Protective Clothing Standards

"No worries. What cost center do I put on the 2 hour minimum
callout?"

-----sharks

 

Ahhh for the days when I was a contractor.

"Hmmm, it's 2 in the morning on Christmas Day. Sure I'll do that for you.
Oh, but there's a minimum 2 hr charge, so the invoice will be for $800."

 

I guessed as much.

Do tell.

Exactly. They often seem to be provided with the expectation that you will
work another 12 hours a day once you leave the office (if you ever make it
there)... because you can.

Gary (you tell 'em, Sharkey!)

 

I leave the company ute at home and ride the Guzzi to work. No
arguement.

Sounds like a good deal to me.



Theo

 

I have two words for you Doug

exhaust labels

JL
retrospective legislation sux

 

Weren't helmets compulsory BEFORE there was an Australian Standard for
Motorcycle Helmets?

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Cheers

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

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

Ahh. I thought so.

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Cheers

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

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

What will happen, probably, is that the standard will be used for
compulsory wear as part of of Workplace Health and Safety - ergo if you
ride a bike for work purposes, then you must comply with the company
standard which will, undoubtedly, use Australian Standards as minimum
requirement.

I don't believe (and I do say BELIEVE, coz I haven't any facts) that
it's a given that the issuing of an AS for motorcycle clothing will
necessarily result in that becoming compulsory for everyday wear.

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Cheers

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

www.dmcsc.org.au

 

Yeah - but that was a while back. We are in a world of more and more
regulation.

Look - I hope you are right. I'd like to see good standards for the
manufacture of the gear. But I think forums like this are a good way
of us to filter out the crap as well. If I have a problem with gear
(like R_Jays) I'll bloody well say so.

I still think with the current trend of regulation and ID that it
would be an obvious step from them to say "OK - well if we have this
standard for bike gear, then that is what is needed to protect you. If
you aren't wearing that, then you aren't protecting yourself, so
therefore you are outside the same standards that demand seatbelts and
helmets. We better legislate you suicidal, homicidal baby-eaters into
this gear. (Oh by the way, we'll pick up a tax on it as well for the
hell of it)).

Jeez I'm getting cynical in my old age aren't I?

Cheers


Kevin Gleeson
Imagine It
West Hobart
Tasmania Australia
www.imagine-it.com.au

 

There's a shitload of pedestrians getting killed on the roads each year. I
wonder if there will ever be an AS for pedestrian clothing?

Conehead
Who already wears very pedestrian clothing

 

"Peter Cremasco" wrote

Yup, I was there. Eventually they made the standard a legal
requirement. I know that the WA Police were wearing non-standards
helmets for nearly a year after the law came in to effect. To be fair,
I never heard of anyone being booked for wearing a non-standards
helmet.

We had a female motorcycle courier delivering stuff to the data centre
in 1968 (pretty unusual then), who wore an open-face helmet carefully
painted in little worms, like you see in the colour blindness test
piccies. After looking at it on many occasions I suddenly saw, within
the pattern "**** the Fuzz". She saw the sudden change in my
expression and just smiled.

Theo

 

of us to filter out the crap as well. If I have a problem with gear

What problems have you had with R-Jays?

-James Mayfield
(who has lots of R-Jays gear, and is far too lazy to use google groups).

 

Crap winter gloves that were too bulky to use (even though I persisted
with them hoping they would settle down). My hands ached trying to
wear them. Another friend bought the same gloves a year later (didn't
know I had had troubles with them) and had the same experience.

Jacket I had years ago kept falling apart, zips broke, lining fell
out. Mate had same problem with some leather pants.

Cheers


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Kevin Gleeson
Technical Director
Blue Rocket Productions
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
www.blue-rocket.com.au

 

In aus.motorcycles on Wed, 11 Feb 2004 10:49:32 +1100

Funny, that's something I was always told to look for when buying.
Don't buy 'em too big.

I have had the same problem with Dr-rider, but the RJays jacket is doing
fine. on the other hand, my alpine lasted over 10 years.

I figure cheap pakistani stuff is cheap pakistani stuff, quality varies.
I don't think Dri Rider is as good as it was though.

Maybe I'll spring the money for Spidi next time, although that's getting
close to Tiger Angel custom made synthetics territory.

Zebee

 

They weren't too big, they were ummmm bulky - can't think of a better
word. They felt the same as heaps of other winter gloves I've bought
that are a bit hard to bend at first but settle down after a few
rides. These ones didn't. They fitted fine, they just wouldn't bend
....

Cheers

 

Viking Plus Gloves?

I've noticed the excessive stiffness about them myself. I'm planning on
soaking them in leather conditioner this year to see if that softens them up
at all.

As for the rest of my R-Jays stuff, the only other drama I've had is the
stitching on the groin on my Daytona leathers. (Must get that fixed soon.)

My Samuri leathers had some zipper and stitching problems, but I think that
was more to do with them going down the road several times.

 

Just goes to show how easily you are deceived. Spidi is made by Haider
International - who just happen to reside in Pakistan !!!!! LOL

 

James try applying some baby oil to them, sounds strange I know but
give it a shot. Put the gloves on, poor the oil on and go through the
motions of washing your hands with it. Let it soak in for about 30
minutes and wipe off the excess. Make sure its fully soaked in before
you ride though.

Regards

BVR

 

In aus.motorcycles on Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:23:37 +1100

Just shows your reading comprehension needs work.

Take a good look at the adjective qualifiying "pakistani".

Zebee

 

Can't remember - this was 3 or so years ago now.

Cheers