motorbike fashion do's and dont's

[Viney]

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

taken from fast bikes magazine june 07-

do not stick stickers all over your bike, Agree

do not wear a sweater or hoodie over your leathers, Done that

do not use a tyre pen on the walls of your tyres, Never done that on the bike

do not wear a stick on mohicon on your crash helmet, Had Ears once

do not wear your back protector over your leathers, Dont own one

always fit old sliders to new leathers, I go for new sliders on old leathers...they wore away mate

iridium visors were cool in the 90's wear black or silver if you insist, Aint got one

do not tuck your jeans into your bike boots, Agree

if you've got a yellow bike (hovis) dont wear yellow leathers, Why would i buy a slow bike?

smoke or black screens are ok colours are not, Had different screens, irriidum, and blue

colour'd engine bolts are a no no, fit stainless or titanium instead, Done that

let a mate scuff your sliders, this is the one bit of bull**** allowed, Aint got no mates good enough

dont go out in all brand new kit you'll look a flash tw#t with new sliders, Done that, Once!

dont wear sunglasses under a clear visor, Why not, saves carrying a visor

dont fit grips with your bikes name on, Ah, Done that

dont fit colour'd tyres to your bike, Agree, and remember, black ISNT a colour

race rep helmets are cool but the whole race rep kit isnt. Agree

Bugger, im a fashion reject.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

taken from fast bikes magazine june 07-


dont fit grips with your bikes name on,

Booger. I have Daytona brand heated grips on my Daytona, and the name is on them too. I also wear Daytona boots on my Daytona.

Am I a walking fashion faux-pas?

In my defence, absolutely everything I wear is black as a black thing, and my bike is as black as a black thing with added blackness.

When I bought my Arai I insisted that I get one with silver logos because I have silver logos on my bike and boots. The Arai Condor comes with either gold or silver logos on the black lids and you can't tell what you're getting til you open the box. My dealer phoned Phoenix and asked them to open the boxes and find the right one for me. I just couldn't have gold with the other logos in silver, that would have been terrible.

Originally Posted by Viney

dont fit colour'd tyres to your bike, Agree, and remember, black ISNT a colour

Black is the one true colour for all things motorcycle related

Right.... I feel a shiny new Fashion Crime Avatar coming on....

(When I can be bothered anyway)

[_Stretchie_]

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

dont wear sunglasses under a clear visor,

Bllox

You've got two hopes of me being a tart and buying a dark visir and having to carry around my spare clear visor incase it goes dark...

Sorry but I actually use my bike, I'm not a part timer who uses it just on the odd occasion when it's dry or the missus lets me. Standard lid and sunny's is preparation for all weather

END OF!!!

Not quite end of.

I wear glasses. So I have two choices. Dark visor or buy prescription sunglasses. I'm going to be carrying either spare visor or glasses whichever way I do it.

I have a waterproof Trespass fleece that I wear over my leathers when the weather can't seem to make up it's mind. Keeps me rare and warm in the winter too... oh no, wait, you're not suppose to ride unless it's sunny are you..?

As for the jeans thing? I'd never wear anything but my leathers or my textiles when out on the bike, and even if I could zip them over my boots (Tech3 motox) I wouldn't!

(and I wear a dark visor all the time anyway )

When it said jeans I took it to be an alternative word for trousers of any type.

I assumed the standard Harley faux pas...

Originally Posted by 2mths

Not quite end of.

I wear glasses. So I have two choices. Dark visor or buy prescription sunglasses. I'm going to be carrying either spare visor or glasses whichever way I do it.

"You are wrong, [you] have a third choice!" (A pint for the first person to PM me which track that's from )

I was in the same boat as you, then I got a lid with an internal flip down dark visor and also started wearing contact lenses when riding. Honestly, so much better than messing about with glasses/sunglasses.