I had a snow mobile suit in Odessa. Dude was a salesman at Firestone, tires, yes, and, they had audio gear, including tuner/turntabe/8 track. I bought it from him. Years later, they closed.
One day I see a BBQ joint, on the side of the road,on wheels, behind a truck. Dang if it ain't that guy.. come winter, this dude has another trailer, just outside of town,too, and he's selling winter work clothes to roughneck types. Entrepreneurial spirit and guts,  I hope he did well.

Well, Now ya done gone and Dunnitt!
Logic,, totally destroying the meaningless derision.
Of COURSE theyze assless, that's what makes them chaps..


Imagine walking past the bunkhouse on a ranch, two cowboys, getting ready to ride the fence.
You overhear...


Uhh, hey, uhh, Billy Bob, would ya pass me muh assless chaps?

I can ride with flannel lined jeans when it is cold (50'ish) - but when the temps drop you need something top and bottom that is windproof.  If I put my rain suit on it helps a lot....it keeps the wind from blowing through the woven fabric.

The Sport Touring crowd has lots of clothing options - but ski and snowmobile clothing is most likely more affordable.  Be sure to keep it away from the header and muffler.

I had thought about snowmobile stuff but being in an area that averages 4 inches of snow per year, I don't believe I will find any of it.

Ski stuff I hadn't really thought about.  I will have to check that out.  We have several ski resorts within a couple hours drive and ski stuff is in all the sporting goods stores.

I'm not a fan of bib overalls at all so I really haven't looked at them.  I looked at some carhart insulated overalls the other day though.  The insulation was very thin and there was really nothing to try to seal out cold wind or anything.  They looked just like regular overalls with a very thin lining.

Insulated leather jacket and insulated gloves are taken care of.  My jeans just let in too much wind and cold.  During the winter I don't ride all that far but I do like to be sort of comfortable doing it. I hate coming home and my knees are extremely cold and a little stiff. An extra pair of socks usually does it for my feet unless I'm on a long ride.

I like the look of the Duluth stuff. It looks to be good quality, well made clothing which is hard to find these days. Thanks for the link. I took a quick look around and I really like those alaskan pants.  That might do the trick although I did see one review that said under 50 you'd want to layer.

I found a pair of insulated bib-overalls in Florida in March , nylon with the jacked to match.   They have turned into my favorite cold weather gear.   I Also found a pair of large cuff gloves with a zipper in the cuff that holds a "Rain Mitten" (warm)   $20.00 or so --- the nylon stuff was more like $60.oo ... but warm is Good !    I wore my chaps last Saturday because it was only down to 45 deg F and left them on all day (got up to 60 deg F), the nylon would have had to come off.  

They both earn there place in the closet !  

I have a pair of Wrangler flannel lined genes that are very warm in really cold weather.  They work great on the bike; have ridden in the 30's with them, with and without chaps.  Warm and warmer.

I have a pair of riding pants from Jafrum which I bought about 2 years ago for around $50.00. They have some cheapo armor and a liner that you can remove. I wore them last week without the liner while riding in mid to low 40's temp at highway speeds. I was comfortable. What I have yet to find is a good pair of cheap winter gloves. The right bottom pant leg has been burned up a bit, but still good.