Francois_Dumas Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Found this today, motorcycle fashion faux pas: http://www.visordown.com/features/every-motorcycle-fashion-faux-pas-ever/20460.html Link to comment
storman113 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'm guilty of three faux pas's! HiViz, shades, fog lites Link to comment
Polo Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Would it say much about me if I confessed that my reaction to these opinions is "So, who the f#%K are you to cast such opinions"? My friends wear sunglasses under clear visors, high-viz, and matching outfits. They are nerds, but I love them. Not everybody can be as fashionable as me. Jeeez. Stay thirsty my friend. Link to comment
eddd Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Thanks for the post. I read this just in time to be able to cancel the order for my hi-viz Harley scooter blanket with attached smiley face knee sliders. Link to comment
jsmith Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I'm guilty of the sunglasses under a clear visor, but short of carrying a 2nd visor, how exactly do we ride in both bright and night? Jim Link to comment
4wheeldog Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Hell, I wear sunglasses under a dark tint visor. I also carry clear visor in my tankbag, just in case I get caught out. Link to comment
Guest Kakugo Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I wear prescription sunglasses under a clear visor. Always had, will always do. If I am caught in a downpour or before a series of tunnel all I have to do is pull over a couple of minutes and change the glasses without even taking my helmet off. Moreover these new tinted prescription lenses from Rodenstock are the real deal: they even beat those old (and excellent) Zeiss I had until last year. Link to comment
Missouri Bob Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 "15 years ago everyone took the piss out of anyone wearing a Sam Browne" Translation, please. Bob Link to comment
tvpierce Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Guilty as charged: (and showing no remorse) Occasional hi-vis: check Motolights: check Sunglasses: check Maybe it's just me, but I've always considered tinted shields to be ridiculous. It's like putting a tinted windshield on your car. (?) "Hold on honey -- it's getting dark... I have to pull over an change the windshield." I don't even need to pull over to take my sunglasses off. Link to comment
outpost22 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Guilty as charged: (and showing no remorse) Occasional hi-vis: check Motolights: check Sunglasses: check Maybe it's just me, but I've always considered tinted shields to be ridiculous. It's like putting a tinted windshield on your car. (?) "Hold on honey -- it's getting dark... I have to pull over an change the windshield." I don't even need to pull over to take my sunglasses off. Amen. Stashed the tinted visor long ago. Got tired of it getting dark out and having to switch visors. I wear THESE in the smoke tinted version under the clear visor. Now that is pure DWEEB look! For some reason people's style opinion of what I wear riding doesn't mean much to me anymore. Link to comment
ryan_a1982 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Amen + 2 Guilty as charged: (and showing no remorse) Occasional hi-vis: check Motolights: check Sunglasses: check Maybe it's just me, but I've always considered tinted shields to be ridiculous. It's like putting a tinted windshield on your car. (?) "Hold on honey -- it's getting dark... I have to pull over an change the windshield." I don't even need to pull over to take my sunglasses off. Amen. Stashed the tinted visor long ago. Got tired of it getting dark out and having to switch visors. I wear THESE in the smoke tinted version under the clear visor. Now that is pure DWEEB look! For some reason people's style opinion of what I wear riding doesn't mean much to me anymore. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Top each his own. I love tinted shields. I like as few extra stuff in front of my eyes as possible. On a hot day with the sun in your face with a tinted shield it is cooler than with a clear one. On a road with tunnels (Blue Ridge) I just flip it up. I already had some starting skin cancer on my nose. I don't need more. Link to comment
BIWOZ Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Sunnies. Yep, always. Maybe Australia's extra-sunny, or maybe I'm worried about pterygia, but I wear mine. They're a pair of Fuglies as issued to the Australian SASR. They are optically correct, polarised and offer a very high ballistic protection. When it's hot, I like to lift my visor ... but my eyesight is too precious to me to risk a stone, wasp etc. at 110 km/h. Fuglies Link to comment
Boffin Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 "15 years ago everyone took the piss out of anyone wearing a Sam Browne" Translation, please. Bob "took the piss" = ridiculed "Sam Browne" = reflective belt with attached shoulder strap Andy Link to comment
Guest Kakugo Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 "15 years ago everyone took the piss out of anyone wearing a Sam Browne" Translation, please. Bob "took the piss" = ridiculed "Sam Browne" = reflective belt with attached shoulder strap Andy I remember a Honda VF750S ad... I should scan it one day because it still boggles my mind how they expected to sell a bike like that. And yes, the rider in that ad wore a Sam Browne. Link to comment
biometrics Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 My wife got me a modular bluetooth enabled helmet for Christmas that included an internal drop down sun visor... (HAWK H-6607)operates with a lever on the left side... it is real convenient... I like the feature a lot. Link to comment
g_frey Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The person that came up with these doesn't seem to know much? Link to comment
Boffin Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The person that came up with these doesn't seem to know much? It wasn't a person, it was people responding to a question. It is also British Humour - dry, ironic humour, not serious comment. Andy Link to comment
leikam Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 The person that came up with these doesn't seem to know much? That doesn't make it useless. I printed the list, laminated it and mounted it on my dash. I encourage you all to do the same. If I've learned one thing from this site, it's that you can never be too safe. Link to comment
Tony_K Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Hilarious that Andy has to explain dry ironic British Humour! Love that... Then there is Michael (leikam)... our version of aforementioned humor! Link to comment
elkroeger Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I just don't care if people think I look funny. (btw - thanks for posting, I did get a chuckle out of it...) Link to comment
Francois_Dumas Posted April 21, 2012 Author Share Posted April 21, 2012 The person that came up with these doesn't seem to know much? It wasn't a person, it was people responding to a question. It is also British Humour - dry, ironic humour, not serious comment. Andy I guess the Dutch and the British are closer related on the humour level than our American brethren ..... Having said that, in Dutch we DO write it the same as in the US: humor ! Link to comment
ratfink Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 The person that came up with these doesn't seem to know much? It wasn't a person, it was people responding to a question. It is also British Humour - dry, ironic humour, not serious comment. Andy I guess the Dutch and the British are closer related on the humour level than our American brethren ..... Having said that, in Dutch we DO write it the same as in the US: humor ! As a borned and bred Murckin fan of Doc martin, I daresay it was bloodywell amusing and bang on. Link to comment
tatt2tony Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 This...not so much either. Link to comment
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