From: captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin)
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles
Subject: Re: test (plus important questions)
Summary: rebuttal, PLUS IMPORTANT questions about body covers
Date: 4 Sep 92 07:07:58 GMT
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX

In article <1992Sep2.165427.13289@ttinews.tti.com> paulb@harley.tti.com (Paul Blumstein) writes:
>+In article <78843@ut-emx.uucp> captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bran Muffin) writes:
>+>BTW, a question for all you etiologists.  What is the TRUE origin of the
>+>word "scumbag"?
>
>I hate to be known as the news group grammarian, but for the record,
>the word you are looking for is etymology/etymologists.  This is not to
>be confused with entomology, which is the study of insects.


I realized my slight error shortly after I hit "send", but, in fact,
etiology is defined in The American Heritage Dictionary as, "The study
of causes, origins, or reasons," so I was not actually wrong, just a
little off base.  ;-)  I also made a few spelling errors in some of
my previous posts; fortunately, no one wasted his time with them.

::::::::::::::::::::::


Now, on to more important things:

I'm about to bite the bullet, and buy a riding suit of some sort.  I'm
considering the Aerostich 1 or 2 piece, and the Hein Gerrick V-Pilot
jacket & zip on pants (to be supplemented by a rain slicker).  

I'm wondering if I have overlooked any other good/better options?
The Gerrick set will cost just under $500 mail order plus another $30
for a rain suit, while the Aerostich will cost just over $600.  

My current understanding is that the leather
will hold up & protect better in a slide than the Aero's nylon will.
Also, the leather can be worn over short & a t-shirt, while the Aero
must be worn over a fully cloth covered body.  I'm wondering which one
would be cooler in this HOT Texas heat? 

The black leather certainly looks tougher/meaner/more-bikerly, but after
a few thousand miles, the Aerostich can go in the washing machine & come
out like new, while the leather just gets smelly.

The Aero is already waterproof (mostly, 95%), and I'd have to carry a
rain suit everywhere I went with the leather, which would be a pain and
yet another item for thieves to pilfer.

Wheather I would wear one or the other more often is hardly an issue.
Whatever I get, I WILL wear.  Although, the convenience of the Aerostich
does warrant consideration.

Would I be happier being an easily suited, geeky looking, dry, grey 
nylon covered biker, or perhaps a sleek, tough looking, hot, damp, smelly
(but no plastic melted to my skin) biker?

Y'all please correct any errors I may have spouted here, and help me
decide what kind of riding suit I should get.  BTW, I don't race, but
I have been known to exceed DoD approved minimum speeds, so I want protection
for such speed conditions, as well as temperature extremes, and rain.

I could also use suggestions on gloves & boots.  I have long narrow feet
and medium hands with large fingers, therefore it is quite difficult to 
find properly fitting digit covers (no, not the binary or hex kind!  You 
know what I mean ;-)


-- 
|The opinions expressed above are merely the result of random synaptic firings|
|A little sixty-nine would be just fine,                             -   O    |
|So let's cut all this talk, just climb on my Hawk!                    |      |
|captain@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu  (Brian Murfin)  DoD# 0690  nt650gt     \_^___/   |

Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles