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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Dude, are you bi-polar?

Just the other day, you 'confessed' to giving bikers a bad name, as if to include yourself in the group. Now you wish to disassociate yourself from that same group? You remind me of a Puerto Rican I used to work with...

When he was in a group of white guys, he was white. When he was with a group of brothas, he was black...

Who are you with today?


(That was not a racial comment. It is a true statement which depicts how a specific individual would relate to the particular race of people he was with at the time.)
 

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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:34 AM
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i think he doesn't mind being recognized as a biker because he does ride a motorcycle, i think he doesn't want to look like a caricature of a biker.
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:35 AM
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White cotton socks, Wool hunting socks, & Harley boots.
100% silk long legged underwear, 100% cotton long legged underwear, under leather pants. 100% cotton long sleeve T shirt under 100% cotton heavy weight sweat shirt under a leather vest under leather motor cycle jacket. Pull over neck protector under Harley full face helmet. I have several pairs of gloves that don't work & gonna get the hand grip faring, wind protectors,? before cold weather. This works for me into 30 degree cold. I hope the hand grip sleeves? will round it out.
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Certainteed
What are you wearing this fall? Why are you wearing it? I get cold easy and I'm fashion-sensitive in reverse (meaning: i don't want to look like a biker, or a biker, or even a biker. I want something that works and can be worn anywhere. advertisements are not allowed). Pix welcome.

I feel like from what I know of your posting habits that this entire thread may be a thumb poke in the eye of the forums.
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:47 AM
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It is best to buy a real riding jacket. Trust me, if you ever slide down the highway you will either be glad you have one or wish you would have been wearing one. I have the H-D with padded elbows and shoulders.
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by CHOPPIN' CHARLIE
White cotton socks, Wool hunting socks, & Harley boots.
100% silk long legged underwear, 100% cotton long legged underwear, under leather pants. 100% cotton long sleeve T shirt under 100% cotton heavy weight sweat shirt under a leather vest under leather motor cycle jacket. Pull over neck protector under Harley full face helmet. I have several pairs of gloves that don't work & gonna get the hand grip faring, wind protectors,? before cold weather. This works for me into 30 degree cold. I hope the hand grip sleeves? will round it out.
You might look into some caribou skin gloves. I had a pair once and they kept the wind off. Even at highway speeds in mid 30's I could not feel any breeze on my hands at all. Noname
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 09:58 AM
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Thanks, noname, where can I find caribou skin gloves ?
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 10:06 AM
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An old blue jean jacket until it starts getting cold. Then its an old leather jacket until it gets really cold. Then its a heaver old leather jacket with an old pair of chaps until I am freezing my *** off. Then if its an old pair of long johns with an old with a old heavy leather jacket and an old pair of chaps with gloves and a face hood.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2010 | 10:21 AM
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Good advice, Ultra Street Jewell. Now, where can Certainteed find all of this old stuff?
 
Old Sep 3, 2010 | 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by babalu
i think he doesn't mind being recognized as a biker because he does ride a motorcycle, i think he doesn't want to look like a caricature of a biker.
close.

i ride every day. i have 50k miles in two years. i ride. i dont need my clothes to trumpet my hobby.

i have an old brown work shirt that i use during summer. its boring, drab, and doesn't associate me with any group. it works great in the morning when temps are cool, and i can roll the sleeves for the ride home. when i'm walking around walmart i don't look like a tourmaster, power-ranger, or leather fetishist.

i have my dorksuit for cold weather. i'm immediately recognized as a moron when i wear it. but in freezing weather: whatever

my spring/fall ensemble just needs a little tweaking is all.
 



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