Gimp suits: hot or not?

[2wheeldrifter]

Ladies in a one piece like this..... "Hell Yeah!

But really unless your on the track, day to day riding etc a good 2 piece zipped together works fine.....

[BuFfY]

I think they only look good if they are the right size for the wearer and if they are either on a long ride or on the track. Imagine seeing a guy walking around the mall in one!! Would turn a few heads!!

[Drew]

Imagine seeing a guy walking around the mall in one!! Would turn a few heads!!

Whenever I end up at the mall wearin my one piece, I make sure to keep my helmet on. If I'm gonna be looked at like a weirdo, I want it to be on my terms and as though I want it.

[MIXONE]

Was that you I saw the other day then?I thought was Stig from Top Gear and wondered why I couldn't get an autograph.

[BuFfY]

Whenever I end up at the mall wearin my one piece, I make sure to keep my helmet on. If I'm gonna be looked at like a weirdo, I want it to be on my terms and as though I want it.

Haha well fair enough

[Drew]

Was that you I saw the other day then?I thought was Stig from Top Gear and wondered why I couldn't get an autograph.

Na, been ages since I wore anything but jacket and jeans on the road bike matie, looks like the stig just didn't like you after all.

[Henk]

Gimp suits are great while you're riding and a complete pain in the arse the rest of the time, and yes they make you look like a tosser. But there's nothing I'd rather crash in.

[Livvy]

Gimp suits are great while you're riding and a complete pain in the arse the rest of the time, and yes they make you look like a tosser. But there's nothing I'd rather crash in.

Amen to that statement.

[Drew]

Gimp suits are great while you're riding and a complete pain in the arse the rest of the time, and yes they make you look like a tosser. But there's nothing I'd rather crash in.

I'd rather not crash, atire regardless.

Have to say I've been lucky with crashing in the wrong get up. Jeans and sneakers, come away with no worse scrapes than similar crashes in a one piece. Different story would be crashing at race pace in jeans though, I'd come away with out skin methinks.

[Livvy]

We'd all prefer not to crash, atire regardless, but as you say, at around town speeds, a crash of your own making (i.e., not a crash involving a car, but where you slip on a wet patch, etc) would probably be about the same in jeans or in leathers, but I reckon it'd depend on the incident...

But I'd still prefer, town speeds or not, to crash in proper gear, be it one piece or two or even more.

[Henk]

Definitely go along with the rather not crash sentiments. I've had my gimp suit about a year, worn it half a dozen times. Also have leather and cordura jackets and pants. Usual riding atire is a combination of those with jeans thrown in. Have crashed in all sorts, jeans suck for hitting the tarmac, have lost skin and collected some of those neat little burns where the rivets get insanely hot from being ground off on the ashphalt.