madEG
14-06-05, 01:56 AM
http://www.motorcycle-superstore.com/item.aspx?style=9074&department=112&division=1
Owned about 100 miles in 85-93F temps.
It was my intention to only use it when traffic is high as well as the temps, and use my leather jacket when I go out for a proper ride... but we'll see about that as it gets really hot & humid where I live. Perhaps now instead of bailing on the ride, I'll go out in this...
Price paid: $99
Product strengths: It is as functionally cool as riding in a T-Shirt. Even when stopped at lights, if there is any breeze, it blows right through the jacket. It has a zipper to connect pants in the lower back, and a zipper to add in a liner, which I guess I can nab from my blaster jacket for cooler night rides.
Product weaknesses: Some product design idiot added a cloth tab to the main zipper, which blows around at speed, and cannot be tucked away. I suspect this will be soon modified with scissors, and the offending tab finding its way into the trash. It reminds me of ice hockey jerseys materials and may get to smelling pretty bad after it gets more miles - hopefully I am wrong there...
I can't imagine that it is as safe as a leather jacket, as the mesh would almost assuredly melt to your skin in a long skid, and even the pads would (I suspect) shift around if you were to slide for long in the padded areas...
But... it is better than a T-shirt, for sure...
Owned about 100 miles in 85-93F temps.
It was my intention to only use it when traffic is high as well as the temps, and use my leather jacket when I go out for a proper ride... but we'll see about that as it gets really hot & humid where I live. Perhaps now instead of bailing on the ride, I'll go out in this...
Price paid: $99
Product strengths: It is as functionally cool as riding in a T-Shirt. Even when stopped at lights, if there is any breeze, it blows right through the jacket. It has a zipper to connect pants in the lower back, and a zipper to add in a liner, which I guess I can nab from my blaster jacket for cooler night rides.
Product weaknesses: Some product design idiot added a cloth tab to the main zipper, which blows around at speed, and cannot be tucked away. I suspect this will be soon modified with scissors, and the offending tab finding its way into the trash. It reminds me of ice hockey jerseys materials and may get to smelling pretty bad after it gets more miles - hopefully I am wrong there...
I can't imagine that it is as safe as a leather jacket, as the mesh would almost assuredly melt to your skin in a long skid, and even the pads would (I suspect) shift around if you were to slide for long in the padded areas...
But... it is better than a T-shirt, for sure...