Industrial estate and a CBR250

Industrial estate and a CBR250 · 05:16 PM

My fiancee took these shots of me yesterday. She is the only one I can trust to take decent photos with my camera. Any comments on my PP are welcome.

Cheers

xjjohnno · 08-23-2009, 05:32 PM

Get some decent riding gear, leathers to be precise.

fractal · 08-23-2009, 07:54 PM

Originally posted by xjjohnno

Get some decent riding gear, leathers to be precise.

I thought i'd hear this. Underneath the hoodie is an Italian Dainese leather jacket. Gloves are leather, and the jeans are Draggin. If you are not familiar with Draggin Jeans, they are reinforced quite well with stitched in kevlar. If I did have leather pants I don't think I would be wearing them for a 15 minute ride around the burbs anyhow.

The shoes on the other hand are simply that.

**Ash** · 08-23-2009, 08:56 PM

She's done good, and even gone creative with the first one.
Well done to her, and cool PP work.

fractal · 08-23-2009, 09:31 PM

Thanks Ash. I'll let her know about the positive feedback.

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 08-23-2009, 10:29 PM

Well, you clarified the riding gear issue so I won't have to go there

You tell your fiancee that she done good and your PP work isn't bad either but Carl, she does need her own camera.

fractal · 08-24-2009, 12:30 AM

Thanks for the kind comments Heinrich.

Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann

she does need her own camera.

She most certainly does. It's an ongoing effort to sway her away from the brand that starts with an N

knumbnutz · 08-24-2009, 12:45 AM

Wot ? no knee sliders ? you ride like a girl ..... LOL

Good stuff, the girl does well. You guys coming to the GP ?

Cheers Neil

Originally posted by fractal

I thought i'd hear this. Underneath the hoodie is an Italian Dainese leather jacket. Gloves are leather, and the jeans are Draggin. If you are not familiar with Draggin Jeans, they are reinforced quite well with stitched in kevlar. If I did have leather pants I don't think I would be wearing them for a 15 minute ride around the burbs anyhow.

The shoes on the other hand are simply that.

fractal · 08-25-2009, 03:18 AM

Originally posted by knumbnutz

Wot ? no knee sliders ? you ride like a girl .....

Oh boy I can't wait to see you ride. Haha.

GP, probably not. I would like to go though.

xjjohnno · 08-25-2009, 03:57 AM

Just as well you wear the protective gear Carl.
One thing they don't like in the hospital emergency wards are the riders who don't wear the gear. Next time I catch up with you ask me about the bloke who came into the emergency ward with gravel rash and I'll bore you with the torture the nurses put him through for not wearing decent kit and that they did. The nurses on that shift were riders and looked after me but thought this silly bugger needed some extra educating which they duly gave him.
One comment they made worth taking note of is that the Kevlar jeans do have fibres separating which has caused the injured rider a bit of grief with embedded fibres and subsequent infections. Roo hide is apparently the toughest of all the leathers so something worth thinking about when you lash out on the next bit of riding kit.

fractal · 08-26-2009, 12:38 AM

I'd say the folk in the emergency ward don't like a lot of things. They probably thoroughly dislike the person who was on the phone and hit the rider.

You can go as far as you want with protective gear on a bike. And it will cost you- mega. Roo leather? It sounds like a good idea but I don't fancy myself a leathersmith.

xjjohnno · 08-26-2009, 03:50 AM

No need to make your own, a few of the local manufacturers will do that for you and roo leather is what they use.

Pentax_XTC · 08-27-2009, 10:46 AM

She's got talent! Mix 2 talented photographers and I can just envision your first born coming out with an SLR in hand to take pictures of the nurses!

fractal · 08-28-2009, 02:43 AM

Haha thanks mate. That's a weird image now that I think about it.

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xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	Get some decent riding gear, leathers to be precise.

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fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547 Original Poster	Originally posted by xjjohnno Get some decent riding gear, leathers to be precise. I thought i'd hear this. Underneath the hoodie is an Italian Dainese leather jacket. Gloves are leather, and the jeans are Draggin. If you are not familiar with Draggin Jeans, they are reinforced quite well with stitched in kevlar. If I did have leather pants I don't think I would be wearing them for a 15 minute ride around the burbs anyhow. The shoes on the other hand are simply that.

08-23-2009, 08:56 PM	#4
Ash Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toowoomba, Queensland Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,920	She's done good, and even gone creative with the first one. Well done to her, and cool PP work.

08-23-2009, 09:31 PM	#5
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547 Original Poster	Thanks Ash. I'll let her know about the positive feedback.

08-23-2009, 10:29 PM	#6
Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	Well, you clarified the riding gear issue so I won't have to go there You tell your fiancee that she done good and your PP work isn't bad either but Carl, she does need her own camera.

08-24-2009, 12:30 AM	#7
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547 Original Poster	Thanks for the kind comments Heinrich. Originally posted by Heinrich Lohmann she does need her own camera. She most certainly does. It's an ongoing effort to sway her away from the brand that starts with an N

08-24-2009, 12:45 AM	#8
knumbnutz Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 394	Wot ? no knee sliders ? you ride like a girl ..... LOL Good stuff, the girl does well. You guys coming to the GP ? Cheers Neil Originally posted by fractal I thought i'd hear this. Underneath the hoodie is an Italian Dainese leather jacket. Gloves are leather, and the jeans are Draggin. If you are not familiar with Draggin Jeans, they are reinforced quite well with stitched in kevlar. If I did have leather pants I don't think I would be wearing them for a 15 minute ride around the burbs anyhow. The shoes on the other hand are simply that.

08-25-2009, 03:18 AM	#9
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547 Original Poster	Originally posted by knumbnutz Wot ? no knee sliders ? you ride like a girl ..... Oh boy I can't wait to see you ride. Haha. GP, probably not. I would like to go though.

08-25-2009, 03:57 AM	#10
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	Just as well you wear the protective gear Carl. One thing they don't like in the hospital emergency wards are the riders who don't wear the gear. Next time I catch up with you ask me about the bloke who came into the emergency ward with gravel rash and I'll bore you with the torture the nurses put him through for not wearing decent kit and that they did. The nurses on that shift were riders and looked after me but thought this silly bugger needed some extra educating which they duly gave him. One comment they made worth taking note of is that the Kevlar jeans do have fibres separating which has caused the injured rider a bit of grief with embedded fibres and subsequent infections. Roo hide is apparently the toughest of all the leathers so something worth thinking about when you lash out on the next bit of riding kit.

08-26-2009, 12:38 AM	#11
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547 Original Poster	I'd say the folk in the emergency ward don't like a lot of things. They probably thoroughly dislike the person who was on the phone and hit the rider. You can go as far as you want with protective gear on a bike. And it will cost you- mega. Roo leather? It sounds like a good idea but I don't fancy myself a leathersmith.

08-26-2009, 03:50 AM	#12
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	No need to make your own, a few of the local manufacturers will do that for you and roo leather is what they use.

08-27-2009, 10:46 AM	#13
Pentax_XTC Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Duluth, GA Posts: 365	She's got talent! Mix 2 talented photographers and I can just envision your first born coming out with an SLR in hand to take pictures of the nurses!

08-28-2009, 02:43 AM	#14
fractal Inactive Account Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Melbourne Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,547 Original Poster	Haha thanks mate. That's a weird image now that I think about it.