Practical jacket. For me, this baggy jacket works when riding my dual sport-type moto. Hein Gericke used to make excellent jackets in the '70s. During the '80s, they made excellent value jackets. I still have some of their HD line jackets. The HD line, sizing runs about 1/2 size smaller.
German made HG are top of the line in my book. The line HG lines made in Korea are also very nice.
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Real nice jacket. Looks like it belongs to the 50s. Did you end up purchasing it?
this is an older label. This "wool" lining is typical of the early post war MC jackets made in the late 40s, prior to the advent of the Nylon lining c.1951. I don't see Golden Bears in this style or even with this older label. Most jackets made at this time were high quality no matter the label.
If this jacket is from Japan I’ve been looking at it for over a year now. it’s a great jacket, but used GB doesn’t command the respect in the used market especially in Japan and this one was always priced a bit higher. Had it come with the full label I’d already bin it. The construction method used is the nice type that’s very different than the later GB we see a lot on eBay.
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Out of curiosity, what gives it away?
The sleeve cuffs that are too tall, the front drop panel that gets taller towards the center and the goatskin label.
5* was my first thought too. It looks like mine and I think I have seen the label on a 5*.
It’s comments like these that make me realize how little I actually know about leather jackets lol
It looks like a copy of the Himel Heron but with handwarmer pockets instead of patch pockets.
Well spotted. The Heron was the base I had tasked Shawn with. However, it didn't turn out quite the way I had envisioned. But it had something good: I know now that I do not like shawl collar lol
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