What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

[TREEMAN]

Thank you!
Here you go! All armor pads are in place - back, shoulders, elbows. In today's age of d3o, seesoft, etc, these Vanson pads are on the stiff, bulky side, but once I wear the jacket and am moving around, I don't notice the pads much.

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Gotta love that Vanson!!!!!

 

[bluesforchallah]

@bluesforchallah
And I like your shoes.

Thanks! The shoes are just your standard 10 hole Dr. Martens. This boot has been a regular staple of mine since about '87.

 

[2wheelgrplr]

Nice bike!

Not to derail the topic, just thought I'd share mine.

Love your bike! This color and the matte green from a few years ago were my first choices, but the black one was available so grabbed that one. It was tough deciding between an Arrow and a Zard exhaust, eventually went with the shorty Zards.

Oh and love your club sweater too. I have a similar plain Dehen one, need to break it in this cold weather.

 

[Edward]

Thank you! The exhausts do get a bit warm but the heat shields help. The factory OEM exhausts are bigger and in the same place. Although largely a styling exercise, as many of these Bonnie Scrambler don't see much hardcore off-road use, but when you do take them on dirt tracks, the increased clearance afforded by these high pipes do help a lot. Finally, I love the look, have wanted one for the longest time, and when Triumph announced the phasing-out of their old air-cooled engine, I quickly got off the fence and picked one up. However, Triumph plans to bring back the Scrambler next year based on their new Street Twin platform, and I must say, having tried out the Street Twin, it's one sweet bike!

Definitely makes sense keeping them up there once you go off-road! It's hard to beat Triumph's aesthic - for me, only royal Enfield can still match 'em on that front. The starter bike I'm looking into is largely based on Triumph aesthetics - like a baby Bonnie, or maybe a 21st century equivalent of a Tigercub...

 

[2wheelgrplr]

Definitely makes sense keeping them up there once you go off-road! It's hard to beat Triumph's aesthic - for me, only royal Enfield can still match 'em on that front. The starter bike I'm looking into is largely based on Triumph aesthetics - like a baby Bonnie, or maybe a 21st century equivalent of a Tigercub...

Hey, something like the Mash Motorcycles? Saw a bunch of these on Paris streets last time I was there. Stylish little retro bikes! I think now they come in everything form 175 to 400 cc?
http://www.mashmotorcycles.co.uk

And yes, Royal Enfield are quite stylish - I live in South Asia, RE country, they're all over the place

 

[Edward]

Hey, something like the Mash Motorcycles? Saw a bunch of these on Paris streets last time I was there. Stylish little retro bikes! I think now they come in everything form 175 to 400 cc?
http://www.mashmotorcycles.co.uk

And yes, Royal Enfield are quite stylish - I live in South Asia, RE country, they're all over the place

Similar - I'm looking at the Mutt Mongrel currently. http://www.muttmotorcycles.com/bikes/ Something of a ratbike vibe to it. Got to start with a 125 for learner legal in the UK, though they also have 250 models now.

 

[bluesforchallah]

Love your bike! This color and the matte green from a few years ago were my first choices, but the black one was available so grabbed that one. It was tough deciding between an Arrow and a Zard exhaust, eventually went with the shorty Zards.

If I had it to do over again, I would probably have gone with the Zard. I like the Arrow, but I think the Zard fits the look of the Scrambler better.

Oh and love your club sweater too. I have a similar plain Dehen one, need to break it in this cold weather.

That's who we (the club) had do our sweaters. The patch on the front and the lettering on the back are chenille patches stitched to the sweater. A little pricey, but top notch for sure.

 

[Trenchfriend]

Simple water-repellent, brown coal-coloured cotton/poly winter-jacket (not closed! ), today.

I like these classic "city-(winter)jackets" very much, especially because of their absolute ultra-robustness. It's the same thing, like on the popular M65-jacket.

 

[bluesforchallah]

Friday as the server was crashing...

Vanson Comet PLU-3 from Insurrection.

 

[Monitor]

Thank you!
Here you go! All armor pads are in place - back, shoulders, elbows. In today's age of d3o, seesoft, etc, these Vanson pads are on the stiff, bulky side, but once I wear the jacket and am moving around, I don't notice the pads much.

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That's awesome! It's really all custom. Back is a Model A & B mix. Inside sleeve zips, too. Beyond awesome!

 

[Monitor]

What do you think??

TBH, I think the jacket is a size too large.

 

[Trenchfriend]

TBH, I think the jacket is a size too large.

Nope, it's a correct "M", slim-fit. Everthing is fine.

 

[navetsea]

still the same jacket I've been wearing since August

 

[Sloan1874]

You look like the guy in the Maxell ads from the 80s:

 

[ton312]

still the same jacket I've been wearing since August

That's just an awesome jacket and the leather seems to be getting better looking all the time (and it looked fantastic from the get go). And you designed it! You'd be crazy not to be wearing it! It's exactly what I've been trying to get out of my jackets for damn near 20 years!!!

 

[willyto]

That's just an awesome jacket and the leather seems to be getting better looking all the time (and it looked fantastic from the get go). And you designed it! You'd be crazy not to be wearing it! It's exactly what I've been trying to get out of my jackets for damn near 20 years!!!

The solution is easy and quite simple, we're just hoarders of jackets! Get 1-2 jackets and wear the hell out of them. No need for more but I know how it goes, you want to cacth them all, all the styles, all the differences and fits.

 

[Superfluous]

What do you think??

TBH, I think the jacket is a size too large.

Nope, it's a correct "M", slim-fit. Everthing is fine.

 

[xmr]

Nope, it's a correct "M", slim-fit. Everthing is fine.

Well, then you aren't the correct size for the correct sized jacket. Just look at the shoulders, 1-2 sizes too large. It's not slim but baggy fitting.

 

[tmitchell59]

 

[Surferbruce]

Last week in Paris. Vanson PLU-3 and my wife in her very nice Massimo Dutti.