Rocket is not a motorcycle one can ride in shorts

steve59 said:

I met a rider at a local bike shop, fellow SDR riders might be fewer and further between than R3 riders, anyhow, I'd gotten my left lower leg & foot crushed when a jeep hit me and he gotten a flat on the hwy and got tossed off the bike going 65. I saw the pics of his road rash and listened to how every night changing the dressing would peel off the new skin and after looking at all the scars he had a year later I walked away kinda relieved i only had dozens of screws, plates, a rod & 4 surgeries to be put back together.

Ride how you want, but sometimes we survive the accident and those times are when you'll be glad you dressed for the occasion. Yea the dude was still riding in a tee shirt & jeans no protective gear and thats his business, but when I see guys riding in flip flops and shorts i cringe. stepping down now.

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GPMAZ said:

Pulled over at the scene of an accident years ago in Phoenix. Rider had low sided the bike when a car had turned in front of him at an intersection. He was wearing shorts, a tee shirt and flipflops and no helmet. Cop said he'd have probably walked away but instead ended up with a nasty bump on the head, serious asphalt abrasions, and third degree burns from laying on the pavement in 115+ degree heat. As I got older I quit riding in 110+ weather as the gear was just too uncomfortable. Sometimes we get away with bad choices and sometimes we don't.

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Tripps said:

I bet you don't live in Florida.

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Tripps said:

I bet you don't live in Florida.

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Kiwicol said:

For me, I think we're all old enough to make our own decisions on what we wear when we ride. Those choices may not coincide with other peoples choices, but we all accept the consequences of our choices. ATGATT, yeah it makes sense, but do I often only partially gear up? hell yeah. For me, riding is freedom, a choice. I don't have a death wish or anything, but I will often ride in less than ATGATT. I make the decision & I live (or die, if it ends that way) & accept the risk. ATGATT does not grant immunity from injury or serious harm, it does mitigate risk in a lot of scenarios, but you're just as vulnerable to a wayward cager as a rider who's only partially geared up. Ride safe, be on the look out & have fun! That's what it's all about.

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A1A Rider said:

So, rode in shorts and cooked my right leg. Yeap, that is the gist.

In the summer, can't ride in shorts or the sun will burn the knees to a crisp, in winter, when one can finally ride in daytime, it is the radiator fan output that broils the leg. I guess, you can do it on a highway, maybe a local road with a wind removing the heat... But if you get stuck in traffic somewhere, or a long traffic light, it will cook ya.

Maybe R version has better leg position in comparison to G, further from the radiator, but, who knows, maybe it is even worse. On G, I can kinda keep my right leg on the outmost peg position to help to move the leg from the directed hot air from the radiator, but it is possible that on R, it might, be in that position to receive the hot air cone, and moving a leg will not help ya. I don't know.

Another issue is the Competition Werkes exhaust, it is so short, even when the bike is stationary, can't really keep my leg on the ground anywhere, closer to the front wheel, the radiator gets me, closer to the rear wheel, the exhaust bites... Basically, no good position. You just take turns to bbq the leg in places where it is not yet as well done.

So, guys, no shorts on the Rocket.

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