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POLL YES or NO Would you buy this

  • bloodog
    bloodog
    6 years ago
     My self and lots of riders go for quick trips to the pub, shops, work and so on, wearing shorts we all have one thing in common..... 
    a burn mark on the right hand calve over and over again 

    When touring and it rains on goes the waterproofs they all have one thing in common ....

    melted plastic on pipes and holes in waterproofs

    My idea is to make one size fits all piece of kevlar goes around the calve under the knee dose up and undoes by velcro, folded up would be as big as a hanky os fits into your pocket when at the bar etc 

    about as big as 300mm x 300mm cheap easy to mass produce and I recon we would all buy one 

    Please what do you think would you buy one from me? I'v never seen anything like it for sale.
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    6 years ago

    When I have kevlar jeans I can touch the pipes and no problems 
    When I were shorts altho I try but just that slight touch and yep a mother burn 
    This happens mainly when parking the bike or rolling the bike from parking 
  • steelo
    steelo
    6 years ago
    I'm visualising something that looks like a gardeners gator with elastic at the top. I'm sorry my friend but I probably would not buy one due to the moderate riding temperatures in Adelaide. I'm either wearing plain jeans, kevlar jeans, or dririder style trousers. I never ride with shorts. I have noticed that kevlar cloth is not exceedingly expensive on ebay. Good luck though.
    Just a thought. They could be popular with bike mechanics in workshops as safety wear.
  • mickle
    mickle
    6 years ago
    Sorry mate a no from me, if you ever get a chance to see the tatts all over my legs you will see why
    I defiantly don't wear shorts anymore on a Harley, always Kevlar for me, but some VRod riders I see
    riding around Melb could possibly buy your product, good luck. 
  • bloodog
    bloodog
    6 years ago
     I understand, I would turn up at a mates shop in Goolwa wearing shorts on my bike and he would go of his face about safety 
    Its the hot weather bikers Im appealing to
    altho have you ever burnt your waterproofs when wearing them over the top of your kevlar jeans 
  • hithere
    hithere
    6 years ago
    Draggin Jeans for me. No to your product idea.
  • OILLEAK2008
    OILLEAK2008
    6 years ago
    No for me too.....
  • Ratbob
    Ratbob
    6 years ago
    Yes from me. 
    I’m a shorts rider, especially to Bunnings, only way to get a park or going to gym. Never touched the headers but just the radiant heat is a leg killer, once after gym it was so freakin hot I celotaped a small towel to my right calf. Worked fine so with the right design I’d likely be a buyer. It might need to be thicker than a single layer.
  • tussuck
    tussuck
    6 years ago
    no for me.  I wear my Kevlar jeans even on 40+ days 
    (I do encourage the young guys to wear shorts though as I'm getting older and might need organ transplants at some stage.)
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