{"id":6815,"date":"2014-04-11T04:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-04-11T08:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=6815"},"modified":"2014-04-11T05:11:29","modified_gmt":"2014-04-11T09:11:29","slug":"hi-vis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=6815","title":{"rendered":"Hi Vis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, I admit… leather is cool-looking, keeps a biker warm, and provides good protection if involved in a crash. However, traditional black leather is not that visible, especially in the dark.<\/p>\n

Another rider who regularly reads this blog saw my post titled “see and be seen”<\/a> (March 8, 2014), where I showed some new, bright halogen beams that my spouse bought for me and I had installed on my motorcycle. This rider wrote to me and asked, logically,
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\n“If you’re all about safety – see and be seen – how do you explain wearing all that black leather?”<\/p>\n

Ya know, he was right. <\/p>\n

For several years now, I have been seeing more motorcycle gear made for regular riders (not racers) that have “hi vis” (high visibility) elements in their construction — bright color and reflective material. Built-in protective pads in the shoulders, elbows, and even a kidney belt.<\/p>\n

Last night, I took advantage of a great sale as well as a $100 gift certificate and got myself a great “hi vis” jacket by Rev’It. One of the great features of the jacket is that you can remove the lining and wear it for warm-weather riding. It is vented and keeps you cool, while remaining highly visible.<\/p>\n

So there you go, V, I’ve gone “hi vis.” How do you like it? [Note: Looking at this photo, I am convinced now that black leather jeans would look much better with this jacket than denim jeans. Switching!]\"HiVis\"Life is short: keep up with the times — see and be seen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, I admit… leather is cool-looking, keeps a biker warm, and provides good protection if involved in a crash. However, traditional black leather is not that visible, especially in the dark. Another rider who regularly reads this blog saw my … 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":[29,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leather-gear-information","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\/6815","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=6815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}