Hi viz vests: Cool? Dorky? Don't care?
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Hi viz vests: Cool? Dorky? Don't care?
I notice that more and more riders have been wearing reflective vests. I pulled into a gas station last weekend and there was a whole club of maybe a dozen riders wearing matching hi viz vests. A few years ago it seemed like I was the only dork who was wearing them (and yes, I DO think they look dorky, but I don't really care). Have they actually gotten - shock, horror - cool?
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It may make them less "dorky" that they are required to ride on a military base. So when combat veteran Marines, Rangers, etc are donning them, the dork factor goes down.
Since I work for the military I wear mine when riding to work. I also wear it during all low visibility situations (including my rare night rides) and wish I could make myself keep it on all the time.
Since I work for the military I wear mine when riding to work. I also wear it during all low visibility situations (including my rare night rides) and wish I could make myself keep it on all the time.
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safe is safe, better to look bad and be alive than dead and seckzy
that being said, i'm looking at getting this
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/ ... C_ID=10010
combo backpack and hi-vis vest for when i'm commuting to school (although i'll probably take the armbands off)
that being said, i'm looking at getting this
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/ ... C_ID=10010
combo backpack and hi-vis vest for when i'm commuting to school (although i'll probably take the armbands off)
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...which just makes it so much easier for cagers to aim at you.....Thumper wrote:Doesn't matter if they're dorky or not...I wore one until I got my neon-blinding-yellow Olympia Air Glide jacket. And the next helmet I get will be a matching hi viz Scorpion. I may be a dork, but dangit you can SEE me!
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I've been looking at that lately too. Really cool. Or not. But I know I'm a dork. Its my nature.Thumper wrote:Doesn't matter if they're dorky or not...I wore one until I got my neon-blinding-yellow Olympia Air Glide jacket. And the next helmet I get will be a matching hi viz Scorpion. I may be a dork, but dangit you can SEE me!
I've been noticing more vests out there lately as well.
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Good thing they can't drive.ceemes wrote:...which just makes it so much easier for cagers to aim at you.....Thumper wrote:Doesn't matter if they're dorky or not...I wore one until I got my neon-blinding-yellow Olympia Air Glide jacket. And the next helmet I get will be a matching hi viz Scorpion. I may be a dork, but dangit you can SEE me!
RhadamYgg / Skydiver / Motorbike Rider / Mountain Climber
FZ6/11302 mi|Suzuki B-King/5178 mi|Ninja 250cc/5300 mi| (rented)ST1300 850 mi
Hoping my kids don't hate me too much in the future.
Random 2003/Corwin 2006/Cordelia and Morrigan 2009
FZ6/11302 mi|Suzuki B-King/5178 mi|Ninja 250cc/5300 mi| (rented)ST1300 850 mi
Hoping my kids don't hate me too much in the future.
Random 2003/Corwin 2006/Cordelia and Morrigan 2009