I actually observed the following 4 bikes and riders yesterday:
1) 75 cc Honda Elite motorscooter. Rider wearing helmet, boots, leather pants, gloves, and leather and ballistic nylon jacket. OK, even I thought this was a slight case of overkill.
2) Honda Rebel: 60ish female rider, wearing helmet, leather jacket gloves, boots. All great, but her pants appeared to be polyester slacks.
3) Late model Heritage Springer. Male rider, late 50s, wearing chaps, vest, shades, but no helmet. Pretty much par for the course here in Milwaukee.
4) Buell Lightning. Male rider, early 20s. Wearing white t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, and shades. I doubt even the staunchest "anti-helmet law" guy would think this was appropriate riding gear; but what made this even more frightening was that they dude was DRAFTING his buddy's Dodge Neon at 75 mph on the freeway. Not simply following too close, but literally <36 inches from the rear bumper ay high speed and in heavy traffic.
The above leads me to postulate Drew's First Law of Observed Scooter Style (FLOSS):
Protective Gear Varies in Inverse Proportion to Hazard Level
1) 75 cc Honda Elite motorscooter. Rider wearing helmet, boots, leather pants, gloves, and leather and ballistic nylon jacket. OK, even I thought this was a slight case of overkill.
2) Honda Rebel: 60ish female rider, wearing helmet, leather jacket gloves, boots. All great, but her pants appeared to be polyester slacks.
3) Late model Heritage Springer. Male rider, late 50s, wearing chaps, vest, shades, but no helmet. Pretty much par for the course here in Milwaukee.
4) Buell Lightning. Male rider, early 20s. Wearing white t-shirt, jeans, sneakers, and shades. I doubt even the staunchest "anti-helmet law" guy would think this was appropriate riding gear; but what made this even more frightening was that they dude was DRAFTING his buddy's Dodge Neon at 75 mph on the freeway. Not simply following too close, but literally <36 inches from the rear bumper ay high speed and in heavy traffic.
The above leads me to postulate Drew's First Law of Observed Scooter Style (FLOSS):
Protective Gear Varies in Inverse Proportion to Hazard Level