How to Buy Motorcycle Chaps
Motorcycle chaps are designed of thick material to protect your legs in the event of an accident from road rash or tailpipe burns. Chaps are available in leather, suede and heavy denim in colors to match your saddlebags with conchos, seat or handlebar fringes. Each manufacturer of chaps using various size charts. Taking your measurements properly will provide you with the protection and correct fit in motorcycle chaps.
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Instructions
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Put a pair of blue jeans on what you would normally wear to ride your motorcycle. Motorcycle chaps fit over your jeans and your jeans need to be slightly loose so you don't cut off circulation to your legs on long rides.
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Place the tip of a fabric measuring tape on the front center of your jeans waistband. Wrap the measuring tape around the waistband and under the tip. Record this measurement on paper with a pen as your waist size.
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Wrap a fabric measuring tape around the largest area of one thigh. This area is generally the upper thigh. Write this measurement down as your thigh measurement.
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Measure the length of chaps that you require by placing the tip of a fabric measuring tape along the inside leg seam where it meets the crotch seam of your jeans. Stretch the measuring tape down to your ankle. Make a note that this is your inseam measurement.
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Match your measurements to the manufacturer's sizing chart to order a pair of chaps that will fit properly.
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Tips & Warnings
It is easier to measure your inseam with the help of a friend.
Order chaps that fit within the measurements. If you fall in between sizes, order the next size up as chaps are generally adjustable in the waist.
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