why do people stare at you when you wear gloves & protective gear

KarthikK replied

12-30-2009, 10:13 AM
Originally posted by anirudh fz1 View Post

i have the lot of experience in that while standing in the signal ,people all around you stare when you wear riding gloves ,race jacket ,knee guards .
and once they have seen you (cab drivers,auto drivers, teens ) all act like crazy and start ripping their bikes in front of you & overtake you rudely.
i als understand if u have some pretty chick on a scooty & try to show off,
but have i seen this so many times to us bikers who wear gloves ,guards.

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I completely agree with this. You get a billion stares from cabbies and even pedestrians. When college going teenage-posers on p150s see me a p220 with full riding gear, they go berserk and start giving rude stares and deliberately overtaking.

One helmetless rider on a CT100 who had stopped next to me at a traffic signal even had the audacity to ask me how much the complete riding gear costed me (armoured jacket + gloves + knee guards) and when i said around 15k, he said "What a waste of money!!"
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ken cool replied

12-30-2009, 09:42 AM
Yeah, because we look like aliens or racers or plain idiots for them! They at times even touch me and feel me! Really hate that.

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12-29-2009, 11:54 PM
why do people stare at you when you wear gloves & protective gear

i have the lot of experience in that while standing in the signal ,people all around you stare when you wear riding gloves ,race jacket ,knee guards .
and once they have seen you (cab drivers,auto drivers, teens ) all act like crazy and start ripping their bikes in front of you & overtake you rudely.
i als understand if u have some pretty chick on a scooty & try to show off,
but have i seen this so many times to us bikers who wear gloves ,guards.
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