Leather Vs. Textile
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Leather Vs. Textile - 4/16/2008 7:29:22 PM
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coreodog
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Hey im looking for a riding jacket and found two that i really like one is a leather and the other is a textile. They are both made by ICON. The leather one is the Motorhead and the textile is the ARC. Do you guys have any pro or con or dislikes about either? Any suggestions on which one i should maybe get?
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/16/2008 7:48:40 PM
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skical
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If you ever hit the ground... You will wish you had leather. It's the only way to go. Get the perforated style. It breathes really well.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/16/2008 9:46:20 PM
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FFCBRf4i
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Always go leather. That's all I have to say =)
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/17/2008 3:56:33 PM
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coreodog
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This past weekend i found a icon dealer around my house and made a trip. I tried on both. The one thing i really noticed about the leather is how freaking heavy it is. The textile was much more lighter. They didn't have the exact jackets i was looking at but they had ones very similar to what i wanted so i did get to size em up to see what size would work the best. But right now my three deciding factors are weight, ventilation, and protection. I'm just concerned that the leather will be uncomfortably to heavy and hot in the humid Pennsylvania heat.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/17/2008 4:26:19 PM
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Kewl Breeze
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ORIGINAL: rons93rr
because there is nothing that sucks more than
being uncomfortable while your ridding your bike. the jacket you choose should be more than enough
for your daily ridding. unless your going to race at the track,the armor and ventalation and durability are great.
No offense man but most would say it would suck more to bleed than to sweat ... protection should supersede comfort. I'll spare you the numerous links of some horror stories with textile/mesh jackets (some fusing to the skin as it was drug along the hot asphalt which took many surgeries to remove .. not pretty) .. all that said, I do wear an armored Honda textile jacket once in a while but I'm not fooling myself believing leather is not superior to it in every way. I'm looking for the best leather jacket I can afford right now and many have zipper vents as well as perforations which some claim is just as cool as textile ... Italian leathers are almost as light and comfortable as well.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/18/2008 12:28:25 AM
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FFCBRf4i
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^ ahhhh a clever man. I see you agree with me.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/18/2008 7:04:08 AM
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skical
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Yeah, Leather will be heavier than Textile. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that one out. Maybe because Leather protects you better than Textile. But, it's your hide.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/18/2008 9:11:53 AM
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Manic
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Your right, it is heavier, but it's not like your going to be out playing golf in it. Your going to be sitting down, w/ your hands out in front of you. If your worried about weight, look into getting a carbon kevlar helmet. Neck strain will wear you out quicker than an extra pound or two on your core.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/18/2008 12:17:18 PM
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Kewl Breeze
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ORIGINAL: rons93rr
i am in no way saying that leather is not superior, just that which ever jacket he chooses provided he's not a lunitic should be adequit for daily ridding. i'm sure that you have some realy good pics of people all mangled up wearing these jackets, but how fast were they going were they being stupid. let me tell you if one is being stupid not even a leather will save his ass.. if you are ridding w/a jacket that restricts movement thats very dangerous, some times you need your reflexes to stay alive out there or you could bcome part of a guardrail, wall or telephone pole (just food for thought). no jacket will save you from any of those.
Well coredog can make obviously decide what's more important to him and I don't want to derail this thread .. just wanted him to have info. from both sides of the aisle. Your entitled to your opinion but imo your analogy doesn't hold water. The "daily riding" you keep refering to has no bearing on the fact that Leather offers more protection which there's no denying (as you yourself stated). Most accidents happen close to home and most happen at slow speeds (i.e. the car turning left in front of you crapola) .. I never said either jacket will "save" you from any and all injuries, what I and the rest have said is that it will offer "better" protection. Hitting the pavement at any speed I'm certain your skin will feel better with leather .. your reflexes, wether you were riding stupid or not, and the other analogies used has no bearing on what your skin feels like once it hits the pavement. That's like saying you don't really need to wear a good quality helmet as long as you ride safe because the good quality ones are heavier and more uncomfortable. It's your bones and skin, choose wisely. If cost is the primary factor holding you back look in the closeout sections as mentioned, there are some pretty good deals on leathers.
p.s. a good fitting leather jacket doesn't restrict your reflexes.
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/18/2008 4:01:50 PM
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SpiritRR
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I know, but a million BMW touring guys can't be all wrong. There's great protection available in top shelf textile garments, Aerostich and Olympia to name a couple. Spidi and Dainese have loads of armored textile jackets, same with RS Taichi, Alpinestars, and every other top line manufacturer. It's a viable form of protection if you spend enough...so much so these days that I feel equally safe wearing either (though nothing beats Italian bovine---mmmm, yes...*taps vein...injects Spidi...rolls eyes*).
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RE: Leather Vs. Textile - 4/18/2008 4:36:09 PM
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Kewl Breeze
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ORIGINAL: SpiritRR
I know, but a million BMW touring guys can't be all wrong.
Having been a previous BMW owner I can say with certainty, we can and are wrong quite often! 
spirit, your other points are well taken with one caveat; if you read the descriptions on those top quality brands (taichi, kishtani, dianese, vanson, etc..) on many of their leather selections they read "best protection" or something to that effect while they rarely claim such things on their textile selections, just something like "good protection" etc... don't forget, I said I have worn honda brand armored textile for years so I'm just saying if you can afford quality, go for it, otherwise "hope for the best" ... anything is better than nothing (mesh is debatable though).
p.s. This is why the posters above said "that's all I'm saying" because people will defend textiles like you insulted their mama if you say differently.  If they've improved textiles to the point they're comparable then I'm all for it but I'm skeptical yo.
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