| many people I know, I used to have a semi-serious | | | | in case of an accident. I got thinking about having an |
| aversion to leather jackets. I'm not sure why really, I | | | | accident on my motorcycle and that was the only |
| just grew up not liking the look of a leather jacket or | | | | form of convincing I needed before I went out and |
| the look of almost anyone that wore a leather | | | | began shopping for a leather jacket of my very own. |
| jacket. All that changed recently, however, when I | | | | I brought a couple of more experienced friends with |
| decided to get a motorcycle. | | | | me who gave me their opinions of where to find the |
| As much as I had always hated the look of a leather | | | | right leather jacket and how to decide what style fit |
| jacket, I had still always wanted to get a motorcycle. | | | | me best. |
| It seems like a contradiction, and I guess it was. | | | | I felt a little funny shopping for a leather jacket. I felt |
| Anyway, the opportunity to buy a used motorcycle | | | | like one of the biker kids that I made fun of in high |
| recently fell into my lap and I took up the offer. I | | | | school was going to come in to the store and totally |
| knew that having a motorcyle would change a lot | | | | make fun of me for becoming one of them. I tried |
| more than just the way I got to work. It took me | | | | to put those thoughts behind me and just accomplish |
| only a few days of owning a motorcycle and a few | | | | the task at hand: getting the perfect leather jacket. I |
| conversations with friends to realize that I really did | | | | must have tried on about twenty leather jackets and |
| need a leather jacket for my new ride. | | | | I carefully debated the details of each one. Decisions |
| I needed a new leather jacket they said, not just | | | | about purchases have never come easily for me, and |
| because every motorcyclist should have one, but also | | | | buying a leather jacket was no exception. |
| because a leather jacket is the safest thing to wear | | | | |