kilted motorcycle?

[AL-58]

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Most of the time I wear the one pair of pants that I own.....QUOTE]

Hey Robert, check out www.dragginjeans.com I own a pair as well as does Lynn.

Seconded, they are good stuff and you're supporting an Aussie company! I noticed the made in USA bit, I'm guessing its under licence as the range is a little different to the originals here in OZ http://www.dragginjeans.com.au/. I've got two pairs, one in urban camoflage (grayish), one in Black.

Al

[smaughazard]

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Seconded, they are good stuff and you're supporting an Aussie company! I noticed the made in USA bit, I'm guessing its under licence as the range is a little different to the originals here in OZ http://www.dragginjeans.com.au/. I've got two pairs, one in urban camoflage (grayish), one in Black.

Al

Minor correction: Draggin' Jeans were invented (and patented) by Hal Baxter of Hickory, NC. He licensed the patent to Grant in Australia.

(I spent five years as Marketing Director for Fast Company, the US manufacturer.)

[AL-58]

[QUOTE=smaughazard;392943]

Minor correction: Draggin' Jeans were invented (and patented) by Hal Baxter of Hickory, NC. He licensed the patent to Grant in Australia.

(I spent five years as Marketing Director for Fast Company, the US manufacturer.)

Fair Enough, the range is quite different now it seems. Other than the basic jeans. Other manufacturers doing similar products now too, Redmax Jeans (Aus), Gialli in the UK/Europe and a few others.

A much better choice than leather in a hot climate.

Al

PS: The reason I said an Australian invention is thats the way Draggin pushed it when they first released them here. Yet another reason to disbelieve what any company says about themselves in their advertising I guess.

[smaughazard]

Absolutely right! I've got a dozen or so pairs of the jeans and one of the Kevlar-lined jean jackets, so the leathers are mostly reserved for winter. Even though I'm no longer a part of the process, the basic idea is still great. About the only time I'm willing to wear a kilt on the bike is when I'm on the sidecar rig and only traveling a short distance such as from one venue to another at a Highland games event. For more spirted riding and longer distances, I always advocate protective gear.

[AL-58]

I wasn't aware of other sidecar people here.

I've ridden around 2500kms (part of a much larger trip) over around 6 days wearing a longsleeved T-shirt for sun protection, rather than suffering heat exhaustion and possibly falling off the bike(it was over 40 Celsius for the entire time). I wear what I feel is appropriate for the time and dont feel I have to tell anyone what to wear, it's my choice. Not my place to tell someone else what to wear either unless they ask for an opinion.

Just the same, Unless it was a parade or similar I'd never wear a kilt on a bike. YMMV

Al

[PiobBear]

Yeah, I wear as much as I can, but here in Florida in the summertime at mid-day, even a ventilated coat can be way too much to bear (and I've been a medic long enough to know the consequences). I figure I'm safer fully alert and oriented in a T-shirt than semi-concious from heat exaustion in a padded jacket.

[NewKilt]

Just to echo what many others have said, I never wear a kilt when riding. For summer I wear a white open-faced helmet with face shield, a Shift textile jacket with body armor, Shift textile gloves with leather palms and extra padding in the knuckles, blue jeans and boots.

Even what I wear is pushing it. Jeans will rip through easily, and certainly an open-face helmet does not have the protection afforded by a full-faced helmet. No matter how hot it gets, I always ride with what I've stated above for summer. In winter, it's a leather jacket, full leather gloves, and long johns under the jeans.

When I ride to the park for my daily walks, I have my kilt, sporran, and shoes in the trunk. I go to the men's room and change - kind of a pain to do so, but if you've ever laid one down at 30 mph or more (I did in 1985 when a car turned left in front of me) you'll be sold on protective attire. You should have seen my helmet after I crashed - it did it's job - escaped with just a broken collar bone.

Darrell

[Canuck]

[QUOTE=RK-REX;391230]

Most of the time I wear the one pair of pants that I own.....QUOTE]

Hey Robert, check out www.dragginjeans.com I own a pair as well as does Lynn. I've seen these in action first hand (not me) and the gentleman that was wearing them had nothing more then a minor burn on his right hip/butt cheek from the kevlar heating up as it slid down HWY 129. Well that and a totalled bike. Bikes get fixed, gear gets replaced, skin.......don't grow back.

FYI, if you've got manly tree-trunk legs, get the relaxed fit or you'll be more uncomfortable then Hamish in a wool 3-piece suit.

Thanks Rick I'll check them out.
I lied I do have another pair of pants and they are Joe Rocket with body armour.
I understand where folks are coming from regarding riding apparel. From my experience though one tends to ride a little faster and not notice their surroundings.
A couple of summers ago I got my first speeding ticket in 20 years. It was mere minutes after replacing my open face with a full face helmet, and putting on my bike jacket. It was a really warm day and I was riding with a t-shirt gloves and open face. I was in an 80 km/h zone and cruising close to 90. I had been out most of the day so my arms were getting a little red. If I had sunscreen it would have been better. So I put on the jacket and full face and the wind isn't in my face I don't feel the speed the same and next thing I know is I was clocked at 120km/h in an 80.
The bike I ride now is more of a cruiser ( though extremely fast and will put a lot of crotch rockets in their place) I pretty much wear an open face all the time except in extreme cold and on comes the silk bella clava and full face.
Basically, to get back on topic, Everyone has their own comfort zone. Statistics seem to indicate that accidents-collisions-mistakes happen more within a 5 mile radius of ones home. As indicated in a number of posts here, other people were not paying attention to folks riding cycles.
If one chooses to ride in a kilt for whatever distance they cannot afford to be distracted. Defense defense defense.
So wear the proper protection ...be it sunscreen to full body armour pay attention and enjoy the ride.

[Archangel]

Ask your self if your **** is worth a hundred bucks.

I have places on my body (Namely, my foot) where the road rash has NEVER healed. It is now a permanant fixture. Still scabby and rotten and never healing. (And that was with good boots even) Blacktop will cheese grater your soft squishy sack of meat body.

Just don't skimp on protective gear!

Scary question coming from you, Dread.

Sorry, just read this thread. For my two cents worth, after surviving more than I thought I would. Dread reminded me of the gravel in my knee and no hair on the side of my leg from bicycle crashes; shoulder scars and two visits to the doc to have gravel, etc, dug out of me bum from roller blading, stupid car cut me off in a park, accidents; meeting my neighbours by jumping over a fence to avoid a car driving down the sidewalk, he'd spilt his cola coming around the corner. Don't get me going on my 10 years of racing motocross scars.....

Sportkilt was designed to be a portable change room after bike races and for walking in the pits. Something to think about. How's this for "cool": park the bike, pull out your kilt, undo your jeans, wrap the kilt high and loose around you, reach under the kilt, pull your jeans off, tighten up your kilt, add belt and sporran to taste and away you go, just like you do this everyday. Ha.

[Ironscot]

This is probaby not the best topic for me to make my first post on, but oh well.

I've done plenty of riding in both my traditional kilts as well as my UKs. The whole trick is in the artful tucking of the thing. Yeah sure, I rashed my hindmost parts in a low speed spill once, but everything's five by five despite it. The worst part is when you're running down the expressway minding your own business and start getting crowded by a cage load of chickies trying for a free peek. I ride cruisers and baggers meself. I figure sport bikes would be a whole nuther nut to crack, no pun intended of course.

Use your own discretion. If you aren't comfortable doing it then don't. That's when you give Murphy carte blanche to jack you up no matter what you are wearing.