Daytona Lady Star boots

[lizwalker]

I've always struggled to find boots that fit properly, I'm vertically and horizontally challenged (too short & far too wide) with a high instep. All of the boots that offered sufficient protection (why do manufacturers think we girlies only ever decorate the back of the bike?) wouldn't fit around the calf and I would be wearing 2 sizes larger to accommodate my high instep.

Then I tried on some Daytona's! They are actually designed to fit the female leg, have extra adjustment in the calf - brilliant if you want to wear over leathers or under winter overtrousers - are totally waterproof (gore-tex) and the sole adds what feels like an extra inch or two so I'm not on tippy-toes.

They are expensive and I had mine made-to-measure to fit my foot properly but they are so well made and of such good quality that after 4 years they still look and feel like new. They are comfortable to walk around in (a first for a pair of motorcycle boots for me) and warm when they need to be.

Best of all, they are just as comfortable in the relaxed riding position of the Divvy as they are in the tortuous riding position of my Ducati 748. A great investment in my opinion!

[beeblemaster]

Funnily enough the only boots I've found to fit me are the Daytona's, but at £250 a pair, it's an expensive price to pay for having a genuinely manly physique

But they are very very comfy (good enough to go walkies off the bike), and waterproof.

I had to have lace ups before by Frank Thomas. Not at all waterproof unlike their claim

[CD]

I've currently got some Hein Gericke tiuring boots. Comfy warm and waterproof after nearly 2 years, but too bendy in the ankle for my liking. But they were affordable at the time.

Previously I had Alpine Stars enduro boots with side buckles. There was no lateral ankle movement so much better protected in that area. They took ages to break in, but lasted 5 years of biking another 12 or 13 years not biking and 2 years more recently. Replaced when one got badly chewed in a low speed tumble. They leaked but never were supposed to be waterproof.

They cost £180 in the mid 1980's but less than a tenner a year is a bargain in my books. Quality every time (if I have the cash).

[lizwalker]

Like Sir Beeblemaster I had FT lace-ups but destroyed them in two years, they never fitted properly and I'm enough of a girlie not to want cold, wet toes if there's any precipitation. I'm hoping that these will last as long as Chiro's because they will have been a good investment.

To be fair, I would have paid another few hundred quid just for the stacked heels and that extra confidence it has given me in the wobbly-stop department when toes are just not going to keep the thing upright.