I have several pairs of boots for different types of riding. I have a pair of Alpinestars mid-calf boots which I have rebuilt a couple of times, still capable of good use, and probably the ones I wear most-frequently. I also have a pair of TCX Air Tech boots, Gore-Tex XCR (Extended Comfort Range), they come to the bottom of my calf and are more-comfortable for walking than the Alpinestars. On closeout at Revzilla now, $249.
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I also bought a pair of low-height over the ankle boots from Cycle Gear when they went on sale for $20 as a close-out, ugly as-sin, but better than an athletic shoe or dress shoe.
My oldest boots are a pair of Norstar motocross boots I bought new in about 1973. They look similar to these, but w/o as-much red on the front, they have 3 red, white & blue medium vertical stripes. Also been rebuilt a couple of times, and still capable of doing the job, but I have a much-newer pair of O'Neill motocross boots.
I have a very cool vintage early-1970's Full Bore heavy nylon, no armor offroad motorcycle jacket I got from friends who bought out the OSSA distributorship years-ago, which was in Schenectady NY. My Belstaff waxed-cotton jacket I had bought in 1972 (I got the full jacket & pants) had rotted-apart after 30 years, and I got this because I liked the style. I don't wear it much (if at-all) but it's one of those things that would get me into Goodwood in England for the Summer Festival of Speed (you have to wear vintage clothing). People of a certain-age, when they see it, would say, "how-long have you had
that?" I bought it off the back of Tom Robinson, of Rochester NY one year at Daytona Bike Week. His younger brother Dave Robinson was probably one of the first Americans to ride motocross in Europe, he was a member of the Bultaco team in the 1960's, before Jim Pomeroy. Many people in the Rochester NY area got their British and European bikes and parts from Robinson Cycles on Ridge Road, in Spencerport, owned by Tom and Dave's parents, and later Dave had a Kawi dealership, Rochester Robinson Cycles.
