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Is it legal to ride in shorts and thongs?

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Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

Is it legal to ride in shorts and thongs?

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No but if you're on a farm who's to stop you .

I see heaps of people riding around with shorts and thongs on the road and quite often have wondered why that would be legal.
I quite often go barefoot with shorts and no helmet when around the paddock.
If I go on the road I have long pants,jacket,boots and helmet.

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Well It doesn't sit there going:
Potato potato potato at idle either.

It has a distinctive Thump thump thump...

And a 6" cannon with 3" tube :)

I can't wait till the NOS is plumbed in ;)

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I actually like the sound of a Ducatti being tortured rather than a Harley,sound much stronger.
Andrew

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Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

I see heaps of people riding around with shorts and thongs on the road and quite often have wondered why that would be legal.
I quite often go barefoot with shorts and no helmet when around the paddock.
If I go on the road I have long pants,jacket,boots and helmet.

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Hi I've been riding motor bikes of one kind or another for some 46 years and still do . I think we would all have seen riders with vests , shorts , thongs ect , I think that it is madness to say the least . However I do beleve if someone chooses to ride dressed that way then so be it . There are too many people today that don't like something , so they want to change it , there is far to much pandering to minority groups .Like you I always dress correct when on my bike .cheers jimr1:)

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Originally Posted by LowRanger

Mine very efficiently produces 120H.P. and will still maintain its value,long after any saki sucker is in the wreckers;)

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Consider- they are about $10k cheaper new than they were last year ;)

120hp isn't too bad... What engine spec/size...

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Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

Is it legal to ride in shorts and thongs?

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The only legal requirement, as far as clothing goes, is that you wear an approved helmet (Australian Standard - AS 1698).

The rest is up to the rider....

Matt.

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Originally Posted by loanrangie

The roads are a bit quieter where you are i bet.

Few years ago when my daughter was in hospital having plastic surgery there was a young kid 14-16 ish that had stacked his trailbike wearing nothing more than shorts and thongs, he de-gloved his left leg and was battling major infection trying to save it. De-gloved means the skin/flesh has been peeled off the bone, i hope they were able to save his leg :(.

My Daytona has a loudish pipe but its easy to just short shift to keep the noise down - if i want to;).

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Best bit here is out the door and up to a legal 110km/h in under 2 minutes :D

Roads here don't have traffic like the city (although I do ride there often), but there's a lot more Trucks, Doubles etc here.

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Originally Posted by mudmouse

The only legal requirement, as far as clothing goes, is that you wear an approved helmet (Australian Standard - AS 1698).

The rest is up to the rider....

Matt.

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Skin grows back - toes don't!

Even I draw the line at Shoes..

I think there's a pic somewhere here of me and a mate on our (seperate) bikes riding the highway...

Full face helmets
Moccasins
Mankini

Was done in response to comments about appropriate riding gear :lol:

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Originally Posted by mudmouse

The only legal requirement, as far as clothing goes, is that you wear an approved helmet (Australian Standard - AS 1698).

Matt.

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Not true - try riding with just a helmet on and nothing else and see how far you get.