I have a bright yellow textile jacket complete with the armor and removable lining. I think I wore it for maybe 2000 miles and it's been hanging up ever since. I want to say it's a Firstgear but I'll have to look when I get home this afternoon. It's either a 2 or 3x. I bought it in 03 with the thought that being bright yellow would make me visible. I decided I didn't want to be that visible. I'll make you a good deal on it if you think you are interested. It has the TexasXRiders patch sewn on the back.Dusty
Quote from: Dusty on July 28, 2008, 11:59:26 AMI have a bright yellow textile jacket complete with the armor and removable lining. I think I wore it for maybe 2000 miles and it's been hanging up ever since. I want to say it's a Firstgear but I'll have to look when I get home this afternoon. It's either a 2 or 3x. I bought it in 03 with the thought that being bright yellow would make me visible. I decided I didn't want to be that visible. I'll make you a good deal on it if you think you are interested. It has the TexasXRiders patch sewn on the back.Dusty
Quote from: RocknRoll on July 28, 2008, 03:25:15 PMQuote from: Dusty on July 28, 2008, 11:59:26 AMI have a bright yellow textile jacket complete with the armor and removable lining. I think I wore it for maybe 2000 miles and it's been hanging up ever since. I want to say it's a Firstgear but I'll have to look when I get home this afternoon. It's either a 2 or 3x. I bought it in 03 with the thought that being bright yellow would make me visible. I decided I didn't want to be that visible. I'll make you a good deal on it if you think you are interested. It has the TexasXRiders patch sewn on the back.Dusty What are you laughing at Mr. Carrhart?
It is Firstgear but it's a 4x. I was going to post a pic, but apparently Mr fuzzy nuts over at Bigbikers deleted all my pics.
Make no mistake about it.........Leather has far better abrasion resistance than textile jackets. About 3 to 4 times more according to magizine reviews I've read and I would agree with that. But if your not going to wear a leather........... textile IS better than nothing. One of the most important things to understand about textile garments is that they must fit tightly enough not to allow the armor to move upon impact. This means the garment must be tight. Much tighter than most people will wear them from what I've seen. Most people fit for comfort rather than garment performance and that is a mistake with textile garments. If it's not tight (snug at least), it's not right. Choose textile items like you would a helmet. It should be as snug to your body as you can stand it. Textile will expand and adjust to your body shape with wear. It will not do you much good if your not wearing the right size. It's very important to sinch all of the adjustment straps so as to keep armor in the correct places. The textile garments flexibility and ability to easly move on your body is a bad thing, so you must keep it in place by fitting it correctly when you buy it and adjusting straps to keep armor in it's place. I was surprised how many jackets I had to try on before I found the one that was right for me. I wear a Fieldsheer textile jacket when it's too hot to wear leather, but I'll always consider the leather jacket first.
But don't you burn up in the leather?
Quote from: Xwrecker on July 29, 2008, 12:38:02 PMBut don't you burn up in the leather?Yes it can get hot wearing leather, but being a little uncomforatble sometimes is the trade off for having better protection. That's always a trade off decssion the rider must make. Comfort vesus protection. I'm willing to suffer more than most when it come to protection from what I've seen. I value my hide more than comfort espesially when riding a sport bike and speeds increase. I can wear a non-perforated leather jacket (with two very small zipper vents) and leather pants (with very limited perforations) and polyester underwear at 85 degrees and be OK with that. As long as I'm moving I get pretty good evaporitive cooling effect from the polyester even with very little air venting as described above. If you haven't worn polyester as an under garment, you'll be surprised how well it works. I couldn't wear leather above 80 without it. Above 90 I can't wear leather in any case. I don't like to ride at 95 degrees or above. It's not fun for me.