How about the legs? If not chaps, then what?

Question

I've noticed that a lot of people who advocate wearing protective gear all the time usually make comments about chaps. What do you do to protect your legs? It's time to retire my old leathers, they're all worn out. On Monday, I bought a jacket I liked. Textile, armor, etc, etc... The old chaps are as bad as the old jacket and get tossed too. What do I replace them with? New leather chaps would seem silly, even to me.
Suggestions? Recommendations? Tall stories, even?

Answer 1

Get some new leather pants

Answer 2

You can get armored pants in leather or textile. There are also riding jeans like Draggin' Jeans. The best is going to be leather pants with armor but textile can be ok as well. It just doesn't have the resistance to abrasion that leather has.



Myself, I wear a pair of Cortec textile pants. Haven't had any offs with them though so I can't comment on that.

Answer 3

Chaps are beyond useless, they were designed for keeping brush off your legs when horse riding, leathers and textile motorcycle gear is for keeping your skin on, if you dont value your ***, crotch, or back of your legs feel free to wear the chaps. There are plenty of slip on textile over pants some that are warm and even mesh ones.

Answer 4

I like chaps myself but if you are trying the textile coat I would have to try the matching pants also. Change isn't always bad. I might would even try a Harley if I had the cash. Of course in warm weather jeans will have to do.

Answer 5

Saw something the other day for dirt bikers. A 2-piece poly-

synthetic having pieces of fall protection at spine, chest, arm,

groin, tailbone, and leg but all stitched upon black netting of

the velcro closure type. Think of the Star Wars Stormtrooper

in black with brass studs as their issued off-duty BDU. No

retro helmet or space boots 'tho.

Answer 6

Mesh pants like the ones from Joe Rocket are very good in protecting your legs. I wear a light pair of pants under them like the quick dry pants you can find at Aerostitch.com. They have zip off legs so they can double as shorts. I have ridden with that combo for many years. When it gets cold I put my rainsuit bottoms over them.

Answer 7

You live in NH right? Well's here's just a thought. Warwick Mills in New Ipswich, NH makes this product called "Turtleskin". Best motorcycle gloves on the market.



Take a ride down there and see if you can buy some of their turtleskin material stock off the roll and take it to a quality tailor and have new pants tailor made to fit you "like a glove".



Not a cheap route to go but I'll bet it lasts you a lifetime and you won't regret a single penny you had to spend on it.

Answer 8

My two cents worth is go with the balistic nylon (textile) pants that match your jacket and stay away from the chaps, unless you own a horse and there is that whole Village People look about them.

Answer 9

I have some leather pants but for protection and keeping the cold off my legs I'm going to stick with chaps. Easy to take off and carry in a saddlebag.

Answer 10

Chaps are gay and they don't protect your legs/as for shite

Ever watch a superbike race you will never see a rider sliding on his face.

Why? It is the natural reaction to get on your back. And we all know chaps suck because there is no butt in them

Textile is tough stuff the mesh pants are great better than chaps ever were and no village people look(another plus)

The homos saying chaps are great are the wanna be bikers that paid for the image and think thats whats cool Of course when you finance chaps your even cooler



how do you slide on your back without scraping yoass?

you must have the noassatall syndrome.



Go with the leather pants for the david hasselhoff look

WAF he is

Answer 11

get some new chaps, that way you can take them off at the first or second gas stop as the day warms up & not have a wet butt the rest of the day. dont worry about fashion, men have been wearing chaps for protection for 150 years wanna be boy racers have been wearing leather clown suits to stand around & try and look like sports heros for for about 8 or 10 years its about run its course. fads come & go

Answer 12

Just buy the matching pants to your new jacket. The new pant that match may even zip up to the jacket for a more secure fit. If they dont make matching pants just buy something similar just black in color.

Answer 13

textile armour pants????



Back in the old days people had lap rugs fitted to the bike for wet & cold conditions.. helped with deflecting stones thrown up by cars & trucks too...



dont see them around much anymore...

Answer 14

Get some armour pants, like draggin' jeans

Answer 15

Get some new leather pants or some Draggin Jeans.



http://www.dragginjeans.com/



Enjoy!

Answer 16

as bad as i hate to i have to agree with the harleyhater



god did i say that



do the textile pants

Answer 17

opinions are like assholes..every1's got em. i would get another set of chaps if the one's i have are either too small, or just worn out. leather would be my choice tho, textile can burn thru if u slide long enough

Answer 18

You know what I did? I'm a red neck mother fu*ker so I used iron on patches in the inside of my pants to keep the wind off my bones. My uncle would stuff newspapers in his pants.