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I guess I am confused. Lot of folks here saying that you can't go down on 3 wheels. My Spyder did not come with the anti being hit or hitting anything shield therefore I wear ATGATT. I will give you that going down due to rider error is greatly reduced but that is it. You can still get thrown from the Spyder very easily getting hit or hitting something else. I swear more people cut me off or pull out in front of me on my Spyder then my bikes.
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Originally Posted by acdcking12
I wear tee-shirt and shorts typically for shorter rides or when cooler. But I do wear pants when hot out and for longer rides because the heat will burn my lower right leg otherwise. It happened with out trip to Colorado from Kansas. It was 100 out and I had shorts on. Ended up changing to pants because the heat was burning my leg\ankle.
But still typically just a tee shirt.
I would be afraid of a bee going up my skirt!!!! And stinging some thing, near and dear to my heart!!!
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I'm pretty much an ATTGATT rider although I don't have armored pants yet. I usually wear thicker lined jeans. I have a light mesh armored jacket for the hotter days but if it gets above 90 I'm into a t-shirt or won't ride.
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Maybe I didn’t make myself clear on the original post. That couldn’t happen could it? I totally agree that one should be safety up if they are going to ride on the highway. I wouldn’t leave home without it so to speak. But here in Lincoln for example today it is 96°. So in town, I don’t think I’ll hit a deer and will be going at a speed where I can avoid dogs, cats and other vermin. Now I know that if I get T-bones at an intersection, neither jeans or high boots are going to save my leg. But I still wear a good helmet of course, gloves, boots and jeans. But at 100° plus in the summer I am losing a lot of quality riding time. So my original question would be and still is, can I wear shorts while still have a good hand and head protection? But actually after thinking about it most of this afternoon this is probably a decision left to the rider himself. Have a great weekend.
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Been there, done that and I got stung nine times by a wasp before I beat the damn thing to death. Sad thing is I didn’t get a T-shirt.
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Originally Posted by Plarimer
Maybe I didn’t make myself clear on the original post. That couldn’t happen could it? I totally agree that one should be safety up if they are going to ride on the highway. I wouldn’t leave home without it so to speak. But here in Lincoln for example today it is 96°. So in town, I don’t think I’ll hit a deer and will be going at a speed where I can avoid dogs, cats and other vermin. Now I know that if I get T-bones at an intersection, neither jeans or high boots are going to save my leg. But I still wear a good helmet of course, gloves, boots and jeans. But at 100° plus in the summer I am losing a lot of quality riding time. So my original question would be and still is, can I wear shorts while still have a good hand and head protection? But actually after thinking about it most of this afternoon this is probably a decision left to the rider himself. Have a great weekend.
I don't distinguish between short and long rides; it's all the same exposure to risk and sunburn.
Long sleeves, ankle high shoes, long pants (not jeans) gloves and helmet.
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Originally Posted by 2dogs
Yea Pete, I believe I would rethink that one. Did you read the post where a couple went over on their spyder while turning and in reverse going too fast? Oops! If you're a young person and dump your ride people just laugh at you. If you're an old f**t and dump your ride people run to help you.
I don't ever go fast or turn at speed while in reverse. So, I don't think that weird incident has a bearing on my thinking at all.
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Originally Posted by JayBros
I guess then when a rider hits a deer at speed and the forcible ejection from the Spyder sends the him/her wearing no protective gear on an asphalt ride that can and has ended with serious or possibly fatal injuries we should just blame the deer and move on.
Name one instance where someone got thrown from their Spyder from hitting a deer.
I think the only fatality that has been reported on SL was an instance where a Ryder swerved hard, let go and fell off. She died because she wasn't wearing a helmet from what I recall.
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Originally Posted by ARtraveler
I have been down. Just sayin.
On a Spyder? Or 2-wheeler?
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I am a newbie, never ridden a bike but middle age crisis setting in, I got a 2020 Spyder RTL, reason being, to take the wife along and enjoy. Starting out I equipped the Spyder and ourselves with every safety gear possible, from flashing head, strobe tail lights, to BRP led floorboard lights, and for us the usual gear plus a Hiviz Helite Turtle Airbags. I am so new, I almost crashed into a car taking a corner... there was two things that made us escape the accident, GOD and Spyder safety systems. The speed and angle of entering the corner was so fast, and became steep to prevent hitting the car, that I could hear my wife's scream, see the front of the car coming, and knowing within my mind that I messed up. As far as the Spyder, I concluded, it will not turn over, it just stopped in the corner, I mean stopped, ... and as you can imagine, I had to try and calm my wife down. Wearing the right gear is a must for me. This will never happen again...
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Originally Posted by bikerchris1270
Personally, I ride with a helmet, Hi Vis jackets, over ankle boots…..and a big smile.
Wow......so you don’t wear pants, Chris? You must get pulled over a lot.......please don’t post photos.
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Originally Posted by JamSpyder
I am a newbie, never ridden a bike but middle age crisis setting in, I got a 2020 Spyder RTL, reason being, to take the wife along and enjoy. Starting out I equipped the Spyder and ourselves with every safety gear possible, from flashing head, strobe tail lights, to BRP led floorboard lights, and for us the usual gear plus a Hiviz Helite Turtle Airbags. I am so new, I almost crashed into a car taking a corner... there was two things that made us escape the accident, GOD and Spyder safety systems. The speed and angle of entering the corner was so fast, and became steep to prevent hitting the car, that I could hear my wife's scream, see the front of the car coming, and knowing within my mind that I messed up. As far as the Spyder, I concluded, it will not turn over, it just stopped in the corner, I mean stopped, ... and as you can imagine, I had to try and calm my wife down. Wearing the right gear is a must for me. This will never happen again...
On anything other than a Spyder, with its inherent stability, exceptional braking and electronics nanny the outcome would have been very different, especially as a novice motorcyclist with a passenger.
Your safety gear didn't even factor into it, as I understand what you wrote.
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Thanks for all the input and I appreciate it. As for me riding around town and 90 to 100° weather it’s going to be shorts, T-shirt, tennis, gloves and a good helmet. I’ve investigated more motorcycle accidents than I would like to admit but, none of them, particularly severe injuries and deaths would’ve made a difference if they were wearing jeans, tall boots, or armor gear. What made the difference in many of them was a good helmet. So I must go on my experience in riding for a few decades and investigating accidents to make up my mind on what I’m going to wear at certain times of the year. Take care all and have a wonderful weekend.
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Originally Posted by Peteoz
Wow......so you don’t wear pants, Chris? You must get pulled over a lot.......please don’t post photos.
Pete
Maybe those are really tall boots...?
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Originally Posted by UtahPete
Name one instance where someone got thrown from their Spyder from hitting a deer...
Steve Humphrey's (Roadster Renovations) late wife hit one at better than 50 wearing no protective gear, spent most of summer in hospital, family ultimately had to pull the plug.
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ATGATT and selected for the temperature.
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Thanks for all the input and I appreciate it. As for me riding around town and 90 to 100° weather it’s going to be shorts, T-shirt, tennis, gloves and a good helmet. I’ve investigated more motorcycle accidents than I would like to admit but, none of them, particularly severe injuries and deaths would’ve made a difference if they were wearing jeans, tall boots, or armor gear. What made the difference in many of them was a good helmet. So I must go on my experience in riding for a few decades and investigating accidents to make up my mind on what I’m going to wear at certain times of the year. Take care all and have a wonderful weekend.
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Originally Posted by JayBros
Steve Humphrey's (Roadster Renovations) late wife hit one at better than 50 wearing no protective gear, spent most of summer in hospital, family ultimately had to pull the plug.
I went back and reread about that accident and from my reading of it, the deer hit her dead center, knocking Kathy off the bike (which continued on upright)
https://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/...s-needed/page3 starting at post #70
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Originally Posted by UtahPete
On a Spyder? Or 2-wheeler?
Two wheeler of course. So far, so good on the Spyders.
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