{"id":16498,"date":"2021-12-10T15:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16498"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:55:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:55:27","slug":"late-autumn-leathered-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16498","title":{"rendered":"Late Autumn Leathered Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210blog.jpg?resize=182%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210blog.jpg?resize=182%2C300&amp;ssl=1 182w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210blog.jpg?resize=91%2C150&amp;ssl=1 91w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210blog.jpg?w=242&amp;ssl=1 242w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/>Now that I have well-fitting bars on my new Harley and the weather is appropriately cool but not frigidly cold, today (Friday 10 Dec), I had to run errands, so I thought, &#8220;take the Harley!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It has been way too long since I rode my Harley. Today, however, was&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n&#8230;just great.<\/p>\n<p>Squeak of the leathers sounds great.  Long-sleeved leather shirt, Northbound leather jeans, Schott Perfecto leather jacket, leather gauntlet gloves, Chippewa harness boots&#8230; &#8220;the works.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Feel of the leathers is &#8230; well, why I wear it.  Warm, comfortable, well-fitted.<\/p>\n<p>Smell of the leathers is &#8230; mmmmph, just wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Sight of the leathers is &#8230; well, judge for yourself:<div id=\"attachment_16499\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16499\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210.jpg?resize=584%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210.jpg?resize=300%2C231&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210.jpg?resize=150%2C116&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210.jpg?resize=768%2C592&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ride20211210.jpg?resize=389%2C300&amp;ssl=1 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-16499\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Northbound Leather Jeans, Schott Perfecto 118 Jacket, Chippewa harness boots<\/p><\/div>Life is short: leather up and RIDE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now that I have well-fitting bars on my new Harley and the weather is appropriately cool but not frigidly cold, today (Friday 10 Dec), I had to run errands, so I thought, &#8220;take the Harley!&#8221; It has been way too &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=16498\">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":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-ride"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16498","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=16498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}