I bought a pair of assless chaps, soon after I bought my bike and I found them to be impractical for anything but long rides and are kind of a pain to take on and off. BTW, are you supposed to put them on over jeans that you are already wearing a belt with? 'Cuz I haven't found that to be a very comfortable option. Seems like you should wear them without a belt underneath.

Then last night, I tried on a pair of buffalo skin leather pants and they rocked! Nice quality, thick leather; the liner in them made them very comfortable to wear and they looked great on me, if I do say so myself. They were also reasonably priced. So, I am thinking of getting a pair of these leather pants and ditching the chaps. Seems they would be more protective as well.

EDIT:
A question for the ladies:
Would you rather see a guy in chaps or leather pants? I know I would rather see a lady in leather pants, myself (depending on what's underneath - heh). Chaps look rather cheesy to me. On me they do, anyway...

 

Im darn sure only Chip & Dales and Village People were meant for chaps.

And gals strattling big twins, only wearing chaps.

Ive never owned them.

Ive gone down just with jeans on. Have had jeans torn off

Now that Im older and wiser I wear my full leathers 360 days a year.

 

Being a cowboy most of my life, even in the Army I've worn lots of chaps.Just buckle them right under the buckle of the jeans. In my case it a huge roping buckle and works just fine. I don't have any problem getting them on or off though, it's just second nature by now. If you like the pants though go for it!

 

Prefer leather pants myself when saw these guys wearing assless chaps..

 

My chaps are older than a lot of ppl on here, and prob'ly have more miles than most.
Wear what ya want.
When it's 90 in the shade, I want to be able to take my 'second' skin off, NOT walk 'round in a SWEAT suit. Yet I still want the 'second' skin on when riding in it. Plus, we ride in 'frosty' weather, too.



BUT your $$, your 'image', and your choice.




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I like chaps better.
I'm not in an 80's hair band, so I don't need the pants

 

+1 on what Gump said...
BUT, that said, I definitely don't think I like the look of a man in leather pants, not that there's anything wrong with it, lol

 

NICE SAVE, Boo, nice save.

 

I've got a pair of Langlitz pants that are at least 20 years old and they work great.

Chaps just ain't my thing and I don't thinnk they provide the same level of protection as the pants do, but hey...wear whatcha' want to.

 

I wear Hockey pants