Stick on furry ears... the coolest accessory out there!?!?!

[Smudge]

Well here we go lets have a poll, and prove I'm a style god with me dalmation ears flapping in the slipstream
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[Smudge]

Come on guys... the Fiesta drivers are catching up
Stand up for your right to blow away scooby's while wearing things that suggest you're just "havin' a larf"
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[G]

Sorry, but I really don't like them:
1. Loads of people have them now, so it's not very individual
2. IMHO they look stupid... if you had a 'rabbit' paintjob on your helmet, maybe
3. Why?... they don't *do* anything good
4. Some helmets are specially curved to allow a better airflow and thus also stop a bit of wind noise... ears will do exactly the opposite.

admittadly I'm not exacly 'fashion consious'... so in the general scheme of things maybe they are 'good' :?

[Smudge]

Hi G,
What can I say, I'm probably not very trendy but hey, they appeal to my sense of the absurd... (like me & a mate buying a 30 quid cd175 and an old set of Barry Sheene leathers and then racing the local 17'ers on their rg/tzr/ns125's (dates it doesn't it ). REALLY pi**ed them off tough when we could grind knee sliders on a CD and they couldn't on what was then brand new stuff )
1. Fair point, but they're still rare enough on my commute to stop people in their tracks.
2. You're entitled to your opinion, but perhaps the point IS that they look stupid!?
3. They attract attention like nobody's business from the cagers, if he's laughing at the ears at least he's noticed me and isn't wiping me out as he changes cassetes/talks on the mobile/plays with himself!
4. I specifically chose an Aria RV 'cos it has no tubes/stick out vents/bells whistles etc to make wind noise, it's better than any others I've tried and the ears make NO difference As to the aerodynamics... if I need that extra 1/2 mile an hour... well I'll take the GPz

Nice to hear from you tho', and say what you like, if I couldn't take a joke I wouldn't wear them!!!
TTFN
Smudge
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[craigT19]

sorry i dont like um either


i spent £400 on a very nice lid and i think little ears will wreck it
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[Keen]

I have to second that- not my kinda thing. They make me think of people who buy helmets with 'magic roundabout' characters or dennis the menace painted all over them They're also the type who wear santa hats on top of their helmets at christmas- but I like that idea.

But if you fell like sticking fake ears on your lid then you should go ahead- but how do they stick on, do they not damage your helmet?

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[Annabella]

I have a next door neighbour but two who had pig ears on her helmet, but when she got over about 90 mph she reckoned she could feel the extra wind resistance and it gave her a bad neck, and they don;t damage your helmet (little sucker pads).

Personally I wouldn't have any now, all the middle aged women at our localk bike meets (you know the ones, ride pillion to hubby, wear stilletos etc) have them..... I dunno, I can do without increasing my wind resistance and slowing me down even more!

[Scooby]

I bought a pair

But before you start flaming me, let me just say I only wore tham once and for a good cause!!

I bought then for a fiver and stuck em on my lid for the kid's easter run (as in easter bunny). It happens around here every year, 1000 bikes all take an easter egg or toy to the childrens hospital and we all travel over there in force at about 30mph, its a really good turnout, and we hae a good blast on the way home. I tried to lose the ears in the wind, but didn't suceed and in the end I got home and read that they had been tested to 170mph on the packaging. WHO THE FUCK TESTED THEM??? LOL
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[tanner18]

i live in grimsby and no one wears them i think ive only ever seen one rider with them on i think they look gay personnaly but like what was mentioned it must be funny overtaking cars with them on
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[WildGoose]

ive already got a moped and a brown leather jacket

i dont think i need make myself look any sillier :lol:

[Demonic69]

I think they're worn by the "Fair Weather", "let's see how fast I can go in a straight line", "Look, I can get my knee down on this roundabout (After the 75th time round)", "Oh! My new Dianese Jacket has a scuff, time to get a new one", poser riders.
But that's just my opinion;)
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[Keen]

They remind me of those tiger tails that the mods used to stock on their lambrettas. Has anyone seen Quadrophenia? good film. Its done from the mod's point of view but I can't help laughing in this one scene where the rockers overtake them and push them off their scooters

Thankfully we now live in more enlightened times

[johnny]

Idiot! Puttin on those furry ears is about the least cool thing you can do this side of taking a dump without droppin ur pants. I guess at christmas too you decorate yer bike with tinsel on the bar ends.
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Vrooooom......ahhhhhh....crash!!!!!!!

[Smudge]

Now now Johnny, keep your hair on Its been a long time since I learned when to take a dump, and when not to! It's also been a few years now since I had to worry too hard whether other people thought I was cool Never decorated my bike with tinsel, but if I felt the need, other peoples opinions wouldn't worry me overmuch... after all, they've got to catch me to tell me and most of the ones who're most concerned with what other people think are the least experienced
If you don't like them, cool, if you do, also cool, life's too short mate
PS the fastest AND most laid back rider I've ever met rode a plain black Z1000 with high bars and no obvious modifications, all the superbike riders laughed at him... and then he absolutely blew them away we nearly wet ourselves laughing a few times! and no, I couldn't hold a candle to his riding but my point is - "cool" is not what you wear/ride/say, it's who you are
Keep on bopping,
Smudge
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[James]

Although it may sound a little sad, hats off to people who wear them in my opinion. I cant do with people who buy and NSR as a first bike, buy full one piece racing leathers, knee sliders, tinted visor, cut down plate etc and call themselves a devout hardenned biker.

I saw a guy on a modded gorgeous Fazer the other day wearing them. Alright they looked pretty daft, but at least he had sense of humour
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Like shit off a stick

[Scooby]

OI I got the visor, the sliders, and the cut down number plate...... can't quite stretch to the one piece race leathers, but what you trying to say???
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[Scooby]

By the way....even if I could afford 1 piece race leathers I don't think I would have them because they are unpractical if you go anywhere and can't take a jacket off........but most importantly....... they don't show off my figure
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[TJ NSR]

i really detest those ears i think their ugly and have no use, they mak u look like a real prat, i saw a guy on a mito with them, not only that he was a prat it made him look like a bigger prat!

i just dont like them