Motorcycling gear from years ago

[Padmei]

About 30 + years ago I had a hand-me-down yellow heavily padded Yamaha Sweatshirt ( same era as the 'Golden Breed" sweatshirts -that seemed to coincide with the introduction of the XR250)- Shit I wish I still had it. Anyone remember those?

Same era- Izona Cargo Military pants, Supercross Tshirts from event at Western Springs, Starsky & Hutch cardies, posters of the Amco 'Hombre' drag car at Meremere & of course Uggs.

Anyone had something motorcycly from that era they can still remember?

Even better any pics

[Motu]

I don't have my cut off DJ anymore.Or my white Yamaha sweat shirt,with the Yamaha stripes in red down the sleeves....my TY175 had the same colour scheme.White is a stupid colour for me...apart from the grease,cow poo stains are hard to remove too.I still wear my blue and red Honda T shirt - I used to wear it over my leather jacket to keep the mud off when riding on the dirt track...and still wear it over whatever at trials.Still have my Sidi MX boots,still have my FFM MX helmet....just because I like the black with gold racing stripes.Wish I still had my blue and yellow Yoko gloves.

[NordieBoy]

I've got a pair of fake old honda long sleeve t-shirt/race shirts.
Late 80's Rossi leather road boots.

Shane has a Preston Petty front guard on his TS400.
The rest of his gear just looks old.

[Monstaman]

Mine was all lambie and Jeans with boots.

Got some old pics somewhere in the shed so will did em up.

[dino3310]

rossi boots with 4 buckles, oil skin pants and leather jacket:Punk:

[pete376403]

Ashmans (english) Red Devil motocross boots, padded on the front and about 9 buckles up the side, Bell Motostar III helmet (which replaced a Bell Star 120) and my brand new Leda one piece leathers was my outfit for speedway racing about 37 years ago. Still got all of it, a bit second hand now
And the Scott googles with roll-off cover strip. Gloves were some thin things with strips of rubber on the backs of the fingers

[Taz]

My first biking jacket was an army jacket from army surplus. Was surprisingly tough, warm and water resistant for a while (and still warm when wet).

I still have some flouro pink and yellow Pro MX pants from the early nineties (never worn). I'm waiting for the flouro trend to make a come back.

[Bald Eagle]

My first bike jacket was a fire service 'bunker' coat teamed with yellow pvc legging and skellerup gumboots.
Never got wet or cold :lol:

[george formby]

I started with a waxed cotton Barbour jacket & pants (red tartan lining), hand me downs from my Dads trial's days. No flat cap though. Steel toe cap welly's (gumboots), Bell open face helmet in metallic bronze & some seriously vintage gloves made from dinosaur hide. Nothing was waterproof & fitted only where it touched. Bring back Dubbin I say, water resistant for up to a whole minute.

[maggot]

I've got a set of racing leathers from about thirty years ago, hand me downs from an old mentor. Been sitting in his garage for about as long. In need of a good oil, and I'm sure they'd be good as gold! Pretty hilarious to put on every now and again, with the baggy bum space and all.

It's pretty nifty when you look at how far racing gear has come since the old days.

[george formby]

I've got a set of racing leathers from about thirty years ago, hand me downs from an old mentor. Been sitting in his garage for about as long. In need of a good oil, and I'm sure they'd be good as gold! Pretty hilarious to put on every now and again, with the baggy bum space and all.

It's pretty nifty when you look at how far racing gear has come since the old days.

I was given a Scott leather jacket when I got my first road bike, no collar, no body armour etc & a fetching red, white & blue strip running down one side. It must have been 20 years old when i got it. I gave it away because it was'nt cool enough. I have seen the same jackets, new, going for $800 recently. Damnit.

[Taz]

should I put the flouro pink and yellow pants on and take a photo? :lol:

[george formby]

should I put the flouro pink and yellow pants on and take a photo? :lol:

I've never met you but that paints an unpleasant picture in my mind. No offence.:sick:

[HenryDorsetCase]

I recently bought an old belstaff riding jacket (not a Trialmaster) after a spirited bidding war.

I still have and wear my Naturalwear leather jacket (Brando style FTW) from the 80's.

I used to do a lot of riding in a BRIGHT red "Line 7" PVC jacket. totally waterproof in that it was a giant plastic bag. you were wet because you got rather sweaty inside it: gross. Windproof though. and bright yellow PVC overtrou I stole from my employer at the time.

Big Dave said it yesterday "Those weren't the days"

Now I have good gear I hate to ride unless its nice and sunny though.

[HenryDorsetCase]

should I put the flouro pink and yellow pants on and take a photo? :lol:

Fuck yeah.

[george formby]

I recently bought an old belstaff riding jacket (not a Trialmaster) after a spirited bidding war.

I still have and wear my Naturalwear leather jacket (Brando style FTW) from the 80's.

I used to do a lot of riding in a BRIGHT red "Line 7" PVC jacket. totally waterproof in that it was a giant plastic bag. you were wet because you got rather sweaty inside it: gross. Windproof though. and bright yellow PVC overtrou I stole from my employer at the time.

Big Dave said it yesterday "Those weren't the days"

Now I have good gear I hate to ride unless its nice and sunny though.

Ah yes, same in the UK, for many years the wet weather gear of choice was boldly branded NCB (national coal board)

[Bender]

Jeans, gumboots and an oilskin jacket to start with. Open face helmet with no peak and a pair of goggles with split glass lenses. Brown nitted scarf. I used to ride my CD175 from Papatoetoe to Orewa for the weekends, back on Sunday night for school during the week.

I got cleaned up by a lady doing a U-turn in Hunter's corner so I painted the helmet dayglo orange. Can you imagine? (Wish I had a photo of that so I could laugh at myself).

Later I worked for Laurie Summers and bought a Line 7 one-piece riding suit which was nylon rubberised on the inside. The bloody crotch still leaked though. I bought a new pair of leather boots with sheepskin insides (cost me a week's wages) which the dog chewed up after a week, They had to restrain me, I swear I would have killed that mutt.

That was replaced with Line 7 PVC jacket and pants, at least they were waterproof. Calf length lace up leather boots for off-road riding and motocrossing, later replaced by a proper flat soled pair with about 17 buckles up the side. NZ was just starting to get real gear (early 70s).

A local copy of a Bell Magnum that crushed your ears, then an AGV (which was real nice) and later a Bell Super Magnum bought in Australia (couldn't buy them here). My brother still owns it (but doesn't use it).

[Shadowjack]

Tractor-driving gauntlet/mitten things, and if it was winter, lined with woolen climbing/tramping gloves- Absolutely no feel to them at all, but warm and water proof(ish).

[Shadowjack]

I just realised - all three TDM850 riders in NZ have contributed to this thread...

[Peril]

Classic blue and black bushshirt,waterproof over pants,gumboots,Pro Challenger 3 helmet with sunglasses was my trail riding apparel.

[MXNUT]

Early 1980's i had a pair of red venderami MX boots.
They had a plastic shell on the outside and hinged at the ankle just like ski boots. Thought they were pretty cool at the time.
Still got an old yamaha riding shirt in white with the red yamaha chequers on it that i wear on the VMX bike.
Rest of my old riding gear wouldnt fit me now, it must have shrunk !!:innocent:

[ukusa]

of course you all must have had the beard too!
http://www.onthepiperacing.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=23544&g2_serialNumber=2

[Taz]

Here we go. When flouro comes back I'm gonna look the shiz!!

[dino3310]

Here we go. When flouro comes back I'm gonna look the shiz!!

just wear em - someones gotta start the trend:yes:

[Taz]

I'll have to find a early 90's YZ with the pink graphics and seat.

[Buddha#81]

Here we go. When flouro comes back I'm gonna look the shiz!!


:sick: got leg warmers to go with them? :sick:

[98tls]

Great thread and :shit:the memories eh,dont have much from the past though after reading this i went out to the shed and dusted off a very old Arai that i dont have the heart to throw out.

[ukusa]

Great thread and :shit:the memories eh,dont have much from the past though after reading this i went out to the shed and dusted off a very old Arai that i dont have the heart to throw out.

that looks mint. I remember a mate in the late 80'/early 90's who had a blue & red leather jacket. Would go well with your helmet LOL

[98tls]

that looks mint. I remember a mate in the late 80'/early 90's who had a blue & red leather jacket. Would go well with your helmet LOL

Indeed it would,would go well with the red/white/blue 89 Duc Sport i had way back.:blink:

[HenryDorsetCase]

I thought I was Christmas in my Bell Star 3. it was white and had stripes round the bottom. Or my Kenny Roberts yellow AGV i had. I chucked them all out which I kind of regret now.

theres a photo of me mucring round on my first bike (a Suzuki TS125) in a Swanndri, jeans and farm boots, and no helmet. tsk tsk. Still back then I was 9 feet tall and bulletproof. Now I am four feet tall and made of porcelain.

[mephistopheles]

I still have have a crusty 25 year old Bell Tour Star II which isn't even fit for indoor karting, ha ha.

My first pair of mx boots were Vendraminis too, they are gone but I still have my pair of Alpine Star Roger de Costers, the ones with the metal kickplate on the shins.

[MXNUT]

I'll have to find a early 90's YZ with the pink graphics and seat.

I had one of them too , a 92 YZ250
Great bike :whocares:

[JATZ]

I feel soooo left out and ripped off :angry2:
I didn't start riding till 4 yrs ago :gob:

[98tls]

I feel soooo left out and ripped off :angry2:
I didn't start riding till 4 yrs ago :gob:

As you should.One of the few joys of getting old.:innocent:

[NordieBoy]

of course you all must have had the beard too!

Got that too.

But I ride in style...

Silk shirt and tie.

http://www.photostorage.nelson.geek.nz/sports/motorsport/mybikes/Trips/20090315%20Kikiwa%20Laidback/slides/20090315%20Fran%20on%20the%20CT125.jpg

[Pampera]

About 30 + years ago I had a hand-me-down yellow heavily padded Yamaha Sweatshirt ( same era as the 'Golden Breed" sweatshirts -that seemed to coincide with the introduction of the XR250)- Shit I wish I still had it. Anyone remember those?
Anyone had something motorcycly from that era they can still remember?
Even better any pics

Here is what the "adventure motorcyclist" of November 1979 is wearing and riding.
College jersey (finished 7th form in 1978), worn jeans, buckle up leather boots, FFM full face hemet with home painted Union Jack colour scheme. If it had been raining I would have donned a yellow two piece (MOW or Post Office style) plastic rain suit. A very thin and worn leather "bomber"jacket was also available for major road tours (from Kapiti Coast to Manfeild for the Six Hour for example ). I would have had a pair of gloves - never rode without them, they were just off for the picture.
The bike, a 1975 Triumph "Adventurer", second owner and bought for $875. A nine litre polished alloy tank perhaps not the best choice in an era of weekend closing for petrol stations.

Michael
and the Triumph would have trounced the Yamaha....... on that surface


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[dino3310]

Got that too.

But I ride in style...

Silk shirt and tie.

]

your all class mate:Punk:

[cooneyr]

A nine litre polished alloy tank perhaps not the best choice in an era of weekend closing for petrol stations.

That must have put a fairly serious dampener on weekend touring. Can't even begin to imagine how much of a pain in the arse that would be. I was just learning how to suck my thumb about then :D

[Bender]

A nine litre polished alloy tank perhaps not the best choice in an era of weekend closing for petrol stations.

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Ah yes - the arse-puckering sound of the tank being slurped dry followed by a cough and a dead engine - then a long push home. I remember it well.

The buggers shut the gassies at about 7 at night too - it was a long time between drinks in them days.

[JATZ]

Got that too.

But I ride in style...

Silk shirt and tie.

http://www.photostorage.nelson.geek.nz/sports/motorsport/mybikes/Trips/20090315%20Kikiwa%20Laidback/slides/20090315%20Fran%20on%20the%20CT125.jpg

Surprisingly enough, that doesn't look out of place. A pic of you and the fullah riding the other CT with his tweed coat would be good.

Awesome looking bike your riding too, looks just the shiz :D

[Ronin]

Here we go. When flouro comes back I'm gonna look the shiz!!

Olivia Newton-John called. She want's her trousers back....

[Padmei]

Some classic stuff being posted :clap:
Keep them coming.
The old Grouch must have a few good pics handy - come in Oscar, Oscar to the big white telephone...:lol:

[gav24]

If anyone wants to look really cool on their next adventure / classic / pub outing then you should view my trade me auction for some mint Belstaff waxed gear

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing.aspx?id=303335739

These are very "on any sunday" Just like Malcom and Steve's:yes:

If anyone has a Belstaff trialmaster or barbour international jacket in medium size, or pants, give us a PM as I'm looking to go a bit retro...

As for the Dayglo - wear em! Bloody sweet as! :yes::yes:

I should own up to being a vintage MX racer as well as an ADV rider:shifty: