All season leather jacket. Recomendations?

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I can deal with $400 if its a solid jacket. Its around what I I paid for my Alpine Stars years back.

That $600+ FXGR was pushing it.

it also should be noted that the FXRG line up carries a LIFETIME limited warranty.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

it also should be noted that the FXRG line up carries a LIFETIME limited warranty.

Overkill on a jacket that I'll probably want to replace anyway in a few years but its good to know.
thanks

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I've keep revisting that one...good price...decent enough features. Not big on the look but not really against it. Its on the short list.

What temperature range has that jacket done well in?

with the liner in i've ridden in the thirties pretty comfortably with nothing more then a t shirt under it. liner out it has venting that you can open. i use it almost all summer.
the look is really better in person then in those pictures.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

Overkill on a jacket that I'll probably want to replace anyway in a few years but its good to know.
thanks

I hear ya... most hd guys don't. I have a Brooks leather jacket. 25yr warranty and I hope to have it longer than that. It's nothing awesome, but it's just a good honest, old school leather jacket. Made in USA!

[pauldun170]

Nabbed this ugly bastard in yellow. (Black Yellow Silver....good thing I only ride in wee mornings )
Couldn't pass up on the price and it will at least hold me over while a I make a decision. (I'm still looking)

http://www.newenough.com/street/clos...le_jacket.html

[Gas Man]

Damn good price.... that's all I have to say about tt.

[pauldun170]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

Damn good price.... that's all I have to say about tt.

I haven't even received it yet and I want to return it

[Gas Man]

I understand why.

[pauldun170]

Didn't find an accelerant to try on but did find an Accelerant stealth (same "chassis" but a little different)
It was selling for 300 and overall a nice jacket. The problem with the Stealth is that its not really a leather jacket. Just a nice textile jacket with leather on the sleeves. I could have nabbed the standard Accelerant for 350 but they didn't have any lying around. Tried on Alpinestars Stunt and it definitely had a nice quality to it but I wanted a better liner for the price and some parts of the jacket kinda had me going meh.

Guy pulls out a Joe Rocket and its my size (46). Huge mixed bag this thing is.
Dated design, meh leather, shitty collar and weak removable liner but it had lots of zipper vents. Started thinking about the Accelerant and reconsidered spending 350+ on an Icon jacket.

Do I go with the original plan and drop a decent chunk or do I go the tigger route?

Doh...got another jacket.

Joe Rocket Blaster 4.0 in black. $170 impulse buy.
This is definitely going to be my hot weather beater jacket.

Now I have a high quality ugly jacket on the way and a low quality beater.
Maybe I'll get the zipper fixed on my Dyno and this way I'll have a high quality beater to go along with the rest.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by pauldun170

I haven't even received it yet and I want to return it

Sell that shit on ebay for a profit (once newenough stops their promotion)