Bought a leather jacket, dont know if its real or fake, please help!
Ultimate HDF Member
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From: Blaine, WA
It's tempting to order one of those jackets from David just to see what it actually looks like. Its also interesting that they say they will send another it doesn't make it through customs which is good because if US customs finds that the product is CF they WILL seize it.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2009
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From: Manila, Philippines
I emailed Harley Licensing and this is the response i received
Dear *****
You should be concerned about buying from happarel.com, because everything they sell is counterfeit. Please be aware, especially if youre buying for resale, that you would be unable legally to resell anything you buy from that web site. The same is true of www.davidjacket.com. Note also that there is NO source in Asia authorized to sell Harley-Davidson-branded products to anyone. If it ships from Asia, its counterfeit.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Judy Henslee
Manager, Global Brand Protection
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
3700 W. Juneau Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Direct Dial Telephone: (414) 343-4609
Dear *****
You should be concerned about buying from happarel.com, because everything they sell is counterfeit. Please be aware, especially if youre buying for resale, that you would be unable legally to resell anything you buy from that web site. The same is true of www.davidjacket.com. Note also that there is NO source in Asia authorized to sell Harley-Davidson-branded products to anyone. If it ships from Asia, its counterfeit.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Judy Henslee
Manager, Global Brand Protection
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
3700 W. Juneau Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Direct Dial Telephone: (414) 343-4609
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: Lawrenceville,GA/Rome,Italy
Not always,I purchased a Schott jacket and it wasn't made in the USA,on the other end I have another Schott, maybe 20 yrs old, that was made in the USA.
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From: Lawrenceville,GA/Rome,Italy
I emailed Harley Licensing and this is the response i received
Dear *****
You should be concerned about buying from happarel.com, because everything they sell is counterfeit. Please be aware, especially if youre buying for resale, that you would be unable legally to resell anything you buy from that web site. The same is true of www.davidjacket.com. Note also that there is NO source in Asia authorized to sell Harley-Davidson-branded products to anyone. If it ships from Asia, its counterfeit.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Judy Henslee
Manager, Global Brand Protection
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
3700 W. Juneau Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Direct Dial Telephone: (414) 343-4609
Dear *****
You should be concerned about buying from happarel.com, because everything they sell is counterfeit. Please be aware, especially if youre buying for resale, that you would be unable legally to resell anything you buy from that web site. The same is true of www.davidjacket.com. Note also that there is NO source in Asia authorized to sell Harley-Davidson-branded products to anyone. If it ships from Asia, its counterfeit.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Judy Henslee
Manager, Global Brand Protection
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
3700 W. Juneau Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Direct Dial Telephone: (414) 343-4609
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Joined: Nov 2006
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From: Livingston, Texas
Do y'all think everthing made in China is not any good ?
Do you think it gits colder here than in China.
I have a FXRG Harley jacket I bought 6 yrs ago. Its made in China, best jacket I've ever owned since 64.
We don't make much here anymore. And what we do is way overpriced, partly thanks to the Union labor.
Everybody wanting better prices made labor leave this country.
China built factories and said the business will come. Well it did.
China Don't have the Unions, EPA, or Sierra club, or american goverment ruling them.
China builds and makes things to their customers standards.
They alreay know and can show you how much profit is in each way of making things.
Its up to the company that has it made to deceide on which way they want to go.
The company spending the money gits whatever quality they want to pay for.
The labor there is just way cheaper than here.
Do you think it gits colder here than in China.
I have a FXRG Harley jacket I bought 6 yrs ago. Its made in China, best jacket I've ever owned since 64.
We don't make much here anymore. And what we do is way overpriced, partly thanks to the Union labor.
Everybody wanting better prices made labor leave this country.
China built factories and said the business will come. Well it did.
China Don't have the Unions, EPA, or Sierra club, or american goverment ruling them.
China builds and makes things to their customers standards.
They alreay know and can show you how much profit is in each way of making things.
Its up to the company that has it made to deceide on which way they want to go.
The company spending the money gits whatever quality they want to pay for.
The labor there is just way cheaper than here.
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Joined: Jul 2008
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From: SW Ohio
I have almost the same jacket. My jacket came with armpit zippers and a zipper across the back at the bottom pulled open and close with a draw string in the hand pockets. It also has a made in China tag below the sawn on HD patch. I've worn mine about 50 times since 2008 and it still looks new and smell like leather.
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Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Florida
ALL my Harley clothing is made in China. My ICON leather jacket is made in Oregon, USA. What I find funny about all this is that most Harley riders on this forum think that ICON gear is for guys who ride foreign made rice rockets and not for Harley riders with that "made in American" mentality...
Go figure.
Go figure.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2011
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From: USA
Shhh man! Thats supposed to be a secret 
.
Icon does make an outstanding jacket and you can almost always find a smoking good deal if you look around.
I've owned 3 and each one has always given me that "damn this thing is well made" feeling when I pull it out of the package.
.Icon does make an outstanding jacket and you can almost always find a smoking good deal if you look around.
I've owned 3 and each one has always given me that "damn this thing is well made" feeling when I pull it out of the package.
ALL my Harley clothing is made in China. My ICON leather jacket is made in Oregon, USA. What I find funny about all this is that most Harley riders on this forum think that ICON gear is for guys who ride foreign made rice rockets and not for Harley riders with that "made in American" mentality...
Go figure.
Go figure.