I have both and ride with the textile the most. Its waterproof and has made it through some pretty torrential downpours and kept me both warm and dry.

 

While I love my leathers, I have a full textile suit from Olympia that is warmer for winter riding than any leather that I've ever had. I used it frequently when I rode back and forth to the office, 120mi roundtrip, now I work from home so enjoy my leathers more...nuthin like a good piece of critter hide for comfort!

 

I have both also but mostly wear textile. I find textile just as warm and much lighter.

 

I expect more than warmth and wind protection from a motorcycle jacket. The abrasion properties of textile, does not compare to leather.

I'll admit to not using textile for more than 10 years, so maybe new stuff is different.

 

Have worn nothing but leather jackets for years.........However, I just bought a textile jacket and have been very impressed with it thus far. Just rode back from Gettysburg, Pa in slight rain a good portion of the way and I was warm and dry.

 

I have worn both leather and textile. I have textile now and love it. Won't go back.

 

Bought an HD textile jacket last year and will never go back. A lot lighter than leather, great wind protection, water proof and warm.

 

Kinda a fashion thing? I have a old Scout leather jacket I love and wear on the harley. I wear textile on my other bikes. Both work well but when it gets hot the textile mesh goes on no mater the bike.

 

Check out 4 season, adventure tour style jackets. They have venting for warm weather but work exceptionally well in cold weather and are water proof. Any decent jacket is going to have some bulk though as a good textile jacket is made of heavy Cordura for abrasion resistance and will contain armor in the fore arm, shoulder and back. It's the only jacket you need to bring when you are touring.

Something like this should be good down to ~40F (an hour to two at continuous highway speeds) with liner installed but cool up to ~85F-90F with liner removed and vents opened. I use mine below freezing but much below 40F I like to use my heated liner under it. That's with no windshield. With a windshield or on shorter city rides, you might find you can get by without the heated liner in freezing temps.

As a general rule textile jackets are more practical and comfortable and have a wider temp range. Just avoid the cheap polyester jackets as they have minimal abrasion protection. Cordura is 5-10 x more abrasion resistant for the same denier (fabric weight) but you pay more for it. Rev'It, Danese, Klim and Olympia all make high quality jackets.

http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/o...FUMLMgod_C8AiQ

http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/revit-sand-2-jacket

http://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle/k...-misano-jacket

 

I have a Heine Gericke cold weather textile suit...warmer than leather and 1/3 the weight.