Motorcycle Boots
 

Hi your input requested...I ride an older Harley 1997 softail very casual riding. I need some boot recommendations? Thanks

Have Bates make you a pair.

Even with no idea on your style I'd still recommend looking at Sidi on motorcyclegear.com

I'm a fan of Lewis Leathers or Belstaff. Not cheap, but great boots.

Why don't you wear the Harley boots ? there fit nice look great and they last ..Had my pair for years and still look perfect... Don't go cheap

Lots of great choices. Suggest buying boots with some sort of hard ankle, heel and toe armor. Especially ankle. Work boots won’t have that. I have two pairs of Alpinestars that I like.

Harley boots are actually decent. As are Sidi.
Harley has everything to make you "look the ride."

I speak as a current Harley and BMW owner and look at this somewhat humorously with both brands... plus Ducati stuff!.

When I shop for gear I go to motorcyclecloseouts dot com or Sportbike Track Gear and see what's on sale. I just don't pay retail.

What you want with a boot is something that will protect the bone structures from just above the ankle on down. Those are hard to fix if they get crushed or broken. A simple broken leg above that... no problem...

My brother, who is now deceased, you should have seen his ankle from a motorcycle wreck. The ugliest thing you'd want attached to your leg...

i had SIDI..they were angled to match the crouched riding position of a sport bike.

now? i run the same boots as WAYNER..and i cant for the life of me remember the name. they are brown. :) i bought them out of europe.

FWIW Sidi also makes street boots for cruisin'.

Street Boots > Sport, Street, Touring Boots :: MotorcycleGear.com

hey, i like the Meteors!

I wouldn't mess around with non MC boots. I have not seen the latest offerings but I would go for a mid calf height MC boot that offers the best protection. Your feet, head, and hands are the usually the most impacted body parts in a MC accident. Hell just having a HD fall on your unprotected foot at a stop light could result in a lifetime impairment.

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to preserve my creds..

here are my boots..googled it.
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I have a pair of SIDI boots and a pair of fireman boots that zip up the center. I bought the fireman boots off the internet as seconds. I use the fireman boots more - maybe 60/40 - not for any specific reason I can think of. Cliff's boots definitely look fashionable.

This is really bad advice. MC boots are reinforced differently than work or hiking boots to protect your feet, ankles and shins in a crash. Both road rash as well as over-stretching of your tendons / bones.

I know a guy who is on disabilty for half a year now - over-extended the ankle joint in a crash. Enduro rider. A good set of enduro boots would have greatly reduced his injuries, compared to his hiking boots.

I also speak from experience. I broke my leg wearing MC boots and they were what held my shin together avoiding an open fracture. A work or hiking boot would not have extended far enough up the shin and a cowboy boot etc. would not have had the reinforcement. Worst case, with infection, the difference between an open and closed fracture can mean keeping or losing your leg. At a minimum it means saving months of time healing.

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This is really bad advice. MC boots are reinforced differently than work or hiking boots to protect your feet in a crash. Both road rash as well as over-stretching of your tendons / bones.

I know a guy who is on disabilty for half a year now - over-extended the ankle joint in a crash. Enduro rider. A good set of enduro boots would have greatly reduced his injuries.

I also speak from experience. I broke my leg wearing MC boots and they were what held my shin together avoiding an open fracture. A work or hiking boot would not have extended far enough up the shin and a cowboy boot etc. would not have had the reinforcement. Worst case, with infection, the difference between an open and closed fracture can mean keeping or losing your leg. At a minimum it means saving months of time healing.

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