I wanted to throw a comment in the Distinguished Gentlemen's post , but thought it would hijack an otherwise good thread. So I searched and found this existing post.
I wear regular old blue jeans all the time. Daily, weekly , year end , year out. When I knew I was going to do harder adventure riding , the Duluth fire hose pants came out , otherwise....... I'm 400,000 miles + into street riding , and have had 2 incidents in my 20 years of riding , both at speed , jeans held up fine.
I do wear a good helmet (lean HJC for full street as they seem to fit my head best) Currently a CL-17 , also an appropriate jacket to the season , here in Georgia , I will wear a textile (Powertrip , Joe Rocket's cruiser line) 8-9 months a year , and a solid leather motorcycle jacket the other 2-3 months. I wear good gloves , typically deerskin or textile year round. For boots , I like Bates , Alpinestar , etc....... and find myself jumping the Bates most often for the Bobber. They are above the ankle boots.
Then about 5% of the time I sport a tee shirt and helmet/gloves when the mood strikes.
