New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
#31
Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
I still can't believe people even consider riding without eye protection
#32
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Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
I wouldn't, but then again I don't ride in T-shirts and flip flops either. But for some people all of this is a big deal.
#33
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Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
If you can't lane split (legally) in Florida, I don't see the point in riding a bike for anything but pleasure on a Sunday morning, before 9am when it gets too hot!
#34
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Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
Depends - I can't legally split lanes/filter here either and I still prefer to ride the bike to work.
Mind you, three tourist cars in a row constitutes a traffic jam around here and pretty much everybody (especially with a a CA plate) seems to be in an ungodly hurry anyway.
Mind you, three tourist cars in a row constitutes a traffic jam around here and pretty much everybody (especially with a a CA plate) seems to be in an ungodly hurry anyway.
#35
Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
I'v never got a satisfactory answer as to why so many intelligent looking people riding expensive bikes would choose to not wear the proper safety gear when riding.
Its got something to do with "freedom of choice" and the rational being that if i have freedom of choice i'll choose not to wear a helmet,the logic escapes me but thats the way it is in most of America.
#36
Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
Its the rare biker in Florida that wears a helmet,or any safety equipment for that matter.
I'v never got a satisfactory answer as to why so many intelligent looking people riding expensive bikes would choose to not wear the proper safety gear when riding.
Its got something to do with "freedom of choice" and the rational being that if i have freedom of choice i'll choose not to wear a helmet,the logic escapes me but thats the way it is in most of America.
I'v never got a satisfactory answer as to why so many intelligent looking people riding expensive bikes would choose to not wear the proper safety gear when riding.
Its got something to do with "freedom of choice" and the rational being that if i have freedom of choice i'll choose not to wear a helmet,the logic escapes me but thats the way it is in most of America.
#37
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Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
Thanks for the replies guys, sorry for not coming back to acknowledge them sooner, It's been pretty crazy getting ready for the move, but I'm here now.
I'm definitely not going to be riding without protection, I once rode my bike 100m on private land without a helmet (on a track day, to get fuel) and I tell you that felt pretty weird! ;-)
I saw a guy on a Gixxer yesterday riding on the highway in normal shoes and thought that was pretty crazy. If I do get a bike license over here I'm going to be shipping out my leathers, boots, helmet, gloves, etc.
I'm definitely not going to be riding without protection, I once rode my bike 100m on private land without a helmet (on a track day, to get fuel) and I tell you that felt pretty weird! ;-)
I saw a guy on a Gixxer yesterday riding on the highway in normal shoes and thought that was pretty crazy. If I do get a bike license over here I'm going to be shipping out my leathers, boots, helmet, gloves, etc.
#38
Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
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I'v never got a satisfactory answer as to why so many intelligent looking people riding expensive bikes would choose to not wear the proper safety gear when riding.
Its got something to do with "freedom of choice" and the rational being that if i have freedom of choice i'll choose not to wear a helmet,the logic escapes me but thats the way it is in most of America.
I'v never got a satisfactory answer as to why so many intelligent looking people riding expensive bikes would choose to not wear the proper safety gear when riding.
Its got something to do with "freedom of choice" and the rational being that if i have freedom of choice i'll choose not to wear a helmet,the logic escapes me but thats the way it is in most of America.
That said, the alternative being permanent vegetative state or death by skin deglovement, I choose hot as hell.
#39
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Location: Tampa, FL
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Re: New member hello - emigrating to FL next month!
I'm all for the lack of regulation and government interference here, but your own safety should be common sense! Just because the law doesn't make you do it, doesn't mean you shouldn't.
Rant over.