Bike Fashion - 1979

Been going thru some old bike mags and came across this piece about bikers leather fashion.

I don't quite think the photographer knew much about biking or bikers..... :D :D :D :D

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...hpKfl1epPM.jpg

Yes the GOLD leathers were actually on offer from a major bike chain for £89.... 8-)

Anyone for Badmington.......... ;D ;D ;D

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...hp643mtvPM.jpg

I can only presume the photographer had an evening job taking porno shots............... :o :o :o

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...hpsofD7OPM.jpg

very camp :D :D

:o :o :o :o

BB

.....Oh......my.....God...... :o :o :o

Why is the guy in the second picture holding a badminton racket?

...and I can only guess what the guy on the left has found that makes him pull that face!! (3rd picture)
Imagine the look on his face if his hand was a foot further down south! ;D ;D ;D

At least its nice to see an old Suzi GS425! 8-)

Pity cant be said about the rufty tufty blokes tho!!! :o

(Girl looks cute!!!! - but not as nice as some of the female members on here!!!) :-X :-* ;)

Looks like a photo shoot for Blakes 7.

Oh My God!!! :o

I'm very worried by the idea in the first pic of the guy on the bike riding in flares and platform boots!!!

But the gold leathers are just fantastic, i could see them coming back and being a huge craze.....Not!!!

ok those are just weird...especially the last one

hey that guy in the 3rd pic looks a little like kenny everett,from what i remember most bikers wore leather jackets cut off denim and oily jeans its no wonder with adds like that ;D ;D

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Originally Posted by Cat_Macd

Oh My God!!! :o

I'm very worried by the idea in the first pic of the guy on the bike riding in flares and platform boots!!!

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I can assure you that many of us did in the 70's. Most riders were youngsters with not much money.

Here is a pic of me on my GS1000 in 1980 - Jeans and cowboy boots (fashion of the time) - they made excellent cheap bike boots. Dr.Martens were also popular and were standard wear for a majority of riders.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l109/superdel/bbb.jpg

Most younsters wore open face helmets in the early 70 - full face helmets were an expensive novelty too most.

Howz about this for a picture then......................

Me and the missus went for a spin on the GT380 in the hot summer of 1977 and I took this picture... 8-)

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...eGT380Used.jpg

Just to add a footnote...........

I still have the helmet and the yellow backed gloves.

Full face helmets were crude back then. The visors were held on with press stud poppers - pushing the visors and and making it stay up meant wedging the back edge against the helmet top which used to wear the top of the helmet. Note mine has a white strip of draft excluder - a common method to make it stay up without marking the helmet.

One particular helmet had a visor that would go right over the top so it rested behind your head.

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Originally Posted by weefrenchie

.....Oh......my.....God...... :o :o :o

Why is the guy in the second picture holding a badminton racket?

...and I can only guess what the guy on the left has found that makes him pull that face!! (3rd picture)
Imagine the look on his face if his hand was a foot further down south! ;D ;D ;D

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lo frenchie..can just see you posing in that gear lol :) :)

Ahhhh. I found a picture of one.

This helmet is called an "Electro" and was the one to have. It was painted in a metal flake design.

Forget your "buy a new helmet every year" - this helmet came with a 2 year manufacturers guarantee.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l1...attson3602.jpg

The chap in the picture was sadly killed along with his wife in 1981 just outside Melksham - going a bit quick on a GS1000.

Must admit to a 1979 Brown "patrol" style jacket-made to measure from John's leather shop in Broad St. Bath. Don't laugh too much though, it was 100% quality hide, expertly made with a hidden inner pocket and cost me £70. I gave it away because of weight gain, but it outlasted my younger brothers Mascot jacket [made of rubbish sheep nappa as a lot were, £59] is still in good order and could be worn now!!

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Originally Posted by SupeRDel

[quote author=Cat_Macd link=1222373222/0#6 date=1222424146]Oh My God!!! :o

I'm very worried by the idea in the first pic of the guy on the bike riding in flares and platform boots!!!

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I can assure you that many of us did in the 70's. Most riders were youngsters with not much money.

Here is a pic of me on my GS1000 in 1980 - Jeans and cowboy boots (fashion of the time) - they made excellent cheap bike boots. Dr.Martens were also popular and were standard wear for a majority of riders.



Most younsters wore open face helmets in the early 70 - full face helmets were an expensive novelty too most.

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the cowboy boots are rather cool and jeans are what i wear mostly. It was the fact that his (in pic one) were quite wide flares. Wouldn't they get caught in stuff??

my dad had a helmet like that with poppers holding on the visor. he made me wear it when i went on the back when i was a kid.

If im correct those top 3 pics are from BIKE magazine,i had one of the Bell full face helmets mid 70's when they came out think it was £50 got it from a bike shop on Brislington Hill, Bristol.

Bell helmets were the ones to have back then.

it was fibreglass but was still heavy used washing up liquid to stop visor misting up things never change lol

I can remember all of those photo's - must have been in "bike" as the only other mag I bought then was Motorcycle Mechanics and they wouldn't have printed them lol. I had a Bell fullface back then but the first helmet I had was a Griffin Clubman in a lovely shade of orange. The visor had mini air vents at the bottom made of steel mesh in holes the size of tuppences. The chin piece stuck out a country mile! I must find the pic of me in leather jacket & jeans with my 1980 CB900FA that still resides in my garage lol.

Not sure on the helmet I used. I got it off my brother.
I did wear a blue Belstaff jacket, again off my brother.