I wear both Black & distressed Brown leather jackets & I ride both Indian & Harley.

I used to wear black leather for my matte black Indian:


and brown leather for my WWII Military themed motorcycle. lol



...and I'll probably wear either for my new Harley:


I wear any color with my Silver Ducati.
Maybe I'm weird but I feel this weird need to coordinate my outfits to my ride. lol

 

No, I didn't buy a Harley to look cool. I bought a Harley to score chics. But remember, I was only 15 years old and the cool thing just kind of went along with it so why ruin everything by putting a brown seat on a Harley and look like a fanook?

 

I don't like the brown as a seat, bags or "trim" it stands out and clashes the the bike's color.
Black is a "Go With Anything" accessory. I don't like colors fighting for attention Black's not a color.
Except Chrome. But to each your own, that the reason some black-out their bikes.
The black blends with the frame, IMO a brown seat just looks like it's been stuck there and draws my attention away from the bike.

 

Harley tried the brown in the mid 80's. I think they made these for 2 years. I had one but by the time I got it, it had been painted silver and had a black Corbin seat.

 

I can't imagine how bad my wife's bike would look with a black seat. She has the willow green/ivory cream Chief and it would look like crap with a black seat and bags. I've got the all black bike and it looks an awful lot like all the other all black bikes. Different strokes......

 

Saw this in Deadwood during the rally couple years ago.






This is one of the very few bikes I've seen nrown leather look good. As far as Indian/Polaris brown leather, I've always thought it looked like crap.

Brown leather jackets? Uhmm, no. Not on a bike. Just my humble opinion.

 

01, nothing personal, but i think you're looking through your Harley glasses. That leather glide is one ugly situation. lol

 

 

I never thought of this before reading this post, yet I do think that brown seats/ saddle bags are an
Indian Motorcycle, dare I say, trade mark or trait.

I don't think brown leather is making a come back, it has always been available.
Is the OP see more brown leather on motorcycles these days?
FWIW I have not noticed an increase.

Also recall in the 1980, Asian motorcycles had red and blue seats in addition to black and there is a small
trend currently to add color to seats from the manufacturers.

Now what about leather tassels and fringe? haha joke.