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Feb 21, 2012 | 09:43 AM

#61

oldairboater

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From: Republic of Texas

I wear my vest when I am on a club function or to conceal. It is hot in the Houston area and a vest is hot. Most of the time I just wear a club t-shirt. There have been a few times when the vest added a layer that helped keep me warmer. If this following statement offends the pirates --I really don't care. I never needed to be a rolling statement billboard or proclaiming that I am a lone wolf with a patch stating such before I joined a club. I really don't care what others wear but what we wear does reveal personality or the lack of it.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sicpup

thanks for the replies guys (constructive or not).. have plenty of tattoos and no patches..

i will be picking one up.. alas, im in Houston TX.. fukn hot all the time

thx yall

Feb 21, 2012 | 10:32 AM

#62

Blackfly

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From: New York

Quote:

Originally Posted by desertrideryz

Anything but a t-shirt around here come July, August when it's 110-115 degree's your gonna fry.

Sorry about that, I can't see myself on a v-twin in that heat.
Do they have air-conditioned bars ? where I would wait for the sun to go down. my own limits are 40- 90.

Feb 21, 2012 | 10:33 AM

#63

Ghosteh

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Pointman10

Think outside the box...

https://espinozasleather.com/products/serape-vest-m507/

hahahahaha! Nice!

Feb 21, 2012 | 10:42 AM

#64

Blackfly

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From: New York

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Originally Posted by BlueNoser

I find the mustard and relish that drops off my hot dogs easier to wipe off the vest than a tee shirt

Finally a practical answer to a very difficult problem. HAHA That could've saved me alot of T-shirts.

Feb 21, 2012 | 10:47 AM

#65

jb13

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i wear a vest because it looks good with my bowtie

Feb 21, 2012 | 01:01 PM

#66

onefastcorvette

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I like the looks but more importantly it keeps the core warm!!

Feb 21, 2012 | 01:07 PM

#67

oct1949

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From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..

Bought one 6yrs ago when I retired, but it must have shrinked while sitting in the closet.
Well,, its too small to fit any more.

Feb 21, 2012 | 01:21 PM

#68

whitebagger12

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From: sadly,in illinois

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Originally Posted by AnotherBlackSG

Helps hide my FAT!

X2 on that.

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Feb 21, 2012 | 01:23 PM

#69

brenn

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From: Kentucky

Quote:

Originally Posted by sicpup

guys..

question: why wear the vest? is it for patches exclusively?

thinking about getting a nice ones but will put a few personel patches on it but nothin club related. There are a multitude of MC's and a few RC's.. may go the RC route someday or stay independent.

i really like the look just dont want to look like a ****** poser.. there are enough around!

I'm not a big fan of patches (I have a vest with my CVMA patch, but I don't collect event patches or anything), but I need the vest for pockets, when it's too hot for a jacket. Carrying stuff in your pants pockets doesn't work so well and they don't hold much and I may or may not have saddlebags on, so I need a place for a wallet, cell phone, gun, spare magazine, etc. and if I don't carry a pocket pistol, then I still need the vest to cover one in a IWB holster. It can also be handy for cool those days when it's too hot for a jacket standing still, but cool when riding.

Feb 21, 2012 | 01:34 PM

#70

brenn

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From: Kentucky

Quote:

Originally Posted by jskibs

Make fun of the "pirate" gear if it amuses you but most of it is practical wear, or at least was in earlier times. The vest is practical as a wind resistant garment that provides pockets and is more comfortable than a stiff leather jacket when temps permit. I've pretty much always worn a vest, over a light weight fabric jacket when it's not quite cold enough for leather, over a t shirt when warmer; even when riding the jap standards I had back in the day. Thank God there was no internet then, I never realized I was a poser.

I've said the same many times. It came to me all of a sudden, one day when I rode around all day in the city with full-finger gloves on and after a few hours of working the clutch my fingernails were sore as hell. Basically, at that point I realized all the "pirate gear" the "net.bikers" make fun of exists because guys many years ago realize it served a purpose. Some guy back in the day got tired of his gloves trying to tear off his fingernails after a day of clutch pulling and he chopped the fingers off and created something for newbs to make fun of.

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