Wearing a Kilt while riding a motorcycle, What do I do?

[O'Callaghan]

Well,

I ride my bike all the time with my kilt(s). Why? Same reason why every one rides in shorts: cause I'm stupid. The difference between the road and nothing and the road and 8 - 10 oz denim is lets say....NADA, zip, nothing. The only thing that is going to save you from road rash is a full set of leathers, pads, grieves, gloves and a full face helmet, when (not if) but when you drop your bike.

That may be somewhat true at, say, 130 mph, but it isn't true at speeds up to, say, 80 mph, IME. At normal speeds, denim does provide a heck of a lot more protection than nothing. I've slid down the asphalt at 70 mph on my a*** in a pair of jeans, so I KNOW!!!! I won't say the jeans didn't get torn, but I didn't tear the a*** out of them.

It was raining, which may have helped me slide a bit better! The slow lane of the M1 was closed and marked off only by an upturned 'Keep Left' sign on a dark and rainy night, and I had to ride another 100 miles with bent handlebars and the forks twisted in their yokes to get home. The bike hit the sign after we parted company. (ETA: The sparks as the bike slid down the road in front of me were like a firework show) With hindsight I would have done better to have ridden into the roadsign, but for all I knew it could have marked a deep hole! That was a long time ago. I hope the road workers would not be so bl**dy irresponsible today.

I switched to a full face helmet after I got a choke lever stuck through my lip!

Ok, so the road rash thing behind us, what else? I use a tuck and go approach. Tucking the front apron under my self and ride on. A nice heavy sporran also works well. The pleated back part, I can not control nor do I care.

I do recommend that you really do not ride at freeway speeds, as the wind gets really problematic. But around town at speeds less than say 50, it really is not much of a problem.

There is nothing ill-legal about riding kilted, although some of the looks I have gotten from police are priceless. If you do choose to ride kilted, beware of the looks, honks and stares you will get. Also, I've found that regimental is very problematic....hot seats, I say no more.

I've never ridden in a kilt, but it's a long time since I've ridden a motorcycle. If I was to do so, I would only do it over short distances, away from traffic, and at very low speeds. Rather like the time I brought home a full length mirror on the pillion, LOL! The (bike) cop who stopped me accepted it was OK when I told him I was keeping to 20 mph!

Chaps seem like a good idea in theory, but if you come off you may well slide along on the seat of your underwear (if you are wearing any). Unless your underwear is at least as strong as denim (!) I couldn't recommend that. I don't know, maybe you wear leather underwear? If you ride a motorcycle in a kilt with leather chaps and leather underwear you might risk arrest for soliciting, LOL!

I've met gazillions of motorcyclists who say that nothing less than full leathers is any use, but I've no time for that PoV, because IMHO it's Bull! If you cover all your exposed skin with SOMETHING it will help you to a large extent at normal (including somewhat illegal) highway speeds. Trust me.