steveb leatherworks: the blather

I’ve had a Full Dresser in my life since 1996. Since i travel great distances on this most revered of models – the FL series, I need to be prepared for most any contingency. On a motorcycle, weather is the greatest threat to safety and fun for the most part, motorists in cages notwithstanding. Preparation for “who knows what” includes a good rain suit (I could write a dissertation on this subject), warm dress and these tough guys – soft lowers.

Soft lowers are easy on, easy off, takes 2 seconds a side – they buckle on with Delrin buckles, easily adjusted in those rare instances, with handy velcro straps and are made of tough as nails Cordura. They take the spray off your legs and boots in the rain, and in the cold, they save your legs from a direct blast of icy frigid-ness. I can say without a doubt  that this is probably the best accessory H-D sells for the Touring rider. I dont know where i got them, or when, but they’ve been stuffed in my saddlebag for years and years, have taken a beating and still look new – and even fit from Big Blue to the Shiny Penny – probably the only part in existence that would fit both models equally well.

I had these on the bike that 40deg morning when i took out the Worlds Dumbest Grouse, and thought i had washed all of Mr.Grouse off the lowers, that were gore covered. I am not a very good cleaner. These tough units took the brunt of Mr. Grouse’s impact without a whimper! Thumbs up to the MoCo for putting out a good one with these units.