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Question on legal requirement for Motorbike Gear

  • 27-07-2016 1:21am
    #1
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭


    Whats the requirement for gear on bikes ? ( town driving) ? . Obviously helmet is number 1 .

    but what about gloves , jacket , boots etc ?

    just for town driving , just curious im always suited up in textiles etc but see lads riding around in tshirts and shorts on sunny days here .

    My question is , is there law on clothing


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  • #2
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,360 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Helmet and a g-string to protect your modesty. Thankfully anything other than that is at the choice of the rider.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #3
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Helmet and a g-string.

    goes commando myself so helmet is all ?? :D:D:D


  • #4
    FishOnABike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,533 ✭✭✭FishOnABike


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Helmet and a g-string to protect your modesty. Thankfully anything other than that is at the choice of the rider.

    Plus a L tabbard if you have a learner permit for the category of bike you are on (or N tabbard for the first two years after passing your test if you don't hold a full licence for another vehicle category).


  • #5
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Even at the only requirement by law is a helmet, it does not specify an actual "motorcycle helmet"....

    Unless you ride an SUV bike..then YOU MUST wear atgatt...its the law.....:P


  • #6
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,360 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    Even at the only requirement by law is a helmet, it does not specify an actual "motorcycle helmet"....

    Says in the original 1978 regulations here that the helmet must have an ECE or BSI approval mark for motorcycle helmets.

    Scrap the cap!



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  • #7
    D3V!L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    You can drive with just a pair of y-fronts and a helmet if you want. You'd be completely covered legally ;)


    Please dont though, unless you're a chick. No one needs to see that :pac:


  • #8
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Hotblack Desiato wrote: »
    Says in the original 1978 regulations here that the helmet must have an ECE or BSI approval mark for motorcycle helmets.


    Yes...but most if not all head protection will have a CE/BS standard...


  • #9
    stewygriffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭stewygriffin


    Why do the young lads on the mopeds think its "cool" to ride around with the helmet up on their head and keep revving the nutts out of their 50cc mopeds?:rolleyes:
    I have never understood that mentality.:eek:


  • #10
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,360 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Max Headroom wrote: »
    Yes...but most if not all head protection will have a CE/BS standard...

    yep but not the ones specified in the regulations.

    Scrap the cap!



  • #11
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    stewygriffin wrote: »
    Why do the young lads on the mopeds think its "cool" to ride around with the helmet up on their head and keep revving the nutts out of their 50cc mopeds?:rolleyes:
    I have never understood that mentality.:eek:

    To get any movement out of a moped you have to rev the things.

    Lid on the head is the same reason they show their jocks, they've no idea why!


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  • #12
    stewygriffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭stewygriffin


    Del2005 wrote: »
    To get any movement out of a moped you have to rev the things.

    Lid on the head is the same reason they show their jocks, they've no idea why!

    When I 17,I never constantly revved the nuts off my moped when stopped at the lights.:rolleyes::confused:

    But maybe thats why I didnt move though...:pac:


  • #13
    D3V!L
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    stewygriffin wrote: »
    Why do the young lads on the mopeds think its "cool" to ride around with the helmet up on their head and keep revving the nutts out of their 50cc mopeds?:rolleyes:
    I have never understood that mentality.:eek:

    My ex was / is a nurse, she told me about a girl coming off her boyfriends scooter with her helmet on the top of her head.

    She was scalped by the helmet and was left with gravel on her scull that had to be washed off to it could heal. :eek:


  • #14
    stewygriffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭stewygriffin


    D3V!L wrote: »
    My ex was / is a nurse, she told me about a girl coming off her boyfriends scooter with her helmet on the top of her head.

    She was scalped by the helmet and was left with gravel on her scull that had to be washed off to it could heal. :eek:

    Yikes,not a nice thing.:eek:

    Hope that girl recovered fully and learned her lesson too.:)


  • #15
    Del2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,031 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    stewygriffin wrote: »
    When I 17,I never constantly revved the nuts off my moped when stopped at the lights.:rolleyes::confused:

    But maybe thats why I didnt move though...:pac:

    You never mentioned that they where stopped. Probably the same reason people do any antisocial activity, they're antisocial.


  • #16
    pudzey101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,925 ✭✭✭pudzey101


    D3V!L wrote: »
    My ex was / is a nurse, she told me about a girl coming off her boyfriends scooter with her helmet on the top of her head.

    She was scalped by the helmet and was left with gravel on her scull that had to be washed off to it could heal. :eek:

    jeez on a scooter . shows anything 2 wheeled can lethal.

    Take care everyone over the bank holiday weekend


  • #17
    stewygriffin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,936 ✭✭✭stewygriffin


    Del2005 wrote: »
    You never mentioned that they where stopped. Probably the same reason people do any antisocial activity, they're antisocial.

    I didnt,sorry.

    With the revving and helmet up on the head....... I suppose its the cool thing to do when you are that age though.?


  • #18
    Paulw
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,381 ✭✭✭✭Paulw


    Saw this online. A fairly low speed spill, but no gear on - INSANE.



  • #19
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,360 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    pudzey101 wrote: »
    jeez on a scooter . shows anything 2 wheeled can lethal.

    Yeah the commonly held among non-bikers idea that a motorcycle is somehow safer by virtue of not having gears is insane.
    Even a moped restricted to 45km/h (vanishingly rare on Irish roads) is plenty to cause serious injury or death.

    Scrap the cap!



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