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I saw this on Brad's site.
"I know that "original" type denim/leather vests have been [virtually] compulsory wear for H.D. riders for years, but now there is a[serious] proposal that riders in Ireland be required to wear [on "safety"grounds]the brightly coloured variant.
I reckon this misses the point, since just as on construction & etc sites, people who don`t look - won`t see them anyway."
When I had my shop in Merced, Ca., there was an Air Force base close by, with lots of riders. I serviced most of their bikes.
One day, a rider comes in, he was a regular, I took care of his V65 Magna, with a story. Seems that was the very first day the Department of Defense required EVERY person in the military that rode a motorcycle, on or off road, to wear those highway worker orange vests, with reflective stripes on them. There he was, standing there with his BRAND NEW high visibility safety vest on, bright orange as could be.
This fellow then comes into the shop, just livid, and drags me out to his bike. The rear fender, license holder and tail light were all bent up, straight up. So, I asked what the heck happened.
Seems the fellow had JUST got his bike out from over night storage, had the vest on for less than 3 minutes, was stopped at a stop sign on base, waiting for cross traffic to stop, so he could continue. From the rear, he gets hit by a lady in a Lincoln, MarK VII ramming barge, or whatever.
The woman got out of the car, and asked if the fellow was OK, and stood there and said "I really did not see you, I am sorry". She called her husband, and he came right over from his office immediately. He was Castle Air Force Base's Base Commander, the Head Poo-Bah of the base, his wife was the ramming agent.
Once it was all calmed down, and nobody was hurt, it became absolutely hilarious, in a strange, weird kind of way.
Less than 3 minutes, rammed in the rear. "I really did not see you".
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