Motorcycles BS Thread 2.0

All ya need is a hi viz helmet. At least if you're commuting. They make cool patterns nowadays. Join the ranks of the safety nerds. It's okay we don't judge. Or am I the only weirdo with hi viz stuff and I'm NOT on an adv bike

 

Im mainly against hi viz stuff. The guys that wear them around me, are the year round Harley riders with 75k miles on a 2010.

I have a blue/white Alpinestars Jaws jacket. And I have a flat black Icon Alliance GT helmet. Also, my commute is 3 miles. Im not too worried

not sure if this video will work..

 

Too quiet why are you against hi viz?

whenever I see people around here wearing it they're always on an adv bike. And then there's me

 

it looks tacky to me.. I dont mind a flashy helmet, but Im not going to wear highlighter yellow

 

I hear ya.. what do you think of my helmet?
Still too much yellow?

 

I dont mind that. There is enough red and black to offset the hi viz color.

 

ah yes I remember your post now. I definitely am in the same boat as you then. I am not willing to get to the level of a hi-viz jacket but I'll throw some gloves (and maybe shoes) in there but that's it. Not trying to for the crossing guard look lol. I wonder though, now that so many people are using hi viz, if people will start "tuning it out"

 

Unless you're a John Cena Fan and prefer this:

 

It works when it opens in photobucket. No wonder people are running you off the road, can barely hear that thing

 

Boo to you guys. Ill make another video in A mode when its WOT.

 

I just don't think triples are loud, they just whistle. I test road a speedtriple with no baffle on a AR tip (or SC, can't remember) sounded good but not loud, probably why I'll never buy a triple lol

 

This is the exhaust I want on the 48 if I ever get one.



The speed triple with CW shorty pipe was pretty loud. Actually I just found it on Craigslist! Confirmed with the seller that it was mine!
https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/mcy/6064368965.html

 

Haha that would be sooo loud on the 48. The new triple speed RS is coming soon

 

This exhaust was pretty loud on my nightster. I drilled out the baffles.

 

I'm that guy. Straight hi-viz yellow helmet and hi-viz yellow jacket. Riding around on my BMW G650GS. Don't bother me none. I don't ride a bike to look like a badass. I just like to have fun and be safe.

 

Would that constitute an adv bike? Lol

 

Yes. Yes it would.

 

Idk why the adv guys are more safety oriented lol. I'm sure people get confused when they see me and I'm not dressed like a squid

 

Anything I can do to tip the odds in my favor I will. Hell, I'd get one of those airbag vests if I could afford it. Like I said, in it for the fun not the fashion. I'd dress like a clown if it kept me from getting hit, but with all the clown hate these days I'd probably get arrested.

 

I just ordered these two things for this riding season. I don't think I'll get a hi viz jacket, I like my current Scorpion clutch jacket too much. It's got a little bit of reflective stuff in it for night time tho, so there's that.

People keep saying these gloves fit a size big I literally could not find mediums anywhere. So I'm trying out the large to see if they're okay.