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Hi HD,
Cool jacket! Badass yet refined and sophisticated. What are those boots?
Just to help those of us who don't know the Aero catalogue that well, the Rt 66 is similar to the Bootlegger, but with bi-swing back and cuff belts, correct?
I'm a big fan of the Route 66. I was on the verge of buying one from the factory sale rack - a beautiful cordovan number - but while everything else fitted, it was just too broad on the shoulders.
Oh, what I meant was, it's not a strictly MC styled jacket as in it's not in the Aero Motorcycle Jackets section, but otherwise yes, with the shoulder gussets and all, Route 66 certain is more riding friendly than many Aero civilian designs.
I've been fascinated by the Route 66 as a kind of dual duty mc & street jacket. I wear my Aero 50s Halfbelt on the bike and I wear my Scorpion textile jacket out at night (when riding the bike, not just for the heck of it ), but neither is perfect in those unintended circumstances. I think the Route 66 could be a good compromise. Thanks for giving us a good look at it. Enjoy!
Just to help those of us who don't know the Aero catalogue that well, the Rt 66 is similar to the Bootlegger, but with bi-swing back and cuff belts, correct?
Yes, rather different than the Bootlegger.
http://www.aeroleatherclothing.com/product-detail.php?id=31
Pictures tell it best, but the only thing it really shares with the Bootlegger is the long, angled breast zip pocket. It's closer, imo, to the standard Aero Highwayman design (not the Original 59 Highwayman design). The front has a 'shirt' style collar, with straight zip - not the lancer front of the Bootlegger. The sleeves have a strap arrangement, something which the Bootlegger as standard does not. The back is plain, lacking the HWM's yoke, but otherwise closer to that in shape than the halfbelt back of the Bootlegger. It also has the rear action pleats on the sleeves, which the Bootlegger lacks. Really, the Bootlegger is, as I understand it, a Fifties HalfBelt with a different front, while the Route 66 is a different basis altogether.
Thanks.
Older style Lucchese boots.
HD
If you are referring to the way the jacket fits, I was told that the Route 66 is cut very similar to Highwayman.
I'm a big fan of the Route 66. I was on the verge of buying one from the factory sale rack - a beautiful cordovan number - but while everything else fitted, it was just too broad on the shoulders.
Yeah, the svelte guys like you are best off with the slimcut designs - leave the boxier stuff to we chubbies that can't get into those!
Looks great Navin! Me likey very much!