Fashion!

[scumdog]

I agree with Big Dave - lots of leather, lots of black - AND lots of skulls = pure class, can't be beaten eh!

[texmo]

Isnt it best to wear a fluro vest though?

[scumdog]

Isnt it best to wear a fluro vest though?

Yeah - when you're logging or something like that....

Or at a gay bar and wearing a spandex G-string

[thehollowmen]

Yeah - when you're logging or something like that....

Or at a gay bar and wearing a spandex G-string

pics pls
k thx bye

[Zed]

I believe most people are swayed by fashion to a degree, even if they won't admit it. If you are put in a position to upgrade or replace *new* gears it is hard to purposely find anything that isn't 'fashionable' in the eyes of the motorcycling world.

Fashion is an interesting subject that often grips the buyer with a sense of conformity to what is popular in the biking scene. Some who do not conform can end up purposely buying old second hand gears & bikes so they can quench the thought that any motivation they have to buy these things is to gain approval of other people.

As for me, sometimes I recognise that I am being influenced by fashion and go with the flow, other times I choose to be conservative and couldn't give a hoot what anyone else thinks.

I would like a new R6 though...and yes, it's very fashionable isn't it!

[scumdog]

To me 'fashion' tends to mean something that is in a fleeting span of popularity

I don't wear 'fashionable' clothing etc.

What I DO wear is my choice that is not influenced by media, advertising or what popular celebrities are wearing etc.

[Zapf]

I would like a new R6 though...and yes, it's very fashionable isn't it!

wow... every year... bikes look more and more strange...

[Lou Girardin]

What's a sprotbike? *twirling hair around finger*

Vifferman?
Can you take this one?

[heavenly.talker]

Vifferman?
Can you take this one?

Not passing the buck by any chance are you Lou?

[Toast]

Fashion over function = sprotbike.

Always one who wants to start a forum scuffle (actually come to think of it there's always two: Lou and Winja). I suppose you're one of the types who 'wastifies' all of us sportsbikes types on the road, eh Lou? One day we shall meet ...just gimme time to get used to the new bike and get my fave Pilot Powers back on it

[inlinefour]

Websters Dictionary Definition
Fashion
3 a : a prevailing custom, usage, or style b (1) : the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time (2) : a garment in such a style fashions> c : social standing or prominence especially as signalized by dress or conduct fashion>


So how much does 'fashion' influence you when it comes to motorcycles and riding gear? How much do you care what others think of how you look or what you own??

When riding I'm more into comfort and safety. Fortunately for me, the gear looks OK and the skidlid looks awesome with the graphics on it. Ive never been one for being fashionable and its more thanks to the better half that I looks half decient at times. I allways had older bikes until reciently and to be honest, used to ride with a swanny, jeans, MX gloves, lid and gumboots. Clearly I was not concirned with what others thought. However after a nasty bin thanks to a cager, I wear the protection.

[Lou Girardin]

Always one who wants to start a forum scuffle (actually come to think of it there's always two: Lou and Winja). I suppose you're one of the types who 'wastifies' all of us sportsbikes types on the road, eh Lou? One day we shall meet ...just gimme time to get used to the new bike and get my fave Pilot Powers back on it

Wait till you learn to ride first. Take all the time you need.

[Karma]

I don't wear 'fashionable' clothing etc.

Well the coppers just ain't very fashonable these days are they. Not like when the YMCA track came out... and all the Coppers, Red Indians, Phone Repair Men and Homosexuals were all sexy and hip.

[Wolf]

So how much does 'fashion' influence you when it comes to motorcycles and riding gear? How much do you care what others think of how you look or what you own??

That pic! Oh mein eyes! A fat, gay male model with a fake goatee and I-use-Dove-and-Oil-of-Ulan-on-my-skin complexion (or "Oil of Youngman", probably).

hard to tell what he's modelling - jackets, skin care or mirkins...

Argh!

[Wolf]

Safety first, but style rather than fashion is what interests me. Im interested the word style constantly comes up in the dictionary discription. To me, they have quite different meanings.

Yep. There's a huge difference between style and fashion.

I dress mainly for function but in keeping (when practical) with my idea of style. Sometimes some fashionable things may match my personal style (one year the trousers may suit my style, three years later the shirts might) but for the most part I'm "terribly unfashionable" and I don't give a damn.

Like Motu, I remember when what was in the shops was what you got. Most of the time I wear what I can get or afford. When I can, I buy what I personally like the look of, uninfluenced by what the media reckons is "fashionable".

I'm sure I look dreadfully bohemian in my Dri-rider jacket and pants - basic black with just the red labels on the arms.

Clothing: as Henry Ford said - "Any color (sic) you like, as long as it's black." Durable, easy and comfortable are my main concerns, though.