Riding attire...

I don't dress to impress, so it just depends on the weather. Yesterday it was REAL hot out. I wore over-the-ankle boots (always do) jeans, tank-top, shorty helmet & sunglasses.

Usually in perfect weather I wear those same boots, jeans, t-shirt, vest, shorty gloves (really help the vibration from the Sporty), and shorty helmet if I'm riding in town and full-face helmet if riding all day long.

Cold weather I wear same boots, jeans, leather chaps (boy do they help), t-shirt, sweatshirt, leather jacket, gauntlet gloves, neck snuggy, full-face helmet.

If it's raining I wear a rainsuit and those little things that go over your boots.

Sometimes it's just a little cool when I start out... I just wear jeans & t-shirt with jacket but the jacket comes off when it warms up enough.

<shrug> As I said, it depends on the weather.

Trip to a neighbors no more than 10 miles:
Half Helmet with eye protection, a vest and long pants/boots.

Trip locally (more than 10) and staying off of the highway
Half Helmet with eye protection, a vest and long pants/boots.

Local Crusise on familiar roads/highway:
Half Helmet with eye protection, a leather jacket and long pants/boots. If it's super hot I might just wear a vest, but I gotta know my roads pretty well and not be worried about some other driver hitting me....

Long trip over 200 miles:
Those kevlar impregnated jeans, full boots, leather riding jacket and unless it's really hot, full helmet...

And for those cold days:
Long pants, Full Helmet and boots, of course my riding jacket...

Boots, Helmet, Long Pants, (catch my trend) and I always have on a pair of gloves!

Hey, I might not always look like an outlaw, but I'm comfortable in both my mind and in what I'm wearing (and the ole' lady thinks I will survive another vehicle bumping into me)...

Full-face helmet, armored leather jacket (with venting good enough to be comfy up to about 80°), armored boots, gloves, leather pants up to about 70°, jeans if warmer.

Planning on gettin a Joe Rocket Phoenix armored jacket for the ride to South Dakota in July- supposed to be comfortable well into the 90's.

Haven't worn shorts on a bike since about 1978, when I was riding with a buddy who had shorts and a tank top on. We were doing about 30 MPH, I was about 50 yards behind him when he rode into a swarm of bees ... nothing makes you jump like a handful of bees rammed up your shorts.

I've gotten good prices, good gear and great service here. I bought the Hein Gericke leathers you'll find on this site. Quality and armor is very similar to the Harley FXRG stuff (I think the skins are actually better) at about 40% less cost.

To each his own, but my personal rules:

If it was 200 degrees F outside I would still not wear shorts on a motorcycle. Not after seeing the legs of a guy who tipped his bike over at 5 MPH in a grassy field and had his legs trapped against the hot exhaust and engine for 20 minutes while he waited for somebody to come along and lift the bike off him. Actually I had this rule before seeing him but now I know why.

I never wear anything except boots (OK, socks too) on my feet when on a motorcycle. What possible advantage do tennis shoes offer other than looking less dorky with shorts which isn't an issue with me.

Always some kind of DOT helmet but admittedly usually a half helmet. I used to ride w/o a helmet but it just seems like a good idea. I haven't heard a single good arguement against a shorty helmet vs. no helmet other than maybe being hotter. Funny that would be an issue with a bunch of hard-assed guys. Of course some kind of eye protection even when I have the windshield on.

Leather jacket (the heaviest I can stand) unless it is really warm out and I am just out cruising.

Always some kind of gloves.

Never ever a HD T-shirt.

I don't even own a leather vest, 'do rag, chain-drive wallet, harness boots or a "live to ride" baseball hat.