What Jacket Are You Wearing Today?

JMax · Mar 3, 2020

LW CHP.

Hh121 · Mar 3, 2020

Roadhouse

steve u · Mar 3, 2020

navetsea said:
I have little bamboo forest along the riverbank behind my house, and they squeak and creak alot on windy days i think from brushing against each other, isnt it the same with leather? Perhaps when leather surface is smooth and dry it squeak when brushing each other like fingernails on glass, waxier or more grainy leather probably wont squeak as much. Just my theory

Navetsea,
Don't forget growth in your bamboo noise theory.

navetsea · Mar 3, 2020

o I forgot, bamboos grow so fast you can almost see them growing real time

Tom71 · Mar 3, 2020

Monitor said:
Nobody to take photos of me wearing any of my jackets anymore. Nobody to say "That one's even worse than the last one!". Nobody whose perpetually negative comments I couldn't wait to hear whenever I bought any new piece of wardrobe. Never a good jacket in 5 five years and I loved every second of it.

Damn you, life. Why give you'll just take it away?

Two that you actually kinda liked... Levi's and Hein Gericke. Not today but who cares.

I am so sorry! My thoughts are with you.

SinSir · Mar 4, 2020

All bike preventative maintenance complete and done with a long ride in a custom Vanson Daytona X150

2wheelgrplr · Mar 4, 2020

navetsea said:
I wonder if squeaks and creaks, happens more on gusseted jackets due to thick leather to thick leather rubbing, i have 2 thick cow one with action gusset squeak, the other with fix back doesnt

Never thought of that. Interesting. Next time I wear this jacket I'll try and see if the noises are from the gusset areas or not.

Dav said:
For me it seems to be the hide, steer and Cape are very creaky whereas horse seems to be silent, at least it is in my stable.

Again, didn't think of this. Perhaps true, I don't recall my horsehide jackets squeaking as much when new, then again, wasn't paying too much attention to that when riding my loud motorcycle, and with the wind noise and all. Wearing this thick Vanson comp weight yesterday in a quiet office, suddenly all the jacket noise seems to be amplified, LOL!

Seb Lucas said:
Yeah it's the hide and how it is tanned and perhaps the dye used from what I can tell. Strangely if you put talc on the jacket the squeakiness often stops.

Had forgotten about using talc to counter the squeakiness, will try. Thank you!

navetsea said:
I have little bamboo forest along the riverbank behind my house, and they squeak and creak alot on windy days i think from brushing against each other, isnt it the same with leather? Perhaps when leather surface is smooth and dry it squeak when brushing each other like fingernails on glass, waxier or more grainy leather probably wont squeak as much. Just my theory

Bamboo - interesting theory! There used to be a big bamboo grove outside my grandparent's house when I was a kid and I remember the squeaking and creaking well. Older cousins scared us younger ones enough with ghost stories emanating from those dark, scary places, LOL!

King B · Mar 4, 2020

Vanson Model F

navetsea · Mar 4, 2020

2wheelgrplr said:
Bamboo - interesting theory! There used to be a big bamboo grove outside my grandparent's house when I was a kid and I remember the squeaking and creaking well. Older cousins scared us younger ones enough with ghost stories emanating from those dark, scary places, LOL!

We asians dont lack of ghost stories indeed, flying head, long haired woman in white gown, were pig, were tiger, were croc, lol

Trenchfriend · Mar 4, 2020

Darkblue storebrand Storm Rider.

Hh121 · Mar 4, 2020

Roadhouse

Peacoat · Mar 4, 2020

@Hh121 That is really nice. Is it HH and is it a Lost World's jacket?

Edit Note: Please disregard the question about LWs; I just noticed it is a Roadhouse.

2wheelgrplr · Mar 4, 2020

navetsea said:
We asians dont lack of ghost stories indeed, flying head, long haired woman in white gown, were pig, were tiger, were croc, lol

LOL! Hit the nail on the head. That long haired woman in white gown was in practically every other ghost story, including sneaking out of grandma’s bamboo grove to peek into our rooms!

2wheelgrplr · Mar 4, 2020

Continuing to wear my Vanson Chopper.

hondurasdave47 · Mar 4, 2020

JL M-200L.

jpk_NJ · Mar 4, 2020

Dusted off a budget vintage Excelled today. Full quilted liner for those not quite warm enough for brooks CR days

TREEMAN · Mar 5, 2020

Hh121 said:
Roadhouse View attachment 217550

Man, that's one weird jacket !!

SinSir · Mar 5, 2020

Nice long ride today to the western burbs to check out bikes for the girlfriend in my trusty modern Cal LAPD. It was a beautiful day but chilled down a bit on the way back. The Cal was a good choice. The collar helps with a nice seal to the helmet, the belt cinches it down at the waist, and the liner even though soft and smooth is pretty damn warm.

JMax · Mar 5, 2020

SinSir said:
Nice long ride today to the western burbs to check out bikes for the girlfriend in my trusty modern Cal LAPD. It was a beautiful day but chilled down a bit on the way back. The Cal was a good choice. The collar helps with a nice seal to the helmet, the belt cinches it down at the waist, and the liner even though soft and smooth is pretty damn warm.

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The perfect rig.

El Marro · Mar 5, 2020

Dav said:
For me it seems to be the hide, steer and Cape are very creaky whereas horse seems to be silent, at least it is in my stable.

Not true for me. My new LW Ryder in horsehide squeaks something fierce. I think this will quiet down as it breaks in though. If I recall correctly my LW CHP was also quite squeaky when new and now it’s almost silent.

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