I rode in the Trail of Tears ride a few weeks ago in TN and AL. The temperature was in the mid 90s and there were lots of people wearing chaps.

I don't see the point. Did they get their copy of "Lame Biker Monthly" and decide they needed to look like the people on the cover?

If it were cold out, OK. Please enlighten me if there is something I am missing.

Othewise, I think I will grab my leather vest, leather gloves,leather boots, and doo-rag and go for a two mile ride down to bike night.

 

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Why do alot of riders on here make fun of chaps and fingerless gloves? I mean, sure, the gay biker from the Village People and the gay singer from Judas Priest wore that stuff, but I've always associated that look with die hard rough and tough trouble-maker bikers.

Is it because more and more "non-tough-biker-type" people are buying bikes and riding and that look feels goofy to them?

 

That whole Village People thing just ruined it for me....

 

I've said this before... I like my fingerless gloves, as do many of my buds that ride. Nice look, plus it exposes the large ring I wear on my right index finger that comes in handy when s*** goes down from the 1 %ers. lol

I have no ****, so I'm not sure chaps would look good on me, but I bet they're nice when the weather turns cold.

 

I like Brown chaps,..not black ones,...and only if its cold out. If it's above 40 degrees, I don't like them at all.

 

Gee, we've never discussed this before.... (NOT)....

and chaps are not gay - see www.chapsinn.com

 

fingerless gloves cause its hard enough lightning my cigar on the bike and lighting it with full gloves sucks. Chaps are great cause I dont have to pull down my pants to take a ****.

 

I like fringe ones on hot naked chicks..... come to daddy you naughty girl [sm=badbadbad.gif]

 

I've been riding for over 35 years and I wear what I want, when I want, and don't care. I wear chaps when it gets cold, jeans and boots all the time, and I don't care what the tshirt says. This is like my 10th bike and I like to ride. I don't have some "mandate" on what I should wear, and it's actually kind of funny to see other people trying to fit a "mold" of what a Harley rider is supposed to look like. Who made the "mold" anyhow? I didn't buy my bike as a status symbol, I bought it to tour on, and that's what I do, hell sometimes I wear fingerless gloves too. Oh no I'm gay, well let someone come over and tell me that and they'll find out what "gay" means! Hell half the time I'm not even happy, but riding helps get that out of my system, I'm happily married by the way!
If you ride, you decide! I have to wear a helmet, state law, but everything else is up to me. I'll get slammed I know, but I'm not a 1%, even though I ride with a few, I'm just a loner that can tell you where I've been, and where I'd like to visit. I live life one day at a time, and prefer to do it on a bike. When the time comes, I hope it's on my bike! I don't think the maker is going to judge me because I'm not dressed like the picture on some magazine put out by a company that wants to sell more leather. It's one of the few rights I have left, besides smoking and drinking. And at least my Harley can't give me aids!