Author Topic: anyone here wear motor patrol style boots when they ride? (Read 4243 times)

bucky katt · « **on:** March 03, 2010, 09:39:02 PM »

just curious, i got a pair with zippered backs at an estate sale a few weeks ago and they appear to be custom or semi custom made with the heavy duty zippers all the way up the back and a steel toe cap. i like the things and i only paid 15 dollars for them and there is no wear to speak of on the soles, i'm just not sure i want to wear something so different from what anyone but motor patrol officers wear.

about the same as these, just a much nicer quality leather and sole

Kframe · « **Reply #1 on:** March 03, 2010, 10:02:13 PM »

Well, they're not my style, but, they sure would protect the shins from rocks and such!

-K

lordmoonpie · « **Reply #2 on:** March 04, 2010, 12:18:50 AM »

I used to wear some like that but without the laces at the front - UK police boots. I still have them and when I finish my XV750 restoration I will probably use them again. They were fantastic boots on a cruiser, I only stopped wearing them when I got into sportsbikes (went from an XV1100 Yam to a ZZR1100 Kwak....man what a difference!)

bucky katt · « **Reply #3 on:** March 04, 2010, 12:22:30 AM »

theyre kind of similar to the field boots and dressage boots i wore when riding competitvely, these have much thicker and oil resistant soles, and alot of times a steel toe cap.

Ichiban 4 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 04, 2010, 12:52:29 AM »

Hey Bucky..

I think they look cool. But you're right..they are kinda specific to motor cops. If it was me..and I got some @ a real good deal..like you did..I'd wear them for a while..just to see if I liked them/the way they feel..etc.

If you like them..and they work for you..then I'd say go for it..regardless of what others may think.

My two cents..

Ichi

bucky katt · « **Reply #5 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:32:36 AM »

i wore the tall english riding boots for so many years i likely wont even notice these when i wear them. i personally love the things and with the zip back i can actually get them pulled on in less than an hour, unlike the ones i had that didnt have zippers

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #6 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:36:20 AM »

cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, fag, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,

bucky katt · « **Reply #7 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:38:40 AM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on March 04, 2010, 03:36:20 AM

cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, fag, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,

get some sheeps wool caught in your throat Terry?

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #8 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:55:30 AM »

cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, homosexual, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,

bucky katt · « **Reply #9 on:** March 04, 2010, 03:59:13 AM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on March 04, 2010, 03:55:30 AM

cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, homosexual, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,

Damfino · « **Reply #10 on:** March 04, 2010, 04:25:12 PM »

Those will go nice with your assless chaps 'eh FuzzBuc?.....

Don R · « **Reply #11 on:** March 04, 2010, 09:38:24 PM »

BobbyR · « **Reply #12 on:** March 05, 2010, 09:33:28 AM »

Did you buy the whip and armband that came with the set?

754 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 05, 2010, 10:16:39 AM »

Ye wear a KILT, and Ye worry about your boots..

Are you talking
Long pants or short?

Pants over or In?

..so many choices..

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #14 on:** March 05, 2010, 10:46:18 AM »

Full Nazi motorcycle uniform with pith helmet here.

pee wee · « **Reply #15 on:** March 05, 2010, 10:47:18 AM »

i have a pair of nastyfeet engineer boots from back in the day there about the same height as those, you can wear them over or under your pant leg.

bucky katt · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2010, 11:53:33 AM »

theyre made to wear over. BobbyR , i have spurs, riding crops, whips and a saddle still to complete the picture

socalenduro · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2010, 12:44:17 PM »

cops should not be trusted at all costs....
this includes their boots

8 Track · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2010, 02:30:04 PM »

Quote from: Terry in Australia on March 04, 2010, 03:55:30 AM

cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, homosexual, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,

Well hello there Terry, long time no hear. Figured you'd be chiming in on a tall boot thread.

markb · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2010, 03:04:40 PM »

Man did that catch me off guard. I hate it when I get the laughing farts.

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #20 on:** March 07, 2010, 11:01:55 AM »

Quote from: twostrokecrazy on March 05, 2010, 02:30:04 PM

Quote from: Terry in Australia on March 04, 2010, 03:55:30 AM
cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, homosexual, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough,

Well hello there Terry, long time no hear. Figured you'd be chiming in on a tall boot thread.

Yeah, what was that old saying about stacking #$%* in boots?

DammitDan · « **Reply #21 on:** March 07, 2010, 01:31:40 PM »

They provide everything you're looking for in riding boots... Just cover them with your pants leg!

Soos · « **Reply #22 on:** March 07, 2010, 02:15:58 PM »

Quote from: socalenduro on March 05, 2010, 12:44:17 PM

cops should not be trusted at all costs....
this includes their boots

Sounds like your barbecues are the ones to go to

l8r

bucky katt · « **Reply #23 on:** March 07, 2010, 05:56:47 PM »

i decided to say #$%* it and wear the things. i also got several pairs of the wool breeches with heavy armor in the impact areas, these arent like horse riding breeches, more like what nazi officers wore and these are even my bikes colors, a dark blue with a thin silver stripe down the side.

8 Track · « **Reply #24 on:** March 07, 2010, 06:30:00 PM »

Quote from: bucky katt on March 07, 2010, 05:56:47 PM

dark blue with a thin silver stripe down the side.

Like an escaped felon?

CycleRanger · « **Reply #25 on:** March 07, 2010, 06:32:51 PM »

Quote from: Dukiedook on March 05, 2010, 10:46:18 AM

Full Nazi motorcycle uniform with pith helmet here.

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #26 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:28:41 AM »

That's the Afrika Korps uniform, think more European theater.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #27 on:** March 08, 2010, 06:42:40 AM »

Quote from: Dukiedook on March 08, 2010, 06:28:41 AM

That's the Afrika Korps uniform, think more European theater.

What, I get no credit for finding a German soldier wearing a pith helmet riding a motorcycle?
I thought I did pretty good there.

Besides, how many pith helmets did the Wehrmacht wear in Europe?

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #28 on:** March 08, 2010, 10:44:27 AM »

Meh, got the pith helmet mixed up in my mind with the pointy ones those snazzy Nazies used to wear.

Damfino · « **Reply #29 on:** March 08, 2010, 01:21:01 PM »

You mean The Pickelhaube....(plural Pickelhauben; from the old German Pickel = "point" or "pickaxe", and Haube = "bonnet", a general word for headgear), also "Pickelhelm," was a spiked helmet worn in the 19th and 20th centuries by German military, firefighters, and police. Although stereotypically associated with the Prussian army, the helmet enjoyed wide use among uniformed occupations in the Western world.

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #30 on:** March 08, 2010, 01:45:26 PM »

Yeah, that's it, only pointier.

Damfino · « **Reply #31 on:** March 08, 2010, 01:58:42 PM »

Here you go.....

Damfino · « **Reply #32 on:** March 08, 2010, 02:00:20 PM »

Duke McDukiedook · « **Reply #33 on:** March 08, 2010, 02:06:28 PM »

Yeeeaaaaaahhhhhh, I'll take the ape too.

Terry in Australia · « **Reply #34 on:** March 08, 2010, 04:22:46 PM »

Is that your helmet Schmitty? A mate of mine has an original WW1 (they didn't wear them in WW2) officers helmet mit schpike, I'd love to get one to wear on my Triumph Rocket 111!

Damfino · « **Reply #35 on:** March 08, 2010, 05:07:23 PM »

No Terry, not mine. But I do think you'd be the Belle with the Balls if you found one to wear while cruisin on that Rocket III!

Every time I see one of those Pickelhaube's though it makes me think of that old Three Stooges bit where they knock the old Kraut over the head causing him to fall back onto the spike of one setting in a chair and he gets poked in the arse!!!

bucky katt · « **Reply #36 on:** March 08, 2010, 07:33:11 PM »

traded em for 15 sets of guitar strings this evening. theyre thomastik infeld blues sliders. around 18 dollars a set at my local store. i needed strings, and i still have my joe rocket phoenix boots

Ichiban 4 · « **Reply #37 on:** March 11, 2010, 10:32:50 PM »

Well..that's that..eh Bucky?

Ichi

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