Is "demi-flyplaid" a word?

[BuchananBiker]

So it's starting to get cooler out, but I ride until it hits the low 30's at least. So the vest is put up and my jacket has come back out. It just looked naked, so I took a bit of cotton tartan, ran a seam down the edges, ran a stitch across the bottom, frayed it, pleated it and stitched it under the epaulet of said jacket. I plan on adding a pewter clan badge to the front. But for now, here you go. A biker jacket with a demi-flyplaid (may my ancestors not strike me down).







Seriously... the stuff I do at work boggles my mind...

[O'Searcaigh]

Neat idea. I just wrap a tartan scarf (a la old school pilots) and let it fly! Happy kilting and happy biking (I assume you don't do both at once .

[piperdbh]

To answer your question: no, "demi-flyplaid" is not a word, but "scarf" is!

[Nick the DSM]

Schott Perfecto?

Nice!

[Oberu]

LOL.. I sported a scarf once and it was a sloshy winter morning. By the time I got 30 miles or so down the interstate I had a scarf about 18 feet long. Just a heads up.. scarfs on a bike over say 65 seems to stretch em' out.

[BuchananBiker]

I gotta say, cracks majestically at 90.
Let's see how long it lives.

[Elf]

LOL.. I sported a scarf once and it was a sloshy winter morning. By the time I got 30 miles or so down the interstate I had a scarf about 18 feet long. Just a heads up.. scarfs on a bike over say 65 seems to stretch em' out.

Yes, I would reserve final judgement until seeing how it flies on the road, but I appreciate your intent. I would especially wonder if the front part wouldn't fly up and over.

On a little more minimal side, in an attempt to have some tartan on the upper body, I made a pair of epaulets like some pipe bands use (circlets of tartan slipped over the shirt epaulet) from tartan scraps. However, not being in a band, I have seldom used them. You have inspired me tho' and I think I will make a larger pair to fit my cycle jacket.