Best looking riding gear ever...

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Edited Date/Time 3/16/2013 9:11am
was back in the 70's. Sweetness from Diamond Don's. Shand Garcia photo.

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DPR250R 4/20/2011 6:14am
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Looks cool... but I can't imagine how hot those leathers must have been.
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huck 4/20/2011 6:23am
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Those look as outdated as a "2T" does....
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Ride154 4/20/2011 6:24am
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That dude was hauling the mail too! Newmann, I thought I saw your big rig there but wasn't sure if it was your or not.

Great racing out at Diamond Don's, it was like I stepped back in time and was walking through my uncles old moto-photo albums. Very, very cool event. Can't wait until next year, I need to find me a bike to race!

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Racer92 4/20/2011 6:31am
4/20/2011 6:31am
flarider wrote:
They were hot as hell
X2 and didnt smell much better either.
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GrapeApe 4/20/2011 6:37am
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I think it's all relative to your age and when you developed moto-consciousness. I think the 70's stuff looks horrible, my sweet spot for gear is mid-to-late 80's. If I were 10 years older that would probably be reversed.
oldschoolmxr203 4/20/2011 6:50am
4/20/2011 6:50am
flarider wrote:
They were hot as hell
Racer92 wrote:
X2 and didnt smell much better either.
The smell was good for rat, mice or any bug prevention, way cheaper than pest control lol


Even though i started racing in 75, i never owned the leather pants, the first racing pants i had were the demin padded version of the leather ones. i didnt much care for them, even they were hot, in Florida in the summer every thing is hot to race with.
After the demins i got Trim racing pants ,and then after that maybe 77 or 78 i started using JT racing and used that until i stopped racing in 83/84
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swizcore 4/20/2011 6:54am
4/20/2011 6:54am Edited Date/Time 4/20/2011 6:54am
Chicken circa 1990-92.
Bradshaw circa 1992.
Reed Jacksonville '09.
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MT MX 4/20/2011 7:24am
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I always thought that the Gear Racewear from the 1980's was the best looking stuff, but it was hard to find. I also liked the Hallman Viking line. Both were just clean looking.
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CR500Rider 4/20/2011 7:49am
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flarider wrote:
They were hot as hell
Racer92 wrote:
X2 and didnt smell much better either.
Exactly what I was gonna post.
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Wandell 4/20/2011 7:50am
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GrapeApe wrote:
I think it's all relative to your age and when you developed moto-consciousness. I think the 70's stuff looks horrible, my sweet spot for gear is...
I think it's all relative to your age and when you developed moto-consciousness. I think the 70's stuff looks horrible, my sweet spot for gear is mid-to-late 80's. If I were 10 years older that would probably be reversed.
I agree.







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jeffro503 4/20/2011 8:16am
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Loved the mid-80's JT gear like what Ron is wearing above. Also , really liked Jeff wards Sinisalo and Emig's Shift gear as well.

That new addidas gear........you have got to be kidding me. I just threw up in my mouth a little when I say that set of "wing pants"..haha.

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GuyB 4/20/2011 8:32am
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You could get the matching wing shoes. But yeah, that stuff is horrible.
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FGR01 4/20/2011 8:35am
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No way Brah.. it's mainstream.. good for our sport. I think the design is pretty fly (hehe no pun) Wait until we get these pants and some Adidas boots up on RV or Dungey...
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GrapeApe 4/20/2011 8:39am
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I'd rock it, but I don't think my knee braces would fit in the skinny legs.
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Xeno 4/20/2011 8:41am
4/20/2011 8:41am
Hard to beat that look and that bike:
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GuyB 4/20/2011 8:44am
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Xeno wrote:
Hard to beat that look and that bike:[img]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/WandellAsbell/SXcomLechien/Lechien17.jpg[/img]
Hard to beat that look and that bike:
That's good stuff for sure. I'm not nearly as fond of the new JT stuff.
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swizcore 4/20/2011 8:48am
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Xeno wrote:
Hard to beat that look and that bike:[img]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/WandellAsbell/SXcomLechien/Lechien17.jpg[/img]
Hard to beat that look and that bike:
'84?
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newmann 4/20/2011 8:52am
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yzvet426 wrote:
[img]http://www.vintagefactory.com/PatRichter.jpg[/img]
*cough*cough* FTE photo....
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huck 4/20/2011 9:01am
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best looking gear...

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mxnut23 4/20/2011 9:01am
4/20/2011 9:01am
The guy in the OPs post also has a Wienert open class Kawi that was one of Jimmys practice bike. Sand cast engine cases, very cool!
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web mx 4/20/2011 9:03am
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JT racing gear from 1980--85, would still look good and not outdated today..
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jeffro503 4/20/2011 9:19am
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FGR01 wrote:
No way Brah.. it's mainstream.. good for our sport. I think the design is pretty fly (hehe no pun) Wait until we get these pants and...
No way Brah.. it's mainstream.. good for our sport. I think the design is pretty fly (hehe no pun) Wait until we get these pants and some Adidas boots up on RV or Dungey...
I can hear it now : Rider interview: ( insert rider name here_______) " Man.....I'll tell you guys what......if it wasn't for my Addida's wing pants and boots.....there was no way I was gonna clear that triple!"

Only pants in history that let the riders preform a "Knife edge" pass over a rhythm section.

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