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You and Your Leather Jacket
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mendelboaz
One Too Many
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I hear that, louder than I can hear the sound of my own drums-- and I've been told I drum excruciatingly loud. This is why I love the Lounge, to share and embiggen a passion. Long live leather and long live the Lounge!
tropicalbob
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Close. I was married in a Hindu temple in Queens, NY. Half the audience was Indian and the other Scottish and people I grew up with in New Jersey. Well, halfway through I'm up on this altar dressed in a dhoti with flower garlands when my band from the Lower East side walks in with full leather regalia. Our singer had a complete Elvis in Vegas outfit. Then I hear "Hey, Donovan!" "Mellow Yellow!" and so forth. 1981.
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Himel Bros. - The Ross Mk. 1 Leather Jacket Classic D-pocket motorcycle/aviator style jacket.
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My wife, then girlfriend, gave me a distressed A2 after my sister had seen a movie that she said reminded her of me. We saw it & they agreed but I didn't see it so much. "The Sure Thing" with John Cusack. Hated to see the real jacket worn in the pool but back then, I didn't appreciate leather jackets like now. That was almost 30 years ago. I still have the jacket & still can wear it but don't, knits are about shot. I got back into motorcycle riding in 1994, restored a 1975 Triumph Trophy 500. Bought a cafe racer cause it looked right for the bike.
Joao Encarnado
I'll Lock Up
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That is a story. To "reunite" with a previous "hated" item still in perfect condition.
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I'm glad you enjoyed it, Joao. 
It was in a good condition, yes, but my dear cousin must've been using so much cologne or deodorant or whatever, that the jacket spent its first week home hanging on the balcony.
It was in a good condition, yes, but my dear cousin must've been using so much cologne or deodorant or whatever, that the jacket spent its first week home hanging on the balcony. 
nick123
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Spitfire
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Irvin owners knows what I am talking about here. Every third time we wear our jackets in public, the question pops up:
- Hey Battler Britton, where did you park your Spitfire?
I was meet with the same question, when I entered a bar in the city once.
- I parked it just right outside! I answered. (A bit tired)
- Sure thing! He said.
- You want to bet, I said. A pint?
We did and I took him outside and showed him the Triumph Spitfire, I had borrowed from a friend that same evening.
(Besides that, I can promise you all, that the Irvin is a ladies-magnet. They love to touch it and cuddle up in it. But that's quite another story.)
- Hey Battler Britton, where did you park your Spitfire?
I was meet with the same question, when I entered a bar in the city once.
- I parked it just right outside! I answered. (A bit tired)
- Sure thing! He said.
- You want to bet, I said. A pint?
We did and I took him outside and showed him the Triumph Spitfire, I had borrowed from a friend that same evening.
(Besides that, I can promise you all, that the Irvin is a ladies-magnet. They love to touch it and cuddle up in it. But that's quite another story.)
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