Who makes the best textile jacket?

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brentf13 · #1 Unread post by **brentf13** » Tue May 09, 2006 3:57 am

Obvious newbie question - so who makes the best textile jacket?

brentf13

#2 Unread post by **Skier** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:01 am

"Best" is quite subjective. If price is no issue, probably BMW's adventure touring gear, or one of Aerostich's jackets.

Are you looking for abrasion protection, impact protection, value for the money, construction quality, or a mix of all of these?

kabob983 · #3 Unread post by **kabob983** » Tue May 09, 2006 4:01 am

"Best" is a broad term. Who makes the "best" bike? Well, there's cruisers, sportbikes, standards...Who makes the "best" jacket? Well there are some that keep you cool, some that keep you warm, some that keep you dry...some that are well armored and some are not...

Generally I feel that if a company makes their other products well then their textile jackets will probably be good too. I'd personally go with Alpinestars or Tour Master (Cortech). But I'm a bit biased...

brentf13 · #4 Unread post by **brentf13** » Tue May 09, 2006 5:39 am

You're both correct - very broad question - want good impact and abrasion protection - i'm looking at a textile for warm weather production - if i ride in the fall - i hope i can get a decent leather by then - i've been looking at alpine stars, joe rocket, icon, etc - just wanted to know which offers the best package - would like to stay close to $200.00

brentf13

rapidblue · #5 Unread post by **rapidblue** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:24 am

I just boguth an alpinestars t-venom mesh jacket. Fits real nice and flows pretty good too.

Myself002 · #6 Unread post by **Myself002** » Tue May 09, 2006 7:32 am

I hear nothing but good things about alpinestar, but I've heard joe rockets stitching is a little dicey. Then again I haven't crashed in either so I don't know.

Also when I was looking for gear I found these guys
http://www.revitusa.net/

seem good to me

you might wanna check out some review sites before you buy.
http://www.motorcyclegearreview.com/
http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/

swatter555 · Tue May 09, 2006 8:23 am

The best pricing I have seen: www.newenough.com

skinnyjoint · Tue May 09, 2006 8:29 am

alpinestar for the wen #@@!11

kabob983 · #9 Unread post by **kabob983** » Tue May 09, 2006 9:03 am

swatter555 wrote:The best pricing I have seen: www.newenough.com

The above quote should read:

"The best pricing I have see: www.ebay.com"

Myself002 · Tue May 09, 2006 10:04 am

kabob983 wrote:
swatter555 wrote:The best pricing I have seen: www.newenough.com
The above quote should read:

"The best pricing I have see: www.ebay.com"

the above should read "The best pricing I have seen: www.ebay.com"