Are Biker Boots Really Necessary Functional Or Just For Looks?
Topics: boots, motorcycle boots, western boots, quality boots When people think about the image of a biker, ... is the risk of injury from being involved in an accident. Wearing thick leather pants and jackets can save ... boots. In years past you would never see a biker out for a cruise without his boots. These days [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 14:53:38
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Leather Biker Jackets Say Style
The foremost goal of motorcycle riding gear is to save the driver from harm ... trousers and boots. Motorcycle leather jackets are by and large sported for their protective covering ... and abrasions. Anyone seeking to get the jackets will hit upon two main types of leather motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-10-29 02:23:00
Fashion Cinema: Love Jones
Who can believe that last year marked the tenth anniversary of Love Jones's release? ... ; rich sweaters, black leather jackets, boot-cut jeans, and motorcycle boots comprise the wardrobe's ... style is also a time capsule of modern young, upwardly mobile Black fashion, not to mention an influence [more...]
Date: 2008-10-08 12:00:00
Yellow jackets,nest, and some balls....with pics!
This was last year and I forgot I took some pictures to match the story. In my backyard there was this huge yellow jacket nest in my shed :evil: ... first: armor up. I put on my Arai motorcycle helmet, a leather motorcycle jacket, a heavy winter jacket ... boots, and of course a scarf to protect the old neck. So here I am sweating by ballz off in like [more...]
Date: 2008-07-08 06:22:40
An Ode to Old Boots
You may just see a pair of old, worn out motorcycle boots in that photo above, but let me tell you I see a thing of beauty ... . :) Now maybe you've never worn motorcycle boots, or maybe ... . I bought those boots 16 years ago at a small boot and leather shop in Washington state [more...]
Date: 2008-09-26 09:45:58
Who I am In Leather and Boots
I have had a bit of dialogue with a close friend about my blog post about wearing tall boots and leather out in the community when I attend meetings, ... , and leather as soon as I got a motorcycle when I was 20. I just loved to put on my first pair of leather chaps, vest or biker jacket, Frye harness boots, and ride to my destination (usually to [more...]
Date: 2008-10-16 00:09:00
Motorcycle Protective Clothing That Works!
There is some great looking motorcycle clothing on the market these days, ... they should attach to your jacket by a zipper. Boots should be thick leather, with a sole ... for motorcycle clothing is leather, but thick nylon and other synthetic materials work well too. Kevlar [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 18:28:25
QotD: Under the Tree
What gifts, big or small, are you hoping to find under your tree this year? Sponsored by Best Buy. Well sense you asked! In no particular order: Chanel Ballet Flats A bicycle A new computer Loeffler Randall boots A leather motorcycle jacket A fur vest A good wine opener Uggs (I know, heinous, but necessary [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 17:48:14
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Date: 2008-06-12 21:32:16
Serious Syrian Style
I’m not sure how relevant this is but it’s something that caught my eye on recent travels. This is a motorcycle cop in Damascus ... pair of leather boots I’ve ever seen on an officer of the law. Maybe I’ve just not met enough [more...]
Date: 2008-10-17 11:53:23
disc review roundup: 12012, arch enemy, forensic, chariots, shadow,
12012aitai kara (2008)bland ballad, but the b-side ("Hero") leans towards a bluesier metal sound (picture the guys in denim vests, leather pants and motorcycle boots, unbathed). The third track, "Shigure," is in the same vein but poppier and therefore even less compelling. There's also [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 23:26:00
Biker Hide
An online shop of quality leather apparel. Including jackets, boots, chaps, pants, motorcycle saddlebags and leather intimates. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-15 18:57:48
The Better to Scare You With, My Dear
LINEBREAKLINEBREAKLINEBREAKLINEBREAKLINEBREAKLINEBREAK Today when I was walking to class, ... such as 5 inch heels, leopard print blazers, and leather motorcycle jackets kind of freak people ... - H&M black pants - Sam Edelman boots - Truth + Pride motorcycle jacket - H&M hat [more...]
Date: 2008-11-11 20:39:30
Leather Motorcycle Jackets
The important intend of bike sport equipment is protecting the driver ... and boots. Motorcycle jackets are commonly attrited for their fit value, which prevents field ... are prefabricated of cowhide. Motorcycle jackets are most multipurpose when they hit been fitted with comely [more...]
Date: 2008-10-27 08:22:11
Marisa Miller Loves Her Some Harley Davidson
Newly-winged Victoria's Angel supermodel Marisa Miller suited up in some scant pieces of leather for these ads in which she posed for iconic American motorcycle company Harley Davidson. It's so weird that everybody is getting ... raise such a ruckus. Marisa Miller wearing short leather shorts and thigh high leather boots [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 00:43:56
Last Night: Stone Temple Pilots at the Greek
Stone Temple Pilots Greek Theater July 25, 2008 Review by Crystal Akins Better than: Velvet Revolver His illuminated white leather boots and skinny black jeans glided across ... Motorcycle Club was a pleasant prelude to the night as we watched the sun decline into a pink sky [more...]
Date: 2008-07-26 22:07:47
Amazon launches motorcycle parts and accessories store
Helmets, tires, boots, gloves, leathers, chaps, novelty bandanas, exhausts, drive chains...you name it, Amazon now stocks it ... news for consumers, who’ll get lower prices, free shipping and access to customer reviews in addition ... via About Motorcycles [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 00:52:28
One Year Review -Tour Master Transition Motorcycle Jacket
I've evolved in some ways over the years and have slowly but surely replaced my riding gear from no helmet, to 3/4 helmet, to full face helmet. From shorts to jeans, from tennis shoes to boots, from tank top to leather jacket to the textile "Tourmaster Transition" motorcycle jacket I'm going to discuss today.Have I become paranoid [more...]
Date: 2008-08-29 00:28:00
ckparis, balenciaga boots and astroboy
salutations, how are you all doing? tell me. i wannna know.shaq has featured me avec my shoes again on the blog, hott heels. shaq chose pix of me with my balenciaga black leather motorcycle booties and my ysl 6 inch black ... am having so much fun in my new bal black leather boots. maybe, a cartoon robot type of giddiness [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 03:10:00
Rosedi-Autosports’ discount promotion for Hari Raya
Products available during the promotion are PRO-RS high performance stainless steel braided brake hose, OMP, and RACE –GEAR accessories ... suits (from RM240), racing boots (RM198), gloves (RM89), motorcycle jacket (from RM390), and leather ... for hydraulic brake hose). It is the same brake hose technology applied to F1/F3/Japan GT racing cars [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 15:13:39
5 Bizarre Brand Extensions We Completely Endorse!
5 Strange Brand Extensions We Completely Endorse! When Harley-Davidson made motorcycle boots and leather jackets, that made sense. When the rugged brand started hawking cake decorating kits [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 10:00:50
Vintage Voyage
Greetings Fashion Divas,I've been severely neglecting my vintage love affair lately. I don't know what's going on ... www.poshvintage.com This sweater dress would look great paired with leather. A brown motorcycle jacket ... /This trench is going with some knee high boots and a simple sheath dress underneath. I'll probably never [more...]
Date: 2008-11-20 10:56:00
The Conflict I went to a party in Cambridge again, leaving my miserably sick daughter with her congested father ... asleep into the avocado dip, this kid in a black leather jacket with a motorcycle helmet under his arm ... . It was really nice to meet you Boots, but I have to get going because my poor little girl at home is running [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 06:39:34
Puma launches complete motorcycle clothing range
Puma21.jpg Already known for their stylish racing boots -- as worn by Casey Stoner -- Puma has now launched a full line of motorcycle clothing ... to textile jackets. Setting it apart from rivals like Alpinestars and Dainese is the fashion ... to see a fashion sensibility applied to the normally garish world of motorcycle leathers and it looks [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 01:57:21
So, It Finally Happened.
Fourteen years of determined motorcycle safety paid off. I was in a wreck and survived ( ... my leathers, gloves, boots and Joe Rocket riding pants, but didn't want to get my leg hammered betwixt pavement and motorcycle if I could at all keep from it.So?I hit the bastard. "T-boned him," they call [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 14:21:00
Holy price tags! First Batman comic and official superhero props go for sky-high prices
SOMEONE, somewhere, is probably enjoying a movie fantasy moment dressed as Daredevil after buying the official costume for ... leather jacket, as worn by Hugh Jackman, went for $27,500 (£13,750) The black leather motorcycle ... his surroundings like sonar. The costume - consisting of jacket, pants, boots, cowl, gloves, [more...]
Date: 2008-08-03 12:37:48
High Tea with SHE
An adorable blonde in a grey leather motorcycle jacket, leggings and tall boots bounded over to our... [more...]
Date: 2008-11-22 17:48:00
Drowning in Footwear
My winter traditions are fairly unconventional. I wait for Celestial Seasonings' winter teas to show up at my local grocer's ( ... days? I am rocking last year's motorcycle boots. For that, I need Sock Dreams. This year I opted ... of September teetering around the soap room in 3" heels and Italian leather... SOS - Send Pedicurist [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 04:58:04
Bedtime Story: The Tale of the Motorcycle Boots
Once upon a time a style-obsessed, designer shopping-deprived teenager ventured into Barneys New York ... the temptation of designer shoes, saturated in pailletes or subdued in expensive leather. Her heart ... wallet that slipped only for the occasional jacket or designer jeans. On a visit to Saks Fifth Avenue’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 04:53:34
Leather, Recycled and Re-born!
My cobbler did a pretty kickass job resurrecting my destroyed leather goodies. Some Before and After pics, as proof: [ ... every loose thread on the thing. He also re-heeled my gnarled Aldo motorcycle boots, like whoa. They’re totally good as new! cobbler3 postcob4 The salvation of my Botkier and boots cost [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 16:31:12
Arghh matey! Find your inner pirate at Portland's Pirate Fest! By Peter Fish, Sunset editor-at-large ... pirate shirts, wearing pirate boots, and pirate hooks, and pirate plumes. Here were Caribbean Pirates ... with expensive digital cameras, pirates who looked like they normally dressed in motorcycle leathers [more...]
Date: 2008-09-18 00:05:07
Marisa Miller’s Sexy Harley Davidson Photo Shoot Video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vARaSyQIkzM Flawless Marisa Miller’s ass sits on a Harley Davidson for the new motorcycle ad and she looks smoking hot. Marisa can sell me rotting corpses and I’ll probably buy two, just as long as she’s wearing skin tight leather hooker boots and a skirt. If she really wants me to take the wrap for a double [more...]
Date: 2008-10-09 16:05:12
Hey there, hey Sarah Palin! Do Real Americans wear Valentino?
By now, if you are alive and have read a newspaper, or watched the news on television, you all know about Sarah Palin's gift from the RNC ... boots, perhaps? That red leather jacket wasn't quite right for you, Sarah. Honestly sweetie, you looked like an old motorcycle chick. Nope, it wasn't illegal. The RNC paid the bill, not the McCain [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 23:44:44
Riders, Protect Yourself!
Introduction Protective clothing, such as a jacket, boots, and gloves reduce rider injury severity and, ... of Transportation) approved motorcycle helmet with a high safety rating, good quality leather jacket, thick ... Important One of the main reasons motorcyclists are killed in crashes is because the motorcycle itself [more...]
Date: 2008-06-19 09:09:30
Leather boots and a dirge of guitars as we lowered you into that grave (personal)
Monday, 10:42 PM The Japan-to-Tennessee jet lag has decimated my biological clock ... to tell me that there's been an accident, that my uncle was riding his motorcycle home when drag racers [more...]
Date: 2008-08-19 03:41:10
Ebay Shopping: Leathery Bits and a 1920s Leica Copy
Old Buckskin Jacket: Bids at $149.99 1920s Leather External Frame Backpack: Bids at $11.50Copy of a 1923 Leica (I don't even care if it works, gold tone + wood grain + Leica = coolest tchotchke ever): Bids at $139 1920s Motorcycle Boots: Bids at $49.99 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-17 14:35:00
Motorcycles - Everyone Should Own One
by John Daniele Why do numerous people buy motorcycles? Just for the sheer pleasure that they bring to their lives ... for racing rather than just pleasures riding. Only you can decide what you are going to use ... consisting of pants, boots, jackets, and gloves, which are usually made from Kevlar and leather. Kevlar [more...]
Date: 2008-07-14 22:12:45
Odd But Fun
It was a beautiful day today in Maryland and nearby Delaware. I took a motorcycle ride to Bridgeville, Delaware, which was about 110 miles (177km) ... my tall brown custom Wesco Harness boots, jeans, and my thick biker chaps and, of course, my warm leather jacket over a t-shirt and sweatshirt.The reason for going to Bridgeville was to watch the World [more...]
Date: 2008-11-01 23:03:00
It "feels like" 38°F!
My poor Miami-bred husband had to break out the cold weather gear to ride his motorcycle to work this morning. *rolls eyes* White undershirt, sweater, work shirt, denim shirt, leather jacket, "gauntlet gloves", full face helmet, bandanna to cover mouth and nose, jeans, socks and boots. Unfortunately [more...]
Date: 2008-10-28 13:32:49
Maybe All That Chlorine Has Gone To Amanda Beard’s Head
Leave it to PETA to take a perfectly calm, serene occasion like the Beijing Olympics and turn it into a media circus ... to ride on your motorcycle,” she says. “When you’re skidding across the highway you want something ... on some genuine UGGS Australian sheepskin boots (and looking pretty happy about it). Honestly, you’d think [more...]
Date: 2008-08-05 15:15:11
Fun Fridays! A Visit with Christian Louboutin
Hello Divas!I hope your Friday is just fantastic! The weather in Atlanta has been GORGEOUS all week! Today, I have a guest writer, Chamele ... figure. I chose a black turtle neck, skinny jeans, Steve Madden booties, and a black motorcycle leather jacket. I made haste back to Buckhead, calling and texting everyone I knew who loved shoes to see [more...]
Date: 2008-11-07 12:13:00
Weekend Box Office: Skip Violent, Bloody, Vulgar & Stupid "Hell Ride"
By Debbie Schlussel *** I reviewed new releases, "Pineapple Express," "Bottle Shock," and "Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," earlier this week ... Shakespeare. "Hell Ride"--a complete mess about rival motorcycle gangs has a stupid story (if you call ... " days. Time to move on, Mike. Other stars include Dennis Hopper, who gets his cowboy boots peed [more...]
Date: 2008-08-08 19:07:33
Bad Grrrrl Glam
I remember it clearly: on Saturday nights in suburban New Jersey, my best friend and I would whip out our Gothic Lolita best, ... and boots that look like they've stepped right out of a sexy, sophisticated dungeon. From motorcycle boots ... Chick An accessible take on the alt-nation trend, motorcycle boots are hot this season, ranging [more...]
Date: 2008-11-19 16:34:24
Sad last days: Contents of Evel Knievel’s motorhome for sale
If you were a child in the 1960s of ’70s, chances are good that at some point, you tried to jump your bike over a line of Matchbox cars ... Record) in some of the most-watched daredevil acts of all time, soaring his motorcycle over fountains ... and intimate little snapshot into what his life became. While a couple of outfits, pairs of motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:28:47
Ben Sherman Keane Boots
Forget tugging on a tight pair of Italian boots– these puppies have a stylish on-off zip that goes right up the back. With a toned-down Mod shape, these boots can make friends with black slim trousers and dark denim. Daring guys might top this with a motorcycle jacket, while the rest of us can go for a tailored [more...]
Date: 2008-09-29 17:00:27
Vintages and non vintage boots
Spring is on its way but it's not quite that warm yet so I have plenty of excuses to savor winter goodies such as boots ... sure some will dig them.GOLO Brown Leather Vintage boots 7 1/2 M BAKERS Black Riding/Motorcycle Boots ... out from my previous boots post that second hand shoes are not everyone's cup of tea. How about these tattered boots [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 23:30:00
All Weather Riding Gear
I have always been a fan of leathers and a firm believer that a good suit offers a rider the ultimate protection in an accident ... motorcycle clothing with protection levels approaching that of leather. When dressing for inclement weather ... to useless. In the bad old days riders had a simple choice, leather or waxed cotton, the latter [more...]
Date: 2008-11-27 22:51:45
The Rebellious Charm of Motorcycle-Centric Fashion
The first time I saw Marlon Brando in The Wild One, my sartorial radar honed in on his motorcycle-chic garb - the leather jacket, the " ... for a look that gives off a modern, cool motorcycle dude impression and strays away from that leather ... , which is seeing grommet-infused jeans, streamlined motorcycle-inspired jackets, hardware heavy [more...]
Date: 2008-10-22 16:08:40
The Big Asphalt Slide
Motorcycle Crash Asphalt is a very unforgiving surface. This is especially true when the human body and the road make contact at speed! ... . Have you ever noticed that as long as the motorcycle doesn’t meet anything solid during a slide it not only slides faster than you do, but it can come out of the slide with less damage? If the motorcycle [more...]
Date: 2008-11-26 03:08:01
Dress Sexy
Dress Sexy Have you ever bought a piece of clothing and immediately thought it gave you sex appeal? ... for its utility, sometimes for other reasons. Take my motorcycle boots, they were really cool, really heavy zips ... t fall for them either. Then occasionally you buy stuff for comfort. A pair of black jeans, boots [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 00:53:09
