electric vests

[klrspaman]

I want to buy a good leather jacket. There is over 100 different brands of leather jackets. I don't mind spending a little extra money for quality. And also good riding waterproof nylon or polyester jackets. Any suggestions.

[E.L. Green]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klrspaman" wrote:

> > I want to buy a good leather jacket. There is over 100 different > brands of leather jackets. I don't mind spending a little extra money > for quality. And also good riding waterproof nylon or polyester > jackets. Any suggestions.

Gonna have to give us more info than that. What conditions do you intend to ride in with this jacket? What kind of styling do you want -- cruiser, street, or crotch rocket? Personally, I would go with a textile suit if you're intending to ride under adverse conditions. That way you can get a waterproof one that doesn't require stopping to put on a rain jacket. As far as waterproof rain suits, if you add a windshield pretty much any suit works, even the $12.95 two-piece rubberized polyester suits from Wal-Mart. When I add my CF-30 to my KLR, my shoulders and the outer part of my chest get rain, but the center part where the zipper/snaps are on the el-cheapo rain suit does not. Not that I wear an el-cheapo rain suit nowdays, my First Gear Kilimanjaro and HT overpants have kept me dry in multi-day rainstorms so while I have various gripes about the Kilimanjaro and the HT overpants, I can't say that they're really that bad, especially if you get the latest-generation ones that fix most of the problems that irritate me with the old-skool ones I have... -E

[Jud Jones]

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "klrspaman" wrote:

> > I want to buy a good leather jacket. There is over 100 different > brands of leather jackets. I don't mind spending a little extra money > for quality. And also good riding waterproof nylon or polyester > jackets. Any suggestions. >

What kind of jacket do you want? For a 3/4 length touring jacket, Roadgear makes a knockoff of the Hein Gericke Dakar that has given me years of good service. My only beef is that I can't seem to keep zipper pulls on it. With the liner in, it is the warmest jacket I own. with it out, it vents well and is surprisingly comfortable in hot weather. I don't know if the original HG is still available. If I wanted a set of leathers, cost no object, I would get the Langlitz catalog, order a set from there, and prepare to wait..

[Dirk Beer]

I commute to work & after having my textile jacket (600 denier cordura) wear through twice on very minor pavement slides, I bought this jacket: http://www.leather.com/motorcycle/police_a_leather_motorcycle_jacket.htm Which has survived one slide already with hardly any visible effect. I had it made 2" longer than standard. Dirk A18

On 9/9/06, klrspaman wrote: > > I want to buy a good leather jacket. There is over 100 different > brands of leather jackets. I don't mind spending a little extra money > for quality. And also good riding waterproof nylon or polyester > jackets. Any suggestions. > > > -- "You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Dirk Beer]

The only ones I'd recommend are the ones made from "extra heavy top grain cowhide". They make those in the store. A lot of the other ones are thinner, cheaper Pakistani jackets.* * Dirk

On 9/13/06, Ron Miller wrote: > > Thanks for the leather Jacket Web Site. Looks like they have alot of > jackets to pick from. > > > *Dirk Beer < rdbeer@...>* wrote: > > I commute to work & after having my textile jacket (600 denier cordura) > wear through twice on very minor pavement slides, I bought this jacket: > > http://www.leather.com/motorcycle/police_a_leather_motorcycle_jacket.htm > > Which has survived one slide already with hardly any visible effect. I had > it made 2" longer than standard. > > Dirk > A18 > > > On 9/9/06, klrspaman wrote: > > > > I want to buy a good leather jacket. There is over 100 different > > brands of leather jackets. I don't mind spending a little extra money > > for quality. And also good riding waterproof nylon or polyester > > jackets. Any suggestions. > > > > > > > > > > -- > "You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with > frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!" > > > ------------------------------ > Do you Yahoo!? > Next-gen email? Have it all with the all-new Yahoo! Mail.http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=40788/*http:/advision.webevents.yahoo.com/handraisers> > > -- "You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!" -- "You know, I have one simple request, and that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads!" [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[fasteddiecopeman]

Yup - a home-made vest AND a 12v chain oiler. Ed

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, stuart_phillips@... wrote: > > Hi anyone running an electric vest and/or other electric accessories? Which one? > > Investigating possibilities to add a connection to the bike, preferably a bit more convenient than just croc clips to the battery.