Modern Vespa

perspective; shorts and sliding-Vans

100% accurate. Many miles logged in my Samba's….back in the day. Now its boots always.

SEARCH should provide answers for this question, as it's been asked before.

Anyway...

Always full-face as I want to still have my full face after i fall off.

Jeans = zero protection! Then they melt into what was left of your leg!

Gloves are essential, as that's the FIRST thing you put down on the tarmac to try to stop yourself hitting it!
- a few years back I was at an accident where a young rider had fallen off at an intersection on a VERY HOT day.. he had no gloves & had de-gloved a few fingers. AI asked why he wasn't wearing gloves, pants & jacket... he said "ohh, it's hot".
I replied "well, I'm pretty sure that just coz the tarmac is hot doesn't mean it's any softer, idiot!".... no sympathy from me!

Helmet, besides being a legal requirement, it sure saves dying!

If I'm on a long/hard ride, then generally kevlar cargos over riding pants , kidney belt, motoX vest & even 1-piece leathers.... even if it's 40+c.

I KNOW most times I have fallen off have been at low speed & the biggest injuries have been then, but that day i come off at high speed is what I prepare for, as it's gonna happen some day.

Search is crap usually. And you had fun telling your story.

Well, actually it is. Softer. Still abrasive.

Furthermore jeans do protect some and if cotton don´t melt.

This morning walked down the hill homeward bound with two bags of groceries. Tripped, tumbled, three overheads and splát. Traffic stopped, drivers jumped out to assist. Quite
No damage; will turn colours over the next few days. Could have been nasty; not wearing a crash helmet shopping though


Ah and what about back protector/airbag vest?

I'm gonna be the one who says it


A grin from ear to ear when I'm riding my scooter

I have, and use it!

Plus, there's a different set of people here now, different gear available now.

Wife beater, sweat pants, Crocs. Ok?

Found very old photo with some stuff

Gotta get yourself some Lobst's

ónly???

August last year it was hhhhhót here and one afternoon, having come back from a sweltering ride, taken a shower, put my scooter inside which had cooled off a bit in front of the house. Closing the door having pushed it in charming stood
I´d forgotten to put something on

Are you from Queensland?

It's a summer celebration of excellent taste.

Again; backprotector/airbag vest?


Point is that stepping on a motorbike/scoot is a risk decision. The rest is a sliding scale of risks.

Further more both the chance and the seriousness of consequences vary very widely with what/how/where/when and not importantly the whý! Riding a scoot for commuting in the greater London area is different from riding for fun on Mallorca.

Remember Hepburn and Peck in Roman Holliday?
Now add ´responsible´ protective gear and full face crash helmets

https://youtube.com/shorts/J869rsA239Y?si=6wukxBj0YuETHHqn

I'm not, but I really admire these blokes for their adherence to high safety standards. 😀

What's a wife beater?

In UK we use that description for a particular alcohol beverage. Well it's actually termed "old wife beater". But close enough to make me curious

Stella!!!!

Sleeveless ´shirt´.

Like the aussie one could wear a hiviz safety vest as a compromise

Have you been on the Goon-Bag again?

We go out on the ATBs a lót. Sheer endless network of gravel roads all over the mountains here and beyond.
Yesterday we went into a valley closed off two decades ago to enjoy nature and see how far we could go.
That was quite far and some 10 kms into the ravine charming was filming feral horses and ... flew over the front wheel onto the rocks.

What that has to do with this thread?
Well, lycra shorts, short sleeved lycra shirt, lycra gloves, polysterene head gear.
20-25 km/h onto the rocks lining the course gravel camino.

Again;and the tread?
Well, it is great un-fun to pick gravel from cuts, wash that and the bruises in the brook a bit further down.
Yet it is the choice between fun, the experience and the consequences of a mishap; a risk analysis.
Thát my dear Watson(s) is the crux.

Ihave already referred to Hepburn and Peck in Rome and for me that sums it up.
For me riding the NSM or my Nimbus is about the experience. If it were about transport I´d use a cheap second hand hatchback or minivan.
The experience is just about culled by donning full safety gear.
Add protective clothing, homologated gloves and full faced helmets to Holliday in Rome...

And charming? She is a tough as nails; was cycling champion in her home country. Although damage all over, nothing serious and we both can enjoy me spoiling her with car and attention.
We´ll be out on an even more challenging trip next week.

A combi with loud pipes or more specifically sound.

When on the motorbike scoot, some bicycle use, no discussion about crash helmets adding some skull protection in case of a fall/collision. Also obvious is that the more sturdy, envolving the helmet, the more protection.
Less obvious is that the latter also has contraproductive effects. More helmet = you perceive less; hear less, see less even sméll less.
When in the saddle I am very aware of being the more vulnerable participant and attach great value to preipheral awareness. As such I am a great advocate of horses for courses; agaínst too much head encasing.
More awarness increases my chances of avoíding an accident: Reducing the probablity of a mishap in the risk formula.
The other factor being the seriousness of the consquences being mainly speedmeans I dó have and sometimes don a full face when going on a fast motorcycle.
On the NSM scoot and Nimbus I´d lóve to use the cycling helmet. Unfortunately not allowed The puddin´basin is a just as illegal choice but that does not get me pulled up by the hermandad. And in case I am, have an ECE approval numer on the thing. They may buy it or not.
For me, the extra héaring, the extra saftey of that peripheral awaress outweighs that risk on a fine.