The biggest "I don't care" statement is the rider who allows his wife/girlfriend/floozie to ride wearing shorts. A high speed bug, or a piece of gravel will shred the skin down to the muscle, cause an abrupt reaction/distraction and momentary loss of concentration which could ultimately toss both of you as fast as being t-boned by a drunk.
Just sold my Suzuki SV650. Bought it when I was 49, crashed it the third day when a van did a U-turn in front of me and I over-braked. Put another 450 miles on it, then decided I didn’t like riding around paranoid all the time. Now I have a fast road bicycle. At least I’m on the side of the road and not competing with cars. Good exercise too.
After I stop cringing, I always enjoy those thong wearing beauties on the back of bikes at the beach!
Good advice; I would have never known.
Really? I’ve been riding for 34 years now...even in shorts and have NEVER had a bug shred my skin down to the bone. The falacy of these studies assumes that if these accident victims were wearing a helmet that they would have lived. WRONG! Most of these older bikers have relatively little time in the saddle...they think that buying a POS Harley and the full official Harley regalia will turn them into a badass. WRONG! Most are just posers.