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Mandachan · 09-26-2008, 10:28 AM

Wow..interesting convo.

Honestly, I think past experiances and personal experiances are what shapes a person in what they choose to do. Me and my husband always leave with full gear - it was one of the stipulations i had before he bought a bike. He's only 28, and I'm only 25. And it would suck to loose him this early due to something that was mostly preventable.

Personally, I've taken the MSF class, and working in medicine....well, the Brain Death studies i do - we see some motorcycle crashes.... Once you see what it looks like to have those types of burns/head injuries/body injuries...you wouldn't ever wish to experiance any of that. There was even an ER physician in our MSF class..lol not someone you normally expect to see in those classes =).

Being in florida - i can honestly say we're REALLY in the minority. Even with the MSF class being mandatory for all motorcycle riders now. I went to BikeFest this past weekend, and it amazed me that we were 1 of maybe 2 other couples/people that were actually wearing boots/mesh jacket/pants/full face helmet/gloves.

Personally, I'm a rather strong believer in out of sight, out of mind. If you never see it first hand, you'll probably always take the risk. But, it's your risk, not mine!

I met a guy before i started riding, he was a respiratory therapist - he layed his busa down doing about 180 on a free way wearing only t-shirt and jeans and a helmet. He lived to tell about it. And he never ever goes out without all his gear now. He had road rash on about 50% of his body.

OMG i'm done now. I am just rambling, so don't take anything i say as personal plzkthx!

09-26-2008, 10:28 AM	#77
Mandachan Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 10	Re: Is "All the Gear, All the Time" a minority? Wow..interesting convo. Honestly, I think past experiances and personal experiances are what shapes a person in what they choose to do. Me and my husband always leave with full gear - it was one of the stipulations i had before he bought a bike. He's only 28, and I'm only 25. And it would suck to loose him this early due to something that was mostly preventable. Personally, I've taken the MSF class, and working in medicine....well, the Brain Death studies i do - we see some motorcycle crashes.... Once you see what it looks like to have those types of burns/head injuries/body injuries...you wouldn't ever wish to experiance any of that. There was even an ER physician in our MSF class..lol not someone you normally expect to see in those classes =). Being in florida - i can honestly say we're REALLY in the minority. Even with the MSF class being mandatory for all motorcycle riders now. I went to BikeFest this past weekend, and it amazed me that we were 1 of maybe 2 other couples/people that were actually wearing boots/mesh jacket/pants/full face helmet/gloves. Personally, I'm a rather strong believer in out of sight, out of mind. If you never see it first hand, you'll probably always take the risk. But, it's your risk, not mine! I met a guy before i started riding, he was a respiratory therapist - he layed his busa down doing about 180 on a free way wearing only t-shirt and jeans and a helmet. He lived to tell about it. And he never ever goes out without all his gear now. He had road rash on about 50% of his body. OMG i'm done now. I am just rambling, so don't take anything i say as personal plzkthx!
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