I have a thirteen year old leather jacket that I wear for shorter trips and commuting. I have an Aerostich Roadcrafter for longer trips. I prefer the Roadcrafter when it's raining.
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Can you tell? Tour Master.
Even have TM Solution Boots, Polar-Tex gloves or Dri-Mesh gloves depending on temps above 32*F (below that it's the Gerbing heated gloves).
Even my helmet, which is the new HJC IS-17 Intake full face in Hi-Viz, is one of the subsidiaries of Helmet House along with Tour Master, Cortech, Shoei, Fieldsheer and Pokerun as well as Mobile Warming battery heated gear.
Of course most of what I have came from Motorcyclegear.com
Even have TM Solution Boots, Polar-Tex gloves or Dri-Mesh gloves depending on temps above 32*F (below that it's the Gerbing heated gloves).
Even my helmet, which is the new HJC IS-17 Intake full face in Hi-Viz, is one of the subsidiaries of Helmet House along with Tour Master, Cortech, Shoei, Fieldsheer and Pokerun as well as Mobile Warming battery heated gear.
Of course most of what I have came from Motorcyclegear.com
I have both types of clothing as well. I tend to prefer leather, maybe because it is more "traditional" and I like the way it looks and feels. I have a cheapo Interstate leather jacket, and a much more expensive Schott one that is my favorite. I lost 30 pounds in the past year, so I recently traded my old Schott jacket to someone who had GAINED weight and ended up with a different Schott model. I also have custom-fitted chaps and several pairs of gloves.
Leather, of course, is not great for hot weather riding. So I have two textile jackets, a TourMaster Sonoma Air and an Olympia Airglide. The TourMaster is hi-viz yellow--I thought it was a good idea for safety but I just feel silly wearing it. The Olympia is silver and black and I like its look much better; it also seems easier to fasten and to change between layers. Unfortunately both of those are now too large for me. I didn't want to spend a lot on new jackets before I knew what size I would eventually end up after losing the weight, so last summer I bought an inexpensive Bilt black mesh jacket from Cycle Gear that works fine.
I will leave the discussion of footwear to another thread.
Leather, of course, is not great for hot weather riding. So I have two textile jackets, a TourMaster Sonoma Air and an Olympia Airglide. The TourMaster is hi-viz yellow--I thought it was a good idea for safety but I just feel silly wearing it. The Olympia is silver and black and I like its look much better; it also seems easier to fasten and to change between layers. Unfortunately both of those are now too large for me. I didn't want to spend a lot on new jackets before I knew what size I would eventually end up after losing the weight, so last summer I bought an inexpensive Bilt black mesh jacket from Cycle Gear that works fine.
I will leave the discussion of footwear to another thread.
Congrats on losing weight, 30 LBS is a lot!I have both types of clothing as well. I tend to prefer leather, maybe because it is more "traditional" and I like the way it looks and feels. I have a cheapo Interstate leather jacket, and a much more expensive Schott one that is my favorite. I lost 30 pounds in the past year, so I recently traded my old Schott jacket to someone who had GAINED weight and ended up with a different Schott model. I also have custom-fitted chaps and several pairs of gloves.
Leather, of course, is not great for hot weather riding. So I have two textile jackets, a TourMaster Sonoma Air and an Olympia Airglide. The TourMaster is hi-viz yellow--I thought it was a good idea for safety but I just feel silly wearing it. The Olympia is silver and black and I like its look much better; it also seems easier to fasten and to change between layers. Unfortunately both of those are now too large for me. I didn't want to spend a lot on new jackets before I knew what size I would eventually end up after losing the weight, so last summer I bought an inexpensive Bilt black mesh jacket from Cycle Gear that works fine.
I will leave the discussion of footwear to another thread.
How did you go about losing that much weight?
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