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Kōrero: Motorcycles

Full gear versus fool’s gear

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Full gear versus fool’s gear

This Ministry of Transport poster from 1983 shows the correct protective clothing to be worn on motorcycles as opposed to what should not be worn. Helmets and clothing help protect motorcyclists should they come off their bikes.

Poster reproduced with permission of the Ministry of Transport

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-D-SAFETY-Road-1983-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Motorcycles – Bikes and the law, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/20727/full-gear-versus-fools-gear (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 25 February 2010.