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Someone talk me out of this green jacket...

Carlos840

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I have a modern Golden bear jacket in a leather that looks similar to the one you posted, it is IMO not worth the money.
It is very much a mall jacket, the leather is thin and characterless, the fleece is thin, stitching is ok but nothing special.
I got mine used for $200 and i think it was worth it, but had i spent the new asking price of $900 i would have been pissed.
For that money you can get a much nicer jacket made from MUCH nicer leather.

I would still love to find a vintage Golden Bear CHP, but i will not buy another modern one.

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Goel

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That's a nice looking jacket... I actually like the shade of green as it's more subtle. I did buy a TS shirt once and it didn't fit well on me at all, very short and wide body which is the opposite of what I would need. Not sure if the jacket would be the same.
 

Fanch

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I prefer both of the other two colors - Whiskey and Expresso - over the Loden. Looks good but at $875 ... o_O
 

Sloan1874

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God, no, mate. If it was petrol blue or similar, yeah. But that's just the wrongest of colours. Honestly, you could do and can do so much better. You'll wear that a couple of times, realise the error of your way and then regret that forever!
 
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Bfd70

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I like the color enough but am not sure their photos are representative of the color. I thought the Whiskey looked cool in pics. I had some free time near one of their shops and popped in to have a look. In person the whiskey looked one shade lighter than crayola orange. Really awful. Irrelevant but about the most aloof staff I’ve ever encountered. I have one of their shirts. I think it cost $100. It might be a little nicer than a shirt from the Gap or other mega brand. With that in mind i’d think the jacket would be a good deal in the $325 range.
 

El Marro

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I too have looked at the moto jacket a few times but never felt a strong enough pull to buy one. My thought is that if you are after a green jacket the first place I would go would be Thedi Leathers.
 

Edward

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TBH, it just looks like an also-ran copy of many of the Big Names in these parts. Inoffensive enough - the colour doesn't really bother me - but it doesn't strike me as anything special (which, at Aero-level money, it should). The other big dealbreaker for me would be the thinsulate liner. If I'm gonig to pay a premium price, I want vintage accuracy, and I'm not gonig to compromise with that sort of modern synthetic. Yes, I know they're not sellnig it as vintage per se, but all the same...
 

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