Wearing a Kilt while riding a motorcycle, What do I do?

[johnnym]

I ride a bicycle to work every day. In my backpack are my work clothes (often a kilt). I change when I arrive. Everyone at the office is familiar with my riding clothes as well as my professional clothes. Even with a bicycle, I ALWAYS wear long sleeves, long pants and a helmet, even in summertime. The long sleeves and legs are a first defense if the bike goes down. Also prevents overexposure to sun. Melanoma I don't need.

[svc40bt]

I personally have exceeded 50 mph on a road bicycle on a downhill section of a race. Could have gone faster, but 50 mph on 3/4" wide tires was fast enough for me. Professionals may exceed 70 mph. Not a happy thought with bare skin or 1/32" of lycra.

A friend of mine died last summer on a bicycle - he had a helmet on but the internal head trauma was too much - he wasn't going anywhere near that fast - he left behind 2 sons

I am sorry to hear this. Unfortunately it is not as uncommon as one would hope.

For the record, I was not advocating such behavior, just pointing out that bicycles can attain highway speeds under the right conditions. I would also add that my personal experience was over 20 years ago.

Now, when I ride (not nearly often enough) I ride a mountain bike and rarely exceed 20 mph. I have friends that still ride road bikes, and for someone in reasonable condition, it is not uncommon to average 20-25 mph over a 20-30 mile ride. Pros regularly average over 30 mph in time trials.

[Kagetora0511]

THNX to all ya's for the word

As an update, I fully intend to ride around in my kilt, but not always.

I am The 'Only' guy in Boca Raton, Florida who works at a pub in a kilt. I currently have a Jeep Grand Cherokee that is KILLING me in gas and I now have the fundage for a bike.

Goin for a cruiser, not sportbike, crotch-rockets just aren't my style yet.

I have gotten some great advice in my PM from plenty of dudes givin me the in's and out's of how to do it and I can't wait.

Heck riding kilted in the 'season' down here, especially close to October Fest and St. Pati's day should be a riot and it's suburbs and city around here so anything above 60 mph is gonna land me a nice $200 fine from the Popo's.

Thnx again lads, I'll be sure to post pics of all the scrapes and injuries I get for braggin rights.

Cheers

[McMurdo]

As the Original Poster has his answer and will obviously do what he wants as is his right, this thread is hereby closed.