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Old 12-06-2009, 05:09 AM
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Didn't Harley put out a Montana collection some years ago that was brown.. I have seen several guys with the 2 tone black/brown combination that looked good enought to wear while riding.. For some unknown reason I decided to get my leather out last weekend, not this weekend, last weekend and wipe them down.. Dammmnnn what a mess they were.. BUTT now they are too shiney, looks like I just bought them.. someone might mistake me for a poser, they don't know that I am a prospect..
 
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Originally Posted by exemexer
Been lots of discussion about leather in one form or another on this forum. My question is about color. Most of the guys (and gals) I see who ride, when they wear leather it's black. Why not brown?
I like leather, have several leather jackets -- including both brown and black (none of them, BTW, are HD models or even have a HD logo on them anywhere). I've always heard that black doesn't show road grime as much and that's probably true, just never been a real concern to me.
 
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I like brown leather. Wife years ago bought me a Structure brown leather bomber jacket. By far the best leather coat I've ever owned. Zipper went bad, and I haven't worn it in prob 3 or 4 years.
Now ya got me tempted to have the zipper fixed
 
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Old 12-06-2009, 06:27 AM
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hmmm 3 black bikes in the basement... 3 black vehicles in the garage.. closet is so dark from all the black I had to switch to a higher wattage bulb to see in there... is there any other color?????
 
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I think there's just more black cows then brown ones. I see them in the fields all the time.
 
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Originally Posted by exemexer
Been lots of discussion about leather in one form or another on this forum. My question is about color. Most of the guys (and gals) I see who ride, when they wear leather it's black. Why not brown?


 
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Back in the 70's the word was "never trust anyone in brown leather". But that was then.........
 
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Originally Posted by Strat HD
Back in the 70's the word was "never trust anyone in brown leather". But that was then.........
really? never heard that one
 
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Old 12-06-2009, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by schumacher
really? never heard that one
Lived in AZ. back then. Maybe it was a regional thing.
 
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My summer gloves are yellow leather. (See sig pic) Cheap gardening gloves. They work great as thin riding gloves. My last pair of motorcycle boots were yellow, too. Have a black pair now but might not go with black for my next pair.
 


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