I'm Not Built Like That

  Fedex delivered my new River Road Mojave Mesh Pants Tuesday morning so I was anxious to give them a try on the Wednesday lunch ride to Leon, KS.  It's 125 miles to Leon so I figured it would be a good test.  These are warm weather riding pant but they come with a waterproof liner but the liner was uncomfortable against my bear skin so I decided to wear long underware without the liner.  My reasoning was that it might be a little cold in the morning but the ride home should be just right.  A little cold hell!  It was a lot cold with the mesh doing it's job and blowing a steady breeze up my legs.  About half way there it had warmed enough that it was bearable.

  These are pretty neat pants, meaning they have pockets.  My Mossi's don't have pockets and a guy need someplace to carry his change.  I noticed the first problem with the Mojave's as I pulled them on.  With just the thin long Js they were snug in the legs and seat, but hey they made my butt look small.  The waist was too big but was adjustable so that was no problem.  Problem number two showed up the first time I had to brake and slid forward on the saddle.  The seat of the pants was too slick.  Number three was embarrassing because I had no clue how long I had walked around with the fly down.  The zipper on the fly just wouldn't stay up and that was a real deal breaker.

  The final straw manifested its self on the way home in that tightness I mentioned earlier.  That fabric doesn't stretch and my legs started cramping from the slightly tucked riding position on the Dub. 

  Now to the crux of the problem.  See those models up above?  Well I don't look like that.  I'm fairly well proportioned in that my legs and butt are about right for my 38-40 waist, meaning I'm on the chubby side.  But seriously how many motorcyclists do you see that are as trim as those models?  Guess maybe I'll check out the H-D dealer, they understand old fat guys.

  Oh yeah, www.newenough.com said they would be glad to take them back and they pay the return postage.  One other point....the pants retail for $99, newenough sold them to me for $55.  I noticed on the web site that they are now $49, maybe I'm not the only one with a problem.