who dons the day-glo

[azoomm]

Color of gear doesn't help them see you. They are looking for a box, not a color.

Ed, I was just at MotoLiberty today. Ordered a RevIt Tornado women's suit in the sand color ( white-ish). I'm just so done with black.

[Cutty72]

I generally wear the orange vest, due to military regs, and when I'm not riding to or from post I'm too lazy to take it off my jacket. Plus, it has a handy pocket to hold my ipod.

[Homeslice]

some of their lower-end stuff is "outsourced" to China or Korea

[Homeslice]

My Chinese HJC jacket from 10 yrs ago had leather just as good as a Vanson.

It's Pakistan that makes the crap stuff.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

My Chinese HJC jacket from 10 yrs ago had leather just as good as a Vanson.

It's Pakistan that makes the crap stuff.

Yeah, Pakistan is the crappy stuff.

[Rangerscott]

$115

http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street...le_jacket.html

[Captain Morgan]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

$115

http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street...le_jacket.html

That is the jacket I've been considering. After much deliberation over the silver or day-glo, I opted to burn people's retinas. Placed my order. Unfortunately, they're waiting to receive the jackets mid next week, so I likely won't get it for almost 2 weeks. Arrgh. However, they have silver in stock...considering just going with silver to get the jacket in less than a week...

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

$115

http://www.motorcyclegear.com/street...le_jacket.html

I bought a red one years ago. It worked well in the 105 degree heat last week. The "armor" in the elbows, shoulders and back was laughable. I bought some hard plastic armor from ebay back in 2007.



This picture shows the 1/16-inch thick foam on the left and the plastic armor I installed over the foam. I did this in the pockets for the elbows and shoulders.



This picture shows the back foam on the right and the flexible plastic armor I bought off ebay. The problem was that the plastic armor was too wide to fit in the pocket for the T-shaped foam.



Solution: My wife sewed up a bigger pocket. But she had to place it exactly so the plastic armor fit the curvature of my back. She also put in a zipper instead of the stock velcro. I haven't crash-tested it, but it fits great.

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by No Worries

I bought a red one years ago. It worked well in the 105 degree heat last week. The "armor" in the elbows, shoulders and back was laughable. I bought some hard plastic armor from ebay back in 2007.



This picture shows the 1/16-inch thick foam on the left and the plastic armor I installed over the foam. I did this in the pockets for the elbows and shoulders.



This picture shows the back foam on the right and the flexible plastic armor I bought off ebay. The problem was that the plastic armor was too wide to fit in the pocket for the T-shaped foam.



Solution: My wife sewed up a bigger pocket. But she had to place it exactly so the plastic armor fit the curvature of my back. She also put in a zipper instead of the stock velcro.vI haven't crash-tested it, but it fits great.

Holy cow, I have that exact same jacket for when it gets stupid hot out (same color and everything - bought it from Tricktape) - I use my all black stuff because the armor in the mesh tex is crappy - I must try that solution. You wouldn't happen to know who made the stuff you're using, would you?

[No Worries]

Originally Posted by Particle Man

Holy cow, I have that exact same jacket for when it gets stupid hot out (same color and everything - bought it from Tricktape) - I use my all black stuff because the armor in the mesh tex is crappy - I must try that solution. You wouldn't happen to know who made the stuff you're using, would you?

I got them off ebay in 2007. The shoulder and elbow armor from one dealer, and the back plate from another. I typed "Body Armor" and got over 6,000 results on ebay. The I tried "replacement armor" and got this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOURMASTER-J...3e50c5&vxp=mtr. That back plate may fit your jacket with no alteration.