Warm weather jacket

[teddy037.2]

+1 on looking into armor-only options.

if your commute involves a snarl of traffic, even perf leather can get very, very warm vs. tex.

if you're moving along the whole way, you'll be surprised how cool fully perfed can be 

[yellowjacket]

thanks for the input, i ended getting a Hein Ger mesh jacket with armor and ditched my perf leather without the armor.  I still liked the airflow from perf leather but armor feels more comfortable for me.  maybe next season, i'll invest in a pefr leather with armor...

[kutter]

I bought the Joe Rocket Reactor 2.0 from New Enough, its a combination perf leather and mesh with armor. I love it. Any jacket will be hot in the south during the summer so ya just have to suck it up.

http://www.newenough.com/protective_apparel/mesh_jackets_and_pants/joe_rocket/reactor_2_leather_mesh_motorcycle_jacket.html

[Paegelow]

This is what I have: http://www.firstgear-usa.com/fgweb2.nsf/Products/A6F99B0A1BE385CF862571EA00725D81?opendocument
Nothing fancy but it has armor and it was like $100.  I did crash in it and it held up pretty well... just a few scuffs.

Anyway I don't need anything too fancy for extreme hot weather, I live in Wisconsin and we don't get too much.   Case in point it's only like 60 right now!

[yellowjacket]

I bought the Joe Rocket Reactor 2.0 from New Enough, its a combination perf leather and mesh with armor. I love it. Any jacket will be hot in the south during the summer so ya just have to suck it up.

http://www.newenough.com/protective_apparel/mesh_jackets_and_pants/joe_rocket/reactor_2_leather_mesh_motorcycle_jacket.html

I like the gray and black color scheme, how does it fit? i usually wear a XL but most XL so far are a bit short for my torso...

[zedsaid]

I like the gray and black color scheme, how does it fit? i usually wear a XL but most XL so far are a bit short for my torso...

they're supposed to be short for your torso, so that they don't bunch up when you sit on your bike.

[kutter]

I like the gray and black color scheme, how does it fit? i usually wear a XL but most XL so far are a bit short for my torso...

I bought a large and it fits great. I am about 5'10" 225lbs. Every jacket I have had has ridden up in the back, I keep looking for riding pants that are comfortable and don't look to bad that I can zip to but no luck so far, oh well.

I liked the idea of a grey/black but in the picture of the way too kewl dude on the page it looked more silver to me and I didn't want that so I initially went with the red/black but it was back ordered so I ended up with black/black. Yeah I know in summer there could have been better choices but what can I say I am a slave to fashion. 

[Stangman]

Teknic Supervent Pro Jacket.

A little "stormtrooper-ish" but if offers the best protection i've seen in a mesh vented jacket.  It's my daily hot weather jacket.

The shoulder protection and elbow protection is really tuff stuff, knox armor throughout and a back protector of course.  Has a cool vent system molded into the tops of the shoulder armor too.  At speed, it cools REALLY well.