Ojc
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Originally posted by Lynny
Erm hi! Not spoken to him for couple weeks but I think he is fine! How are you? And rachael?
Just dandy thanks.
Lovely lady.
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Ojc
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Yes that Vicki, she is gorgeous.
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Dom
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Originally posted by Ojc
Fittest biker I know is Vicki Calvert.
didn't she have something to do with PVD?
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Ojc
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Yeah boy.
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Dom
didn't she have something to do with PVD?
She was a director, but didn't really do much for PVD no  But thats another story
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Daimo B
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Originally posted by Lynny
Agreed! This one wasn't a chav on a scooter, was an experienced biker on a sports bike, unfortunately experience doesn't overcome stupidit when you do 90+mph in a 30 zone, over a blind hill and into the back of a car and under an oncoming bus....!
You get twat head bikers like you do car drivers im afraid  Hence why its good the test is much much harder now.
I've had a biker come up next to me, mis-judged his braking and went straight into the back of a Mondeo estate. Bike flipped, he went over the top
Luckily the bloke was ok, I moved his bike off the road (main road out of london, at rush hour, VERY busy!!). Offered to be a witness, but advised him not to accept as he was totally in the wrong. He knew it, I went on my way. Very lucky lad
Thing is, bikers have accidents. Take my parent
Broken neck, paralysed for 2 weeks (swelling trapped the nerves).
broken ribs
Gangreen arm from an infection (where he obtained the ribs )
Broken pelvis
broken thigh in 20 places
Ripped his main muscle in his should
Got a hernia
punctured 2 discs in his back
etc etc...
Heres his last Xray from 5 years odd ago, which he'll never fully recover from. Bloke jumped a red light and hit him from the side (shattered thigh).
Still, we keep on rollllin, dey hatin......
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Tiger
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Leathers don't protect you being stabbed by a wild pikey though eh.
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Daimo B
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No, but then the pikey won't catch you..... 
Its not stab proof clothing, for that you need a stab proof vest.
When your sliding down the road at 150mph though, it will save your skin, and your life in that sense.
Even a crash helmet has its limits (RIP Craig Jones).
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Tiger
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My Cousin came off his Ducati 750SS, some doddering elderly twat on the wrong side of the road. He survived but was bust up, was in traction for a year with rehab for a year after. Leathers saved his skin.
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Daimo B
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just didn't help his bones....
Same with my old man. In fact, i'd say he's lost a good 2 complete years of his life due to being in hospital
Good some epic scars now though
He'll never stop biking though. He's currently back up to 4 bikes again. Greedy....
All I know is, if I knock him off one day, I get all of them.... (plots )
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bigboykarl
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Originally posted by _Allan_
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Originally posted by bigboykarl
don't think i'd be able to find leathers to fit unless i chopped the head and hooves off a cow fitted a zip i'd slot straight in..
Not sure about that but I'd imagine you'd make most bikes look like a mini moto 
[Edited on 02-02-2010 by _Allan_]
FUCK ME IT'S MY LITTLE BROTHER
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Bonney
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Well every time i go out on mine, The missus always wants me to turn up to her work with my gear on.
But i haven't got any leathers just a textile jacket and pants. Wander what she will be like when i get my leathers
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flybikeslee
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im the same as bonney, textiles
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Daimo B
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Likewise for a daily basis, you cannot beat good old textiles.
LEathers are for the summer
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Kano
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My plan for this year is to get a textile jacket, pair of draggin jeans and wheelie everywhere.. Always had leathers and they make me ride worse purely because I feel safer.
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Tiger
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Anyone seen those denim biker jeans from Japan (I think) that are supposed to be really good, well padded and protective....remember seeing them in Performance Bike about 15 years ago...
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Bonney
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I dont really like the textiles though. Only got them when i had a scooter and it would have looked very strange riding around on a 50cc ped with a set of leathers on.
Going to get some new kit in the next couple of weeks ready for summer (2 peice leather suit, gloves, lid and boots)
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Ojc
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I wear full leathers on my scooter, for aerodynamics. I've gained 3mph as a result of not having clothing flapping around.
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radicalry00
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Textiles are the way forward. My Goretex two piece textiles are awesome in the winter. Leathers are far too cold and let far too much heat out in this weather! I've got a leather jacket and pants for those hot summer days though 
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Daimo B
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Tiger - Yeah thats the Draggin Jeans. Very very good!!! Theres demo videos of people being dragged along the floor in them.
Mental confidence wise though, i still need leathers.
I.E I feel really uncomfy when on my sports bike in my textiles, it just doesn't feel right.
Yet if I put my leathers on, on my work bike, i'd feel like a right plonker
I got the lot though.
Jacket - 3 inner linings (no longer waterproof), so windproof/waterproof jacket over that.
Trousers - removable lining
Winter and summer boots
Winter and summer gloves
2 bash hats
3 balaclavas
Gay muffs (them big handlebar muffs). Wasn't keen on heated grips.
1 peice leathers
back protector
leather trousers
1 thing I've learned in 10 years, kit means everything. Good kit = Normal temps when arriving to work in the ice. Cheap kit = blue fingers when arriving to work in same conditions
[Edited on 02-02-2010 by VXR]
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Ojc
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I had a race with a man on a invalid cariage the other day, managed to just about out flank him during the Blitzkrieg.
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Ollie_B
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Jerseys and body armour is where it's at 
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K3 VMU
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Originally posted by Ollie_B
Jerseys and body armour is where it's at
i also have plenty jumpers/trousers and armor for when i am racing my quad, but for the road bike, its leathers and full ppe all the time,back protector etc, no matter where i go, because you never know who is coming round the corner
i do fancy gettin myself a pair of Draggin jeans, my mates have them, quality gear!!
i cant wait to get my new Alpinestar boots on, i already have been walking about the flat with leathers and new boots on
my missus bought them for my xmas, good lass, she`s well trained ha ha ha
also my genuine Honda Repsol leather jacket,with inner liner and protection, this is why i need draggin jeans. this is me at this years Moto gp on the sunday
oh and theres a lady at my mums work told my mum to get me to pop round my mums work one day, because bikers in leathers really turn her on, her knickers must have been ringing after i left
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Daimo B
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nahhhh your on one of them common Jap IL4 things
Italian Stalion ftw
Just watched that vid, seen it before, thats exactly what the bloke done next to me, the story I mentioned earlier. I judged it, he didn't, WHAM....
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K3 VMU
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Originally posted by VXR
nahhhh your on one of them common Jap IL4 things
Italian Stalion ftw
Just watched that vid, seen it before, thats exactly what the bloke done next to me, the story I mentioned earlier. I judged it, he didn't, WHAM....
 Jap IL4? explain your slagging ( i know you are slaggin the ricers )
yeah when i read your post about that guy crashing i thought that it might have been something like the video- take it it wasnt same speed though
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