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Do you wear short pants while riding?
Road Warrior
Joined: Jun 2006
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RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
ORIGINAL: matt
Only when I know that there is no chance of accident or possibly having to lay her down.
Only when I know that there is no chance of accident or possibly having to lay her down.
Even when I lived in south Texas, it was jeans,boots, helment.The omly skin I want to see on the pavement, is the cow's!
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2006
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From: champaign illinois
RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
looks like 57% dont wear shorts, and only 17% wear the correct riding gear. well I ride with shorts cause thats what i wear to work sometimes. other than that i try my hardest to wear pants, it is more comfortable, with bugs and exhaust burns
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Joined: May 2006
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RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
Yes, but only with chaps over them. That way I'm not stuck wearing jeans when I get off the bike whereever I'm going and it's hotter than hell outside, but I'm still protected while I'm riding. I wore a t-shirt yesterday and burned my arms nicely on the 20 minute ride home from work. Not really thrilled with the prospect of the sun and/or pipes burning my legs.
Banned
Joined: Jun 2006
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From: St.Louis, MO.
RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
Simply put--HELL YES -----but always with boots, I wouldn't want to hurt my tootsies!!!!!!!!!!
If you haven't figured out (as a rider) how to keep your legs off the pipes by now, pants aren't going to help!!
Clif
If you haven't figured out (as a rider) how to keep your legs off the pipes by now, pants aren't going to help!!
Clif
6th Gear
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RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
Home in NY I always wear jeans, gloves, helmet, and leather jacket. I've been in Florida for a week, the gloves and jacket were the first to go. Today I took my new ultra for a spin w/o a helmet (broke the promise to my wife that i would always wear one) I loved riding w/o the head gear, its such a great feeling, 40 years ago a a kid I never wore a helmit (CA), and often rode my 750 Honda with sandles, shorts, tank-top and Ray bans.
The helmet goes back on tomorrow and I'll never wear shorts while riding.
The helmet goes back on tomorrow and I'll never wear shorts while riding.
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Joined: Aug 2005
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From: Texas
RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
A brother got me a Joe Rocket mesh jacket w/armor in club colors. Yeah, it's a crotch rocket rider's jacket, BUT..it's cooler than bare arms, and a whole lot safer!...as for shorts while riding anywhere...forget it!...and I also live in Houston.
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Road Master
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Rome,NY
RE: Do you wear short pants while riding?
Hell no. I did it a couple times in Hawaii on a rental. I stood up to brace the bike for my wife to get on and got a nice burn on my leg. That was enough of that. When I had to return the bike it was only a couple miles away and we were going to the beach after so I wore shorts t shirt sandles and no helmet. Felt like a naked idiot 