Recent content by Meerkat

saw Tom Selleck as a bald moustacheless Ike Eisenhower in a recent made for tv biopic...nooo even he couldn't match a geriatric Harrison Ford with creaking leathers.....and I am not too happy with 'Marion' ...the evil Dr Rene Belloq pronounces it 'Marianne' ...much more reassuring.....

i would double check that it was correctly addressed...and then perhaps a chat with the postmaster rather than the desk clerk

I suppose they would be nice posey jackets to pop down to pub in.......and as for the suggestion to wear denim jeans as a fashion accessory tsk tsk

Body heat on the bike softens it and the odd shower of rain helps too... No need to beat it with a prybar or roll around in a biker bar.....its going to take a while

Also a favourite with County Council roadworkers over here...happy nostalgic memories of shovel leaning donkey jackets...think they cost around 30 bob each....my mother would'nt let me have one sigh

I had a pinlock that came 'unglued' slipped sideways and distracted me to the point of crashing...I use a shark helmet ...no add ons just a great venting system ...beats my arai into a cocked hat....lovely and mild here too but the roads are er challenging....

res ipsa loquitor

Not wishing to add to your angst but in the absence of extreme leather or steroid abuse I think you should contact Aero if only to quell the rising panic amongst the Aeroites on this forum. All I can say is that my non Aero jackets are not shrinking but then again I have never bought 'true to...

Im Irish ..I think its hilarious..another colony seceding from The Union....

wait till scotland votes for independence in the referendum..that should sort out the british pound lol

Depends on which model vanson .. I have the stallion which took a mere 7 years to break in and I have the Highwayman style E which is extremely heavy and definitely not a social jacket and may never break in!

Happily having far exceeded their rather limited size range I can resist the attraction of a snow white leather jacket for biking....well apart from the sleeves and back that is....

I dont know about the warmer weather......very optimistic that..dont forget an umbrella

I first came across the brand in Richard Allens books back in the seventies. Doc's were for kicking people and if you had a ben sherman shirt and no hair you were one bad boy. I really liked my first pair even if cherry red polish was a rara avis...my second pair I still have ..chelsea boots...

First of all as other contributors have mentioned zippered sleeves are intended to be tight from a motorcycle point of view and I have to tell you that I have a vanson stallion that has nicely weathered in EXCEPT for the zippered sleeves which are as waxy and tight as when I purchased it new...