difference between road and motoX boots

hidepenny · Post by **hidepenny** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:46 am

anyone knows? the motox dirt bike boots llook better and just wana know if they are the same as the road use ones?

mohawk miss · Post by **mohawk miss** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:07 am

I asked the same thing a while ago. If you go back through the posts I'm sure you will find it

mitch179 · Post by **mitch179** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 10:45 am

mx boots are way bigger

road boots are more suited to road riding of course, so if you are riding a street bike get boots to suit and vice versa!

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:43 am

What Mitch said

MX boots are big clunky buggers that are designed to stop your feet from getting pulped when you stick your leg out in the breeze. They are also relatively inflexible to stop you from snapping ankles when you hit shit like big tree roots buried in dirt, rocks etc. On a road bike you probably won't be able to change gears in them or at least not very easily. They'll also scrape the crap out of everything on your road bike ie engine cases from the steel toe plates and anything your inside leg touches as they either have leather or something else grippy so you can hold on when standing up. The soles are big and clunky also so you won't be able to move your feet around.

Road boots are more designed to protect your tootsies, ankles and feet from abrasion as you slide down the road with your bike on your leg.

Horses for courses

A little long winded but I hope that helps

Cheers

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 12:56 pm

Glen wrote:What Stero said

I remember saying that but I dont see it anywhere...

In any case, if you really like the styling of the mx boots, if you shop around you can buy ones that are styled similar but are more road friendly.... usually the enduro style boots....

SuperMotard riders use them, so you will probably find them in a KTM shop or similar.... Hope that helps...

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:28 pm

Eitherway they're both better than runners or sandles.

Stereo · Post by **Stereo** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:18 pm

Duane wrote:Eitherway they're both better than runners or sandles.

Test them in the shop, go sit on a bike, make sure you can get your foot under the gear lever smoothly.... If not, dont buy them....

Glen · Post by **Glen** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 3:05 pm

Stereo wrote:
Glen wrote:What Stero said
I remember saying that but I dont see it anywhere...

In any case, if you really like the styling of the mx boots, if you shop around you can buy ones that are styled similar but are more road friendly.... usually the enduro style boots....

SuperMotard riders use them, so you will probably find them in a KTM shop or similar.... Hope that helps...

Oops, one of those mornings. I thought the post above was yours mate whereas it was actually Mitch 179. Musta had my head up my clacker again.

hidepenny · Post by **hidepenny** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:08 pm

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Test them in the shop, go sit on a bike, make sure you can get your foot under the gear lever smoothly.... If not, dont buy them....
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i tried the road ones before and found them imipossible to get my left foot under the gear lever, or i must look down and push hard

that was on my first track day too

Duane · Post by **Duane** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 4:29 pm

hidepenny wrote:
Test them in the shop, go sit on a bike, make sure you can get your foot under the gear lever smoothly.... If not, dont buy them....
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i tried the road ones before and found them imipossible to get my left foot under the gear lever, or i must look down and push hard that was on my first track day too

Your gear lever is adjustable by the way - for this purpose. Don't be such a big girl about it.

hidepenny · Post by **hidepenny** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 5:52 pm

[quote] gear lever is adjustable [/quote]

really? how?

Neka79 · Post by **Neka79** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 6:52 pm

the mx are way thicker between the sole and top of foot, ull never get it under the lever..if it was better than everyone would be wearing motox boots...racers and all...

another thing with motox boots- the big metal straps can dig in if u come off, tearing ur leg off as opposed to sliding gently down the road...

good luck with that...

chuffed · Post by **chuffed** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:19 pm

hidepenny wrote:
gear lever is adjustable
really? how?

Undo the bolt that holds the lever on the spline, slide off the spline, rotate in the desired direction slide back on the spline, tighten up the bolt.

All your controls should be adjusted for you to suit your riding position/style