Thread: The Plod

Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

Is it legal to ride in shorts and thongs?

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Originally Posted by Landy Smurf

Is it legal to ride in shorts and thongs?

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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