Rocker66
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My Scott leather jacket was made to measure. More expensive but certainly gives a better feel
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I find that really hard to believe, about the made to fit stuff. Maybe you guys just have horribly misshapen bodies, but I have a second hand Alpine Star jacket that fits fine, and it's made of leather, and it very obviously wasn't custom made to fit me.
Now if any article of clothing is made poorly enough, it won't fit any normal sized person, but my hope is that the Chinatown special will fall somewhere in between made-so-poorly-it-only-fits-mutants, and custom-made-to-fit-my-body-like-the-suit-on-that-gimp-guy-in-pulp-fiction. Between the hundred bucks I paid and the thousands you could pay, I think there's a fair amount of breathing room, no pun intended.
I have a question, though, for those of you guys saying you prefer textiles: do they make textiles that offer as much protection as leather? I was always told they do not, but if I was misinformed I'll be happy to save a cow or two leave the leather behind. As someone else said, I feel a little silly wearing a black leather jacket on a brand new Japanese utility bike.
I find that really hard to believe, about the made to fit stuff. Maybe you guys just have horribly misshapen bodies, but I have a second hand Alpine Star jacket that fits fine, and it's made of leather, and it very obviously wasn't custom made to fit me.
Now if any article of clothing is made poorly enough, it won't fit any normal sized person, but my hope is that the Chinatown special will fall somewhere in between made-so-poorly-it-only-fits-mutants, and custom-made-to-fit-my-body-like-the-suit-on-that-gimp-guy-in-pulp-fiction. Between the hundred bucks I paid and the thousands you could pay, I think there's a fair amount of breathing room, no pun intended.
I have a question, though, for those of you guys saying you prefer textiles: do they make textiles that offer as much protection as leather? I was always told they do not, but if I was misinformed I'll be happy to save a cow or two leave the leather behind. As someone else said, I feel a little silly wearing a black leather jacket on a brand new Japanese utility bike.