Levi - Just a word of caution. I bought my wife a scooter - 25 MPH max - a few years ago. Had a good helmet coming, but the neurosurgeon said it would not have mattered much. From a @25 MPH wreck [car pulled out in front of her] she has permanent brain damage. We are fortunate she is pretty much ok and can still work. She was so far above average verbally that the loss just brings her down to the level of the rest of us - until the afternoons, when she has a lot of trouble coming up with the right word. A fraction of an inch deeper or to one side and she would be unable to talk. Get a helmet, at least. Well worth the trouble. Then there are the @20 YO kids [three of them] who were quads in the ICU when I did a rotation there some years ago. A bit of skin loss seems minor sometimes, but hurts like ... BillR
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Levi Smith Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 4:26 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] The wave Well, if it's warm out, I'm quite possibly in shorts and a t-shirt. I didn't spend all the money for "real" protection with some sort of armour in it, so in my mind, if the bike goes down, I'm doubting that pair of jeans are going to make a whole heck of a lot of difference. Maybe I'll have an extra 10th of a second before the jeans rip and wear off against the pavement... Don't get me wrong, I'll fully agree that real protection is the way to go. But I don't want to spend more than my bike cost (about $600) for something that would really protect me, and the time and pain to put it all on and off for a 15 minute ride, or just the trip to work... Heck, I'm riding my electric bicycle about 6+ miles each way to and from work, and on the one steep hill where I'm holding both brakes to keep it around 30mph max, I'm thinking how a helmet probably would be a good idea, since falling off a bicycle at 30mph is probably going to hurt about as much as falling off a motorcycle at that speed... Levi On 5/18/06, R A Bennell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > These sorts of stories are why I ultimately stopped riding and sold my > Goldwing. The older I get the slower I heal and (hopefully) the > smarter I get. I cut myself with with a biscuit jointer in my workshop > and it really only bit one finger but it is a reminder that does not > go away. It was one of the things that made me realize I would not be > happy if I got off the bike the hard way and injured arms or legs etc. > I always wore a helmet and a leather jacket and jeans and boots and > gloves but I also knew that might not be enough. > (I commonly see people on bikes in shorts and a T shirt.) My old 300D > serves the purpose that the bike did and I think I enjoy it every bit > as much (especially if it rains). > > Randy B > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of lee > Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 8:21 AM > To: Mercedes Discussion List > Subject: Re: [MBZ] The wave > > > > And you have the road rash scars to back-up this statement? > > Including a bit of Phoenix ashpalt still embedded in my hand after 30+ > years. > > On Thursday 18 May 2006 6:34, John Berryman wrote: > > On May 17, 2006, at 10:05 AM, lee wrote: > > > There are only two kinds of > > > biker, those who have parted ways with their bike at speed, and > > > those who eventually will if they keep riding. It is an > > > enlightening experience if you survive it. > > > > > > Lee > > > > > > > > Johnny B. > > I Mac Therefore I am > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.striplin.net > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
