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L.A.kevin:
Army Tanker boots are pretty damn good as motorcycle boots.

http://uspatriottactical.com/corcoran-tanker-10-inch-mens-leather-boots-5407-black/?dfw_tracker=2646-3734&gclid=Cj0KEQiArK6lBRC5-_jv48uxgrgBEiQAuxdZ9Qgaotx6uB_JcTJVvqufi_BeVo6Ahs0pbo6Sn6jo7NcaAkUV8P8HAQ

Lannis:

--- Quote from: not-fishing on January 05, 2015, 11:15:22 AM ---This fall my Daughter had purchased a Father's Nightmare of an old farmhouse that had Hillbilly Renovations and Expansions.  Over the weekend I had to help my Daughter refinish her hardwood floor which meant working on my hands and knees along with switching vehicles.  Rather than using my lace-up field boots I switched to pull-on Wellington boots that I've had for about 3+ decades. I wear my motorcycle boots to work so I wanted to keep them relatively clean.

Now we all know about riding with flip-flops, zories and tennis shoes --- but boots should be OK.

It was a painful mistake, the toe of the boot was so soft that the up-shifting really put pressure on my oft-damaged big toe.

The heel was also such that it would hook the peg and not let my foot slide forward more for the shifter-peg.

I've always only ridden before with motorcycle boots, now I am reminded as to why that's a Good Idea.


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Those rubber wellies are a good example of what not to wear.

The ULTIMATE in motorcycle-riding horror-footwear are some things that are actually DESIGNED to be used on a bike.

Those are the slip-over plastic rain boots with an OPEN SOLE, designed to keep your boot uppers dry, that have elastic straps criss-crossing over the sole of your boot, so you are walking on your boot sole and the elastic straps.   These straps will always get caught on the footpeg or on the levers, and you'll find out only when you try to put your foot down at a stop and can't because the elastic is hooked on the bike.

The one and only time I wore them, I had ripped half the elastic straps off forcing my foot down (lucky I made it in time), and when I got home, I tore them off and binned them.

Terrible idea!

Lannis

Sheepdog:
I have had hiking boots come off in a crash due to laces being cut by the lace hooks. I broke my big toe on the second bounce...

I like tanker boots, too. The Coyote Tan rough-out variants are a great summertime riding boot and can be purchased for reasonable prices. I got mine for $70.

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