Let this be a lesson!

I got red arms from avoiding the freeway while riding today. Anyone who
doesn't wear a leather jacket and gloves is a fuckin' idiot!

 

AS in damage to the trike?

 

Let's face it you never see a sunburnt cow!!
Clem

 

SUNBURN!
sheesh

 

I had a nice little tan after the GP.. didn't realize it till I came to
Bendigo. My face was significantly darker compared to the region around my
eyes where my sunnies were...

TB
Racoon

 

....and as for the idiots in white overalls that forget to clip the
sleeves down before they leave the pub! ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

Of course not, they're all hairy. How come we never see hairy bike
leathers?

Gary

 

'Cause then the cows would realise where the leather's coming from!
Clem

 

piss off

 

no you piss off!

TB

 

You haven't seen my race suit then.. Black and white
hairy-cow-hide patches on the shoulders.

 

Hahaha, and you looked like foreman material too!

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 07:57:36 GMT

Ouch!

I think they've just delivered my walking frame.

Zebee
- who appears to be that old.

 

Yeah! :-|

After we headed home, Big Phill was scampering down the road, I was
following, and a car was behind us.

I didn't want to stop to clip the sleeves, but, as I found out, without
cruise control, doing up the sleeves, while rolling along, is
_extremely_ difficult. I wisnay going to stop 'cause the car would then
have passed me, and, as everyone knows, it's really difficult to pass a
car if you are riding a 250. (Sorta like climbing hills!) ;-)

regards,
CrazyCam

 

That's correct.

I'll watch out for it.

Gary

 

I did similar last Christmas. Was a steeking hot day and brother and I
went for a blat up to Cooyer. I decided to not wear a jacket - excuse
being that the heat stroke would be more hazardous than the small
probability of coming off the bike without a jacket (that was before the
Hall's Gap incident, obviously).

I felt cooler for the first 5-10 minutes, but then the hot sun and wind
on my bare arms actually felt hotter (or at least less comfortable) than
I'd expected to feel if wearing a jacket.

Sunburn plus windburn now equals jacket for long rides - although I've
just inherited Carol's DryMesh. I love it.

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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

I went for a ride up Bells to Mt Victoria for lunch a few years back, on
the way home I discovered I was actually cooler with the black leather
jacket zipped up and the visor closed... Boky's VFR's ambient air temp
gauge _was_ reading 42C at the time...

big

 

In aus.motorcycles on Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:31:13 +1000

best alternative I've found isn't jackets - most of which seem to have
sweaty linings - but a long sleeved light coloured cotton shirt.

The light colour is cooler, the natural fabric isn't sweaty.

Crazy Cam's white cotton overalls are a similar idea. when he rememebrs
to do 'em up.

Zebee

 

I'm way ahead of you, Zebee, I've already got the wheelchair!

 

Yep. The bloody nylon liner sees me wet in next to no time.

I've been toying with wearing a bicycling jersey under the jacket -
wicks the sweat away from your skin and all - and even if no jacket, at
least it would still protect from sun and wind burn.


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Cheers

PeterC [aka MildThing]
'81 Suzuki GS450-s
'87 BMW K100RT

www.dmcsc.org.au