I wore my jacket, gloves, knee guard & helmet for a ride to Jawhar on sunday and oh man the people on the road went crazy! Especially those with chicks in their cars/bikes. They would try to impress their female companion by over taking me. But alas, what do I tell em, my pulsar doesn't go fast :P :P. It just goes!
Its funny when people stare but what the hell doesn't matter. IGNORE!
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Its a common thing, for people to react this way
. Everyday I ride to office fully geared helmet, jacket, knee pads & gloves. Also I keep my headlights ON during day time also. People are like "Your lights are ON" & show hand actions that my lights are ON. People do ask "Issme garmi nahi hoti (Dont you feel Hot). Then I explain this is a net(mesh) jacket & it has protectors & it is for safety. When the price is revealed, they are taken aback & say ok ok.
But I just say to myself. You will be seeing me like this everyday, If you dont like my looks close your eyes
Also once you are use to riding with your gear, you will feel uncomfortable when you dont wear them.
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On my last trip I was waiting for my friend to catch up besides a junction . An Auto wallah asked me don't your head get fried wearing such a big helmet
. I had to explain him about the ventilation part.
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the weirdest comment i ever got was from a friend's mom, she asked " Helicopter se aaya h kya ? "
and today, a friend and his girlfriend were kinda embarassed when i entered in Mc Donalds with my knee protectors on (didnt had space in bag to put it there, was only able to fit arm protectors in it, and gloves).
though all the time, i was a point of attraction for all the chicks there on their scooties or as pillion
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i got the funniest question in my life for wearing a jacket, gloves and helmet...
Chaand per ja raha hai kya?????Leave a comment:
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plp always stare at something which is not common so dont worry abt it wear if u r comfortable with it...Leave a comment:
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Two of my friends are indebted to me for making them wear riding gear
In a place like delhi, it makes a lot of sense to wear atleast basic riding gear considering the murderous car traffic.
Regarding the stares, well you will just get used to them. People might even come up with quirky logic that you don't need it unless you are travelling very fast. Just ask them to rub their hands on tarmac at 25 kmph and let you know how it feels
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Thanks for boosting my confidence, Thought over it for a while,.. i will keep wearing those and let people say all they want , and guess what..i suggested my brother about these and he bought a set of these as well (FOX Arm and Knee Protectors)...Suits him on his Gray P220 (S) 
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Riding gears are for anyone who rides a bike. Period.Originally posted by Freakout4321 View Post
Don't worry about what people around think. If they laugh at you, just think of how they would survive a crash, vs. someone wearing riding gear. That should give you reason enough to pity them for their ignorance.
Yes. It sure helps. On one of our g2gs, a fellow rider crashed. He was wearing an armoured jacket, knee guards, gloves & thick shoes. That saved him, & he came out of the crash with a couple of hairline fractures. Things would have been a lot worse with any of these riding gears not in place on that fateful day.Originally posted by kingkong View PostLeave a comment:
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One of my friends recently crashed at 90.....wearing full gear i.e. helmet, jacket, gloves, knee guards......he walked away from the incident with few scratches only.....later on a minor fracture on ankle was diagnosed, even that could have been avoided if he would have been wearing riding boots......Originally posted by Freakout4321 View Post
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well , i daily wear my riding jacket to office ... from past 2 years .. and intially i too got same prob as ur's ppl just stare at u for some time ,.. and by the time passed .. it became normal ... now i feel really uncomfortable if i don;t wear my riding jacket and glouse daily.
i have a good solution for u ... if u wear knee guard no one will stare u much ..as it won;t grab more attention.
Elbow guard if ur wearing make sure u wear jacket on top of that .. and in this way no one notice it and if u wear glouse also it won;t attract everyone's attention....
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Same here..
hey Freakout4321, I have the same kit as yours and face the same issue. Although i dont face the cop problem...probably cause i ride a dio... cop normally let me pass without pulling me over...but ya generally the crowd does give you a very strange stare (esp. the gaon walla's)...the kind of stare most foreigners get in this country....i dont like to grab much attention.....so i normally wear only the knee protectors and a thick full sleeve or a jacket while touring...its ok to do so if you are riding something like a dio since you wont be breaking the land speed record on it......that why i am here on xbhp so that instead of touring solo we can tour as a group...all wearing the most attention grabbing armour and then show the finger to any one who taunts.......no really....k,k ....we need not be that mean....!!
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Thread exists already - http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/pit-stop...tive-gear.htmlLeave a comment:
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