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Motorcycle Jackets: Style Matters
Although making a fashion statement should not be the number one concern when purchasing a motorcycle jacket (unless of course you don’t ride), human nature dictates that we all want to be comfortable in our own skin. Style matters will inevitably play a part in any decision, hopefully only after careful consideration of the protection factors involved in such an important part of your overall motorcycle safety gear.
Motorcycle jackets are generally thought of as being made of leather, and for good reason: most of them are. Leather has proven over time to provide the best protection from the elements and the road for the all too exposed motorcyclist.
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Leather Over Pants
These Great Fit leather over pants are made from premium buffalo hide. They come equipped with black hardware and have zippered pockets.
Item# 0765.00
Retail $179
$149.95
- Great Fit Leather Pants
- Black Hardware
- Zipper Pockets Outside
- Premium Buffalo Hide
Leather Pants
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Women’s Braided Vest
Women’s Great Fit vest made from ultra naked cowhide 1.2 mm thick. It has intricate braid detailing on the front, back, and accross the pockets. Snap closure in the front and side laces, with two pockets outside and two inside.
Item# 0382.00
Retail $119
$89.95
- Braided Detail
- Snap Front Closure
- Side Laces
- 2 Pockets Outside
- 2 Inside Pockets
- Ultra Naked Cowhide
Women’s Vests
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Side Laced Pants
Straight legged leather pants made from soft milled cowhide. These mens pants have five pockets and are equipped with side laces on the legs for an adjustable fit.
Item# 0751.A0
Retail $159
$129.95
- Side Laces on Legs
- Straight Legged
- Five Pockets
- Soft Milled Cowhide
Leather Pants
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Naked Buffalo Motorcycle Jacket
A classic style motorcycle jacket made from naked buffalo hide 1.2 to 1.3 mm thick with heavy duty black hardware. It has full lenght side stretch panels and built in kidney support. Two sleeve, chest, and back vents for excellent circulation, and a zip out liner.
Retail $229
$199.95
- Side Stretch Panels
- Built in Kidney Support
- Heavy Duty Black Hardware
- Vented Sleeves, Chest, and Back
- Zip Out Lining
- Ultra Naked Buffalo Hide
Motorcycle Jackets
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Women’s Orange Striped Motorcycle Jacket
This contemporary motorcycle jacket has a mandarin collar and features orange and grey accents. Soft, naked leather with CE approved body armor at the shoulders and elbows provide for your protection, and the pre curved sleeves and zippered vents for your comfort.
Retail $279
$219.95
- Mandarin Collar
- Orange and Grey Accents
- Pre Curved Sleeves
- 2 Front and Back Verticle Vents
- Removable Body Armor
- 2 Zipper Pockets Outside
- 2 Inside Pockets
- Ultra Naked Cowhide
Women’s Motorcycle Jackets
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Vented Cordura Motorcycle Jacket
This Cordura Motorcycle jacket is vented on the front and back to guarantee a comfortable air flow on the hot road. The breathable lining also keeps you cool, and the removable lining wind proof material will keep you warm on colder days.
Regular $99.95
$79.95
Item# 3426
- Men’s & Women’s Cordura Jacket
- CE Approved Armor in Elbows & Shoulders
- Front & Back Vents, Zip Out Liner
- Water/Wind Proof Breathable Lining
- Side Velcro Adjustment, Connecting Zip
- 2 Outside, 2 Inside Pockets
- Inside Cell Phone Pocket, Reflective Piping
Cordura Motorcycle Jackets
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Tanning the Hide
The Tanyard Processes
Either during or after the deliming process, the leather is treated with enzymes to impart softness, stretch, and flexibility in a process called baiting. Pickling is done by treating the hide with a solution of brine and sulfuric acid, and is the last step before the actual tanning process begins.
Vegetable Tanning
The oldest if not the original tanning method is Vegetable Tanning. Hides are treated with the barks of trees that contain the naturally occurring element Tannin, from which the term “tanning” originates.
The skins are stretched onto frames and immersed into a series of vats containing higher and higher concentrations of tannin, until the tanning material penetrates to the center of the hide. This process of Vegetable Tanning takes about three weeks, as opposed to the Mineral Tanning process that can be done in a day.
Vegetable tanned leather is stiff yet pliable and is used for leather shoes, belts, bags, and luggage.
Mineral Tanning
The Mineral Tanning process makes use of chemicals, most notably chromium sulfate, and is sometimes referred to as chrome tanning. Pickled hides with a pH of 3 are immersed in a bath to which the chrome tanning materials are introduced to raise the pH.
Chrome tanned leather is soft and pliable, and is the most used method for treating the skins of cattle, pigs, goat and lamb. It produces a flexible, stretchable leather that is suitable for garments, and of course, leather motorcycle apparel.
After the tanning cycle is complete, hides will be graded for quality, split into flesh (bottom) and grain (top) layers, and then shaved to their desired thickness.
More typical with chrome than vegetable tanning, the grain leathers will then go through a retanning process. The leather will then be dyed, usually with an aniline based dye that permeates the skin to the center.
The last step before drying is fatliquoring, a process where oils are introduced to the leather to replace those lost in the Beamhouse and Tanyard processes.
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The Leather Tanning Process
Native Americans did not take killing an animal lightly, and believed that if you did take something from Mother Nature you should use it to its full extent.
Most animal hides that are to be used for leather are a byproduct of meat, originating at the slaughterhouse where they are gathered and shipped off to a Tannery for further processing. At least in this case, one could say that the entire animal is being used with a minimum of waste for the benefit of the human tribe.
The leather tanning process can be broken down into three stages: Preparing the hide for tanning, the actual tanning of the hide, and the finishing stage. While it used to take weeks or even months to tan a hide, today’s modern tanning processes have reduced the time and energy spent to a matter of days.
Preparing a Hide for Tanning: The Beamhouse
The first thing to do is to stop the putrification process, which is done in what is known as the Beamhouse Operations. The hides are first cured with salt, either by a process called wet salting, where hides are heavily salted and stacked, or by soaking them in a brine solution. Wet salting takes a month, whereas Brine Curing can be done in about 16 hours, making it the preferred method today.
Next, the hides are soaked in a clean water solution to remove the salt, and to rehydrate the badly dried out skins.
Following a good soaking comes the liming stage to prepare the hides for dehairing and to further remove left over biological materials. The majority of the hair is removed by a machine, and what’s left is removed manually with a dull knife in a process called scudding.
Hides will then go through a deliming process to bring the down the pH of the collagen to an acceptable level for the actual tanning proceedure.
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Men’s Reflective Motorcyle Rain Suits
These mens motorcycle rain suits have heat proof fabric inside the calves to protect from exhaust heat. Has a built in hoody and reflective accents on the jacket.
Retail $99
$84.95
- 100% Waterproof
- Built in Hood
- Reflective Accents
- 2 Outside Pockets
- Heat Proof Fabric at Calves
- Red, Orange, or Black
Motorcycle Rain Suits
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