Bike Boots!

[18_stuart_88]

I NEED a pair of boots im wrecking ma trainers. they all seem so expencive for a pair of normal bike boots, they dont need to look fancy or anythin.

Whats would be your recomendation on a type of bike boot?

Stu

P.s......If anybody's selling a second hand pair in realy good condition give ma a shout

[NSR-Rulez]

Whats your budget

If you have a JS accessories near by try them,

I got my Alpinestars GPS-3 Boots from there for £99, There a great boot warm and waterproof, they've even got toe sliders on them.

Ride magazine recomend them aswell.


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[18_stuart_88]

Preferably never wanted to go to much above £70 but i suppose thats pretty reasonable. Looks like ill just need to dig further down ma pocket and pull out some extra cash

Cheers

Stu

[NSR-Rulez]

I tell you £99 is cheap for those boots the RRP for them is £139.99 so they were dirt cheap.

Forgot to add they are really comfortable aswell


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[18_stuart_88]

ill surf the internet for them, i dont think theres a JS accessories about glasgow area.

Cheers

Stu

[kb-zxr]

You can usually get some decent waterproof boots for around £50 - £70. They will look alright but wont be on the same level as a Sidi or a A*

[NSR-Rulez]

No there isn't as far as i know, their website has them on it

https://www.jsaccessories.co.uk/hermes/shop/2,1,100

and the price has dropped they are now £79.99 + £7 postage

Sorry thats just the bog standard GPS boot, still waterproof, just no toe sliders.

Hope that helps



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[18_stuart_88]

nice one. i think ill go and try to persuade ma dad to gimme his credit card and just order them.

Weather is shit so ma trainers a just letting the wet through. Now is a good time to get them.

Thanks a lot
Stu

[G]

[NSR-Rulez]

What G says is true, but i have only had Alpinestars and have never had a problem with them so no complaints from me


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[18_stuart_88]

So you reckon i should just get a cheap waterproof pair or sumthin. ive hear some good feedback about the Frank Thomas Aqua boots?

Stu

[instigator]

On the (very) cheap:

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Frank-Thomas-FT-Aqua-01-Motorcycle-Boot-7-8-9-10-11-12_W0QQitemZ4580662011QQcategoryZ18450QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

They're usually about £60-70+ in shops. I have ones very much like them. Very good, comfy, warm and waterproof. Feel secure too.

[NSR-Rulez]

I wouldn't know but Frank Thomas are also a good brand, all in all it comes down to cost and what fits your foot the best.



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[18_stuart_88]

Well there we have it I have just saved almost £70. think ill get some more rim stickers while im on ebay then. ( messed up ma back left side when i done it

Stu

[NSR-Rulez]

What did you do to the rear end of your bike then?

Have i missed something.


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Present: Honda CBR 600 RR-5 + Suzuki SV650S-K4 + Mitsubishi FTO GPX

[18_stuart_88]

lol, just toking about buy some rim stickers for round my wheels, i got some a while back and messed up the back left side and thats me just getin back to repairing it.

[NSR-Rulez]

Oh right, unlucky what bike do you have, i don't know whether or not to put rim tape on my NSR


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Present: Honda CBR 600 RR-5 + Suzuki SV650S-K4 + Mitsubishi FTO GPX

[18_stuart_88]

Ive got The Black/Silver NSR125R 2004. No pictures unfortunetly.

What colour is yours?

Stu

[mchaggis]

Do be aware that they don't need to be the newest all-singing, all-dancing fancy plastic covered things. I've fallen off and had incidents multiple times from machines of various sizes, all wearing my £70 Heine Gericke plain black leather boots. They've done the job every time, preventing me from getting broken feet at least once.

Being waterproof is a distinct advantage, as wet feet will piss you off almost as much as wet balls. Up until that point, you can just change your outer clothes, after that point you need a shower and a change of underwear to recover.
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[18_stuart_88]

Its been just recently that ive decided on boots bacause the laces on ma trainers burst from changing gears and riding to work it was pouring down and i had to suffer the whole day like a drenched rat Most of all it was ma feet that were bothering me.

Later on that day i went out to victor devine honda and got waterproof trousers and looked at boots but they were expencive which lead me to this topic

Stu

[NSR-Rulez]

Black/Silver NSR 125 R 2002

heres a pic

Got some Micro Arrow indicators and Micro Fairing indicators to go on yet.


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[colin1]

i got hein gericks cheapest boot new, but now i would get something off ebay

the hein gerick boots are great though

why not get some 2nd hand hein gerick boots off ebay ?

i prefer black leather biker boots to red plastic racebike boots with lots of sticky out bits.

some people like wearing paraboots but their laces come undone. better to have hein gerick boots which arent much more
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[18_stuart_88]

The only thing ive done to my bike is the Caron look arrow indicators, rim stickers and that cheap carbon look sticker from halfords for over the gages looks quality when done good. better than that foam.

Need to get asmall patcch on my fuel tank resprayed though. Liek an idiot i let my fuel go down to far, an on the way to the petrol station i ran out, so i had to push it the rest of the way and my Zip scratched the paint

https://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rim-Trim-Wheel-Stickers-Honda-CBR-VTR-VFR-PAN-ST_W0QQitemZ8003538276QQcategoryZ10460QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I suggest you get it from this guy if your gonna. The silver ones look realy realy good, make sure you follow there instructions they give you tho.

[NSR-Rulez]

Cool when you get some pictures with the rim tape on pm them to me.

You could get some black touch up paint to go over the scratch, would be cheaper than getting the tank re-sprayed



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[18_stuart_88]

I know a re-sprayer who has sorted a couple of things for ma bro's cars and his pals, so hopefuly he gives me a good deal .

I dont want to just get touch up coz it looks a bit cheapish. Im hoping that he can just sand that bit away then fill it and spray it, like without doing the whole tank. If you know what im toking about, lol.

Stu

P.s. ill wash my bike tomorrow or saturday and get the digi out and take some pics