T shirts and trainers
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I find myself caught in a real dilemma on this one.
On the one hand I get really irate and pissed off with namby pamby liberal tree hugging tossers telling what is good for me and what I can and cannot do. I would fight tooth and nail if they tried to limit Bhp, I would shout the house down if they said my bike had to have air bags. However I have got to say I get even more wound up by w*nkers that insist on riding wearing no more protection than an England shirt and a pair of cut down levi's. These tossers need shooting or better still they need to be hung up by their testicles and rubbed all over with 50 grit sandpaper untill they bleed to death.
It's never a case of "if I come off" it's "when and how bad"
On the one hand I get really irate and pissed off with namby pamby liberal tree hugging tossers telling what is good for me and what I can and cannot do. I would fight tooth and nail if they tried to limit Bhp, I would shout the house down if they said my bike had to have air bags. However I have got to say I get even more wound up by w*nkers that insist on riding wearing no more protection than an England shirt and a pair of cut down levi's. These tossers need shooting or better still they need to be hung up by their testicles and rubbed all over with 50 grit sandpaper untill they bleed to death.
It's never a case of "if I come off" it's "when and how bad"
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If you argue that they should be protected from themselves then you're going against the whole idea of freedom of the individual to do what they want no matter how stupid. Even if you went out in a full race leather suit you would still be taking a risk that is unacceptable to someone and you would not be best pleased if that person stopped you riding a bike in your own best interests.
If you argue that you couldn't give a monkeys about the person but you think they should wear leather so that they affect others less, maybe in terms of the policeman who has to scrape you up or the doctor who has to stitch you back together or the family that has to bury you, then you could also apply that to anyone who does anything risky including you who ride your bike in full leathers. Again, you'd be p*ssed off with someone telling you that riding your bike in full leathers is too risky and you shouldn't be allowed to do it for your own good and the good of your family and friends.
So why not just let them assess their own risks, make up their own mind and stop assuming you know better?
I agree totally with everything you've said but for the life of me I can't work it out because whenever I see it, it just makes my blood boil and I can't help it......Possible the cloesest comparison is when I see someone driving like a complete tosser it winds me and many others up, but in this case perhaps the actions are so stupid and so neglegent that maybe they should be classed as criminal??????????
Oh yes as for the t shirts because they're cool and comfortable so therefore safer analogy......what complete shite, maybe the malaysian leg of WSB should be done in T shirts, or the Maccau GP in shorts ??? Bollox buy perforatted leathers, and when it's cold put a paddock jacket/sweatshirt over the top.
Don't get me wrong guys, I'm not saying it should be made illegal to ride in your Y fronts and flip flops, I agree 100% with the right to choose. My point is that although I agree with these rights I still get an irresitable urge to want to shake some sense into muppets pulling wheelies on superbikes wearing speedo's. I can't help it even though I know it's not my concern and nothing to do with me, even though I would support their right to choose, I just want to tell them I think there c**nts.......Maybe I need a holiday or some prozac.
On the gloves thing, I was once quoted to by my ex sister in law who is a paramedic in essex (and a volunteer at Snetterton) "Even if you only wear jeans and a sweat shirt never ever forget gloves and boots they are what will really help save you, they won't stop the damage but will atleast hold you togeather untill they can be taken off by people in the right place" in other words better to have smashed bits still hanging on the end of your limbs rather than decorating the tarmac.
The extremities are what take the biggest hit, I've been down the racetrack at over 100mph and the worst injury was the burns on my hands where the natural reaction is to try ramming them into the tarmac to try and slow down when sliding. So in summary nice gloves but he was still a w*nker for the jeans and T shirt.
The extremities are what take the biggest hit, I've been down the racetrack at over 100mph and the worst injury was the burns on my hands where the natural reaction is to try ramming them into the tarmac to try and slow down when sliding. So in summary nice gloves but he was still a w*nker for the jeans and T shirt.
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