Pants In/Out of boots

[Aussijussi]

One thing about these Sidi crossfire boots, trousers inside or out, they're like a blast furnace in the summer!

[Walterxr650l]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

The one thing I just don't get is how you all can stand your pant legs flapping in the 80 MPH winds when doing highway miles. Maybe this thread is already off-base since it leaves speed out of the equation, but I'm sure I could stand pant legs out for 45 MPH and under, but for higher speeds it's just not enjoyable. Maybe some of you guys only ride around town or at paced speeds?

Maybe some of us wear pant that don't flap in the wind.

Walter

[eakins]

i used to do pants in the boots ie mx style with msr goretex pants & goretex adv styled boots. never understood pants over the boots concept until i bought some klim over the boots summer pants. now i have klim traverse ones (goretex) and will never look back at pants in the pants. sure maybe for the track, but for everything else pants outside of the boots.

[eakins]

Originally Posted by msanna

good topic, I'm interested to hear if there are any decent motocross pants for cold weather riding.
currently i wear my pants over the boots, but my adventure riding cold/wet gear do not fit over my motocross boots and zip back up...sooo...

msr did make pants in the boots w/ gortex (ISDE pants) years ago.
seems all goretex and the like are over the boots now.

[eakins]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

I wrote this on the Killboy thread, but laces got me one day even though I double-knotted them and tucked them into the boots.

My left leg got knocked back and off the peg like I had hit a groundhog at 60 MPH with my foot. I didn't know what had happened until our next stop.

The one thing I just don't get is how you all can stand your pant legs flapping in the 80 MPH winds when doing highway miles. Maybe this thread is already off-base since it leaves speed out of the equation, but I'm sure I could stand pant legs out for 45 MPH and under, but for higher speeds it's just not enjoyable. Maybe some of you guys only ride around town or at paced speeds?

i haul ass and have never felt my Klim pants flapping around? maybe you're talking cheapy or supper baggy over boots yo-boy/mx ones.
like this: http://www.extremesupply.com/product...Fe5FMgodAAIAJg
Klim material is heavy duty and includes huge velcro bands to size the bottom of the pant tight around the boot.
for the $ i think the Klim traverse pants are plenty of goretex tech to mix with any upper system you use street or dirt hot or cold.
http://www.klim.com/en-us/shop/moto/men/pants/4051-660


if you look at all the street/sport touring pants they are all over the boot and we're talking 125+ mph bikes here.

[ray h]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

The one thing I just don't get is how you all can stand your pant legs flapping in the 80 MPH winds when doing highway miles. Maybe this thread is already off-base since it leaves speed out of the equation, but I'm sure I could stand pant legs out for 45 MPH and under, but for higher speeds it's just not enjoyable. Maybe some of you guys only ride around town or at paced speeds?

Flapping pant legs don't bother me the slightest bit, I don't even notice it.

[larryboy]

Originally Posted by Walterxr650l

Maybe some of us wear pant that don't flap in the wind.

Walter

Zip down legs with a velcro cuff cincher, no flappin'.

[PhillipsMetal]

I am a noob in the attire department, but always wear jeans or riding pants OVER my packer boots.

The packer boots go back many years to my cowboy days. There were two fashion styles for cowboys. Outside the boot for most of us, and inside the boot for those cowboys that used them to hold the back legs of the sheep...

[slartidbartfast]

Usually out if only one layer. Always out if riding in rain. If two layers then inner layer may be tucked in depending on what boots I'm wearing. I have some leather pants that will only go inside boots and I have some pants that flap in the wind and so may get tucked in - depending on what boots I'm wearing.

I guess the answer is "It depends!"

[fastdadio]

Pants in. I can't stand the flappin feeling.

[randyo]

my calfs are big enuf I have a hard time finding boots I can get my legs into let alone tuck my pants in


in colder weather, I duct tape the cuff around my boot

[EZ300]

My preference:
Offroad = Pants in boots
Onroad = Pants out of boots

[Mambo Dave]

Well, it's not like my adventure pants don't have velcro and zips at the bottom, and just to try it out again I rode around today with my pants over my boots... but I still say that both wears the pants out from the inside-out with most offroad boots' buckles, and puts wear and tear on the cuffs that just don't belong there when tall motorcycle boots are made to withstand abrasion better.

On top of that, cue the myriad of stores of a pant leg getting caught on some part of the bike...

It's just poor form.

[DarthJ]

Originally Posted by Mambo Dave

but I'm sure I could stand pant legs out for 45 MPH and under, but for higher speeds it's just not enjoyable. Maybe some of you guys only ride around town or at paced speeds?

I regularly ride 65-75 with pants out and it doesn't bother me. Only tuck them in if I wear my old Army boots (laces tucked in too) or overpants (The're a bit short, so there's about 2 inches of denim sticking out, looks silly)

[cliffy109]

Well, since 100% of my riding is done with Aerostich Darien pants, this just isn't a consideration. I don't think it would be possible to tuck them in. They have large velcro strips to cinch them up nicely around the boot. The pants I wear under the Dariens usually get tucked in because my boots are too big not to. Even if they weren't, I still would just to keep them from sticking out under the Dariens and getting dirty/wet.