Securing my leathers when leaving bike

[Euro2018]

Wondering if anyone has any ideas on how to solve this problem :

Want to ride my bike from Hamilton to Auckland wearing all my leathers.
Get to Auckland, park in K' Rd area. Get changed into street clothes and head out for the evening.

I could park my bike at a friends place in Te Atatu, but the Uber cost from there and back is a waste of good money.

So, parking in K' Rd (possibly inside the Wilsons car park). I can lock my helmet inside my top box and run a chain through my jacket and pants and chain to the bike. That leaves boots.

Any ideas on securing my boots ?
Am I mad leaving my leathers chained to my bike ?
If I'm going to do this, is out in full view on the street better than tucked away inside a car park building ?

I want to solve this for my European road trip next year, but am coming to Auck this Sat as well, so it's a good time to solve it.

[Honest Andy]

Use the helmet lock for the helmet and put everything else in the top box?
If you don't have a helmet lock tie it with a short bike chain.


Or I understand that leather is quite fashionable in certain clubs... :whistle:

[ellipsis]

...it all sounds mad to me...from the Auckland on bit especially...

[Euro2018]

Use the helmet lock for the helmet and put everything else in the top box?

No chance the leathers will fit into the top box (it barely holds a helmet).

[Honest Andy]

...it all sounds mad to me...from the Auckland on bit especially...

Haha not really, this blokes in Hamiltron

[Honest Andy]

No chance the leathers will fit into the top box (it barely holds a helmet).

Oh well, that was my best idea.
You'll have to hurry up and buy those panniers :bleh:

[Euro2018]

You'll have to hurry up and buy those panniers :bleh:

Has anyone managed to cram a set of riding leathers (two piece) into a set of pannier bags ?

Somehow I don't think they'll fit, but keen to hear from anyone who has succeeded.

[Jeeper]

Just wear the leathers.

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[swbarnett]

Has anyone managed to cram a set of riding leathers (two piece) into a set of pannier bags ?

Somehow I don't think they'll fit, but keen to hear from anyone who has succeeded.
I easily get helmet (gloves inside) and leather jacket in my top box (Givi 55L). My boots go into one pannier (Givi 21L) and my textile over-trou in the other. Leather trou might be a bit of a squeeze, bigger panniers would solve this.

However, I often just wear the jacket and boots (touring boots - i.e. comfortable to walk in).

[caspernz]

If you go to the correct gentlemen's club, secure parking and lockers are free...you said K'Rd and nobody mentioned this yet? What's going on with KB these days...:innocent::shit::shutup:

[Akzle]

Just wear the leathers.

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this. fucken 'ell. page full of waffle. keep it simple.
K road of an evening and you'd wanna be wearing leather pants, innit.

[Voltaire]

leathers...chains...boots....K road :lol:

I rang Calendar Girls , mentioned the above list and they said they have booths for that sort of thing...so your sorted.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Now look, we've talked about this. Here is a photo from your last trip. Do you really want to go there with the jeans and hawaiian shirt again, or will you fully immerse yourself in the culture and WEAR your leathers like the rest of us were? I can't believe that a meeting of the Honda Riders Club causes so much drama!

[EJK]

If you go to the correct gentlemen's club, secure parking and lockers are free...you said K'Rd and nobody mentioned this yet? What's going on with KB these days...:innocent::shit::shutup:

Speaking from experience eh?

[Moi]

this. fucken 'ell. page full of waffle. keep it simple.
K road of an evening and you'd wanna be wearing leather pants, innit.

He's not on a cruiser, so they won't be chaps...

[caspernz]

Speaking from experience eh?

That would be telling...:innocent:

[Old Steve]

For shorter rides into town I wear Draggin jeans - protection against those oops we can encounter yet able to be worn as casual attire. I have a GIVI Maxi 3 55 L top box and it takes my helmet and my jacket, I wear work boots because my feet are wide and motorcycle boots all seem to be made for little mincy Italian feet, but give them a good polishing and no-one ever notices.

But then, I don't frequent K Rd. If you're going up there you may as well keep your leathers on :yes:

[ellipsis]

But then, I don't frequent K Rd. If you're going up there you may as well keep your leathers on :yes:

...or bio-hazard coveralls...

[nerrrd]

Ditto with the chaining of the helmet (although I use the biggest u-lock I could find after a padlock got cut and I lost a helmet in the Countdown carpark).

Leathers...get a bigger top box. My leather jacket and leather/textile pants fit in my 48 litre Shad top box. Although...someone has tried to get into that before as well with a screwdriver or something but it was empty at the time (sucked in).

Boots...I wear 'work boots' if I'm going out, got to compromise sometimes (bit better than shoes on the bike but more comfortable than boots off the bike).

[Moi]

Have done a search for luggage lockers in the CBD, there may be some on the platform level of Britomart but I can't find any elsewhere. Plus Britomart would be closed after about mid-night.

Depending on where you're going, could you take your helmet with you and put your boots in the topbox and chain your gear to the bike? Would also suggest looking at the Civic car park rather than Wilson's as Civic has free parking for bikes whereas does Wilson's do free bike parking?

Look at the AT site for info on Civic hours etc.

[EJK]

Am I mad leaving my leathers chained to my bike ?

In my experience living on Pitt St right next to K Rd for 3 years (no, I wasn't a homeless bum) I'd never leave anything on the street. Weekend party-goers throw up and piss everywhere, homeless sleep anywhere and steals everything they can. I've had three jackets stolen, one time inside carport hanging out to dry under daylight sun.

Do you have street style bike jacket? Draggin jeans maybe? Just wear your gears to where you go. Not to mention walking into club with a bike jacket makes you look buff af.


You still haven't answered our question. Where are you going? :p

[Euro2018]

All great suggestions, time for a bigger top box and find some bags to fit my newly acquired Wingrack2 brackets, or just change my taste in Saturday night entertainment.

[Berries]

All great suggestions, time for a bigger top box and find some bags to fit my newly acquired Wingrack2 brackets, or just change my taste in Saturday night entertainment.
I'd just borrow a car for the night. At least then you can take the bodies back to the Tron to dispose of them properly.

[Euro2018]

ha ha, the friend I'm staying with has a Land Rover Defender and a VW Golf.
The Land Rover will probably break down and I'll likely be arrested for driving a Golf with fraudulent emissions of some sort.

Seriously though, I hadn't even considered that option. Worth a shot and much more fun than trailering my bike to Auck so that I can ride in the afternoon and take my car in the evening.