Commuting gear choice (jeans)

[peasea]

Yeah, at least twin leaders slowed you down. But I could park my Honda outside the pub, I didn't need to keep it in my bedroom and nothing ever fell off.

I must admit, very little fell my Trumpy but you're right about the theft aspect. Chains galore, dogs, padlocks, geez. I even used to keep a close eye on the rear view mirror on the way home just to make sure I wasn't being followed. Paranoia, grrr. Good times though and I'm still in touch with a few of the old crew, we had a bit of a reunion at Easter in Wgtn, that was humour. Grey hair and big tums...

[shrub]

I must admit, very little fell my Trumpy but you're right about the theft aspect. Chains galore, dogs, padlocks, geez. I even used to keep a close eye on the rear view mirror on the way home just to make sure I wasn't being followed. Paranoia, grrr. Good times though and I'm still in touch with a few of the old crew, we had a bit of a reunion at Easter in Wgtn, that was humour. Grey hair and big tums...

Mine was getting reliable when I had my big off, but it took a lot of work to get it there. And yeah, I got followed a couple of times so just kept on riding until they got sick of following me. One of the criteria to any flat was getting the bike into the house - and the lounge wasn't enough, it had to be my bedroom and the first thing you did was drill a couple of holes in the floor and loop a chain through them so your bike was chained to the floor.

You're right though, they were good times. Owning a bike, especially a Brit meant something in those days and while there were pubs I'd never go to, there were a few pubs that were always guaranteed a friendly welcome and the parties were always good. I don't know where any of the old crew are these days, wouldn't mind catching up, but that was a long time ago.

[rwh]

Woven kevlar is quite easy to get, it wouldn't take too long to sew up an entire kevlar liner with a little padding, for a set of jeans.

Where do you get it from? And do you know the price? Is it the kind of fabric that would work ok for making the whole pair of jeans out of, rather than just the liner?

Richard

[shrub]

Where do you get it from? And do you know the price? Is it the kind of fabric that would work ok for making the whole pair of jeans out of, rather than just the liner?

Richard

http://www.texspec.co.nz/specialty-fabrics.php

[rwh]

http://www.texspec.co.nz/specialty-fabrics.php

Cheers.

Richard

[peasea]

Mine was getting reliable when I had my big off, but it took a lot of work to get it there. And yeah, I got followed a couple of times so just kept on riding until they got sick of following me. One of the criteria to any flat was getting the bike into the house - and the lounge wasn't enough, it had to be my bedroom and the first thing you did was drill a couple of holes in the floor and loop a chain through them so your bike was chained to the floor.

You're right though, they were good times. Owning a bike, especially a Brit meant something in those days and while there were pubs I'd never go to, there were a few pubs that were always guaranteed a friendly welcome and the parties were always good. I don't know where any of the old crew are these days, wouldn't mind catching up, but that was a long time ago.

Ahh, the old chain through the floor trick eh? Well, that didn't work for two of my mates whose bikes were chained together and through the floor. They came home to find the floor chainsawed out! No shit. Woulda been 78/79, they lost a Saint and a T150, neighbours heard nothing. I managed to track down the T150 engine through a covert operation but the Saint was never seen again. One of the perp's later died from some physical condition. Poetic justice I reckon.

If you're serious about finding old mates it's not that hard to find people if you try.

Good to trade notes, cheers.