The Evolution of Motorcycle Gear What we’ve worn on two wheels from the early days to now.

February 19, 2013 By Cycle World 4 Comments

Ever trawling the interwebs for motorcycle-related tidbits, we came across this motorcycle-gear infographic produced by UK-based insurance company Bennetts. It’s a nice walk through time and lays down some milestone-moments in riderware. As Americans, we might have added a specific entry for the Aerostich Roadcrafter one-piece suit, but, hey, that’s how we are. They did manage to get Harley-Davidson board-track-racing “kit” in there, and gave a nod to Mr. Schott (of “New York, USA”) for inventing the classic motorcycle leather jacket, so we’ll give the Brits a break. And they even got the stick-on rubber helmet mohawk in there. Anyway, check it out. Anything you’d add?

Infographic by Bennetts Bike Insurance

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: motorcycle culture, motorcycle gear, motorcycle lifestyle

http://www.facebook.com/timothy.crump.9 Timothy Crump

Very well done…..I’m thankful to have experienced much of this myself…I would argue, though, that we have had “Adventure” bikes for a very long time…..only recently the bikes changed, becoming more specifically for that style…..didn’t stop us in the old days…..we had a kind of “run what ya brung” mentality. My first exposure to Adventure riding was a friend who rode his 1965 Harley Davidson 74 from the San Francisco Bay Area to Costa Rica and back, in 1967….sure got MY attention!!
http://www.occhiolungo.wordpress.com/ OcchioLungo

neat stuff. Don’t forget that prior to the mid 1920′s it was common for riders to have short boots, not tall boots. But they wore leather or fabric leggins/putttees to cover their calves. Pants would be johdpurs/breeches, following the practice of equestrians on horseback.
Huddy

I thought all people wore ‘Today’ was a helmet and their crash resistant tattoos.
BenjaminJGrimm

All I want is NO LOGO’s on my jacket, thats all, try and find a quality jacket that doesn’t have some logo on it.