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[fasteddiecopeman]

If you just want to cut the wind, try a pair of rain pants. Ed

[D Critchley]

What about a pair of chaps? Might be a bit warmer than rain pants, and they fold up pretty small. DC [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Bryan Burke]

Before I got my KLR, I spent a lot of time skiing and marching around in the mountains. (Still do!) The mountain gear isn't cheap, but it has worked really well on the motorcycle. Last year I rode over a 10,000 foot pass in Colorado in a freezing rain storm for a couple hours in my mountaineering pants and they kept me completely dry. Think about it: mountain gear is designed to keep you warm and dry when the wind is howling, snow or sleet is coming down, day after day.It's way better than most of the motorcycle clothes I've looked at, except for the lack of crash pads. Look for a full side zipper, which makes them easy on-off. Most have re-inforced knees and a full cut to fit over stuff. Try a ski shop or an outdoor store like REI. They will cost a lot more than some cheap rain pants, but this stuff is made to stand up to wind, sleet, snow, falls, dirt,and so on for years. Every couple years you treat it with some seam sealer and waterproofing stuff, and they'll keep you warm and dry for a decade. Add a pair of Outdoor Research gaiters, and you're set. I wear the gaiters with hiking boots whenever I ride. Lighter than motorcycle boots, easy to walk in, keeps out all the dust, rain, and sand, takes the sting out of brush hits... and they keep your feet warm by reducing cold air circulation around your ankles. Bryan

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, D Critchley wrote:

> > What about a pair of chaps? Might be a bit warmer than rain pants, and > they fold up pretty small. > DC > >

Assless chaps?

[Andrus Chesley]

Hard to believe I bought one set of rain gear from Dry Rider that was made at the time right here in Louisiana. That was in the mid 70's. I still have it along with a newer set from >???? I bought about 10 years ago. Still use both with no problem, In fact , kinda partial to the ole Dry Rider that has served me well for many many wet miles.

[D Critchley]

Please don't start that one again. Remember there is an assophobe out there some where, and we should not get him going. DC Jud Jones wrote:

> > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > , D Critchley wrote: > > > > What about a pair of chaps? Might be a bit warmer than rain pants, and > > they fold up pretty small. > > DC > > > > > > Assless? > >

[Arden Kysely]

That's the only kind!

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote: > Assless chaps? >

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Arden Kysely" wrote:

> > That's the only kind! > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Jud Jones" wrote: > > Assless chaps? > > >

That is why you wear them when dinner will be served from the redundant menu; Roast beef with au jus gravy, Today's soup du jour, some shrimp scampi, andouille sausage, a panini sandwich made with foccacia bread, cheese quesadillas, pizza pie, and more. Dinner will be prepared in a Vista View oven by the head chef at the Hotel Parador, located high in the Sierra Madre mountain range, and will be served in a room lit with wall sconces, and decorated with wall murals. After dinner, you might enjoy a game of bocce ball, or smoke a Parliament (with the filter that's recessed in).

[Jim Douglas]

Andrus Chesley wrote:

> > Hard to believe I bought one set of rain gear from Dry Rider that was > made at the time right here in Louisiana. That was in the mid 70's. I > still have it along with a newer set from >???? I bought about 10 > years ago. Still use both with no problem, In fact , kinda partial to > the ole Dry Rider that has served me well for many many wet miles. > >

Fisherman's weather gear, $40.00 at sporting goods store something with frog in the name I think, one snap has broken after a few months but dry and warm on cold days, keeps the wind the heck off ya! Water also, would give it higher recommendations if the snap had not broken I have now glue all around the other snaps in an attempt to reinforce them..

[revmaaatin]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, Jim Douglas wrote:

> > Andrus Chesley wrote: > > > > Hard to believe I bought one set of rain gear from Dry Rider that

was

> > made at the time right here in Louisiana. That was in the mid

70's. I

> > still have it along with a newer set from >???? I bought about 10 > > years ago. Still use both with no problem, In fact , kinda

partial to

> > the ole Dry Rider that has served me well for many many wet miles. > > > > > Fisherman's weather gear, $40.00 at sporting goods store something > with frog in the name I think, one snap has broken after a few

months

> but dry and warm on cold days, keeps the wind the heck off ya! Water > also, would give it higher recommendations if the snap had not

broken

> I have now glue all around the other snaps in an attempt to

reinforce

> them.. >

Jim, Do you wear your Frog Toggs externally, or internally? I bought a set last fall-- will field test them the next 2-weeks through an estimated 2,500 smiles...I bought them to fit internally as others said the wind beat them to pieces when worn internally. Describe how gluing will reinforce a snap .say how, and what glue. My experience: I borrowed a 'top' some 4 years ago did you know it rains every day in July in Montana? I wore them worn internally as per Mike Fredrick, fellow poster; not only did I stay gratefully dry, I stayed very warm. Snug as bug sort of thing. smile. revmaaatin.