thought.

Many moons ago when the Kellogs tour used be on, one of the camera bikes followed a russian cyclist on a downhill section and they were touching 60mph in places. Thats scary!!!

Robb

 

[One More Solo]

!!

Many moons ago when the Kellogs tour used be on, one of the camera bikes followed a russian cyclist on a downhill section and they were touching 60mph in places. Thats scary!!!

Robb

The proper race bikes can do some crazy speeds, sadly I'm stuck on a battered mountain bike and since I'm a fat git it's not that aerodynamic!

 

[Jonny69]

Smart kids, actually.

Ooops, that's not what I meant Mickey. I wear textile bike gear as other moped riders ought to. I'd look like a right tool in Marlboro race leathers sat on my Vespa! By stupid kids I meant they need to learn where race leathers belong, on race bikes. They wear them purely because they think they are little badboys. Reality is they are moped riders.

 

[Akira]

A scooterer in my street rode into the back of a parked lorry at about 35mph and died instantly, he was helmeted too. I never ride my bike (500) without all my armoured gear on, even if I'm just nipping round the corner. It's just not worth the risk for a few seconds zipping up.

 

[Freefaller]

Done that. Staggered away from the accident with a bruised shoulder



Done that. Didn't need the plastic surgery, but still have a few scars to show for it.



Sort of done this. Came off a bicycle and gave myself a mild concussion. I was lucky because I hit a field. 1 metre to the left and I would have hit a tree.

In that case you were bloody lucky. I wouldn't say this is a typical outcome of bike related incidents. Just look at the figures They speak for themselves...

 

[William]

It should be law for the little scrotes to wear scotchbrite clothing, they are so bloody dangerous on the roads any visibility that can be given is a bonus, there really needs to be better training than CBT for them, riding through some cones then going on the road for a bit is not valid considering the amount of times I have been cut-up, had to do emergency stops, been overtaken on a street with about 1 foot either side of my wing mirrors by these excuses for road users is insane.

 

[Jonny69]

^^^Actually that's not a bad idea at all. If moped riders were made to wear hi-vis jackets by law it might stop the kids riding the way they do. It wouldn't bother me too much, the more I can be seen the better as far as I'm concerned, but the kids would probably feel too concious to ride their bikes the way they do as they wouldn't look cool in front of their mates.