It's easy to call someone a squid for obsessing over stuff like this, but I'm sure it nags at anyone who is OCD about colors / matching. That and I very rarely see anyone riding around with mis-matched gear.

I have the same (blue) leather jacket I've had for a few years, but I just got a new (yellow) bike. It kinda bugs me, but I'm not sure it bothers me enough to justify spending lots of money on a new jacket.

Is anyone else bothered by this kinda stuff, or is it just me?

 

I have three different suits that have different colors, so I usually match whatever bike I'm riding. Except the current green masheene.

 

My gear follows the rule of, it must match any bike (ie, be black) and helmet must be crazy colors

 

i'm with marm. i have 2 suits along with 2 lids, 2 sets of gloves, boots, etc...
my bike is also black so anything goes with it.

 

My jacket matches my bike but my helmet and my boots do not.

 

I don't have much money now-a-days, so I have to get the cheapest gear, which has limited color choices.

I still make sure mine matches though.

 

I tried to keep all my gear silver/black for my f4i but once I got my rc51 I had all silver gear. When I got my sv650 and wanted to get a different jacket I decided it needed to be mostly black so it would be universal. I did that. I also have one mostly black helmet and then a crazy Suomy.

 

Im broke and am trying to get stuff on sale, so matching may not be an option. But I dont really care.

 

Ive always had the habit of matching, but now I'm stuck with a red jacket, a blue jacket, and a yellow helmet that I have no real use for anymore

My new rule is to go neutral as often as i can, with the helmet looking a little crazy like Blindstuff said

 

^^It seems like that's how everyone ends up eventually.

I think that's how my next setup will be.

 

my gear isnt black or match the bike but my jacket is red white and blue so its kinda neutral.

i used to care.. now i dont lol

 

All my gear is black/silver, but I like to go crazy with my lids.

Now I want my next set of gear to be mostly white, and another crazy wild lid

 

My last bike was all black, my current bike is all white...so I can pretty much wear whatever. But previous my gear was all red/black to kinda flow with the bike. I just ordered a new helmet, gloves, and will be ordering a new jacket now and all this stuff is pretty neutral with mostly black. If I had a bike with actual color in it, then yea I would try to match it

 

I have no concept of fashion...keep it netural

 

Everything I get is black and red.

 

Some of my gear matches the bike, such as my Honda CBR jacket (thrown in for free with the bike) or by virtue of being neutral colored, but I also have a lot of gear that does not match my bike or any other bike that I have owned.

If I find a good deal on jackets or pants in my size, but they are non-bike-matching colors I buy them anyhow... who cares if it matches, it was 50% off.

A lot of my gear is black; my bike is ultra-blue-metallic/metallic-silver with a lot of black thrown in for good measure so it works just fine. I have two blue jackets that are the wrong color blue and probably look terrible, but I am not picky.

My helmets are equally mismatched, but all pretty cool looking. It seems common for helmets to be based entirely on rider preference and not their matching the bike.

 

My bike is maroon...so yes.

Matching gear with the bike, unless you have a racebike, looks gaudy in my opinion.


Modified by GSpeedR at 1:30 PM 8/18/2008

 

black gear is that i use.. universal for any color bike.

 

lol not at all,

Bike - kawi green
Helmet - Plain silver, no graphics
Jacket - Blue
Gloves - Black
Boots - Black

 

I don't match
Bike is red/black/silver
1st suit is blue/white/black, very little bit O red
2nd suit is red and white with some black
helmet is blue/black/white, with a blue iridium shield
boots are blue
gloves are red
earplugs are purple
back protector is black

 

my gear matches my bike..
RC51 red, black, silver
Jacket - Red White Black
Helmet- " "
Gloves- " "
Boots- Red and black

Matches but if I get another bike or repaint the RC51, I'm not going to worry about it, just as long as I have gear I don't really care.

 

once you go black, you never go back... Neutral for me

 

Red gas tank, orange fairings, blue suit

 

Spidi Norick 1 piece suit. I have the two piece version, which I like more than my Dainese suit.

 

denim matches all