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Old 04-05-10, 10:32 PM   #11
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3. wear them to bed (not sure how well I will sleep in them though)
Surely the idea of wearing leather to bed is not to sleep
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Old 04-05-10, 10:36 PM   #12
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Surely the idea of wearing leather to bed is not to sleep
Maybe thats what was meant
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Old 05-05-10, 12:06 PM   #13
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Have a Max Mosley themed party.
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Old 05-05-10, 12:28 PM   #14
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Right so will just wear them every evening! I want to try and lose some of the shinyness new look from them so when it rains next I will go on a ride down the motorway to black them up a bit.
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Old 05-05-10, 03:45 PM   #15
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I want to try and lose some of the shinyness new look from them
As long as you don't decide falling off your bike a few times will get them to a satisfactory scuffed state :P
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Old 05-05-10, 03:53 PM   #16
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It does actually work though
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Old 05-05-10, 03:55 PM   #17
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Was gonna suggest a trackday with new tyres....scrub the tyres in and fall off a lot in your leathers...win/win.
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