{"id":1256,"date":"2011-08-14T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1256"},"modified":"2011-08-14T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T08:00:00","slug":"what-footwear-do-guys-wear-on-a-motorcycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1256","title":{"rendered":"What Footwear Do Guys Wear on a Motorcycle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">I really can&#8217;t believe this, but some asked via Google Canada, &#8220;What Footwear Do Guys Wear on a Motorcycle?<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-eS6Gr2XhpYo\/TkBQsRzmeoI\/AAAAAAAADBQ\/476ffoKg8tI\/s1600\/Footwear.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"41\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-eS6Gr2XhpYo\/TkBQsRzmeoI\/AAAAAAAADBQ\/476ffoKg8tI\/s400\/Footwear.jpg?resize=400%2C41\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jCarS_XoS9o\/TkPRadJEHmI\/AAAAAAAADBc\/e-gedRdk9cY\/s1600\/Chipharness15.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-jCarS_XoS9o\/TkPRadJEHmI\/AAAAAAAADBc\/e-gedRdk9cY\/s320\/Chipharness15.jpg?resize=181%2C320\" width=\"181\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Well, the footwear is called, &#8220;motorcycle boots.&#8221;  These are nifty, cool-looking things that protect your legs and feet, while providing traction.  They make a real biker look cool.  <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedharleydude.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/choosing-motorcycle-boots.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here is a recent blog post that gives an overall review of motorcycle boots<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are many different styles of motorcycle boots.  <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedharleydude.blogspot.com\/2011\/08\/motorcycle-harness-boots-review-for.html\" target=\"_blank\">Harness boots are the most common boots worn by bikers<\/a>, followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedharleydude.blogspot.com\/2011\/03\/why-do-bikers-wear-engineer-boots.html\" target=\"_blank\">engineer boots<\/a>.  <a href=\"http:\/\/bootedharleydude.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/all-american-boots.html\" target=\"_blank\">Short tactical boots<\/a> are also quite common, especially in warm weather.  <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUXG8vn1yvc\/TkPRaAvCqYI\/AAAAAAAADBY\/WFjI0Z1dgIA\/s1600\/Bouletblack15.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-oUXG8vn1yvc\/TkPRaAvCqYI\/AAAAAAAADBY\/WFjI0Z1dgIA\/s200\/Bouletblack15.jpg?resize=170%2C200\" width=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>What a biker needs is function &#8212; protection, security, and that &#8220;cool factor.&#8221;  Motorcycle boots offer that.<\/p>\n<p>Now, what footwear do some guys (going for the Darwin Award) wear sometimes on a motorcycle? &#8212; Sneakers (trainers), sandals, or (the worst), flip-flops.  These things offer <b>no protection<\/b> from injury and heat, and are the most stupid footwear to consider wearing while operating a real motorcycle. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z9wmwi4NDYY\/TkPRZl75zoI\/AAAAAAAADBU\/YAQwrJmEouY\/s1600\/Boulet01.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Z9wmwi4NDYY\/TkPRZl75zoI\/AAAAAAAADBU\/YAQwrJmEouY\/s200\/Boulet01.jpg?resize=164%2C200\" width=\"164\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Okay, now you know (as if you had to ask.)  What footwear do guys wear on a motorcycle?  <b>Motorcycle boots!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  wear boots on a motorcycle. Nothing less.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I really can&#8217;t believe this, but some asked via Google Canada, &#8220;What Footwear Do Guys Wear on a Motorcycle? Well, the footwear is called, &#8220;motorcycle boots.&#8221; These are nifty, cool-looking things that protect your legs and feet, while providing traction. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1256\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256","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=1256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}