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[barrie10r]

what worries me most is that she told me whilst laying in the road that its not the first time she;s had an accident, now this one wasn't her fault and maybe the previous one wasn't too ,but i thought maybe after the first off she might have at least done her helmet up, maybe even bought some gloves . i guess until she has one where she really hurts herself , its never going to sink in.

[NinjaPaul]

didnt you all know?  If you are any of the following -

scooter rider
girlfriend on pillion
child on pillion

apparently it doesnt hurt if you fall off.

Well according to the type of people who come into my shop its true anyway. 

[Markyboyzx6r]

I can't talk.

When I'm out on the bike I'm head to toe kit, no matter how short the journey or how hot the weather. But this summer when I was commuting on the scooter it was often trainers, jeans, gore-tex jacket and leather gloves. I only started putting the full gear on a month ago cause the weather was crap and the roads slippy.

I'm a muppet for having ridden without my proper trousers and Sidi boots. Thing is, I can't stand people riding bikes without kit (especially sports bikes in trainers and no gloves - that's my prime wibd-up) yet there I was, scooting away with only the proverbial 'wispy bit of guage' to protect me. It's complacency, and I'm lucky I didn't get tagged doing it.

I have vowed never to do that again. It's scooters, you get sloppy on them.

[Dale]

I was reading somewhere that in the USA in some states that the only legal requirement when riding is a pair of sunglasses! Suppose we've all seen those amature stunters on u tube ....They are prob. more manly than us though wearing sorts and flip-flops

Yes its true..............a highway patrol officer pulled me near deadwood, south dakota for speeding on my mates harley.  I was not wearing a lid, or gloves, just a t-shirt, shades and jeans etc (just getting the whole Steve McQueen thing out of my system), but he did insist that eye protection was law............so in an accidentt, at least I could have still donated my corneas......