Motor Cycles

[Zenith]

I've wanted to get a Triumph for a while now, then I realize just how impractical it would be to use one in London.

[neodym]

I must be stupid for selling this, but I guess studying's important too..



When I get a job, I'm gonna make it right (or better) again.

[Patroklus]

I've wanted to get a Triumph for a while now, then I realize just how impractical it would be to use one in London.

What are you talking about? Motorcycles really excel in city traffic, and I know that London lets you in for free and park for cheap on a bike. The only reason I can see for it being impractical is that most Triumphs are pretty big and you don't need a whole lot of bike to cruise around London.

[neodym]

What are you talking about? Motorcycles really excel in city traffic, and I know that London lets you in for free and park for cheap on a bike. The only reason I can see for it being impractical is that most Triumphs are pretty big and you don't need a whole lot of bike to cruise around London.

Yeah, I can't imagine a more practical vehicle for personal transportation in a big city. Traffic is never a problem.

[Sombre]

Continued from WAYWT.

when the heat peaks here i wear a wet scarf or tshirt beneath my leather jacket so i don't die of heat exhaustion on my motorcycle
but if you don't ride a bike that might be a bit over the top. the answer, then, is to buy a motorcycle.

you're welcome

depending on what your jackets are lined with you might consider ripping the lining out or replacing it with something that breathes better. might not be enough though. i don't live in a humid place.

p.s. if you get a motorcycle then you'd also have a reason to buy more leather jackets. think about it.

they'd save your skin from roughly one full second of contact with the pavement. maybe less? i scarred a thin lamb (?) jacket the other week when I slipped and hit my forearm on a table.

If I buy a new toy there wouldn't be money left for jackets.



Doesn't mean it's not possible. Haven't tried riding in heels myself but I've seen girls in Louboutins on bikes in Europe.

Also not sure how legit this is, but:





Nothing I can do about it when I'm spending most of my time on the Equator. Cabs count as outdoors, right?



Places with good air conditioning. That's all that mattered to me.

Rosenrot, that's absolutely fantastic. I concur that FW07 was one of Junya's best seasons. I loved it, and I'm not a big fan of Junya to begin with (nothing against him, his work just doesn't do it for me personally).

As for the motorcycle talk, that photo of the woman in heels above is indeed fake (in the sense that she wasn't riding). It was part of a photo shoot IIRC. Riding in heels is obviously a bad idea. While you may get away with it on a scooter, you have to shift on a motorcycle, which would become almost impossible to do.

I definitely wouldn't suggest designer leather as protection on a motorcycle. The two leathers (designer and motorcycle) are made with opposite functions in mind. Most designer leather is made to mold quickly to you, to be comfortable and soft to the touch. They're not known for durability. As Patroklus said, he scraped his lambskin jacket by slipping on a table. Motorcycle leathers are to protect your skin while sliding on pavement. They're made with really thick hide (sometimes 3 times as thick as designer leathers).

When I had my accident last year I was wearing motorcycle pants and still ended up with rash on my knee and butt. Granted they weren't leather, but they were still more durable than any leather the designers mentioned here make.

That said, I've worn my Julius leather while riding before, but those times I've ridden for the destination rather than for the ride (which is terrible motorcycle practice). Those times I accept that if I crash I have essentially only my helmet as protection, and I accept the risk.

And you'd scuff them on the shifter! The only answer is to get a tank shifter.

I should add, I was wearing a pair of slippery crepe soles that are so in vogue right now. Designers want to hurt us. They want to punish us. I've skidded in those shoes more than once. I think it's high time I had rubber thrown on.

I fell from a motorcycle at low speed, about 35ish mph, while wearing these and it was still enough to punch holes in both knees (two on the right one!) and nearly rip off the coin pocket, rivets and all. I guess it's impressive enough that they held up that well, but in a serious wreck I would have been all kinds of fucked. My mesh protective jacket suffered similar damage but I would have been a lot worse off without the armor.

Yeah I'd say the armor definitely helped. I know how you feel about the slippery soles. I've worn my leather soled Augustas twice and no more because I almost drop the bike coming to a stop because of the soles. No thanks. I'll wear something else.

So if you had to get from point A to point B you'd typically take a car or public transportation? Or are you just saying that it's bad practice to ride without proper protection?

This is getting pretty off topic, but I think he is just saying that he has ridden without proper gear, but only when commuting somewhere instead of just cruising.

I have to admit I often use very inadequate riding gear, but only when in low speed areas.

KingJulien, like lowrey said, I'm just saying it's bad practice to ride without proper protection. I didn't want to be inadvertently promoting it.

[Xhale12]

My bike.

[Patroklus]

beasting on an enfield pretty hard

neat bikes, cheap and bleeding style everywhere. on the other hand, my brother offered to let me take his shadow 600 if I repair it, but the thing has been sitting for years and they're only worth like 1 - 2k anyway, easy to spend more than the value of the bike fixing it. plus, i don't even want a cruiser.

[Chinorlz]

I've fallen in love with this Dime City custom build:



Built off of a honda CB450 which they take down and change up. The double barrel wrapped exhaust and the all black, cut down design of it is so damn awesome. I love it!

I haven't called them up yet but I think the price is somewhere in the 8-10K range which doesn't seem bad to me but maybe I have no idea about the going rate of such things.

[Xhale12]

Took a nasty spill a couple days ago. Got banged up pretty good. Damn LA drivers. Luckily I had the right gear on or it could have been REALLY ugly. Kevlar denim worked very well for abrasion. Much better than I would have anticipated.

[fncyths]

Took a nasty spill a couple days ago. Got banged up pretty good. Damn LA drivers. Luckily I had the right gear on or it could have been REALLY ugly. Kevlar denim worked very well for abrasion. Much better than I would have anticipated.

Hope you're ok man! How's the bike look?

[Xhale12]

Hope you're ok man! How's the bike look?

Not good.

I was going through a turn on Ventura Blvd and this driver took the corner WAY too wide, and hit me head on.

[Patroklus]

a silver lining: someone's insurance company is buying you a new motorcycle

[fncyths]

Not good.

I was going through a turn on Ventura Blvd and this driver took the corner WAY too wide, and hit me head on.

Santo Christo! Hope you're healing ok! I was hit on my Dunelt (3 speed) by a drunk driver around this time last year. He was on his phone and making a turn and completely chomped my bike (I parkoured off the bumper). I got his info and just made him completely restore my bike. New Brooks saddle, Brooks grips, Sturmey Archer vintage parts galore. Point being,
A) hope you're not scratched up too bad &
B)hope you're being taken care of. That was a sweet moto!

[Patroklus]

how the fucking hell do you ride in these

http://motoworldracing.com/i-6318880-2012-icon-womens-bombshell-boots.html

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