Matching Leather????

[krup105]

I am seeking opinions....
I have the black and orange Harley leather jacket and I need to buy chaps. They just came out with the chaps that match my jacket and I love them, but they are a little over what I really want to spend. I found another place I can get chaps for $150 less but they are all black leather.....
So....do I go with the matching set? or is that too cheesy? I am pretty sure I will not always be wearing the chaps with that one jacket, since I have a few riding jackets...
what do you think ladies???
and gents (if you dare come into the ladies room)

[OldBikerGuy]

Go with the solid black.

[wreckerman]

well on a guy, it is cheesy !! to wear matching leather unless it is all black, but most gals can pull it off and look HOT!! so I say go with what you like most leathers are a once in a life time buy , so get what you like ...

[coolhawg6622]

I just looked at those exact chaps last weekend because my buds wife has the matching coat. She modeled em and if it was me I would buy the matching chaps. Like Wrecker said........its once in a lifetime.........

[Shorty]

Buy what you like. Wear what you want. Fuck the rest.

[dannytheman]

I buy all Foxcreek leather stuff, so I have less choices. But I'm into safety and not into style and fashion.

[Blackcloud41]

Wear what YOU want. As far as matching, unless you wear them the same amount, they soon won't match anyway. One will be weathered and "broke in" and the other will still be "new".

[krup105]

thanks everyone for your replies. I have decided to go with the cheaper all black chaps. More practical if I want to wear another jacket and less damage on my wallet.

[gliderider94]

I always wore matching leathers. Every piece was just as filthy and tore up as the next.


Fashon is one thing but remember. NEVER EVER EVER under any circumstances should fashon be the main criteria. Buy only THE BEST you can afford, even if it looks like shit and comes from a second hand shop and has half an old pork chop sandwhich still left in the pocket.

I survived a crash that should have killed me (it did kill me rider) due in very large part because it was cool enough out at the time that it was one of the few times I had ALL my leathers on and they were the heaviest and most well built I could find at the time.

Lookin cool is a concept that's easily forgotten when you realize your in the middle of a hundred and forty foot slide accross concrete at 75 mph.

Not tryin to scare you. but the job your leathers were intended to do is no joke. REALLY.

[wreckerman]

bear you forgot to say are you supposed to have your thumb up like Fonzie when your sliding "had to do that"