Changing into your kilt

[smaughazard]

Bikers know the drill: don kilt, drop jeans, enjoy the event, don jeans, drop kilt and ride away!

[Sammac]

Changed between the doors of my explorer during a snowstorm. Had about 5 inches on the ground, just loosened the laces on my hikers, put kilt on, pulled jeans down, slipped foot out of hikers,off one leg then the other. My wife laughed alot at that.

[Zardoz]

Ah! Americade. Been there 8 times (2000-2007), but that was pre-kilts. Except for the 1st year, "Santa" was seen in the parade on Saturday.

My Dad and I rode up to the 1st Lake George rally in 1983, it was still called Aspencade at that time.

Sorry back to kilts!

[Welsh Buggy]

I find it easier to just start in the Kilt....then no need to look for a place to change....LOL!

[Smayniac]

Most recently I changed from jeans to my UK at the California/Nevada border. Literally. Pulled off to the side of the highway and changed on the passenger side of the car in the 100+ degree heat. I was much more comfortable for the rest of the trip that day.

I'm not aware of any dress codes on the highways of either of those states.
Bob

[Dave K]

In my car in the middle of a grocery store parking lot at 5 p.m. I planned it out and was very quick.

[Kiltman]

I can't say that I found it either awkward or bizarre, but just the other day, I popped on my UK out in the open, in front of God and everybody, on the rocky bank of the Delaware river after having just completed a short tubing trip. The kilt went on and the swimming trunks came off in front of plenty of witnesses.

Come to think if it, that's how I got into the trunks in the first place. Sooo convenient!

Rex.

Spot on, Rex. Kilts are great for changing. Like you I've changed in and out of swim trunks, long pants, etc.

[Morris at Heathfield]

I'm not aware of any dress codes on the highways of either of those states.
Bob

At least two people have now mentioned changing into a kilt at a border. My natural historical curiosity causes me to wonder about how this tradition originated.

[threebanger]

Bikers know the drill: don kilt, drop jeans, enjoy the event, don jeans, drop kilt and ride away!

That's how I do it...yep, in the busy street leading to the event entrance. I've gotten some odd looks, but mostly good natured, "Way to go!" comments.

[Woodsman]

I agree that the most awkward place to change in or out of a kilt has to be in the driver's seat of your car. What could just take less than a minute standing up, takes much longer with a series of laughable contortions and bumps and bangs on the steering wheel. Once I thought I could quickly do this while stopped at a deserted intersection. I wound up getting my shorts tangled in my shoes and had to step out of the car anyway to complete the job. I was laughing thinking about how I would explain this to a policeman if one had suddenly shown up.

I now prefer the method of the young woman who changes in seconds wherever she may be without giving it a second thought.