Seriously an Avirex leather Flight Jacket. Bought in 1978. Still got it and will never part with it. No patches just plain heavy leather with Charlie on the shoulder.
that is cool! I went to the website and it looks like they discontinued it (?)
1975 - 1984, I didn't own any leather, I wore boots, jeans, and tee shirt, flannel shirt, jean jacket, winter coat for cold days, leather gloves or gauntlets for below 50 degree days. In 1984 I picked up a leather jacket made by (Route 66) American made, zip out liner, snap collar, vented front and back, outside and inside pockets, that jacket I still have, it has worn like iron. I have worn out a few pairs of gloves and gauntlets over the years, and picked up my first pair of chaps in 2015. Now, prior to 2015 all I rode was Superbikes (sportbikes without the plastic). I haven't found a jacket that is on the same level as the jacket I have, they just aren't made with the same weight of leather, nor are they vented the same.
I bought a Brooks Brothers jacket sometime in the early 80's from a bike shop. It looks just as good now as it did then and it still fits!
Leather is much better than textile for warmth. The wind just doesn't penetrate. The trick is to have a jacket that allows the lapel to snap over your neck and fasten to the chest to keep air from coming in around your neck.
Well back in the 1970's I wore a well worn brown classic leather Sears motorcycle jacket that just barely fit me as my Company Commander gave it to me when I was in the 101st.
In the very early 1980's I bought a Brooks (classic, police style) leather jacket and although a little snug in the belly / chest, still wear it to this day! The collar has a small hole wore in it at the back of my neck. The American Pickers would probably pay a small fortune for it as "you can't fake that kind of wear", LOL!!! I gave that Sears jacket to my Brother in Law and he still has it too. I also have / wear Brooks chaps. I think Brooks is still in business. I don't know if still in Detroit or not. I highly recommend them.
Pretty much the same thing I wore to work… I was a logger… Today, I’d be called a hipster…
Circa 1973... Hipster, 35 years before it became popular…
... circa 1979... and my disco days... My first real tour… On my way to Yellowstone… Borrowed my sisters motorcycle to do it…
Circa 1980..My first real touring motorcycle… My first brand new motorcycle that I bought for myself, my father bought me my first motorcycle in 1968, when I turn 16…Rode the Yamaha all over British Columbia & Alberta... Also my first real motorcycle jacket… The boots I’m wearing?… I still wear them today…The shoe size is the same, the belt size went up by 2
Back in the very early '70s and freshly returned from a government sponsored Southeast Asia tropical vacation, I bought a Bates brown leather jacket to wear with my Honda 750 4-banger. Years later when my son was old enough to ride, I gave it to him and he wore it proudly calling it his Dirk Diggler Boogie-Nights jacket. Through 2 generations it gathered many miles of wear.
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