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GettinBetter
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PostPosted: 21:14 - 23 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freddyfruitbat wrote:

I'll happily admit to wearing a Helite Turtle vest; have done for several years now. No it's not particularly cool and people sometimes take the piss a bit, but wearing it affects my enjoyment of riding a bike not one iota.


I applaud anyone that stands up there and does what THEY want rather than bowing to peer pressure.

As long as you're happy mate it's fine.
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PostPosted: 21:30 - 23 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
GettinBetter wrote:
Freddyfruitbat wrote:

I'll happily admit to wearing a Helite Turtle vest; have done for several years now. No it's not particularly cool and people sometimes take the piss a bit, but wearing it affects my enjoyment of riding a bike not one iota.


I applaud anyone that stands up there and does what THEY want rather than bowing to peer pressure.

As long as you're happy mate it's fine.


Even if they ride a scooter? Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 23 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Especially if they ride a scooter.
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PostPosted: 23:59 - 23 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freddyfruitbat wrote:

Imagine that crash helmets weren't compulsory in the UK, and we were having this discussion about helmets, rather than airvests,,, you could substitute "helmets" for "airbag vests" in your statement above, couldn't you? But maybe that's OK?


Yes. I could and I would. My oppinion on mandatory helmet use is well documented.

Anyone who hasn't fitted a 5-point harness in their car in place of the inertia reel seatbelt should have a long think before climbing up on their high horse about that because 5-point harnesses have a better proven safety benefit and are cheaper than a motorcycle helmet. Unless you just don't want one because they are inconvenient, uncomfortable and restrict your peripheral vision...

Anyway, I was making the point that many people want to buy safety rather than learn it. If you had £150 to spend on making yourself safer on your bike. Training would be the number 1 best return on your money. The less experienced the rider, the more benefit you'll get. I'm not saving don't buy an airbag but remember it is at best a marginal gain and only comes into play after you already had a crash.
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PostPosted: 18:52 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Freddyfruitbat wrote:
stinkwheel wrote:
Which is more likely to prevent you dying in a motorcycle crash. An airbag vest or an IAM advanced riding qualification

But you forgot a third option - an airbag vest AND advanced training.
Other than cost, why are the two apparently mutually exclusive?

stinkwheel wrote:
People have been falling off motorcycles without airbag vests and not dying for a long time now.

Imagine that crash helmets weren't compulsory in the UK, and we were having this discussion about helmets, rather than airvests,,, you could substitute "helmets" for "airbag vests" in your statement above, couldn't you? But maybe that's OK?

I'll happily admit to wearing a Helite Turtle vest; have done for several years now. No it's not particularly cool and people sometimes take the piss a bit, but wearing it affects my enjoyment of riding a bike not one iota.

Every time the topic of airbag vests comes up we get this mantra that training, experience, rider abiity etc is far more important. If so, should we all get trained up and wear T-shirts, shorts and flipflops to ride our bikes all summer? The answer from 99% of riders would be 'no', because there's a recognition that what we do carries a quantifiable risk of at some stage sliding down the road on our arses, no matter how good a rider we think we are, so we wear protective gear to mitigate the outcome of that. All that an airbag vest represents is another level beyond the basic helmet/boots/gloves/riding suit combo that most riders wear - I just think it's simply up to individuals where they choose to draw their own personal line as regards the level of gear they use.

(FWIW - I documented here my own experience of my airvest getting deployed a few years ago. tl;dr - judging by my mashed helmet, the paramedics reckoned I'd have ended up with a busted neck without it, rather than a few sore ribs and a broken collarbone.)


So, definitely worth the cost then.
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PostPosted: 19:00 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nobby the Bastard wrote:
Especially if they ride a scooter.


I ride a Scooter.. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 19:27 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brava210 wrote:
Nobby the Bastard wrote:
Especially if they ride a scooter.


I ride a Scooter.. Thumbs Up


Then safety is the least of your worries Razz
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PostPosted: 19:59 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
"Then safety is the least of your worries Razz"

Envy is not an attractive trait
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PostPosted: 20:03 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brava210 wrote:
"Then safety is the least of your worries Razz"

Envy is not an attractive trait


Get a proper bike then Thumbs Up Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:20 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
chickenstrip wrote:
Brava210 wrote:
"Then safety is the least of your worries Razz"

Envy is not an attractive trait


Get a proper bike then Thumbs Up Laughing


Don't tell me, you have a "proper bike"? Wink
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PostPosted: 21:51 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have an in&motion airbag vest and set it off run-starting my friend's R1. Big old bang, thought the bike started but turns out the bang wasn't his exhaust. Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:13 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
Bhud wrote:
Is this a bad time to ask who else is going riding without gear in this weather?


I've ridden in trainers since 2008, the occasional 'looks like it'll rain, I'll wear boots'

Still have feet. Don't care what people think about what I wear, but I'd be happy to accept abuse if I rode with an airbag jacket. Laughing


Very true. An airbag is like wearing an all body condom in my mind of strangeness. You could just wear the airbag and nothing else. That would be interesting. I so so want to stick my flipflops on and go out for a scoot to enlighten my mind. I'm too scared to do it though.

Edit Flipin dog has farted while I've been typing this, stinks
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PostPosted: 22:43 - 24 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Brava210 wrote:
chickenstrip wrote:


Get a proper bike then Thumbs Up Laughing


Don't tell me, you have a "proper bike"? Wink


At the moment, what I have is an elaborate shed ornament Laughing
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PostPosted: 14:45 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
The last few times I've been out it's been in polo shirt and shorts, though I always wear boots and gloves.

Would I wear a helmet if they were not mandatory? Not always, though they are handy for keeping you head warm.

My life, my risk, my business. The law should come down heavily on people who risk the safety of others but keep it's nose out of things that don't.
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PostPosted: 16:37 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
I know three GS riders - one an ex-cop, another a rospa gold guy and a third an iam observer. All riding 20k+ a year. All wearing air vest jobs. None of them wearing hi-vis shit. Thinking Thinking Thinking
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PostPosted: 17:20 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Fat Angry Scotsman wrote:


Even if they ride a scooter? Laughing


Ha ha ha...yeah, I think anyone mad enough to ride a motorcycle to commute or tour on UK roads deserves a little respect.

Fair weather pansies not so.... Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:45 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Commuting in the UK on a bike is easy, so meh.
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PostPosted: 19:54 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote:
I know three GS riders (sic) none of them wearing hi-vis shit


The three unicorns of motorcycling.

I am yet to see any guy on a GS that hasn't been wearing at least some fluro stuff. Seen a literal banana guy head-to-toe in fluro gear on his GS on the road between Hamilton and Cambuslang and again on the road between Strathaven and Stonehouse Laughing
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PostPosted: 19:56 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
GettinBetter wrote:
Fat Angry Scotsman wrote:


Even if they ride a scooter? Laughing


Ha ha ha...yeah, I think anyone mad enough to ride a motorcycle to commute or tour on UK roads deserves a little respect.

Fair weather pansies not so.... Laughing


I rode my Chinese 125 through the last winter as a commuter and in all honesty I didn't see the fuss that some people make about winter riding. Decent boots and gloves and it was perfectly fine.

Riding in slush and icy roads wasn't that bad. The only thing that's given me some small amount of fear is heavy gale-force winds.
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Islander wrote:
Didn't Rogerborg have one?


He was an airbag. Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: 20:31 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nobby the Bastard wrote:
Commuting in the UK on a bike is easy, so meh.


On a Scooter, yes it is.... Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 20:42 - 25 Jul 2021    Post subject: Reply with quote
MCN wrote:
Islander wrote:
Didn't Rogerborg have one?


He was an airbag.


...damn...
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