Riding motorcycle while Kilted

[phinz]

There are at least a couple of guys every year who run Deal's Gap in kilts while attending the annual Triumph gathering at Tapoco Lodge.

[smaughazard]

Thanks, Phinz. I'm A RAT member, so I'll ask Scot Dail if he can tell me who actually rides while kilted. I knew they always have Kilt Night around the bonfire at the Gap, but I always seem to be otherwise engaged during the Dragon Run weekend. Have ridden Deal's Gap many times- preferably mid-week when there aren't so many Winnebago pilots clogging it up!

[phinz]

I'm only an hour or so from the hill and know most of the pholks working at the Crossroads, as well as most of the people taking pictures on the hill. Find Killboy's archive for the RAT weekend and you'll probably see kilt pics.

[Canuck]

Thanks, Phinz. I'm A RAT member, so I'll ask Scot Dail if he can tell me who actually rides while kilted. I knew they always have Kilt Night around the bonfire at the Gap, but I always seem to be otherwise engaged during the Dragon Run weekend. Have ridden Deal's Gap many times- preferably mid-week when there aren't so many Winnebago pilots clogging it up!

I have sold a leather kilt to a RAT member he loves it.
Basically do a knife cut with your hand on the front apron, and really smooth out the pleats as you sit down. The kilt will not fly up to your face... if it does, your kilt is probably ankle length to begin with and is way too long. Basically it's like wearing a baggy pair of shorts. This topic has come up before.
Much succes on your ride
Cheers
Robert

[phinz]

Here ya go.

[Sciuropterus]

The sprocket sporrans in the bottom photo are great! I had a 1965 Triumph Tiger when I was a youngster, it was a basket case that I turned into a chopper. I haven't ridden any of the new Triumphs, I really should.

[Mr. Kilt]

I wore my UK the day I picked up the Yamaha 650 (metric Triumph, LOL) that I bought last year. As long as you tuck the front apron under a wee bit it won't blow around. If it's a warm day I may ride my Sportster kilted across the city to the Highland Games in Sept.

As for RAT...I'd never heard of them until this thread! While I don't own a Triumph now, I used to have a number of them, all chopped. Maybe I'll get another one someday, they sure were a blact to build and ride!
This is all I have left to remind me of those days...

[bikercelt1]

I don't recomend riding in a kilt. Having said that, I have ridden in a kilt and will ride in a kilt again. I rode around Milwaukee during Harley-Davidsons 100th. I rode the Washington State Hog rally several times with my kilt. All in all though if I'm doing anything more than a brief run it's easier to put my tourmaster pants on over my kilt than it is to deal with trying to hold it down. On my bike (a '98 FLHTCI) the kilt has a tendancy to fly straight back from the knees exposing a great deal of thigh and "flank" and once I scorched the hem of one of my kilts on the cross-over pipe while sitting at a stoplight.

Jamie

[smaughazard]

I wore my UK the day I picked up the Yamaha 650 (metric Triumph, LOL) that I bought last year. As long as you tuck the front apron under a wee bit it won't blow around. If it's a warm day I may ride my Sportster kilted across the city to the Highland Games in Sept.

As for RAT...I'd never heard of them until this thread! While I don't own a Triumph now, I used to have a number of them, all chopped. Maybe I'll get another one someday, they sure were a blact to build and ride!
This is all I have left to remind me of those days...

Al, check out http://www.triumphrat.com

[Bil]

Here ya go.

Did anyone else notice that in the group picture at the bottom of the page, there is a kilted guy holding a blow-up sheep?? Don't ask why I noticed that. LOL