Chaps
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Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Wisconsin, USA
1. Cold Protection- I only wear my chaps in early spring and late fall, or if I know temps are gonna drop at night, and I'll be riding after dark.
2. Some smartazz who never rides in the cold or rain is gonna say chaps are stupid, they don't protect you in a slide and you should wear leather pants instead. Now that might be true, but I am gonna risk road rash on my ***, so that I can take my leathers off easily without having to wiggle my *** out, everytime I want to go to work, or a restaurant or wherever I don't want to look like a Village person around non-bikers.
3. Someone is gonna say they make you look gay. I don't think they do, but I couldn't care less if they did, cause I'm not gay. If I get hit on, I'll politely decline, like the time my wife made me go to the Bette Midler concert, and she got mad cause I was getting hit on more than she was. And she was pretty hot at the time, just the wrong sex.
4. My chaps were custom made by BIE Leathers in Kiel, WI. They are made of elkskin and I love them. You can't buy them anymore because Beverly Erdman who made them passed away last year. Just a shout out to Beverly.
5. Many people are gonna call them assless chaps, cause they are stupid. All chaps are assless or they would be pants. Flame on!
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2011
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From: Connecticut :(
Theres a nice chap that cuts my lawn, and another good ole chap that does my taxes, suppose they are good for many things!
anyhow, I dont own chaps, but the past few years I have been riding late into the season ( and early) and rather than wear my underarmour, then wind pants, then jeans, maybe I'll just get some chaps and see how well the do for wind and warmth...
anyhow, I dont own chaps, but the past few years I have been riding late into the season ( and early) and rather than wear my underarmour, then wind pants, then jeans, maybe I'll just get some chaps and see how well the do for wind and warmth...
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From: Virginia
I used to wear chaps when me and Ron750 used to date but since we broke up I just wear long underwear and don't plan on crashing.
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From: Springfield, Ohio
I have a pair, and wear them for warmth when I go riding in the winter.
The wife looks pretty good in them as well
The wife looks pretty good in them as well
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From: Clermont, GA, CSA
I was bein a smartazz ... Ron was right about chaps.
You really should use the search for this, but there is so much BS on this, I am gonna explain it for you:
1. Cold Protection- I only wear my chaps in early spring and late fall, or if I know temps are gonna drop at night, and I'll be riding after dark.
2. Some smartazz who never rides in the cold or rain is gonna say chaps are stupid, they don't protect you in a slide and you should wear leather pants instead. Now that might be true, but I am gonna risk road rash on my ***, so that I can take my leathers off easily without having to wiggle my *** out, everytime I want to go to work, or a restaurant or wherever I don't want to look like a Village person around non-bikers.
3. Someone is gonna say they make you look gay. I don't think they do, but I couldn't care less if they did, cause I'm not gay. If I get hit on, I'll politely decline, like the time my wife made me go to the Bette Midler concert, and she got mad cause I was getting hit on more than she was. And she was pretty hot at the time, just the wrong sex.
4. My chaps were custom made by BIE Leathers in Kiel, WI. They are made of elkskin and I love them. You can't buy them anymore because Beverly Erdman who made them passed away last year. Just a shout out to Beverly.
5. Many people are gonna call them assless chaps, cause they are stupid. All chaps are assless or they would be pants. Flame on!
1. Cold Protection- I only wear my chaps in early spring and late fall, or if I know temps are gonna drop at night, and I'll be riding after dark.
2. Some smartazz who never rides in the cold or rain is gonna say chaps are stupid, they don't protect you in a slide and you should wear leather pants instead. Now that might be true, but I am gonna risk road rash on my ***, so that I can take my leathers off easily without having to wiggle my *** out, everytime I want to go to work, or a restaurant or wherever I don't want to look like a Village person around non-bikers.
3. Someone is gonna say they make you look gay. I don't think they do, but I couldn't care less if they did, cause I'm not gay. If I get hit on, I'll politely decline, like the time my wife made me go to the Bette Midler concert, and she got mad cause I was getting hit on more than she was. And she was pretty hot at the time, just the wrong sex.
4. My chaps were custom made by BIE Leathers in Kiel, WI. They are made of elkskin and I love them. You can't buy them anymore because Beverly Erdman who made them passed away last year. Just a shout out to Beverly.
5. Many people are gonna call them assless chaps, cause they are stupid. All chaps are assless or they would be pants. Flame on!