I agree with Blackwater in that riders are all different with their choices of clothing, for myself I ride light,never shorts, tanktop or flip flops but only jeans, ordinary boots & shirt with a leather vest...we have no choice down -under as helmets are compulsory, hate full face so wear open face & the lighter the better, gloves, heavy jackets only in bad weather which I always have in my saddlebags...yep it's the other road users you gotta' watch but I want to feel as one with my bike not like a blob on top loaded up with clothing unless I have to.
And yes before you ask I have shredded the bark off myself before when in Oct '012 I had to put my bike down as my then wife on her bike was killed in a head on collision [ RIP Keryn ]