Author Topic: Wardrobe Malfunction ! (Read 7119 times)

SmithSwede · « **on:** February 05, 2016, 07:52:55 PM »

Ok, well. If you can't laugh at yourself, you shouldn't laugh at anyone else.

Today I had a catastrophic failure of my one piece Aerostich Roadcrafter. I put it on to meet some "suit and tie" friends at a swanko Dallas restaurant. I leave early on the Guzzi, thinking I could get there before them, lock the 'Stich to the bike, and be inside the restaurant looking civilized before anyone was the wiser about my biker ways.

Fail! Instead I'm fighting a stuck zipper, and can't get out of my suit, when my friends show up and see me in the parking lot.

They help me, finally got it unstuck. So I figure no big deal. Just a fluke. Have a nice lunch.

Suit up again, head back to the office, park . . . only to discover it's stuck even worse. I had visions of going up to office wearing a nasty, oily, bug splattered Aerostich and asking a secretary to cut me out of the damn thing. But I finally got out of it.

Needless to say, I'm now shopping for a two piece outfit. I'm snake bit on this one piece stuff where zipper failure leaves you stuck like a strait jacket.

Still love Aerostich.

Ok, so. Darien or Roadcrafter in 2 piece? Other suggestions for first rate, waterproof gear?

Anyone else ever have a near catastrophic failure of motorcycle gear, other than crash related?

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:00:42 PM »

Yeah , my Tourmaster jacket zipper stuck so bad I had to "molt" it off . Prescott , try some olive oil on the zipper , and if that fails , I think Aerostich will replace the zipper .

Dusty

JoeW · « **Reply #2 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:03:03 PM »

I'm no one to criticize anyone rationalizing why they need new gear, I bought 2 helmets last season! But, you could just get the zipper replaced.

Demar · « **Reply #3 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:03:14 PM »

In 1976 at my High School Winter Formal I had a wardrobe malfunction. I had bought a new pair of slacks and a jacket. On the way out to the car after dinner I felt a draft in my crotch. I looked down and the zipper was open but the zipper was at the top????? Turns out every time I sat down the teeth would separate. I was constantly saying excuse me, turning around and performing a quick zip down zip up.

jrt · « **Reply #4 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:05:43 PM »

I have a two piece road crafter. I like it fine, but it is more fiddling with zippers since there are two leg zippers, one jacket zipper and you need to check the 'pants to jacket' zipper before you put it on.
Considering that you had one zipper and it failed...wouldn't it be more likely that 4 zippers would give an increased likelihood of failure?

Also, Aerostich will repair zippers.

Also, also, I kind of like being able to wear just the jacket and that is really convenient. I realize the inconsistencies in these statements, but that's what the meds are for.

Kev m · « **Reply #5 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:07:10 PM »

I've had a Darien for a decade and a half.

Though a few years ago I sent the jacket back to have them replace the zippers cause the pulls were breaking.

Never got them stuck...

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #6 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:11:54 PM »

Dude, you were my inspiration for taking the 'stitch plunge. Enough with the negative vibes man

SmithSwede · « **Reply #7 on:** February 05, 2016, 08:57:23 PM »

Sorry Guzzistajohn.

Rest assured I love the Stich. Will send it to them for zipper replacement. I've worn it about every day for 2 years and never babied it.

Just never anticipated this failure mode. If zipper gets stuck in upper third of torso on a one piece suit, how do you escape?? Especially if, like me, you have bulbosity challenges?

fubar guzzi · « **Reply #8 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:22:19 PM »

Way back in the mid sixties I was a grounds keeper at a local golf coarse.Part time I tutored ladies to help them with there game.On this one beautiful fall dayI was helping this young thing with her power stroke swing.Standing behind her(very close)I realized my zipper had been caught in her mohair sweater,not knowing what to do now I simply confessed to her that I really was not a pro golfer but instead just a maintance tech.Surprisingly she understood I need to work also.I explained I had a maintance shop on the other side of the green if we could two step all the way there I could find a pair pliers or whatever and seperate us.NOW,picture this Im behind her stuck together arms around her waist (tightly) trying to walk,or hobble or any possibleway we could try to go around the green hopefully undetected so as to straighten out this horrible mess I got us into.We got all the way to the maintance shop without insadent,with just one more corner to go around,with keys in hand we jumped out from the building when---------THE BIGGEST DOG ID EVER SEEN THROWS A PAIL OF WATER ON US!!!!!

oldbike54 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 05, 2016, 09:26:20 PM »

WOOF WOOF WOOF

Dusty

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #10 on:** February 06, 2016, 07:40:20 AM »

Quote from: fubar guzzi on February 05, 2016, 09:22:19 PM

Way back in the mid sixties I was a grounds keeper at a local golf coarse.Part time I tutored ladies to help them with there game.On this one beautiful fall dayI was helping this young thing with her power stroke swing.Standing behind her(very close)I realized my zipper had been caught in her mohair sweater,not knowing what to do now I simply confessed to her that I really was not a pro golfer but instead just a maintance tech.Surprisingly she understood I need to work also.I explained I had a maintance shop on the other side of the green if we could two step all the way there I could find a pair pliers or whatever and seperate us.NOW,picture this Im behind her stuck together arms around her waist (tightly) trying to walk,or hobble or any possibleway we could try to go around the green hopefully undetected so as to straighten out this horrible mess I got us into.We got all the way to the maintance shop without insadent,with just one more corner to go around,with keys in hand we jumped out from the building when---------THE BIGGEST DOG ID EVER SEEN THROWS A PAIL OF WATER ON US!!!!!

Good stuff Tom. Thanks for the laugh! Sounds like a story by Carl in Caddyshack, just need to include the Dhali Lama

Scud · « **Reply #11 on:** February 06, 2016, 07:50:37 AM »

Ha ha - a SHAGgy dog joke.

On the zipper - unless there is mechanical damage, I'd try some WD-40 to clean it in case there is some corrosion built up in the teeth. Then use olive oil (or silicone spray, or whatever you prefer) as a lubricant.

As for getting out of a stuck one-peice... carry some tire irons.

Zoom Zoom · « **Reply #12 on:** February 06, 2016, 09:19:27 AM »

Quote from: fubar guzzi on February 05, 2016, 09:22:19 PM

Way back in the mid sixties I was a grounds keeper at a local golf coarse.Part time I tutored ladies to help them with there game.On this one beautiful fall dayI was helping this young thing with her power stroke swing.Standing behind her(very close)I realized my zipper had been caught in her mohair sweater,not knowing what to do now I simply confessed to her that I really was not a pro golfer but instead just a maintance tech.Surprisingly she understood I need to work also.I explained I had a maintance shop on the other side of the green if we could two step all the way there I could find a pair pliers or whatever and seperate us.NOW,picture this Im behind her stuck together arms around her waist (tightly) trying to walk,or hobble or any possibleway we could try to go around the green hopefully undetected so as to straighten out this horrible mess I got us into.We got all the way to the maintance shop without insadent,with just one more corner to go around,with keys in hand we jumped out from the building when---------THE BIGGEST DOG ID EVER SEEN THROWS A PAIL OF WATER ON US!!!!!

Tom, that is hilarious! Having met you and enjoyed your company, makes it even more so! I have this picture in my mind............... ..

Cheers,
John Henry

dl.allen · « **Reply #13 on:** February 06, 2016, 10:09:46 AM »

Both my leather jackets blew the zippers out. My local shop installed brass YKK genuine zippers in them for about 30 buck each. Best thing I ever did.

blackcat · « **Reply #14 on:** February 06, 2016, 10:43:40 AM »

Having purchased a new pair of Sidi boots I couldn't get the zipper down on one of the boots. Hmmmmm....need some lubricant, and given my location there was no such thing except for some virgin olive oil, so I gave it a try and it worked.

The oil was Italian so that may have had an influence on the zipper.

John Ulrich · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2016, 12:17:00 PM »

Waiting for my roadcrafter D2 1 piece to be made (3 month leadtime). I'll need to put a vile of corn oil in the pocket for emergency use!

Guzzistajohn · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2016, 12:26:00 PM »

Quote from: John Ulrich on February 06, 2016, 12:17:00 PM

Waiting for my roadcrafter D2 1 piece to be made (3 month leadtime). I'll need to put a vile of corn oil in the pocket for emergency use!

Or use the sex wax from your surfboard John!

K250 · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2016, 04:48:52 PM »

Rode up to Duluth and bought a Darien in 1999 I think it was. Was not easy to afford, but worth it in the long run.

Am about ready to buy a new one, maybe next year.

giusto · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2016, 06:30:32 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on February 05, 2016, 09:26:20 PM

WOOF WOOF WOOF

Dusty

I just ridem' man, I don't fixem....odd ball again

sturgeon · « **Reply #19 on:** February 07, 2016, 09:29:38 AM »

Quote from: SmithSwede on February 05, 2016, 07:52:55 PM

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Needless to say, I'm now shopping for a two piece outfit. I'm snake bit on this one piece stuff where zipper failure leaves you stuck like a strait jacket.

Ha! Don't assume a 2-piece will be any better. I once got stuck inside a very expensive BMW jacket when the zipper separated just below the top. Luckily I was nearing the end of 3-week road trip and only 6 or 7 hours from home. I had visions of the fire department using the Jaws of Life to cut me out of the thing, but when I got home, my wife managed to get the zipper down an inch or so and pull it over my head, nearly dislocating one of my shoulders in the process. That thing is very inflexible! (Jacket, not wife) Took the jacket back, got a no-questions replacement and still have it to this day. Needless to say, I now take better care of the zippers

LowRyter · « **Reply #20 on:** February 07, 2016, 10:55:06 AM »

Quote from: SmithSwede on February 05, 2016, 07:52:55 PM

Ok, well. If you can't laugh at yourself, you shouldn't laugh at anyone else.

Today I had a catastrophic failure of my one piece Aerostich Roadcrafter. I put it on to meet some "suit and tie" friends at a swanko Dallas restaurant. I leave early on the Guzzi, thinking I could get there before them, lock the 'Stich to the bike, and be inside the restaurant looking civilized before anyone was the wiser about my biker ways.

Fail! Instead I'm fighting a stuck zipper, and can't get out of my suit, when my friends show up and see me in the parking lot.

They help me, finally got it unstuck. So I figure no big deal. Just a fluke. Have a nice lunch.

Suit up again, head back to the office, park . . . only to discover it's stuck even worse. I had visions of going up to office wearing a nasty, oily, bug splattered Aerostich and asking a secretary to cut me out of the damn thing. But I finally got out of it.

Needless to say, I'm now shopping for a two piece outfit. I'm snake bit on this one piece stuff where zipper failure leaves you stuck like a strait jacket.

Still love Aerostich.

Ok, so. Darien or Roadcrafter in 2 piece? Other suggestions for first rate, waterproof gear?

Anyone else ever have a near catastrophic failure of motorcycle gear, other than crash related?

if you still like the suit, replace the zipper

kingoffleece · « **Reply #21 on:** February 07, 2016, 11:25:14 AM »

Go to a dive shop and use dry suit zipper lube. Packaged like lip balm. It'll last a lifetime and won't compromise your zipper or surrounding materials at all.

sturgeon · « **Reply #22 on:** February 07, 2016, 11:28:57 AM »

Quote from: kingoffleece on February 07, 2016, 11:25:14 AM

Go to a dive shop and use dry suit zipper lube. Packaged like lip balm. It'll last a lifetime and won't compromise your zipper or surrounding materials at all.

Or if you're a frugal MG owner, paraffin wax

normzone · « **Reply #23 on:** February 07, 2016, 11:58:33 AM »

Quote from: kingoffleece on February 07, 2016, 11:25:14 AM

Go to a dive shop and use dry suit zipper lube. Packaged like lip balm. It'll last a lifetime and won't compromise your zipper or surrounding materials at all.

Back in my scuba lesson days, my instructor had the tongue break off his zipper and we couldn't get him out of it, tried pliers and all.

Tom H · « **Reply #24 on:** February 07, 2016, 12:21:35 PM »

I learned something about stuck zippers the other week. If the pull tab breaks off and you can't get the zipper down, try a paperclip, wire or the like in the slot where the pull tab was. Some zippers have a lock that need to be moved by the tab before it will move.

Hope this helps someone stuck!
Tom

kingoffleece · « **Reply #25 on:** February 07, 2016, 04:02:47 PM »

A thick zip tie works too.

azguzzirep · « **Reply #26 on:** February 08, 2016, 04:19:59 AM »

I have touring boots with zippers on the back. I hate zippers on the back. Never buy boots with zippers on the back.
Tom

Arizona Wayne · « **Reply #27 on:** February 08, 2016, 01:16:03 PM »

Quote from: Tom H on February 07, 2016, 12:21:35 PM

I learned something about stuck zippers the other week. If the pull tab breaks off and you can't get the zipper down, try a paperclip, wire or the like in the slot where the pull tab was. Some zippers have a lock that need to be moved by the tab before it will move.

Yep, I believe in having some paperclips and zip ties of varies sizes handy now. You never know when you might need them.

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Author Topic: Wardrobe Malfunction ! (Read 7119 times)

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