I have a JR Phoenix as well as a different brand leather jacket that does the same thing on the zippers on my sleeves. Annoying, but nothing to worry about. Or at least that's how I've decided to think about it.Pittance wrote:Wow Teek, that is really weird. It is indeed only my left zipper. Right one is perfect. I just ended a email/phone conversation with JR themselves about the issue, thinking it might be a defect they know about. They were absolutely great. Superb service. Even edited some of the pictures I sent them (at their request) to show me how to test the zipper. Then called me up to confirm everything was ok. Zipper evidentially passed all the tests, but still has the problem. Oh well.
Another thing I'm worried about (again) is the length of the sleeves. I have some $11 gloves from Lowe's that are about the same length as short-cuff motorcycle gloves (but not as thick) and some ski gloves that are almost gauntlet like. The hardware gloves gave me some problems trying to put them under the sleeves due to zipper and feeling like they were pushing everything around. The ski gloves were too bulky and just barely went over the sleeves (they aren't that big to start with). I even took to pictures to show someone else: http://picasaweb.google.com/bmgibben . Anyone think that looks too high for a fully curved arm?
As for the sleeves being a pain to get over the gloves, I don't want to sound mean, but are you unzipping the previously offending zippers first? Makes it a lot easier most of the time.
Oh, and because of my proportions (short and fat), all of my jackets, motorcycle or otherwise, are "too long" in the sleeves. At least when riding, it's not as noticable.