01-01-2014, 09:00 AM
made me chuckle, I been riding for 30+ years, & I havent owned that much my entire life. my main clothes are my predoninant riding gear along with wearing a leather vest, but its all in what you like.
I own 3 pair a riding gloves, light, medium, & heavy, & the use a pair of DR, exam type gloves under any to give a little more wintering to any, thats as needed. I also keep a pair of mechanix gloves for emergencies under seat, & for when wife needs gloves & forgot to bring any. lol.
I have owned 3 leather coats, soon to buy my 4th, I still sorta wear 2 of them, but I look pregnant in 1, its too small now, that was my summer coat, and has zippers so air can flow around the inner liner & keep you air conditioned while you ride, but suked in heavy traffic, my other was a winter coat, & several sizes too large so I could fit a couple sweaters underneath when riding in single digits or below zero, however this winter coat is rotten, last winter I tossed it into air to land on a peg & peg punched a hole through it, & tore a section out, but its seen close to 20 hard years, so I am in the market.
I prefer to wear leather hiking boots to ride with, good ankle protection, steel toes, & on some bikes I have had to get non steel toes, it depends on shifter, but some the steel will cut through top of boot with repeated shifter pulls.
I only owned 1 set of chaps, bought same time I bought the rotten coat, they were thrown out 1 year before my coat riped, same problem, but they lasted close to 18 years. & I am planning to purchase new ones.
as for helmets, I own 1 full face, 2 old style 3/4 helmets, & 3- 1/2 helmets, & 1 brain bucket, my wife has had neck vertabrae fused together from being in a bad car wreck & cant wear a heavy helmet, so only 1/2 or 3/4 helmet for her, I wear a full face in winter, & either a 1/2 or 3/4 in nice months
we do own leather vests with patches & our churches insignia on back, very close to what 1%'ers wear, many in my church were or are still members of biker orginazations, & we participate in some of their functions.
why?
anything of mine that has the logo on it, besides 1 shirt isnt authorized I have only bought 1 shirt & not anything else from dealership, in all these years, but I do own some stuff made before Harley tried to stop the people from using their name without paying royalities
I own 3 pair a riding gloves, light, medium, & heavy, & the use a pair of DR, exam type gloves under any to give a little more wintering to any, thats as needed. I also keep a pair of mechanix gloves for emergencies under seat, & for when wife needs gloves & forgot to bring any. lol.
I have owned 3 leather coats, soon to buy my 4th, I still sorta wear 2 of them, but I look pregnant in 1, its too small now, that was my summer coat, and has zippers so air can flow around the inner liner & keep you air conditioned while you ride, but suked in heavy traffic, my other was a winter coat, & several sizes too large so I could fit a couple sweaters underneath when riding in single digits or below zero, however this winter coat is rotten, last winter I tossed it into air to land on a peg & peg punched a hole through it, & tore a section out, but its seen close to 20 hard years, so I am in the market.
I prefer to wear leather hiking boots to ride with, good ankle protection, steel toes, & on some bikes I have had to get non steel toes, it depends on shifter, but some the steel will cut through top of boot with repeated shifter pulls.
I only owned 1 set of chaps, bought same time I bought the rotten coat, they were thrown out 1 year before my coat riped, same problem, but they lasted close to 18 years. & I am planning to purchase new ones.
as for helmets, I own 1 full face, 2 old style 3/4 helmets, & 3- 1/2 helmets, & 1 brain bucket, my wife has had neck vertabrae fused together from being in a bad car wreck & cant wear a heavy helmet, so only 1/2 or 3/4 helmet for her, I wear a full face in winter, & either a 1/2 or 3/4 in nice months
we do own leather vests with patches & our churches insignia on back, very close to what 1%'ers wear, many in my church were or are still members of biker orginazations, & we participate in some of their functions.
(01-01-2014, 07:20 AM)jchoby_imp Wrote: Unfortunately….my old gear is adorned with the Harley logo….time to ebay that stuff and replace with something more fitting
why?
anything of mine that has the logo on it, besides 1 shirt isnt authorized I have only bought 1 shirt & not anything else from dealership, in all these years, but I do own some stuff made before Harley tried to stop the people from using their name without paying royalities