{"id":525,"date":"2009-08-25T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=525"},"modified":"2014-07-29T15:34:56","modified_gmt":"2014-07-29T19:34:56","slug":"its-all-about-the-boots-part-2-biker-boots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s All About the Boots Part 2: Biker Boots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SpOpeWXQO5I\/AAAAAAAABl0\/O45ZsUZLL10\/s1600-h\/Chipfire33.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 285px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SpOpeWXQO5I\/AAAAAAAABl0\/O45ZsUZLL10\/s400\/Chipfire33.jpg?w=584\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373825119247416210\" \/><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">I am an avid motorcyclist.  I have been riding motorcycles regularly for 32 years.  Currently, I have a Harley-Davidson Road King Classic, which I bought new last year (2008).  I had the handlebars replaced so the bike fits me better.  I also had the instrumentation changed to have a combined speedometer\/tach.  Otherwise, the bike is stock.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to boots for the bike, my three favourite pairs of biker boots are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>stock Chippewa Firefighter boots<\/li>\n<li>custom tall Wesco Harness boots<\/li>\n<li>stock Chippewa oil-tanned Engineer boots<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tall boots usually need to be made custom to fit my muscular calfs.  However, tall Chippewa Engineer boots are made with a rather wide calf, so no further adjustment is necessary.  (That&#8217;s good, since you can&#8217;t get them made custom, anyway.)<\/p>\n<p>Wesco Boots are by far the most durable boots I have ever worn while motorcycling.  The only challenge I have with them is that they are very heavy, and sometimes get hot out in the sun when riding all day on big Harley with an air-cooled engine.  On those days, in particular, I prefer to wear my Chippewa Firefighter boots, which are durable and exceptionally comfortable.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, enjoy the video titled, &#8220;It&#8217;s All About the Boots Part 2:  Biker Boots&#8221; to see these boots closer up and in action.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ejLi3HN-9nY&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/object><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am an avid motorcyclist. I have been riding motorcycles regularly for 32 years. Currently, I have a Harley-Davidson Road King Classic, which I bought new last year (2008). I had the handlebars replaced so the bike fits me better. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=525\">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":[12,16,8,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chippewa-firefighter-boots","category-engineer-boots","category-motorcycle-boots","category-wesco-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","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=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}