Thruxton New To Thruxton Ownership-what To Wear

Hi and welcome to the forum.
Truth is, unless you are going for that "retro" look then anything goes! I mainly wear kevlar jeans and black leather jacket on the Bonneville with open face AGV helmet for gentle runs but more often than not my flip-front helmet. As its cold at the moment, the jeans are less likely to be worn so it's my IXS black textile trousers. Wear the same jeans and textile trousers on the Tiger but tend to wear a textile jacket rather than leather.

 

Don't forget the obligatory "Hipster beard" to go with the open face helmet!

Seriously,...... wear clothing that is going to protect you at the speed you are riding at!

Looks don't count for shit, if you end up in a shunt!...... or worse!

 

I wear a beard, tweed jacket cordrouy trousers and brogues.oh and don’t forget a man bag to carry your coffee around in.
Or sometimes I’ll wear my leathers
Here’s a picture

 

Then again, I’m about the same as @steve lovatt although I tend to use the open face more due to riding position restricting the head turning abilities

 

If it's really warm he dispenses with the jeans!

 

Got revit Memphis waterproof Kevlar jeans which are fantastic , wore them to GMU last year, which wasn’t dry in both senses of the word.
altberg classic motorcycle boots, shoei jo helmet

You’ll never look as cool as me but don’t worry you’re not alone!

 

As long as it's black to match the bike you should be fine.
Tucker

 

Blimey! Is yours still alive??

 

So you admit it then, I’m drop dead gorgeous

 

I wear Wolf Kevlar jeans & my bomber jacket with white Arai full face when dry. When wet Alpinestars trousers & jacket. Open face would no doubt give you better peripheral vision particularly on the life saver observation, but I would worry about any issues in the unfortunate event of an accident. Brill bike by the way

 

Is that a sheepskin flying jacket or a hide pretendy? The former is liable to grip and tear, not slide.

 

I'll take my chances, if it's good enough for pilots it's good enough for me

 

I remember Dobbs, quality gear at what seemed to me to be a justifiable price. Didn't think I needed their gear whilst I lived in the town and moved onto other stuff.

Great story about service, almost certainly wouldn't happen now, sadly.

 

Great! Service like that is missed, wonder why they go out of business!

 

hi guys , dobbs leathers still has fantastic customer service i have been there a couple of times for my leather adjustments on jacket ,trousers and rachel is very good at what she does and been doing it a long time and very swift turn around she is based in long buckby in a workshop , there use to be zac leathers as well on towcester road in northampton as well but it looks like that stopped trading
ride safe

 

Ya fair play Crispey, that look does look pretty cool, the second picture, that is.

 

I’ve only had my black thruxton since 18th December. I was already wearing Aero Cafe Racer leather and Resurgence Cafe Racer bike jeans and I’ve just bought the Hedon Heroine Racer Retro helmet to go with it