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Old Dec 12, 2018 | 03:32 PM
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Kicking around buying a discontinued Harley leather jacket. Do these jackets generally run large or small? Harley's sizing charts for the jackets they sell now say I need a large, but if they run large I don't want to be swimming in it, but if I went with a medium I don't want to have it be constricting either.
 
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Try it on.
 
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Old Dec 12, 2018 | 05:16 PM
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Try it on.
Can't, it's an online seller.
 
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One I bought was a tad small so when with next size up. But that was 4 years ago.
 
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Harley sizes run small but what I did is stopped by the stealership and tried on jackets before buying online.
 
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Harley sizes run small but what I did is stopped by the stealership and tried on jackets before buying online.
This.
 
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Harley sizes run small but what I did is stopped by the stealership and tried on jackets before buying online.
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This.
I'll do this, hopefully Harley hasn't changed their sizing specs since the jacket I'm looking at was discontinued.
 
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For me they seem to run a touch large. I'm 6'1"/200lbs and a Large FXRG fits me a little big with the liner out (pretty good fit with the liner in).

Go try on jackets at your local HD. The discontinued jacket should fit about the same.
 
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For me they seem to run a touch large. I'm 6'1"/200lbs and a Large FXRG fits me a little big with the liner out (pretty good fit with the liner in).

Go try on jackets at your local HD. The discontinued jacket should fit about the same.
Interesting... I normally wear a large, and I'm around 5'9" and 195 lbs. Definitely going to have to go try some on at the dealer.
 
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If you decide to go forward with the purchase and you find it’s not a good fit, you can always resell it.
 
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