dainese jackets nklr

[JD]

Does anyone have any good/or bad experiences with Dianese Jackets. I am trying to convince the missus that a new jacket would be a great Christmas gift. I am looking at either the very geeky Darian Hi-viz, or the Dianese "Eyes" jacket in yellow and black. I have seen a lot of comments on the group (and archives) on the Darian, but have not seen much on the quality of the Dianese jackets. Any help would be appreciated by me, much more so than the missus! JD A14-2.5K "Godzilla" DF/W, Texas (where men are men, and criminals don't last long)

[Stuart Mumford]

Hi JD, I have a Dainese Pegaso jacket. I don't know if this is the one you are looking at, but it is pretty heavy. Not a hot a hot weather item, to be sure. It has a zip-out liner, but even sans liner it is pretty warm. I wear it from about Oct. to May or early June here in So. Cal, but I have come off the bike in the dirt twice at 30-45 mph ( once rode into a hole, once hit a berm in the middle of a dry lakebed) and the jacket held up and protected me better than I expected . Has the real nice dual-density foam and hard armor in the forearm, elbow, and shoulders. Real tough cordura. Keeps you dry with absolutely no leakage, and overall is a damn good motorcycle jacket. CA Stu Stuart Mumford 99 KLR650 A13 99 Sprint ST