SoCalSoftailSlim
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It's important you try the jacket on while sitting on a bike, preferably your bike. It will give you a sense of how the jacket will ride.
A 2-way zipper is also a real plus. One problem with many lesser designed moto jackets is the collar (even a smaller mandarin collar) can ride up under your chin while seated on the bike -- if the jacket is too long or it's just pushing up from the hem. A double zipper allows you to fray the hem of the jacket, so this doesn't happen.
Jackets like the Perfecto don't need this double zipper feature because they are designed short to begin with and have that great collar design. (It snaps up to protect your throat in colder conditions.
Here's my old Schott Perfecto and you can see that design:
And here's my brand NOS Vanson, made in USA, Continental Comet with the double zipper:
A 2-way zipper is also a real plus. One problem with many lesser designed moto jackets is the collar (even a smaller mandarin collar) can ride up under your chin while seated on the bike -- if the jacket is too long or it's just pushing up from the hem. A double zipper allows you to fray the hem of the jacket, so this doesn't happen.
Jackets like the Perfecto don't need this double zipper feature because they are designed short to begin with and have that great collar design. (It snaps up to protect your throat in colder conditions.
Here's my old Schott Perfecto and you can see that design:
And here's my brand NOS Vanson, made in USA, Continental Comet with the double zipper:
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