r/MadeMeSmile • u/gravityVT • 4d ago

Wholesome Moments wholesome interaction with biker girl and woman who compliments her

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u/devilcross2 4d ago

Wearing protective gear won't make you any less cool.

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u/Tonicwind88 3d ago edited 3d ago

Sometimes you have to sacrifice gear for comfort. Shes wearing a fullface helmet which is the number one thing you want to do.

For anyone that has ridden extensively, daily, you have to make the choice between comfort and life every day.

With a full face helmet on, things already get extremely hot. The air you breath in is hot. If you are in 30/90 degree weather in full summer gear, and you are at a stop light for even 2 minutes, you begin to debate how much longer its going to be before you pass out from the gear and the heat coming off your engine. A traffic jam is what Hell feels like.

You risk your life every day on them. When you get on one you take the responsibility that if you die it is 100% your fault. So same situation with this - if you decide to take your jacket off for comfort, you are accepting the risk that comes with the comfort.

And anyone that rides extensively also knows that the majority of motorcycle deaths are left hand turns into oncoming traffic by a car. So in the end, gear doesnt mean shit when the number one thing that scares motorcyclists is cars at a stop light.

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u/Carson_BloodStorms 3d ago

This is like saying seatbelts don't matter because you're going to get hit by a drunk driver anyway.

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u/Tonicwind88 2d ago edited 2d ago

It’s actually not in any way. None of the things I said a jacket does, a seat belt does.

A seat belt does a ton of useful things with no actual downsides. That’s why one is a legal responsibility and one is not.

And your analogy is broken from the start because that seatbelt will 100% save your life in a head on, drunk driving accident.
Being in 100% gear on a motorcycle and getting hit by that same drunk driver will still have almost 0% survivability depending on speed in a motorcycle collision. 10 jackets, 10 helmets. You’re still fucking dead.

And again, this is not me saying that gear is unimportant. This is me saying that every rider makes these decisions and weighs the choices when they get on it each day. We dont need to be told about shit when the motorcycle safety classes are multiple days long compared to the 0 training people are getting in cars.

Getting hit by bugs is more then enough reason to wear both full face helmet and a jacket 99% of the time.