I think it’s do to image and ignorance. I’ve been made fun of a few times buy local riders who only wear a helmet because I look like “buz light year” or “the blue ranger” to them. Movies perpetuates the image that bad asses ride motorcycles and don’t need gear. So the general populous see’s a full leather suit as stupid or over kill.
Examples:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzIQg6Ly_Rw[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF9AC2Ce2ow[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0VFSyQKu6k&feature=related[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXfeHjGw7fk&feature=related[/ame]
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOQh_NwrBTc[/ame]
Now for the factor of Ignorance much like death most people tend to think a motorcycle crash wont happen to them till it is upon them. The whole I’m invincible mind set that is well rooted in most riders/ peoples Ego’s is hard to knock out of an ignorant persons head.
But as Oscar Wilde said “Common sense isn’t very common.” :Idiots
Exactly. When anyone go’s down with out the proper gear I don’t feel bad for them really. It’s like sex without a condom, you knock up a girl you don’t like because you don’t want to protect yourself now you have to live with the life changing out come.