Dark night and mornings

[madasmax]

First dark morning today and had to leave early to get to Exmouth  any way driving down to the M4  6.15ish a young guy on a 125 with L plates doing 60-70 (not a bad speed) on Cwmbran drive, lights on  but pitch black and he was wearing BLACK JACKET, BLACK HELMET BLACK TROUSERS WTF no high viz strips on his jacket at all.
Black looks cool at times but come on better safe that damaged by some half asleep box driver come on put just a little hi viz on 
so be  and   

[Rhosyn]

  Sounds like I need to invest in a high vis jacket as Im starting to enjoy riding in the dark and Im not ready to put the bike in hibernation just yet 

   I know my picture on here shows pink jacket, but that one doesnt get worn much anymore, 

[Bloke]

I've got black and gray jacket but there it's this reflective piping, looks black in normal light and at night it turns white.

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[madasmax]

Sounds like I need to invest in a high vis jacket as Im starting to enjoy riding in the dark and Im not ready to put the bike in hibernation just yet 

   I know my picture on here shows pink jacket, but that one doesnt get worn much anymore, 

pass on the pink one to valleygixer 

but to be safe a little reflective bit is good but matt black 

[lumberjack]

 dont ride in the dark any more, those day's are gone thank fook but the lid i've got now glows in the dark , it almost makes me want to try it one night  , since i got the gas gas scrambler to go and fall off with my son and his mates i dont get out on the road so much at the mo, but ill probally live a bit longer 

[Rhosyn]

Sounds like I need to invest in a high vis jacket as Im starting to enjoy riding in the dark and Im not ready to put the bike in hibernation just yet 

   I know my picture on here shows pink jacket, but that one doesnt get worn much anymore, 

pass on the pink one to valleygixer 

but to be safe a little reflective bit is good but matt black 

 

[Bloke]

dont ride in the dark any more, those day's are gone thank fook but the lid i've got now glows in the dark , it almost makes me want to try it one night  , since i got the gas gas scrambler to go and fall off with my son and his mates i dont get out on the road so much at the mo, but ill probally live a bit longer 

Want!!!!

Where did you get the helmet from?

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[lumberjack]

dont ride in the dark any more, those day's are gone thank fook but the lid i've got now glows in the dark , it almost makes me want to try it one night  , since i got the gas gas scrambler to go and fall off with my son and his mates i dont get out on the road so much at the mo, but ill probally live a bit longer 

Want!!!!

Where did you get the helmet from?    it's a shark glow in the dark, i just looked in my helmet closet and it's glowing, it stores light in the day and shines at night, blunder road bridgend used to sell them about £280 , how long it shines at night for dont knowe cos i dont use the bike in the dark 

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[NH]

My textiles have reflective stuff on them but the leathers don't have that much. As I have 2 hi-vis vests and have not yet worn either I might start using one this winter.

...don't actually know where they came from...

[blueracer]

Will have to start wearing mine soon hi vis

[Gollum30]

  

[Lunkhead]

Hi-Viz may have no effect at all when some num-nutts is out to get you, but it can only help the insurance claim afterwards.

Worth it just for that.

[sdwboss]

First dark morning today and had to leave early to get to Exmouth  any way driving down to the M4  6.15ish a young guy on a 125 with L plates doing 60-70 (not a bad speed) on Cwmbran drive, lights on  but pitch black and he was wearing BLACK JACKET, BLACK HELMET BLACK TROUSERS WTF no high viz strips on his jacket at all.
Black looks cool at times but come on better safe that damaged by some half asleep box driver come on put just a little hi viz on 
so be  and 

I imagine it was L-plates on Cwmbran Drive, not on the M4 itself?

But yes, at night very important to be visible, methinks. But if you've got a drop-down black visor in your helmet, it's so hard to resist the temptaion to flick it down, even at night!

[Day7936]

There are lads bombin round Brecon in trainers and trackies on mopeds one goes to see the boy next door and I asked Saturday why wasn't he wearing more protective gear he just shrug his shoulders an told me to go fuck me self as he had a helmet and that was safe enough the mind boggles!!!!

[blueracer]

Kids today cant educate them