motorbike fashion do's and dont's

Originally Posted by wooly

as for leathers over the boots.....check out half the field at various GP/BSB/WSB rounds, i've noticed a few of them do this, so could be cool???

That suggests the other half don't
If I had my leathers given to me, or even better was paid to wear someone's then I wouldn't care wether they went inside or out.

Meet sometime - yep that'd be good.

[SoulKiss]

Easier to answer inline.....

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

taken from fast bikes magazine june 07-

do not stick stickers all over your bike,

Have been actively removing stickers from my bike.

do not wear a sweater or hoodie over your leathers,

Dont own a hoodie or sweater.

do not use a tyre pen on the walls of your tyres,

Whats a tyre pen?

do not wear a stick on mohicon on your crash helmet,

Dont have any desire to stick anything to my lid, except my helmet cam.

do not wear your back protector over your leathers,

Built in to my jacket so always inside.

always fit old sliders to new leathers,

Dont have any sliders, old or new.

iridium visors were cool in the 90's wear black or silver if you insist,

Funny you should mention it, but have a black and a silver visor on their way to me, passed up on the iridium.

do not tuck your jeans into your bike boots,

Nope, dont do that.

if you've got a yellow bike (hovis) dont wear yellow leathers,

Surely this one should be "Dont get a yellow bike" ?

smoke or black screens are ok colours are not,

Have Light Smoke and Black, so ok on both fronts.

colour'd engine bolts are a no no, fit stainless or titanium instead,

Still have the stock bolts.

let a mate scuff your sliders, this is the one bit of bull**** allowed,

See above - no sliders.

dont go out in all brand new kit you'll look a flash tw#t with new sliders,

All my kit nicely broken in.

dont wear sunglasses under a clear visor,

Well once my black and silver visors get here I wont have to, the OEM Dark Smoke Pinlock insert for a Shoei is next to useless, hence sunglasses.

dont fit grips with your bikes name on,

Still on original grips, left hand one showing battle damage from my off at the end of last year.

dont fit colour'd tyres to your bike,

Do Pilot Road 2s come in Red???

race rep helmets are cool but the whole race rep kit isnt.

Not a race-rep but it is cool

Hmm I seem to recall some added stickers on the nose of your red beastie - or am I imagining things

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by 2mths

Hmm I seem to recall some added stickers on the nose of your red beastie - or am I imagining things

Those are not stickers, they are safety features :P

Besides I am sure the stickers they are reffering to are the performance parts manufacturers pimp stickers, not works of art like mine

David

Touche

If I wanted to get catty I could suggest an entry into the list of of don'ts of aftermarket LEDs

*2mths ducks - then thinks that perhaps running a long long way away and hiding might be a better idea*

Originally Posted by 2mths

If I wanted to get catty I could suggest an entry into the list of of don'ts of aftermarket LEDs

aftermarket LEDs

Ahh, the arrival of hovis the proverbial human shield of tastelessness in the form of a yellow bike

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by 2mths

Touche

If I wanted to get catty I could suggest an entry into the list of of don'ts of aftermarket LEDs

*2mths ducks - then thinks that perhaps running a long long way away and hiding might be a better idea*

You talking about my chavtastic extended tail light unit?

Better make it over 3km away and dont hide behind a breeze block wall, because if I am coming hunting then it would be with a Barratt 50 :P

Originally Posted by 2mths

Touche

If I wanted to get catty I could suggest an entry into the list of of don'ts of aftermarket LEDs

*2mths ducks - then thinks that perhaps running a long long way away and hiding might be a better idea*

Ducking will do you no good with Soulkiss: he's not vertically challenged as such, but he does have a relatively low centre of gravity...

Does a jumper over leathers actually work? Wow - never tried it myself.

I am fashion crime free - my carbon is of the purest form and just the mention of 'Rim' tape is enough to make with giggle.

Me am cool.