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i didn't like riding wearing only a t shirt , and most of the time in virginia it's too damn hot for leather so i started looking for a mesh jacket (that i could actually afford ) i came across these from exl (i got the black)


they sell em for $65 which isn't bad . it's got elbow/forearm armor , back armor , and shoulder armor . the stitching on the jacket is pretty good , and it fits pretty well . i tried it out for the first time today and it feels just like wearing a t shirt . comes with a water proof liner which i'll probably never use . there are water proof pockets in the jacket tho which is nice . as usual the forearm/elbow armor can move around in the arm because it's not a tight fit but thats to be expected . the one thing i didn't like is the shoulder armor , i had to remove it because it was making it hard to look over my shoulder and it made me look like a low budget super hero ...but other people might like em , guess it's a personal preference thing . either way even with the armor out in the shoulders there's large leather patches and some padding so it's better than nothing . all and all i would recommend this jacket to anyone that wants a little more protection than fruit of the loom has to offer but can't afford the name brand goodies .

they come in a few colors , here's where i got it , took about 3 days to get here .
http://www.motodirect.com/servlet/Categ ... sh+Jackets

ps. oh yeah , i got the first post in the gear section , i'm awesome .

Thanks for the review and the link the price is much better than Joe Rocket etc! I just picked one up for my self cant wait for it to get here.

cool , i forgot to mention the sizing is pretty accurate , i wear xl shirts and the jacket is an xl , fits like it should with a little breathing room . really it's the best looking cheap jacket i could find , so many of the other cheap ones look weird , this one looks like a much more expensive jacket .

Dr Rockso wrote:cool , i forgot to mention the sizing is pretty accurate , i wear xl shirts and the jacket is an xl , fits like it should with a little breathing room . really it's the best looking cheap jacket i could find , so many of the other cheap ones look weird , this one looks like a much more expensive jacket .

Yea I noticed that too some of the cheap ones I was looking at had skulls or tribal patterns or some thing like that. Or they had way to much reflective striping on them. This one is nice and plain just like I like it, I got the red and black one by the way.

This is from last August.
Mesh jacket melted right through and into my arm during a get off.

A dead cow is man's best friend.

still better than skin to road . it gets humid as hell in va , too hot and humid for leather . either way it's better than a t shirt .

Yea just think how it would have looked with out the jacket on! And DR said on a 95 degree day in TN I would be dead from trying to wear leather. So I will just wear the mesh and be as careful as I can on my FZR.

oh , i forgot to mention , it also has a strip you sew into your pants so you can zip the jacket to your pants , and velcro waist straps . i keep thinking of stuff i forgot . the liner has a cell phone pocket . the wrists have velcro straps and a zipper with a water proof expansion . the main zipper has a water proof flap behind it , tho sometimes the zipper gets stuck on it if you zip up quick . 2 water proof pockets on the gut area , one water proof pocket on the inside , fleece (or something like it ) collar . i think thats about it .

Good grief man not so close on the close up

All things considered I would rather have mesh burned in than flesh burned off, but that still looks aweful.

ShogunTX wrote:

All things considered I would rather have mesh burned in than flesh burned off, but that still looks aweful.

You mean like this?



That's why I won't wear a T-shirt anymore while riding.. I bought this jacket now:



Yep, it's mesh, but I still think it'll be better off than riding in just a T-shirt again.

Sorry for thread-jacking

Sorry for the extreme close up, self taken shot.

That wound was not just the mesh jacket melting through , but the road eating my arm. Mesh isn't worth a damn. Well maybe if you fall off your bicycle it'll help.

Can't beat leather for protection.


....and riding with just a t-shirt.....oh, man, I'm cringing. I couldn't imagine how much of your body will be destroyed when you fall off.

OK, I'll stop preaching now.

man that sucks for real though im going to buy one of these jackets to i believe , but then again i was wearing a kenneth coal textile jacket and lowsided tryin make a left at intersection at like 30-40 mph , it thru me about 25 ft flat on my chest . burned the fabric off the forearm area but saved my skin ..