Bottomless motorcyclist arrested for not wearing a helmet

A 40-year-old man was stopped by police and charged for not wearing a helmet while riding his motorcycle this past weekend in Hamilton. He also wasn’t wearing pants, or underwear.

Police tried to stop the nearly-nude motorcyclist - he was wearing a T-shirt - at around 4am on Sunday. When he spotted the officers, he lost control of his bike, managed to steady himself and then took off.



Authorities managed to catch up with him a short time later. The man then tried to take off on foot, but the police managed to arrest him following a short struggle. The man had been drinking, authorities said, but wasn’t impaired.

Aside from failing to wear a helmet, the motorcyclist was also charged with flight from police and dangerous driving. He wasn’t charged with indecent exposure. "No one else was around, it was just the officer and the accused," Acting Staff Sgt. David Hennick said. It is kind of bizarre."