LeatherUpReviews 29,913

Got them a few days ago and will use them for the first time tomorrow. To solve for the dye that people have found on their hands, I washed them gently in warm water and a little dish detergent, squeezing them in the warm water and then rinsing them well. A ton of dye came out. I wore them for an hour or so to see if that solved the problem and I did not have any trace of dye on my hands. Maybe it'll be different after tomorrow but I hope I solved the problem for myself (and maybe others).

Ordered small, fits well (I'm 5'9 170lbs, 34" waist) except that the arms are a bit long and the armor on the elbows is almost not protecting my elbows). If you are any shorter than me, I don't know if the elbow armor would do anything except protect your forearms.

First one I ordered had the sewn-in liner twisted making in near impossible to put my arm through the sleeve, but leather-up exchanged it for me for a non-defective jacket. Both jackets had awkward zippers. Sometimes they work the first try, but I've struggled (sweating like crazy in the heat) for 10 minutes to get the zipper to start. The trick seems to be applying an outward pressure on the zipper when starting it so that it lifts a tiny burr (not sure if it this is a defect or engineered 'feature', but it existed on both jackets) out of the way and lets the zipper start. The zipper seems to get better with use (or maybe practice).

The jacket keeps me quite cool while moving, and baking when waiting at a red-light. Sweating while at red-lights in Colorado, followed by going up in the mountains (temp dropping 5 degrees, and being in the shadows) actually can make you downright cold even though it's 80 degrees until the sweat finished evaporating. The mesh acts like a nice evaporative cooler.

Quality seems acceptable, and considering the price, I'm happy

I am 5'11, 190lbs, 34" waist. This is a great jacket. It has two removable internal liners (one water proof) that I immediately removed. I also removed the removable armor. The built in armor is oddly placed as other reviewers have mentioned. The mesh is very breathable when moving but as you can imagine gets very hot when stopping for more than about 10 seconds. Pockets are very small so don't plan on carrying anything other than wallet, keys, and phone. The sleeves are a little long but otherwise this jacket is exactly what I wanted and exactly as described. I think it will serve a good 3 season jacket (will probably need the liners and a sweatshirt underneath for fall. For the price I think it's a super purchase.

Purchased a two layer "Xelement Men's CF-626 Armored Race Motorcycle Jacket" a year ago for 79.95. That jacket was warmer than this four layer jacket. Only reason I wanted a new jacket was due to buying a different color bike. The arms are much colder on this jacket. One of the arm strap snaps pulled loose the first time I tried to unsnap it. It did a great job of keeping me dry in the rain though. Should be a good summer bike with the two linings out.

I'm 6', 185lbs. and broad shouldered and went with a Large based on Leather Up's telephone sales person. I ordered on a Friday late morning and the jacket arrived the next afternoon.

The jacket fits me a bit awkwardly compared to a much higher end jacket a friend lent me while I shopped around. It's a little bit big around the middle. The elbow pads everyone complains about seem like they're in the right place for me. The bulk of the pad rides forward of the elbow on the lower part of the upper forearm which is exactly where you want it to be if you take a spill.

I'm in Southern California and recently experienced 90F weather. The shell by itself was really cool and well ventilated and I felt protected by the armor. Temps got into the 60's at night and the quilted interior vest and waterproof layer kept me comfortable. My only pet peeve is that you are unable to use just the jacket and quilted vest. You must use all three layers or just the shell. You can make it work by turning the quilted vest inside out but this seems like a workaround.

All in all I'm very satisfied with Leather Up and my purchase. I would definitely order it again from these guys.