I know I have read accounts on this forum from members who have made pink kilts specifically for breast cancer walks (you'll have to search for them yourself), and as others have pointed out Way2Fractious has his pink death camo kilt seen most recently here:
So go for it!
Best regards,
Jake
Last edited by Monkey@Arms; 30th April 09 at 10:08 AM.
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Firstly I think you have one great idea and one not so great idea, for the walk I think the pink kilt is a great idea. As for riding a motorcycle on a kilt, not such a great idea. Nobody thinks that they are going to drop the bike but take from someone who has.
1. You never know when it might happen.
2. If you are not wearing the correct protective gear you will wish you had.
After seeing 1st-hand what pavement does to skin, even with jeans on, when a bike goes down, I'll never get on a bike with ANY exposed skin. I would NOT recommend it at all.
Wear your chaps under yer kilt and pin it, front to back to keep it from flying up... Ya might look a bit odd but ya can ride safely at a slower speeds with your kilt on... I personally like to ride fast so I would vie for safety and change later...
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
I commute on a bicycle and have done so kilted, and even at those speeds, I need plenty of ballast in the sporran to keep the kilt where it belongs, so I think that alone would make motorcycling a challenge. You've heard plenty about the road-rash issues and I have to emphatically agree with all of that too.
The only issue I'd have with the pink kilt is the shade of pink you use. The Susan B. Komen organization has a particular pink that they use, and two different pinks beside each other, to me at least, can look ghastly. But I'm not a big fan of pink in the first place. I think it's a good idea, though, and the cancer patients and survivors will appreciate it.
How to ride kilted? Sew some Velcro on the inside bottom of the pleats and the inner apron, and he can stick them together, like a baby's "onesie". Sounds like it should work, anyway.
Support the cause wear the pink and know so many will appreciate the gesture, and alone is worth it. Tell them it's salmon if it's an issue and you come from a long line of Highland salmon fishermen. LOL
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
– Robert Louis Stevenson
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