Scooter Wench.... you are my kinda girl!!!

not too bad yourself!

 

<blush> Thanks! I should post pictures of cute girls more often! LOL

 

[sm=happybounce.gif]Oh, geez, now you REALLY sound like my kind of woman[sm=hail.gif]

 

totaly agree with Scooter Wench but now trans pose a 5'6" 240 lb bloke it to those chaps and see how many girls look. Like I said we wear full leatehr jeans over here and its never really warm enough to ride in just denim after dark hell I live in England where when the sun comes out most of Us just point as this big yellow ball in the sky and go eh whats that thing then?.....just before it rains again.

 

Um........er......well black is supposed to make you look slimmer.[8D]
Hey, that's whatthe 'bigger girls' that I know tell me anyways.
Names not used to protect the innocent,......................................... .............................me

 

Some of the nicest I've seen are at Fox Creek Leather. They're usually at the shows on the east coast here. But basically the usual sizes S-to XL (or maybe even XXL) I wouldn't skimp on quality of the leather...you'll feel it believe me. They make a good heavy grade of leather chap. http://www.foxcreekleather.com/You can trip the length with a good scarp pair of sizzors...but remember to leave a little length for when you're sitting.

 

Man you gotta have a pair of big ones to start a chap thread with this bunch.

 

+1 for Fox Creek.
They will tell you how to measure for size and are great quality.

 

Buy good ones not cheao side zip and try them on with boots you wear and pant you are likly to wear. Oh and buy good one cheap don't last

 

Ahh...nothing like a moment of cultural enlightenment. It's something akin to the moment when I walked past a shop in London and saw barristers wigs for sale in the window.

Yes, you can buy chaps in the US and they are actually quite practical. Your bum is against the seat, so there is no need to cover it for warmth, although safety-conscious types might observe that coverage in the event of a misshap is a Good Thing. Similarly, your front is mostly shielded from the wind by the tank. Eliminating the coverage makes for more comfortable seating in the saddle. In some cases, chaps also provide a certain aesthetic benefits, as Scooter Wench has illustrated. That said, I would observe that counter-examples run about a 100 to 1!

One thing I'll mention with respect to the original post: do not get chaps that are "boot cut". You want those puppies snug on the bottom so that air doesn't come up them, particularly if you have forwards or highway pegs.

And for fun, here are some questions for the chaps wearers in the crowd:

Have you ever worn them into your workplace after riding to work?
Have you ever worn them meeting someone new on a date?
Have you ever worn them into a store (motorcycle stores don't count!) or the supermarket?
Have you ever worn them into a non-biker restaurant or bar?
How little have you ever worn under a pair of chaps?