[Candice]

http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/1/2/50/13693/ITEM/Scorpion-Womens-Savannah-Pants.aspx

Spring color

Hope I don’t low/highside before my birthday!

Mountain Dew is gross. I like Green Tea or if I’m real stressed a COCA COLA CLASSIC.

[eon]

Very nice looking. Get him to buy them for you now as an early birthday present. Better safe than sorry. Then, when your birthday rolls around he might feel guilty enough to get you something else!

I’ve just started upgrading all my gear and it’s addictive. Started out as just buying a cheap summer jacket. Ended up buying an expensive summer jacket, expensive back protector and expensive boots. Better lock the credit card away for a while.

[bigguybbr]

I’ve had to put my spending on lockdown until after my house is sold and I get into a new one

[owlie]

Just remember that you tend to ride/drive toward what you are looking at.

[Dagger]

I was thinking about getting some chaps as well for colder days.. As for sliding on your butt.. They figure if you go down, most likely it’ll be to one side or the other on a cruiser.. Not so much off the back of your bike.

[SantaCruzRider]

Maybe someone should make backless helmets and jackets for cruisers too!

[Munch]

Half helmets and no jacket at all.
Dagger is right though… unless its a head on situation a large portion of the cruisers ride with Freeway/crash/tip over bars and at the event of a lay down you end up riding/sliding with the bike . There again like has been said . We are all gambling one way or another every time we saddle up.
No there’s no statistics or “hard evidence”. I just listen to the riders around me and all their experiences.

[eon]

[Munch]

We will rack this debate up to personal preference and a simple case of agree to disagree. There are way to many pictures out there that can drag the debate for years on end on wether or not what gear can do what.

[eon]

Agreed

[SantaCruzRider]

Back to the original chaps question, which was mostly about how they look.
IMHO:

Chaps on women: +1
Chaps on Munch: (no opinion)
Chaps on the naked ass-rash dude: -1, I really didn’t need to see that this morning!

[Rab]

Chaps were developed for horseback riding to prevent the legs getting scraped by tree branches. They ended up being used on motorcycles as, way back when, there was no motorcycle specific protective gear, so they improvised.

It’s the same deal with Engineer Boots.

I would suggest the Olympia Motosports Airglide pants or similar. These are two-piece over-pants. They are mesh and cordura over-pants (nice and cool for the Summer) and also have wind/waterproof puffy liner pants that you easily can attach inside the mesh pants for protection from the elements when it’s colder. They come in black or silver and have full length zips on both outer and liner pants for easy on-off.

I’ve been using mine 4-5 days a week for the last 3 years and they’re still good.

http://www.olympiamotosports.com

[Capt Crash]

Chaps will help with road debris and such. I always find that I hit my hipbone and sometimes have slid on my bum. If you’re looking for chaps to be quintessential protection…they aren’t.

That said, I’ve taken to wearing armored shorts (661 Bomber Combos) when I’m out getting nutty.

This is a tricky area because this is where style and protection come together. If you’re looking at Chaps as the only protection then you’re coming up short. I would offer a riding jean (Draggins, Icon, Rocket) with a pair of chaps over them would be a reasonable middle ground if you’re looking for style AND protection.

[Candice]

Hubby ordered the textile ones I liked on Friday. Yeah! I am so happy I didn’t go with chaps. Plus with these pants I’m getting I can wear shorts to work underneath, that would be awesome since it’s in the 80’s-90’s these days now.

[megaspaz]

or you could probably wear chaps underneath… i might be willing to change my opinion on chaps with an appropriate picture modelling said chaps… I keed! I keed! sort of…

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