Motorcycle jackets. Everything you need to know

This is the first in a new series about motorcycle clothing. Today, we are going to talk about jackets. In future reviews, we will cover helmets, boots, gloves and riding trousers. Now the idea here is to help those who are perhaps more recent converts to motorcycling. There's a lot of gear out there. And if you're new to all this, the choice can be a touch bewildering. Browsing the shelves of your local motorcycle megastore won't necessarily help, as rarely are the sales assistants going to care enough to want to help you find what's best for you. Surfing the internet will bring you into contact with lots of people who want to sell you stuff, and with lots of people who want want to air their ‘honest’, but often totally subjective, opinions. But nobody is going to go to great lengths to explain how anything works; and in truth you can waste many hours watching videos, and end up none the wiser. If you watch or read this review right through to the end, you still won't know what jacket to buy, and that's because there will always be so many personal factors involved, not the least of which, of course, is fit. But, by the end, you should have some idea about the kind of jacket you should be looking for. And if that's the result, then we'll feel we have done our job. Now, I have made it clear that this review is designed to help those who are newish to motorcycling. So, if you know everything there is to know about motorcycle gear already, then go no further. You'll find what follows boring. But here’s the thing. There are lots of people who have been riding for years who know very little about the way that gear works, and particularly about how it has developed over the last ten years of so. This I know because I was one of those people. When I took up biking I got myself a leather jacket and a pair of leather pants. I rode everywhere in them, come rain, come cold, come shine. I survived. I wasn't sufficiently into it to enquire about other options. I merely came to the view that, fun as it was, motorcycling was always going to be cold, wet and sweaty. Twenty years later I knew no more about gear than I did when I started out. In fact, it was probably this experience that caused me, once I started to learn more, to want to go out and explain to others that motorcycling didn't have to be quite so miserable and unpleasant! And so, even though we've pitched this video at newbies, at beginners, there are probably lots out there who would deepen their understanding a little by sticking with us. Because there are lots of misconceptions floating around! Anyway, let's get into it. To read our 'Everything you need to know about motorcycle jackets' editorial, click here - https://www.motolegends.com/reviews/m... To shop motorcycle jackets, click here - https://www.motolegends.com/motorcycl... Why not pay us a personal visit? Click here for directions and opening hours - https://www.motolegends.com/customer-... For the latest news and reviews, subscribe to our YouTube channel by clicking here - https://www.youtube.com/user/motolege... To follow us on Facebook, click here -   / motolegendsuk   To follow us on Instagram, click here -   / motolegends_uk