I have not walked five miles in them, or even one mile, for that matter during any one-day period. But I would say no, when compared with other, less specialized boots that are designed for more comfort during walking.  Extended walking was not a criteria when I purchased the Sidi boots.

Some of the other Sidi boots might be more approriate if extended walking comfort is important, like these, whcih I also owned at one time:

http://www.newenough.com/boots/sport_street_touring_boots/sidi/champion_air_motorcycle_boots.html

When I ride, I don't do walk abouts, other than the usual stopping for gas/food, milling around, store/cycle shop visits, etc., so that is my frame of reference for off-the-bike comfort.  For any trips where I will be walking a lot, I take a pair of sneakers.

 

Curt
'03 VFR

We all have special needs. Mine is a very narrow foot. “AAA”.

Actually both are that narrow!

Therefore very few places have shoes or boots that fit well.

Red Wing makes a large selection of widths and sizes. I recommend that you at least give then a look.  I wear Red Wing, 9”, lace up, leather boots, waffle soul. Not near the protection of some of the Sidi boots but good ankle support.

The nice thing about Red Wings is they are made to wear all day at work and for being on your feet. I look for a pair that has a reasonable toe box to fit under the shifter.

Red Wings is a specialty shoe store and their prices are more then discount stores. But after about two hours of wearing them and my knees and hip not hurting, they are worth it. If I know I will be off the bike for long periods, I do bring Tennis shoes to change into.

Red Wing has a Motorcycles Specific line, but I have not tried them so can not comment on them.

 

Gfurlo

Depending on the boot and the bike, occasionally I have repositioned the shift lever.  The smaller bikes usually have short levers. Thus, larger boots will need a little extra room. My sno-mobile boot is a real clunker and requires a lever reposition. Regardless of which condition is the problem, I have never had to move the lever more than one spline to get the clearence/access that I needed. Some shift linkage hava a turnbuckle adjustment. Mark it some how so that you know how far you moved it. After playing with it, trying to return it to the exact place from which you started can be problematic if you didnt take care to note that. With tuinbuckle linkage, I move the bit on the spline first before resorting to the turnbuckle. Keeps things simple.

I will move the shift lever on a street bike when I change venues. If it take a bike that I usually ride sitting down to a place where I will spend a lot of time riding standing up, its worth it to me to reposition the controls for standing. Why struggle with ill placed controls when wahoo standup riding?

I used to ride with boots having toe caps. They required a lever reposition. Worse, the cap was the lever contact point. I found myself knocking the lever out of gear without ever actually feeling the lever on my foot. I had to position my foot further forward on the peg to get the lever to miss the toe cap and give me some feel on my foot. I did finally acclimatize to the condition with those boots. But there was a lot of aggravation doing so. They were good boots, so the aggravation was worth the effort.

One would think by now that there would be a update/remake of that Nancy sinatra "Boots" song freaturing bike boots? Dog knows that there are a few cowboy boot songs out there. Where's Arlo when we could use another biker song hit?

nobody rides half as well as they know how.

Anyway, his fancy GP boots didnt save him. Granted, it was the worst highside that I have seen in quite a while. Nothing might have saved him from injury in that one. Its too bad that we cant guess how another boot might have been better?

I will extrapolize that hard get-offs require decent gear. Each fall has enough variations that it is difficult to expect gear to do much more than limit the worst of the damage. And it seems that collisions are still mostly a roll of the dice as to what protective gear can do.

Like the helmet, any reasonably stout boot has got to be better than sneakers, low cut dress shoes, and the highly favored flip-flops.

In reference to another post, keep in mind that a starting line collision where speeds are about as slow as they are ever going to be during a race, a racer lost his boot and limped off the track.

It is written that Mike Hailwood ground through his race boots often enough to loose his little toes. The most that I expect my street bike boots to do for me is keep my feet dry, warm, and abrasion free, especially at those ankle bones. Dirt bike boots are another matter.

nobody rides half as well as they know how.