Riding motorcycle while Kilted

[phinz]

Here ya go.

[Sciuropterus]

The sprocket sporrans in the bottom photo are great! I had a 1965 Triumph Tiger when I was a youngster, it was a basket case that I turned into a chopper. I haven't ridden any of the new Triumphs, I really should.

[Mr. Kilt]

I wore my UK the day I picked up the Yamaha 650 (metric Triumph, LOL) that I bought last year. As long as you tuck the front apron under a wee bit it won't blow around. If it's a warm day I may ride my Sportster kilted across the city to the Highland Games in Sept.

As for RAT...I'd never heard of them until this thread! While I don't own a Triumph now, I used to have a number of them, all chopped. Maybe I'll get another one someday, they sure were a blact to build and ride!
This is all I have left to remind me of those days...

[bikercelt1]

I don't recomend riding in a kilt. Having said that, I have ridden in a kilt and will ride in a kilt again. I rode around Milwaukee during Harley-Davidsons 100th. I rode the Washington State Hog rally several times with my kilt. All in all though if I'm doing anything more than a brief run it's easier to put my tourmaster pants on over my kilt than it is to deal with trying to hold it down. On my bike (a '98 FLHTCI) the kilt has a tendancy to fly straight back from the knees exposing a great deal of thigh and "flank" and once I scorched the hem of one of my kilts on the cross-over pipe while sitting at a stoplight.

Jamie

[smaughazard]

I wore my UK the day I picked up the Yamaha 650 (metric Triumph, LOL) that I bought last year. As long as you tuck the front apron under a wee bit it won't blow around. If it's a warm day I may ride my Sportster kilted across the city to the Highland Games in Sept.

As for RAT...I'd never heard of them until this thread! While I don't own a Triumph now, I used to have a number of them, all chopped. Maybe I'll get another one someday, they sure were a blact to build and ride!
This is all I have left to remind me of those days...

Al, check out http://www.triumphrat.com

[BonnieT100]

You mean www.triumphrat.net. I'm a RAT as well, and a BIR - Brit Iron Rebel. Must be a Triumph thing - bikes and kilts. I'd probably ride my Bonnie down to the local pub, but never the Thruxton - I have the swept back pipes. I've burnt my leg through a pair of jeans on those before. InfX708 on both boards.

[smaughazard]

Thanks for the correction, T100, I should have remembered! Bookmarks instead of memory. Hope you're enjoying the Bonnie- I've ridden the America and the Speedmaster, but they just couldn't pry me off of my '98 Trident…

[Zardoz]

I've tried riding kilted with mixed results. The first time I tried was during my Sport Kilt phase, the SK was pretty easy to wad up and sit on, and for what it's worth, it didn't look any worse for the effort after an hour or so's ride, but it still looked like a SK :rolleyes: . And I likely looked pretty silly going down the road that way too!

The next time I tried was better. I'd moved on from the SKs and had my first Stillwater, I wanted to ride about 90 miles to a celtic fest. I knew that the SWK would look like hell if I wadded it up enough to 'control' it at highway speeds, and frankly I was worried about road rash. It's been over 20 years since I had a good case of it, but the memory and some of the scars are still around!

So what I did was put on the shirt, kilt hose, etc. that I was gonna wear, but not the kilt, and put on some jeans. I rolled the kilt in a saddlebag. When I got to the place, I got out the kilt, belt, sporran etc , put them on over the jeans, then dropped my pants! I did it in the parking lot! The ride was event free and my pleats looked great!

Honestly though, As someone in the motorcycle industry with 30 years and over 300,000 miles of street riding who admonishes young people all the time for wearing shorts and other unsafe clothing while riding, I think the lack of protection alone is a good reason to avoid kilted riding. Kilts make just about any activty more fun, but maybe not biking (or horseback riding, but that's another story)

[Mr. Kilt]

Thanks for the correction, T100, I should have remembered! Bookmarks instead of memory. Hope you're enjoying the Bonnie- I've ridden the America and the Speedmaster, but they just couldn't pry me off of my '98 Trident…

Thanks for collective effort on the link, guys!
I've bookmarked the site and will take a better look when I have some free time. Of all the bikes I've had, I miss the black '70 chopper the most. Some day...

[Bil]

Here ya go.

Did anyone else notice that in the group picture at the bottom of the page, there is a kilted guy holding a blow-up sheep?? Don't ask why I noticed that. LOL