Can you recommend a jacket?

[greminn]

Hey guys, can anyone recommend a Leather Jacket that is Black, light weight so I can wear it just walking around....No buckles and gimmicks just something nice and simple....

Does it have to have armour or is a standard leather jacket sill gonna protect you?


oh and also on a budget

cheers

Revit MOTO is a good standard looking leather jacket that looks like you could easierly wear around and not look like a guy walking around in a motobike jacket.. . Downside is that its $500-600

http://www.motoretail.co.nz/product.cfm?ID=4551

[aewilliam]

How 'budget' is 'budget'?

And what sorta riding are you doing with your GSXR (or you leather jacket...)?

Whatever you get in the end shoudl depend on your riding...kinda. If youre commuting you can go with a hybrid-type (leather+cordura) as previously suggested and it will be lighter, and hopefully have the leather on impact/abrasion areas.

From what ive seen in my search, the 1.4mm Winston recommends is likely to result in shelling out higher $$$, heaps of leather jackets are around 1.1 to 1.3mm. If youre less likely to be kissing tarmac at high speeds, I guess the abrasion resistance of the 1.4mm will be a luxury? (the "kissing tarmac" is likely to happen anywhere and is kinda unforseeable yar, but the "high speeds" is completely up to ones wrist...)

Armour? Either go with a bike jacket with armour in the pockets, or theres the option of an Armoured Jersey (think EVS Ballistic... Shift SomethingOrOther...) under a leather jacket. With this, you can also wear the Armoured Jersey under anything - hoodie, dress jacket... or trench coat for the look...

Got my Shift one from MotoMail Outlet in Auckland for around $70 or something from (bad) memory.

Add a jacket of your choice, and you could be sorted...

[Breed777]

Yeah I am definately a commuter. Use my bike mainly for getting to work and town etc the motorway here is about 2km long at 80km/h after that it's all 50 zones so I want something that will help in a crash but won't look out of place walking round town in

As far as budget is 3 to 4 hundred too little to pay for something like this

[Quasievil]

How About this ?
http://www.quasimoto.co.nz/products/...tock/the-raven

its discounted at the moment to!!

Dont have a large number of sizes left but what we have might be right.

[Macontour]

Trademe and the Cash Converter type shops would be a pretty reasonable source of possibles for you if you are prepared to wait. I bought some Quasi pants and jacket last year and found Brett and Paula great people to deal with.

They gave me some good advice, the gear broke in quickly(left bruises on my arms the first few times but moulded to me quickly) and is comfortable. The arm vents work really well in the heat and the armour is comfortable and gives me a feeling of safety. I do wear my own back protector under the jacket.

Cheers Quasi