Hello......I do ride, but not a Ducati (there's one in the garage, if that counts).
So, I was wondering, do any of you ladies ride to work and if so do you wear overpants, chaps, or gear at all?  I'd like to ride a couple days but need something easy on & off. Thanks for any info you have......
lytehouse

Quote from: lytehouse on July 29, 2008, 05:49:39 PM
Hello......I do ride, but not a Ducati (there's one in the garage, if that counts).
So, I was wondering, do any of you ladies ride to work and if so do you wear overpants, chaps, or gear at all?  I'd like to ride a couple days but need something easy on & off. Thanks for any info you have......
lytehouse

No worries! We'll take you in!

I ride to work and I usually gear up in jeans, moto boots, and armored jacket. When its cooler, I wear armored pants as well. I bring a change of clothes with me or keep some at the office.

Welcome!!!

I am lucky and work in a pretty relaxed office; can wear my legging and socks all day.  But I do have a change of clothes just in case.

BTW, owning a Duc isn't necessary.    But it helps.  LOL   

I'm a n00b to riding, so no commuting to work for me just yet.  I hope to get comfortable enough that I can do so by next summer. 

Also, I don't own a duc and they let me hang around so I'm pretty sure you'll be just fine here.  We are an exceptionally accepting group...usually.

Hi and welcome.  I sometimes ride to work on Fridays (which is our casual day) when I can wear jeans to work.  I wear jeans and an armored jacket.

I have ridden to work a few times on my GS500, not the Duc....yet.  Our office is dress casual (khaki, summer blouse) so usually I just wear an aerostich over my work clothes.  I have a cordera pack on the back of one of my bikes and a ventura rack on the other so I could wear whatever gear I need to and then change in the bathroom.  My hair is long enough to pull into a pony-tail so that combats the helmet-head issue as well.

eta:  also, of course, boots and gloves.  I don't relish the idea of skin grafts and I don't trust DC drivers.

Quote from: lytehouse on July 29, 2008, 05:49:39 PM
Hello......I do ride, but not a Ducati (there's one in the garage, if that counts).
So, I was wondering, do any of you ladies ride to work and if so do you wear overpants, chaps, or gear at all?  I'd like to ride a couple days but need something easy on & off. Thanks for any info you have......
lytehouse

When I ride to work (or anytime I ride), I always wear ATGATT  (full fingered gloves, full helmet, armored jacket and pants, motorcycle boots) and just take a change of clothes to work.  Takes me less than 5 minutes to change in the bathroom.  My commute has become a lot more fun now that I have the Duc  [moto]

Yup!  I ride to work.  At most a few times a week.  Primarily for the gas savings (the cage is a jeep, need I say more?).  30 miles door to door, mostly highway.   I hate pain so I wear all the gear all the time.  Juuussst in case......   

Oh and:  Welcome!!

Are you going to get the bike from out of the garage?

Ride to work also. 

helmet
full fingered mesh gloves
armored mesh jacket
Oxtar boots (that still squeek after a year  )

Still looking for armored mesh pants. 

Keep an old pair of sneaks in the bottom drawer along with round hairbrush & makeup.  Earrings in my pocket.
Curly hair that looks AWFUL cause of the helmet, so it's wet for the first 20 minutes or so until it dries.
Occasionally carry a backpack (for the rain gear, lunch, whatever I want to change out from work).  Straps onto the back of the bike (not me )

welcome!! welcome!!  This really is a cool place to hang.

Quote from: Stella on July 30, 2008, 08:39:24 AM
Yup!  I ride to work.  At most a few times a week.  Primarily for the gas savings (the cage is a jeep, need I say more?).  30 miles door to door, mostly highway.   I hate pain so I wear all the gear all the time.  Juuussst in case......   

Oh and:  Welcome!!

Are you going to get the bike from out of the garage?

The Ducati ST4 is a bit tall for me just yet......I'm 5'2" ish......we have discussed lowering it, but the catch is ,if he can replace it with the 1098R!!
About riding to work, I am a merchadiser and visit up to 3 stores a day. I always gear up no matter where I'm going, but to try to do my job in my BMW summer pants, well it wouldn't be real comfortable. So I was looking to see what my other options might be. And who better to ask than women who ride. I am considering a pair of TourMaster Mesh Overpants I found last night on-line.

And thank you all for the welcome!

welcome welcome. i ride to work everyday. i bring my clothes in a back pack, but since i wear scrubs wrinkles don't matter! i wear helmet, armor jacket, gloves, jeans (cause i am still looking for maz's mythical pants that turn a size 16 into a 10!  ) and boots. i am short too and i have a 695 a little lowered and it is the best part of my day!
tara

hello!
I ride on casual days, Monday and Friday in the summer. Or if the outfit will permit on other days.  We don't have any changing rooms. I bring heels/sandals if I need them.   I wear a helmet, mesh armored jacket, tipless gloves, jeans and shoes.  I am still looking for a good pair of boots. Has anyone tried the River Road boots?

I am really lucky I have a pretty easy commute to work - no freeways, or bad traffic.  [moto]  I just have one little pesky light that  doesn't change unless a car is in the lane with me. Can't complain.

-cookie

Quote from: Cookie Monster on July 30, 2008, 01:33:51 PM
hello!
I ride on casual days, Monday and Friday in the summer. Or if the outfit will permit on other days.  We don't have any changing rooms. I bring heels/sandals if I need them.   I wear a helmet, mesh armored jacket, tipless gloves, jeans and shoes.  I am still looking for a good pair of boots. Has anyone tried the River Road boots?

I am really lucky I have a pretty easy commute to work - no freeways, or bad traffic.  [moto]  I just have one little pesky light that  doesn't change unless a car is in the lane with me. Can't complain.

-cookie

i have a pair of vega boots - touring type that i got thru jafrum.com and they are doing fine. they were cheap, only $50 online and so far so good. seem sturdy and the next step up the alpinestars are like $150! besides the alpinestars are nice but look a little too much like power-rangers for my taste. they seem to run true to size. anyway thats my 2 cents.
tara

well, since I had the day off I thought I'd go shopping for overpants to try to get an idea of what I was looking at on-line. I broke a sweat trying to get them on & off..... my shoes kept 'catching' the inside material, not to mention I looked like the Bride of Michelin Man!!!!!!!
So, anyone have chaps?

Welcome lytehouse, all riders and friends welcome here, Duc or not. 

I ride all the time, rain or shine, to the office and to visit customers.  I wear full gear including overpants over business clothes.

Quote from: lytehouse on July 30, 2008, 08:16:16 PMSo, anyone have chaps?

I always wondered about chaps...don't you want your ass to be protected too?