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)