Motorcycle Jackets

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When it comes to riding a cafe bike almost equally as important as the bike itself is your jacket. Not only from a protection standpoint for should you take a spill, but from a style perspective! http://rockerjackets.com

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Leather Jackets

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1. 1950 Tomahawk Togs-Rare cream white color
Early two pocket style with side lace Photo, Satin lined with flannel pocket trim,
Extended waistband with square spot work, Rare Buco white kidney belt, Spot work and jewell studs.
$2,000-3,000

2. 1930’s Horsehide with lamb panels-"Grizzly"
Plaid wool lining & Talon zipper, Self belted waist with nickel plated buckle Photo
$1,500-2,000

3. 1930’s brown/Custom made at Peters San Francisco
Back design with gusset & pleats, waist adjust rings
$600-800

5. 1940’s Miller/Brown Horsehide
Four pocket style, Action back with waist adjust buckles Photo
$800-1,000

11. 1950’s Hercules/Sears black & white steerhide
Hercules tag with red satin lining, Contrasting pocket trim/Diamond Conmar zipper
Belted waist with spot work decoration, Action back with contrasting panels
$800-1,200

And many many more at : www.vintagemotorcyclejackets.com

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Oscar Eliminator

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Lee "Stormrider" Jacket

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In 1933, Lee launched what was to become one of its most famous designs, the Storm Rider Jacket. It was a winter version of the “Slim” jacket Lee 101J which was launched in 1931 and it featured a blanket lining and corduroy collar.



Early versions of the Storm Rider had embroidered labels but later became printed labels instead. These jackets had labels denoted as Lee 101LJ (Lined and Jelt) and Lee 101J (Jelt). Those manufactured since the 1970’s had the ® MR next to the name.



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Aero Leather

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All front quarter chrome tanned horsehide jackets carry the following lifetime guarantee, the leather and stitching on your front quarter chrome tanned horsehide jacket is guaranteed for life by Aero.



All other Aero Leather jackets have a lifetime guarantee on stitching and should at any time repair work be required on a lining, zip, stitching or any part of your jacket, it should be returned to the factory to have this work correctly carried out by one of the tailors originally responsible for manufacture of the jacket.



Aeroleather Clothing Ltd, based in Scotland, have been sole distributors for the world famous Aero leather jackets since 1983, although the basis of the company dates back to 1975, founded as a trading company specialising in original WWII flying jackets and vinatge US work wear leather jackets.

Beck Northeaster flying jacket

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via The lostworldsinc



Beck Northeaster flying togs motorcycle jacket.

Northeaster flying togs were made in Everett, Mass. By Leathertogs for Beck in NYC.
Excellent heavyweight horsehide, built like a tank, with a classic D-pocket; The epitome of the classic postwar no-nonsense motorcycle jacket.



Horsehide was the leather of choice for motorcycle jackets and military A-2 flight jackets during the 1930's, 40's & 50's, due to its extreme durability and the abundance of horses being used for agriculture and farming. Horsehide will age and wear differently than Cowhide, Steerhide and other leathers. The natural creases and patina finish developed over time creates a sense of style not found in other leathers.

Buco Jackets

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Via Come Chantrel





Buco brand designs of the defunct Joseph Buegeleisen Company of Detroit.
The Joseph Buegeleisen Co. started business in 1933 providing motorcycle accessories & saddlebags, and began producing motorcycle jackets in the 1940’s.



the Joseph Buegeleisen Company, commonly known as "Buco." The Buco J24 design was referred to by Rin Tanaka, author of Motorcycle Jackets: A Century of Leather Design, as "the coolest motorcycle jacket ever."




Take time to visit those cool website : http://www.lostworldsinc.com/ and http://www.vintagemotorcyclejackets.com/

Ace Jacket : The G-1

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The G-1 Flight Jacket was issued to the US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard, and has been in service since the late 1930's. The original G-1 design features bi-swing back and underarm gussets for greater mobility, and single entry button down flap pockets.



Made famous by the AVG in China and Hellcat pilots over the Pacific during WWII! The G-1 is the USN and USMC leather flight jacket, worn with pride by the Phantom crews during Vietnam and the current Tomcat and Hornet pilots. The G-1 is also worn by members of the US Coast Guard.



More technically, the jacket may be considered the U.S. Military flight jacket developed in 1947 and used in the Korean War since the term "G-1" was not used as a label for this fur-collared military-issued jacket until after World War II. However, the term "G-1" has come to be used for this style of naval leather flight jacket. Technically, prior to the end of World War II, and starting in 1940 when it was officially named by the Navy, the jacket had the military spec number of M-422.





This jacket was brought to use by the U.S. Navy in the 1930s, and standardized by the Navy in 1940 as the M-422A. In 1943 this jacket, also named by the Army Air Corps and Navy as the ANJ-3 (Army Navy Jacket 3) replaced the iconic A-2 jacket, the most famous of U.S. Military jackets, hence the name of ANJ-3 (vs. A-2). The M-422A replacement of the loved and famous A-2 was, however, in the form of a non-fur-collared version of the "G-1", currently referred to for obvious reasons as the G-2.