Hi viz vests: Cool? Dorky? Don't care?

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RockBottom · Sat Mar 28, 2009 1:49 am

blues2cruise wrote:I wear a high viz vest and I still get waved at....even by the leather clad folks.....
I don't think it dorky....

Well if the vest is as low cut as the jacket in your avatar, that could explain the waves.

Lion_Lady · Sat Mar 28, 2009 8:03 am

My day for sharing stuff from other forums, I guess. This one from the R1150R boards regarding the wearing of reflective/hi viz gear:

towerworker wrote: I had an experience today that bears telling. I was sitting in my Dr's waiting room a few minutes early for an appointment.
I had ridden my bike and was wearing a Joe Rocket jacket along with an Olympia reflective safety vest (the bright green one)
An elderly lady got up from across the waiting room and with obvious difficulty walked over to me and said, "Sir, it's obvious to me that you ride a motorcycle and I want to thank you for wearing the reflective clothing that you have on. Most of us older folks have a difficult time seeing motorcycles on the road and what you are wearing makes all the difference in the world to us. I just couldn't live with myself if I were to ever pull out in front of you or any other motorcyclist because I didn't see you quickly enough and cause you to get hurt. Please tell all your riding friends to please, please do the same".

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RhadamYgg · Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:39 am

RockBottom wrote:
blues2cruise wrote:I wear a high viz vest and I still get waved at....even by the leather clad folks.....
I don't think it dorky....
Well if the vest is as low cut as the jacket in your avatar, that could explain the waves.

Is that really safe? That could cause drive distraction.

sapaul · #24 Unread post by **sapaul** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:52 pm

www.thinkbike.co.za

Coming to the States soon, we are working on getting it over there. Our "Jelly Tot" Vests are getting to be a "cool" item now.

Ninja Geoff · Mon Mar 30, 2009 6:36 am

sapaul wrote:www.thinkbike.co.za

Coming to the States soon, we are working on getting it over there. Our "Jelly Tot" Vests are getting to be a "cool" item now.

Paul! Let me know what I can do to help! And what's a Jelly Tot Vest?

#26 Unread post by **Wrider** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:56 am

Ya know? If you do a search on google for " "jelly tot" vest" this thread comes up as the number one! haha

jmillheiser · Mon Mar 30, 2009 4:32 pm

The icon vests are popular around here since we have a marine base in town. The icon vest fits like a jacket (doesn't flop around), and is still really easy to see

my gear isn't the highest viz during the day (flat black helmet, black gloves, black/blue/white jaket) but it has a bit of retroreflective material on it so is pretty visible at night.

just need to get another bike, this not riding thing is driving me nuts.

RockBottom · Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:35 pm

jmillheiser wrote:The icon vests are popular around here since we have a marine base in town. The icon vest fits like a jacket (doesn't flop around), and is still really easy to see

I bought an Icon but found that the zipper was worthless. This is much better and I use it every day I ride to work (on an Army base):

http://www.amazon.com/Vega-Orange-Motor ... 050&sr=8-1

mgdavis · #29 Unread post by **mgdavis** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 4:18 am

That Vega vest looks exactly like the Icon. I wonder if they're from the same manufacturer?

I have an orange Icon vest for when I ride on base. I wish I'd bought the hi-viz green one instead, it seems to stand out a lot better than the orange.

Grey Thumper · Wed Apr 01, 2009 3:33 pm

I'm saving up for one of these . . .

Better to hurt someone else's eyes than my skin