Cordura and Vinyl Dont mix

[madmax-im]

Got a pair of Olympia Ranger ll armored textile pants..never a problem riding my ST1100. But the seat on my Maxim is just plain nuts. I had the seat reworked and refoamed so that I can sit more planted in one spot with much better comfort. Problem is wearing the riding pants on this seat has me slipping and sliding constantly...wether accelerarting and especially braking...or if I hit bump in the road.It feels like I am sliding on ice or grease...so for now my solution is to wear blue jeans,as they do not slide me around. I know there are a number of solutions to fix this and allow me to use ATGATT...just a matter of how much $$$...

[Ivan]

sounds like you need some of that non slip cupboard liner.

[rman]

other solutions

Velcroe?

[trbig]

Velcroe?

Just ask the silverback why you wouldn't want to accidentally wear velcro shorts inside out..


Tod

[madmax-im]

Velcro...thats a knee slapper..LOL The expensive route would be to have the seat recovererd. There are materials and surfaces that will keep you seated where you want to be...prolly few hundred $$
The least expensive would be to just wear blue jeans..this works but I give up the waterproofing of the Ranger 2s'not to mention the armor.
I wonder about those sheepskin butt pads things ?

[Ken Talbot]

Ease up on the armorall

[fredintoon]

Denim interface

Hi MadMax,
it looks like denim is your answer.
Either sew yourself a denim slipcover for the bike seat
or get a pair of jeans that fit over your cordura pants.
Cut offs, even?
Like those de-sleeved jean jackets that carry your club colors?

[trbig]

I think you should just get a pair of leather chaps and ride with those.. and nothing underneath them. (Just not anywhere around here, please) It would help the posterior get a better grip in those "Pucker" moments. I would suggest only crashing face first though..

In the great words of Polly Shore.. "Cheek Chillers!"


Tod

[fredintoon]

I think you should just get a pair of leather chaps and ride with those.. and nothing underneath them. - - -
Tod

Hi madmax,
is Tod right? Will skin grip vinyl better than will denim?
I'd await an account of Tod's firsthand experiment before I tried it.
It's always seemed to me that even when worn over blue jeans, leather chaps left certain areas of one's body exposed to evaporative cooling when one is riding in the rain.

[Wildkat]

As for riding with nothing under your chaps... I'd think in those pucker moments... it might be more beneficial to have something covering the more expulsive parts... just in case...
You think ArmorAll is slippery?

[trbig]

Will skin grip vinyl better than will denim?

Sure it will.. but under heavy braking when you slide forward, you get that "SCREEECH!!" sound equal to falling in gym class when skin and wooden floor meet. (Or when sliding down a waterslide into a pool.. only to discover halfway down, the slide isn't wet enough... )

It also is beneficial as no one will ever ask for permission to sit on your bike...

Tod

[DGXSER]

Nothing under the chaps

Just think of the money you will save on those pills to make things bigger. Just plan some quick stops peridoically and the grab factor will do it naturally!

Of course on those unplanned quick stop incidents, the "first you say it, then you do it" factor will really implement those "that will NEVER come out" discussions and kill the resale value.

[madmax-im]

Leather and cheeks too much for Kat to resist ...LOL...if I lived in San Francisco then I could be one of those metro-sexuals... yeah right..LOL...I kinda like Fred's idea with the denim

[fredintoon]

...I kinda like Fred's idea with the denim

Hi madmax,
glad to help out. You going for the slipcover or the cut-offs?

[madmax-im]

Hi madmax,
glad to help out. You going for the slipcover or the cut-offs?

LMAOooo going to try making a slip cover...I cant see wearing cutoffs over these pants Actually the only thing I am sure is that denim and vinyl work ok and that cordura and vinyl do not...so I still need to test wether the denim/cordura combo will work or not.