For those who wear chaps

[ragtop69gs]

I bought a pair and after trying to get into my jeans pocket with them on a few times and realizing how useless they are going to be in a slide..... I just went out and did what I should have from the start, buy FULL leather trousers.

 

Chaps were never meant as crash protection, they are for wind/cool weather protection.

[saddlebum]

Chaps were never meant as crash protection, they are for wind/cool weather protection.

 

and looking cool

[Guest tx2sturgis]

Chaps?

 

 

[Mike G in SC]

Got chaps, in the closet.

Switched to Ski Pants about 5 years ago.

 

Got a $60 pair. Inner calf has some material that is good for pipes and includes lower zippers.

They bundle real small and light weight.

Keeps wind out of your privates too.

But usually I ust wear poly-thermals under the jeans if its like 50.

 

More 60 year old men die of heart attacks putting on chaps than most any other exercise.

[dacheedah]

Now does she have tips on rolling thongs??

[Prairiehammer]

Chaps were never meant as crash protection, they are for wind/cool weather protection.

 

While I can't say what chaps were originally intended to protect the rider from, wind, weather or road rash, I can say that both of us praise our chaps for protecting us when we were sliding down the highway last August. Deb's chaps had holes where the pavement abraded the leather clean through, yet her jeans and skin were untouched. My chaps were severely abraded at the knee, hip and thigh, yet I suffered no skin damage.

We have replaced our leather chaps (and leather jackets, gloves, etc) with new leather chaps, because they did an excellent job of protecting us in a crash.

ATGATT for us (before and after).