Thread: Bikes - Farang Idiots - Crash Helmets

Poor argument. You ride a motorcycle to have fun, you wear the protective gear to minimize the risk to yourself while enjoying the same fun. Same goes for many activities, eg. you use a rope while rock climbing, you wear a life jacket while white water rafting etc..

You forgot the condoms.

Originally Posted by keekwai

Originally Posted by socal

Now that is pure bullshit. Have you ever been to Thailand ?

Can you read?

Originally Posted by socal

No mate, western people are just used to white knuckling around with a big Mac in one hand and an iphone in the other. They cant handle the pace.

Apart from the occasional young Thai hoon ... they do drag their arses. 30-40 k's most of the time.

I dont know what part of Thailand you are driving in but its sure not the same place i am. Unless maybe... you are full of shit.

Ask anyone if they think Thais in general, drive too slow

OK. I did. And they said "Yes"

Next!

Originally Posted by socal

Originally Posted by kmart

Lots of numptie farang blokes riding around sans helmets where I live now.

You just get used to the local morons and their Darwinian riding habits, and then a fresh batch of foreign Lemmings show up..

I'm going to weld some railroad iron around my truck and see how many I can wipe out.

sometimes i wonder why farangs like you even come to Thailand..

It seems like you belong in a western nanny state

Western nanny states do a great job of protecting naive knobs like you from the realities of life outside them. Spend a bit more time in Asia or other places as other than a sex-tourist and the odds will catch up to you.

Been in Asia long enough to have seen a lot of accidents, and even friends badly injured in motorcycle accidents. Drove past a bad smash on my way to work in Rayong on Monday. Couple of Thai students wiped off a motorbike, no helmets, brains over 2 lanes. Darwin in Motion. Ho hum.

Originally Posted by kmart

Originally Posted by socal

Originally Posted by kmart

Lots of numptie farang blokes riding around sans helmets where I live now.

You just get used to the local morons and their Darwinian riding habits, and then a fresh batch of foreign Lemmings show up..

I'm going to weld some railroad iron around my truck and see how many I can wipe out.

sometimes i wonder why farangs like you even come to Thailand..

It seems like you belong in a western nanny state

Western nanny states do a great job of protecting naive knobs like you from the realities of life outside them. Spend a bit more time in Asia or other places as other than a sex-tourist and the odds will catch up to you.

Been in Asia long enough to have seen a lot of accidents, and even friends badly injured in motorcycle accidents. Drove past a bad smash on my way to work in Rayong on Monday. Couple of Thai students wiped off a motorbike, no helmets, brains over 2 lanes. Darwin in Motion. Ho hum.

Western nanny states do a good job of teaching people how not to drive so when they actually have to drive in Asia, they cant handle it

This is how they deliver pizza in Thailand.. This is me btw, so u know how to ride.

Originally Posted by kmart

Pass some to me.

^ Enough for this thread ?

Originally Posted by socal

This is me btw, so u know how to ride.

I don't know if you have noticed Socal, but at 1.28 on that last video, the farang in the hat clearly calls you by your real name "DICK HEAD"

Originally Posted by FailSafe

Holding that video up as 'good' riding is complete idiocy, though- you can be the best rider in the world (and you're not) and you still won't be able to predict (or react to) a quick move by a car/truck/whatever- sooner or later you will get nailed (probably by someone pulling out from the left side of the street).

Worse still, what if some little kid walks out from behind one of those parked cars your accelerating past ?

Cock

Originally Posted by dake333

Up to me, go back to the prison farm, nanny thinking countries ya come from. Most of us come here for the freedom of choice. Remember your in the land of the free.My choice,my head, my life,my decisions, at 60 i don't need anybodys ideas about my safety.Hope most of you wear wrist bands, you know you can get rsi from wanking too much, boys!

Another Seppo retard. Luckily, there's nothing in your head worth protecting.

Originally Posted by Unlucky Ralph

I don't know if you have noticed Socal, but at 1.28 on that last video, the farang in the hat clearly calls you by your real name "DICK HEAD"

Damn! You're right!

Originally Posted by keekwai

You forgot the condoms.

I know ! bloody worrying is'nt it, i cannot find one to fit over my head !

Originally Posted by dake333

Up to me, go back to the prison farm, nanny thinking countries ya come from. Most of us come here for the freedom of choice. Remember your in the land of the free.My choice,my head, my life,my decisions, at 60 i don't need anybodys ideas about my safety.Hope most of you wear wrist bands, you know you can get rsi from wanking too much, boys!

Yes and i was told that it would send me blind so i had to stop. Really sad is'nt it.

Originally Posted by thaikarl

most of the thin plastic helmets people wear in thailand are in-effective. just having a plastic shell on your head does not make you "safe" or even necessarily "safer". situational awareness, driving for the conditions and paying attention will go a lot further towards keeping you out of the accident that the helmet probably won't help you with. but if it's your turn to crash, it's your turn. up to you. if you want to wear a helmet, do so. if other people don't, they aren't necessarily idiots. while you are cruising down the road self-righteously wearing your helmet and stewing your brain over people you don't see who aren't helmeted, you aren't convincing them of anything. cool your heart maybe...

I know that a in a full on compaction i am not going to survive an injury with my crash helmet. But i am sure that i would much rather be skidding along the surface with a helmet than without one. But maybe idiots such as yourself and others in here have leather skin on their even thicker skulls so do not cut or suffer gravel rash I will always wear my helmet , it helps me feel safe and i know that even a little protection is better than none.

Originally Posted by keekwai

OK. I did. And they said "Yes"

Next!

Thai drivers will pull out into fast traffic, poodle along at about 40 klm for a couple of kays, then suddenly see that everything is going faster and do the same.

Originally Posted by dirtydog

How many farang idiots in your area that don't wear crash helmets on their bike?

UP to them.
Some places have helmet laws, some don't.
Depends where you live whether it is sociably acceptable or not.

Funny thing though, out of all the laws regarding motorbikes, cars, highways, etc. here in Thailand, this is the only one they ever enforce.

Personally, I usually wear one.
Doesn't bother me either way if someone else does or not.

Originally Posted by socal

Originally Posted by kmart

Originally Posted by socal

Originally Posted by kmart

Lots of numptie farang blokes riding around sans helmets where I live now.

You just get used to the local morons and their Darwinian riding habits, and then a fresh batch of foreign Lemmings show up..

I'm going to weld some railroad iron around my truck and see how many I can wipe out.

sometimes i wonder why farangs like you even come to Thailand..

It seems like you belong in a western nanny state

Western nanny states do a great job of protecting naive knobs like you from the realities of life outside them. Spend a bit more time in Asia or other places as other than a sex-tourist and the odds will catch up to you.

Been in Asia long enough to have seen a lot of accidents, and even friends badly injured in motorcycle accidents. Drove past a bad smash on my way to work in Rayong on Monday. Couple of Thai students wiped off a motorbike, no helmets, brains over 2 lanes. Darwin in Motion. Ho hum.

Western nanny states do a good job of teaching people how not to drive so when they actually have to drive in Asia, they cant handle it

This is how they deliver pizza in Thailand.. This is me btw, so u know how to ride.

FUCK ! if my dog saw me getting on the back of you, the bastard would bite me.
That was a shocking display of just plain hoping that no one decided to change direction. It was all a game of chance, no skill whatsoever. Just luck !

Originally Posted by Happy Dave

Originally Posted by keekwai

You forgot the condoms.

I know ! bloody worrying is'nt it, i cannot find one to fit over my head !

Just wait. Sooner or later some Thai politician is going to have a brainfart and decide everyone must have a condom over their exhaust pipes to cut down on carbon emissions.

What a bunch of fucking grannies!

Originally Posted by mao say dung

What a bunch of fucking grannies!

How so? Thinking it's a reasonable idea to protect your skull in the off chance that you go arse over tit one day and crack it open like a coconut or putting condoms on your exhaust pipe?



idiot

As I get older I am starting to wear more gear. I wear 2 kidney belts one on my torso and then over top of that the one on my chest plates. My next purchases will be a neck brace, knee supports and some wrist supports.

I need a way to stop my thumbs from dislocating.

Any ideas will be welcome


When you have all of that gear on it makes you want to get the bike moving fast. Especially in the hot season

Wearing a helmet saved my life at least 2 times riding big bikes in Switzerland, and more than one time when riding my trial Montesa bike in the mountains.

Here I only ride a CBR250R but I always wear a motorbike jacket, gloves, a proper cheap helmet (Real, full face), boots and at least a jeans.

What surprises me most is the occasionally mocking look of those who ride without any protection (flip flop, short and no helmet).

I don't mean that it will save my life if I hit a wall at 100 km / h, but it may be useful in a fall in traffic. Avoiding weeks with bruised parts on my body or something worse.