Squid Sport Fishing

[iplante]

Look at this squid!

[Sykes92]

Originally Posted by iplante

Look at this squid!

Made my night!

[c-dog]

Originally Posted by Sykes92

Made my night!

Looks like he's too big for a 250 or 600. He needs to go straight to 1000cc or maybe a Busa or ZX14.

Cool video!

[jeffb502]

This TV commercial made me think of this thread...

Squid Commercial.jpg

[fishdip]

Originally Posted by beren

But if you don't die and end up in the ER without insurance, it is my tax dollars paying for it.

Then that has nothing to do about riding with out gear that has to do with being stupid. I have met lots of people who ride motorcycles with out gear and all the Harley riders have medical insurance. Id say less then half of the sport bike riders don't.

[Brian]

Originally Posted by Bob2010

Do you think this guy could be a squid ?

Omg I want to do that so much to my car now but with my growler. That would sound amazing.

[ez12a]

i've gotten enough road rash from a simple fall off my bicycle making a right turn. I'd feel naked on my ninja without my leathers. I have no idea how squids do it.

[JohnnyBravo]

Originally Posted by ez12a

i've gotten enough road rash from a simple fall off my bicycle making a right turn. I'd feel naked on my ninja without my leathers. I have no idea how squids do it.

I'm with ya on that...

[Ducati999]

I Love this thread. I laughed so much. I too have ridden without all the gear at times but the older I get the less of a bother putting the gear on becomes. All motorcycle riders accept a certain risk when we ride and adding to that risk is not a good idea. I will occasionally take one of my bikes for a short ride without my jacket or gloves and the thing I mostly ride without is a good set of riding pants. The risk to me is minimal because when I don't wear all my gear I feel more exposed and therefore take it easy and act accordingly. I never take a real ride without all of my gear but I admit to a quick trip around the block once in a while. I guess it all comes down to how much risk you perceive vs the fear of injury. ATGATT is the proper thing to do and I will try to hold to this in the future (especially since I just got my full leathers). I cant believe how comfortable the full leather suit is to ride in, its like armored pijamas!!

[Sirref]

Originally Posted by ez12a

i've gotten enough road rash from a simple fall off my bicycle making a right turn. I'd feel naked on my ninja without my leathers. I have no idea how squids do it.

I got road rash through my jacket on my recent lowside, I feel like I'd be in a hospital bed with an arm that would take months to heal since the rash would have likely pierced some muscle.
I also have some scarring from mountain biking as a kid, them rocks can cut deep. Never fell off of a road bicycle though *thumbs crossed*

[rasta]

I've been squidding on more and more of my shorter rides (<30mins) lately. I'm such a hypocrite, I swore I wouldn't do it. I'm ashamed, nobody look at me

[Sirref]

I may as well be squidding with my jacket in the condition it's in, the left side is good but the right side is all torn up with a few holes in it. The damage didn't really show up on camera though so I didn't bother to post it. The right side from the elbow down will likely disintegrate on impact with the pavement, I'm planning to replace it when I'm able to for that reason but until then if I end up on pavement on the right side my arm won't be protected by the jacket. To give you an idea of the condition it's in, some of the skin on my forearm made contact with the pavement.

[LittleRedNinjette]

Originally Posted by rasta

I've been squidding on more and more of my shorter rides (<30mins) lately. I'm such a hypocrite, I swore I wouldn't do it. I'm ashamed, nobody look at me

[GHill762]

Originally Posted by rasta

I've been squidding on more and more of my shorter rides (<30mins) lately. I'm such a hypocrite, I swore I wouldn't do it. I'm ashamed, nobody look at me

it happens.. just know that there are potential consequences.. some are willing to accept the risk, some are too blinded by ego to see the risk..

[JohnnyBravo]

FTW... Ride to the bank, the store, time for the pool

[fishdip]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBravo

FTW... Ride to the bank, the store, time for the pool

Wow you are not special for having no gear on. You are special for going out in public with the fugly foot covers on.

[Sirref]

While I agree that there are better shoes, the dude was going to the pool. Crocs are amazing pool/beach shoes

[alex.s]

[EternalNewb]

^Where and when did you see this? Not in CA, I presume.

[alex.s]

lol off the face-book. i WISH i had captured that mythical monster

[JohnnyBravo]

I always laughed at folks crocs, an talked crap about them till my mom brought me some when I was in the hospital, you see more crocs on military bases than in Walmart

[alex.s]

why not a nice pair of rainbows instead.

[Kscreations08]

^^^double rainbow, guys?

Edit: Unhelpful!!! Damnit! I was working on a record!

[JohnnyBravo]

Originally Posted by alex.s

why not a nice pair of rainbows instead.

I like reefs better, they have a bottle opener in them but alas I have never been a fan o things stuck betwix my toes :/

Originally Posted by Kscreations08

^^^double rainbow, guys?

Edit: Unhelpful!!! Damnit! I was working on a record!

I'm confused.
mr.S likes to down vote all the things... If you don't want down votes steer clear of his bad side

[alex.s]

lol downvote all the things!!!

[ninjakuma]

Squid! Jeans and v-neck, bonus points for passenger helmet. I see way worse than this regularly here in LA, will try to get some better sightings soon.

[EternalNewb]

Yes! Thread revival.

[LittleRedNinjette]

i've seen so many of them lately its hard to keep track.

[Skullz]

Many of the least clothed people are on harley's around here and fairly older which doesn't make sense.

[CZroe]

Originally Posted by alex.s

lol downvote all the things!!!

Oops. Hand slipped.

[ninjakuma]

Two for one! I'm not sure if the second qualifies as squid, but he'd definitely go "squish" in a crash!

Lane splitting in some crazy 101 traffic when I came across these guys. The first one isn't very good quality as I didn't think my camera was still running, but you can see the horror of the second in all its glory.

Cotton pants, t-shirt, no gloves, no boots


Slacks, dress shoes, dress shirt, open face, no gloves, lane splitting like a baws.


good lord how do I edit the size of these

[Meintool]

Okay, guys, Seriously! almost NO ONE in my state wheres ANY gear, no ****, Live free or die! lol i feel like such a dweeb riding around in my armor plate jacket or my yamaha leather race jacket, my hjc, my gloves, my boots, my long thick canvas pants, all while it being 90+degrees outside, everyone else is riding around in sunglasses, hat, tank tops, shorts sandals, no gloves haha atleast i know ill have less road rash i guess??

But seriously if i took a picture of every squid i see i'd never get anywhere i'm going but here are my first and probably only ones


Ok this guy on the highway yes he is wearing a half helmet with no face shield, the saddle bags are covering his bare calves because he is wearing shorts and also sandals and just a t shirt as i passed by him later and saw.



All i can say about this guy is atleast his toes are covered by.. skate shoes and he also has something covering his throttle hand... yea

[Worldtraveller]

Once I move back to Az, I'll have all kinds of pics to contribute to this thread.

Helmets are mandatory here in OR, but that's often the only gear people wear. One of my favorite squid sightings (common in Az) are the typical tank top, flip flops, shorts, but bonus point for having a helmet...not on their head, though, just carrying it around on the back of the bike.

[ninjakuma]

Today's 405 squid catch

[EternalNewb]

A fine catch in a tank top, shorts, sneakers, gloves, and a full face helmet. Funny thing is it was overcast all day, and the sun never really came out.

[ninjakuma]

Catching squids is like getting Mario coins!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfkcI8dhfsQ

Seeing these folks on the road and looking at the photos that some of you post make me grimace sometimes at a mere thought of what would happen going down.

[DailyFloridaRider]

I have been a daily rider for 23+ years, 7 days a week all year round, ALL different kinds of bikes too. My wife owns a cage that occassionally i have to ride in but i dont own or drive one myself. One thing I don't have the time for is judging other riders for their riding attire. People don't have to share my views on anything, including what riding gear is appropriate. Weekend warriors snapping pics from their CARS of so called "squids" is laughable. Why the labels on folks who just arent as scared as you to ride in heavy traffic every day. I admit there are idiots on the road and they are behind the wheel as well as bikes! (Some are even taking pics while driving. Hmmmm)

Mon-Fri I can count how many bikes I see in a day. On the weekends...countless guys wearing ATGATT and pretending to be experienced bikers. Easy to spot em too. They mostly ride in groups, their gear always looks brand new, not a spec of road mung on their bike (od reads 500 miles) and they ride straight down the oil slick all day cuz they're scared of the shoulder and other cars. And all this is OK. They have a right to enjoy bikes too! In all my years I have yet to have someone call me squid to my face. I wear jeans, boots, gloves, tshirts and no helmet. My choice. I nod and drop a hand to ANYONE on a bike cuz we SHOULD have a common love...open air and freedom. Gear or no gear. For the record, I DO NOT stunt in traffic or split lanes dangerously cuz I wanna live. Those that do are just idiots. No different than the idiot in the car that pulled out in front of me at the last intersection and did a huge burnout and went sideways.

I have avoided countless accidents using my skills and predicting the worst from ALL the cagers, bikers, truckers AND pedestrians. The only people I hear say "I had to lay my bike down to avoid an accident" are riders who can't ride and don't know what to do when hazzards pop up, rely to heavily on what gear can do to save you and certainly can't foresee the dangers they should. We all ride. We're all different. Its what makes the world go round. Chill with the finger pointing and concentrate on honing your own skills to avoid the dangers ALL vehicles pose to us out there. Btw...where I live, COPS ride in boots, half helmets and short sleeve uniform shirts with standard uniform pants. Squids too??

[ez12a]

Originally Posted by DailyFloridaRider

Mon-Fri I can count how many bikes I see in a day. On the weekends...countless guys wearing ATGATT and pretending to be experienced bikers.

this is something i have contention with. When i was a new rider picking up all my leather gear my other also newbie friends would tell me that i look too 'hardcore' for my skill level, or they didnt pick up leather gear due to the fact that they didnt want to look 'hardcore'.

My response?

As a new rider i'm even more prone to falling than someone with more experience, so by logic wouldn't that mean if anyone should be ATGATT it should be the newbies? Why despise those that spend money on gear if they're new?

I dont look down on the new riders with all leathers and gear. I respect their decision to protect themselves, and I could not care less about those who don't.

Also, those two friends have both already crashed, and told me now that they wish they had worn leathers and will be buying them.

[alex.s]

Originally Posted by DailyFloridaRider

I have been a daily rider for 23+ years, 7 days a week all year round, ALL different kinds of bikes too. My wife owns a cage that occassionally i have to ride in but i dont own or drive one myself. One thing I don't have the time for is judging other riders for their riding attire. People don't have to share my views on anything, including what riding gear is appropriate. Weekend warriors snapping pics from their CARS of so called "squids" is laughable. Why the labels on folks who just arent as scared as you to ride in heavy traffic every day. I admit there are idiots on the road and they are behind the wheel as well as bikes! (Some are even taking pics while driving. Hmmmm)

Mon-Fri I can count how many bikes I see in a day. On the weekends...countless guys wearing ATGATT and pretending to be experienced bikers. Easy to spot em too. They mostly ride in groups, their gear always looks brand new, not a spec of road mung on their bike (od reads 500 miles) and they ride straight down the oil slick all day cuz they're scared of the shoulder and other cars. And all this is OK. They have a right to enjoy bikes too! In all my years I have yet to have someone call me squid to my face. I wear jeans, boots, gloves, tshirts and no helmet. My choice. I nod and drop a hand to ANYONE on a bike cuz we SHOULD have a common love...open air and freedom. Gear or no gear. For the record, I DO NOT stunt in traffic or split lanes dangerously cuz I wanna live. Those that do are just idiots. No different than the idiot in the car that pulled out in front of me at the last intersection and did a huge burnout and went sideways.

I have avoided countless accidents using my skills and predicting the worst from ALL the cagers, bikers, truckers AND pedestrians. The only people I hear say "I had to lay my bike down to avoid an accident" are riders who can't ride and don't know what to do when hazzards pop up, rely to heavily on what gear can do to save you and certainly can't foresee the dangers they should. We all ride. We're all different. Its what makes the world go round. Chill with the finger pointing and concentrate on honing your own skills to avoid the dangers ALL vehicles pose to us out there. Btw...where I live, COPS ride in boots, half helmets and short sleeve uniform shirts with standard uniform pants. Squids too??

i have a few points to make but i want to preface them... first of all keep in mind i'm over my limit in the booze dept. anyway, i see you live in florida so keep in mind i live in southern california. my commute on bike was over 120 miles a day splitting through bumper to bumper traffic for awhile. (much smaller now though... i live close to work... now i get 5 miles of solid construction traffic for 30 minutes... what the hell!) i also can look fancy hanging my butt off at the race track pretending to be rossi and scratching up my stupid sliders i paid too much for. ($15 is too much. anyway i have not raced in a couple seasons because i just don't have the money for it right now) though i did really enjoy visiting jennings gp in florida. boy was that fun earlier this year. anyway, on to my points...

point 1: i'll call you a squid to your face. because you are a squid, sir. it's okay. lots of us are squids. i too am often a squid in many ways. the first step to rehabilitation is accepting the truth.

point 2: let me ask you how your skill will save you on a two lane road that's under construction so it has those barricades on the sides and a car in the opposite lane has a tire blow-out from some piece of construction debris and hits another car and they all spin into your lane hitting the cars in front of you creating a barricade with no possible way around about 35 feet in front of you all quickly skidding toward you. (it's a trick question- there's no way out, you get hit by the cars even if you were able to stop in time, which in this scenario you actually can't)

point 3: under the above circumstances, what would be different simply by wearing a helmet?


i will answer #3 for you. the answer is death. you are astonishingly less likely to be mortally wounded by bashing your skull open and displaying your brains on the road for all to see simply by wearing a real helmet. which surprisingly makes riding much easier and more enjoyable. i'm sure you have taken your fair share of rocks, bugs, trash, cigarette butts, bird ****, drinks thrown out of peoples cars, debris from cars crashing into each other right next to you... i know i have taken many of each of those directly to the face. boy, this one time i was on the freeway at night going through construction and this ****ing idiot doesn't even see the construction and decides not to brake. so i jumped in between the two lanes and the guy plowed into the car, ejecting the cars brake light at me. lots of debris in my face. though mostly it hit my leg. ****ing idiots, right? thinking about having a bunch of glass and plastic hit my face, even with gogs and a face sock... yeah, that sounds pleasant. you would have to be stupid. not that i'm calling you stupid. i'm simply calling your choice to go out on public roads with those ****ing idiots with no helmet stupid. and jesus you live in florida. i have seen some terrible car drivers around. but florida has some real ****. they should give an award to florida for some of those assholes.

but it's cool. live and let live. you riding with no helmet honestly doesn't effect me so if you enjoy the rocks to the face, power to ya. chicks dig scars. i crash a lot so maybe i'm biased towards wearing my "fancy gear". though i personally don't ride in groups because most other riders honestly scare the **** out of me. i only really ride with a few girls who know what they're doing.

[ninjakuma]

I think he accidentally walked into the wrong thread lol

You can choose to wear what you want and ride how you want, but that doesn't change the fact that you're squidding it up all of the place. Eww

Keep in mind that being "fearless" and being "reckless" are two different things. The very definition of reckless is lack of care for the consequences of ones actions. By choosing not to wear gear, clearly squids don't care about the ramifications of if they needed it. You can point at a rider going ATGATT and say all you want, but assuming they are riding normally they are being safe. You can point at a rider with only a helmet on and regardless of how "skilled" they are they are most definitely taking risks.

As a stunt performer who regularly hits the ground, safety is number one. I've cut and bruised myself up many times just from wrecking without being on a moving vehicle. With pads on. Many people who refuse to wear gear while riding are deluding themselves to what might happen if they did go down. Probably because they have never hit the ground very hard or that they just get into this complacent state of immortality. You'll be traveling fast enough to really **** **** up permanently. When my coworkers have riding meetups anyone without gear on is shamed on, as not only is it reckless in our occupation but shows a disregard for safety which doesn't look good when your job description is "Stunt and Safety".

Long story short, I will post photos and laugh about squids because they are squids it's fun spotting them. 40 years experience or not.
(BTW I was in my car because it's a little difficult to carry bottles of gatorade, beer, water, and other groceries on a bike, doesn't change th- SQUID!)

Great example of what I said above, recently worked with a guy who broke his leg completely in half, and I mean completely, blood, bone everything, landing wrong off a mini trampoline. It is likely you will experiences forces FAR in excess of what he did falling off a bike, and he was a professional athlete.