Thread: Dangerous modifications. What’s your mind set?

Originally Posted by garrycol

Is it too late to get the popcorn

Garry

Not at all, go get a bag, find a comfy chair and enjoy...

Originally Posted by garrycol

Is it too late to get the popcorn

Garry

Probably.

I hold no malice towards anyone who has taken task of what I wrote.

Out of every 10 people there are at least 3 who don’t like me and I’m good with that.

Please, just keep to the discussion of your opinions on risk... where do you draw the line etc.
Things like un-encased Heim joint suspension links, big lifts, unapproved modifications etc.
Reasons why you believe what you do - or why you’re willing or not willing to chance certain things.

Another example is riding motorcycles without full PPE.
Around town I wear closed footwear and a helmet with jeans and T-shirt; I consider that acceptable. On the highway it’s all the gear, all the time. Strange hey!

Tombie is correct about sitting close up to the dash or steering wheel causing injuries from air bags.
My SIL has one permanently badly damaged eye as a result of exactly that.
The ambos did say sunglasses often save eye injuries,but for some reason that day she didn’t have them on.Whether that is true(about the sunglasses),or not,who knows.
She was in a Stock GU patrol,head on into another GU,stock.Both towing large vans.

Good thread,keep up the (sensible) banter

Originally Posted by Tombie

Probably.

Another example is riding motorcycles without full PPE.
Around town I wear closed footwear and a helmet with jeans and T-shirt; I consider that acceptable. On the highway it’s all the gear, all the time. Strange hey!

Wow...going by your other h & s views, I am amazed. I have come off a bike at about 40kph, and at the time had all protective gear on, jacket, Kevlar pants, gloves, helmet....I only suffered broken ribs...the aggresive surface of the road I was on, would have given me some pretty bad scrapes.....am really glad I had that gear on and even on a stinkin hot day, won't go in just t shirt.

Originally Posted by Gordie

Wow...going by your other h & s views, I am amazed. I have come off a bike at about 40kph, and at the time had all protective gear on, jacket, Kevlar pants, gloves, helmet....I only suffered broken ribs...the aggresive surface of the road I was on, would have given me some pretty bad scrapes.....am really glad I had that gear on and even on a stinkin hot day, won't go in just t shirt.

I dropped my old Gixxer 1000 doing 100kms on a road. Highsided and slid down the road for a long way and into a car which was stopping after seeing the accident.
Cut my hand ever so slightly, did wear a hole in my pants bum that wore into my leather wallet.

Was wearing a jacket and steel caps, normal pants and no gloves. Some people are lucky and some are not.

Originally Posted by DAMINK

I dropped my old Gixxer 1000 doing 100kms on a road. Highsided and slid down the road for a long way and into a car which was stopping after seeing the accident.
Cut my hand ever so slightly, did wear a hole in my pants bum that wore into my leather wallet.

Was wearing a jacket and steel caps, normal pants and no gloves. Some people are lucky and some are not.

Sounds like one of the luckiest days in your life mate!! And it would seem your leathers did save your butt!!

Originally Posted by Gordie

Sounds like one of the luckiest days in your life mate!! And it would seem your leathers did save your butt!!

And i still own that exact wallet. Cant get rid of it.

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To add to the story as i just cant help not tell it as it shows there are loads of good people everywhere.

I dropped my beloved bike and slid down the road. People behind all come to a stop. I had to do the walk of shame back to my bike. I will NEVER forget that walk.
A lady runs up to me and checks to make sure im ok, she tells me she is a nurse and is here to help me. Then proceeds to help me move my bike off the road!
We are standing there and she is chatting away with me when i say, damn not sure how im going to get my bike home.
She says "Its ok when you fell off i called my husband and he is on his way!"
No fooling 5 minutes later he is there with a trailer and bang bike is on and there driving me home! I got home 20 minutes later than i normally would!

They would not accept any money for helping me. Just the goodness of there hearts!

Originally Posted by vee8auto

Meanwhile the moderators are either too blind or too closely tied to the perpetrator to man-up and deal with the rot that permeates the forum.

i will not tolerate people having a shot at the moderating team on AULRO.com and vee8auto has earned a deserved weeks holiday....

a statement like the above just shows that some people have absolutely no idea how the moderation process works on AULRO.com

no one is above the guidelines on AULRO, even i cop it at times..

if you have an issue with a post or the way something is handled, report the post and the moderators have to deal with it.

thank you for your time