Hey im looking for a riding jacket and found two that i really like one is a leather and the other is a textile. They are both made by ICON. The leather one is the Motorhead and the textile is the ARC. Do you guys have any pro or con or dislikes about either? Any suggestions on which one i should maybe get?

 

hi, i have 2 jackets one's leather the other textile, they are both joe rocket & both have arm,sholder & back armor.i started wearing the leather for about a month (it kinde of made me feel like a turtle) but i liked how it fit. the problem is that the leather does not breath enough. after a month of that i tried the textile , it was way lighter had way more ventalation and protects every bit as well as the leather. even with the liner in it it still wasn't half as heavy. now i tend to wear my textile a lot more than the leather, don't get me wrong if its chilly i go w/the leather. i say get 1 of each when you can afford it.

 

If you ever hit the ground... You will wish you had leather. It's the only way to go. Get the perforated style. It breathes really well.

 

perferated leather still does not breath as well as textile it's all about preferance. have you tried on any jackets to see which you would prefer & to check sizes. make sure you check a sizing chart because they won't fit like a regular leather jacket. most run a little small, so either try some on or find a chart.

 

Always go leather. That's all I have to say =)

 

This past weekend i found a icon dealer around my house and made a trip. I tried on both. The one thing i really noticed about the leather is how freaking heavy it is. The textile was much more lighter. They didn't have the exact jackets i was looking at but they had ones very similar to what i wanted so i did get to size em up to see what size would work the best. But right now my three deciding factors are weight, ventilation, and protection. I'm just concerned that the leather will be uncomfortably toheavy and hot in the humid Pennsylvania heat.

 

well i say go w/your gut feeling.. because there is nothing that sucks more than
being uncomfortable while your ridding your bike. the jacket you choose should be more than enough
for your dailyridding. unless your going to race at the track,the armor and ventalation and durability are great.

 

No offense man but most would say it would suck more to bleed than to sweat ... protection should supersede comfort. I'll spare you the numerous links of some horror stories with textile/mesh jackets (some fusing to the skin as it was drug along the hot asphalt which took many surgeries to remove .. not pretty) .. all that said, I do wear an armored Honda textile jacket once in a while but I'm not fooling myself believing leather is not superior to it in every way. I'm looking for the best leather jacket I can afford right now and many have zipper vents as well as perforations which some claim is just as cool as textile ... Italian leathers are almost as light and comfortable as well.

 

^ ahhhh a clever man. I see you agree with me.

 

i am in no way saying that leather is not superior, just that which ever jacket he choosesprovided he's not a lunitic should be adequit for daily ridding. i'm sure that you have some realy good pics of people all mangled up wearing these jackets, but how fast were they going were they being stupid. let me tell you if one is being stupid not even a leather will save his ***.. if you are ridding w/a jacket that restricts movement thats very dangerous, some times you need your reflexes to stay alive out there or you could bcome part of a guardrail, wall or telephone pole (just food for thought).no jacket will save you from any of those.