{"id":1212,"date":"2011-07-01T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2020-05-25T07:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T11:40:36","slug":"custom-grey-leather-gear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1212","title":{"rendered":"Custom Grey Leather Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Woo-hoo! It’s finally here! My new custom-made motorcycle riding gear made especially for me by Johnson Leather of San Francisco<\/a>, California, USA!<\/p>\n

Gray leather, not black??? Am I committing sacrilege to the Biker Lords who establish norms for biker leathers? <\/p>\n

While I’m sure that some guys wouldn’t find this color of leather all that interesting, and even some may say that it is over-the-top — to me, as a secure, leather-oriented biker, it’s perfect! Stand out from the crowd of boring black leather-clad bikers in ill-fitting gear. I’ve long been all about being my own guy, and this is a way I can express my independence and freedom from the shackles of conformity.<\/p>\n

Here’s the story on the gear: in late March, while on a business trip to San Francisco, my friend Mike took me to Johnson Leather where I discussed my interests and specifications, and my measurements were taken for a cop-style leather jacket and a pair of leather riding pants to match.<\/p>\n

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In May, I received a canvas mock-up of the jacket and pants. Johnson Leather asked me to have pictures taken of me wearing the mock-up, both in a standing and sitting-on-my-Harley position. I sent the pictures to them, and they used what they saw to make adjustments to the fitting before cutting the leather to make the garments.<\/p>\n

In late June, I received my new custom gray leather jacket<\/a> and matching custom pants<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Wow! This outfit fits perfectly and is (to me) really cool-looking! The leather from which it is made is thick — I estimate 7-8 oz. thickness, so the gear provides both warmth as well as protection. <\/p>\n

The jacket is cut in a traditional biker\/motorcycle cop style. It has three zipped outer pockets and one deep inner pocket. It is lined with silk. The jacket is cut to allow freedom of movement, required when I wear it while riding my Harley.<\/p>\n

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A particular custom-specified feature with which I am especially pleased is an added leather back panel made for the jacket. Here’s the reason why I had that done: I ride with a motorcycle club, and while I would like to have the club’s patches (colors) added to the jacket to wear when I ride with them, I didn’t want to damage the jacket with permanent additions. Who knows? I may have to change patches for some reason in the future, or I may want to wear the jacket to locations where wearing club colors isn’t something I would want to do, or the club wouldn’t want the colors shown. (That club would get upset if I wore its colors into a gay venue, because the club’s national leadership is homophobic.)<\/p>\n

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The pants are made with lots of room in the seat and thigh, so my hips and legs move freely as I swing my leg over the saddle of my Harley or require maneuverability when I walk the bike into a tight parking spot. The pants have a zip fly which is much better when leathers will actually be worn while riding a motorcycle. The room around the hips and crotch provide for maneuverability, too — unlike some leathers made for fetish-wear.<\/p>\n

The only down-side, if there is a down-side, is that these new leathers are designed for warmth, so I cannot test them out on a ride on my Harley until our local temperatures cool off significantly. <\/p>\n

Life is short: know what you want, how to specify it, and be your own man by choosing to wear leathers in colors other than black!<\/p>\n

Once again, here are links to more photos of the custom gray leather jacket<\/a> and matching custom pants<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Woo-hoo! It’s finally here! My new custom-made motorcycle riding gear made especially for me by Johnson Leather of San Francisco, California, USA! Gray leather, not black??? Am I committing sacrilege to the Biker Lords who establish norms for biker leathers? … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leather-gear-information"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1212\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}